Trying out the Chess.com viewer

http://blog.chess.com/Takchess/test-game2

I am trying out the Chess.com viewer and pleased that the comments I make in Fritz can be seen in the viewer. At some point in the future, I will fully annotate one of my games.

Go Sox !

On to the Series

The Boston Red Sox are back in the World Series 8)

On chess related notes, I play in a tournament of November 4th. I also joined a 90 minute league the all nations chess league on Playchess. I hope that playing slow games will help my play.

Well you can tell ev'rybody in ol' Frisco Tell 'em Tiny Mongomery says hello

I have been listening to Dylan and The Bands Basement Tapes for the past few months and have become fascinated by it .

I am currently reading

http://www.amazon.com/Million-Dollar-Bash-Dylan-Basement/dp/1906002053/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/002-0911514-7459243?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192704290&sr=8-3
one of the few nonchess books I have read during the past few years and of course everything leads back to chess.


http://www.hardingesimpole.co.uk/dylan/dylanchess.html

http://www.interferenza.com/bcs/interw/84-jul8.htm

Is anyone doing circles anymore ?

Are any knights doing the circles of tactical exercises or have we become a loose confederation of chess bloggers?

Reports

The reports of my death have been greatly exagerated - Mark Twain


I 've been very busy and I could say I've been sequestered in the TAKcave doing tactic after tactic. However that would be lying.

I have been spending alot of energy on my business and not spending massive hours on chess like usual. Playing in a tourney in New Hamsphire in a few weeks and will post about it once it is completed.

Interesting things on Tempo's Blog about Nimzo whose precomputer chess thought I find interesting. I hope to spend some time on this later.

Also to answer Margariets question > on play chess I am rated around 1500 at this moment t
he playchess rating can varies rapidly plus or minus 100 points of 1500 during a one week period.