Friday, April 8, 2011

BC Chess

I take back what I said about the Battle Creek Barnes & Noble chess guys... Years ago, there was Jim and then there was me ...for the most part as far as competition goes. Everyone else was fairly easy to win against. It's not that way anymore. There's new faces along with others who are solid class A & B players and some of their ancient ratings don't reflect their current playing strength. And some of the others are quite strong, too. That was discussed last night at the club. I like the attitudes there. Most guys want a shot at the strongest players instead of settling in to a game expecting to lose, now. And they let it be known they're gunning for you, too. lol My opponent wrote the moves down. I was just slightly better in the game and I got a copy & here's the end analysis -