Friday, November 27, 2009 at 7:24PM A little light entertainment this week, as I present a couple of miniatures and an act of priceless self-destruction from the ongoing World Cup in my ChessVideos show this week. You can watch it here: it's free and available on-demand for the next month or so.
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 11:27PM Looking through the games in this week's TWIC, I was shocked to find the following game from last week's USCL playoffs:
US Chess League, Internet Chess Club, 2009
White: Becerra, Julio (2557)
Black: Nakamura, Hikaru (2710)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd5 d6 9.Bc4 Qe7 10.Bg5 f6 11.0-0-0 dxe5 12.Rhe1 1-0
(The game, with comments, can be replayed here.)
The next time you're miniatured, remember that it even happens to the best players in the world. Errare humanum est!
Becerra, Nakamura, USCL, miniatures