The Austrian Attack in the Pirc
The board 1 game from last Thursday’s Schenectady A – Capital Region CDCL match was a Pirc Defense. For the last thirty years I have used the Pirc as my primary answer to 1 e4. At the Wednesday Albany...
View ArticleThe League and the Taylor-Sells Game
On the 26th Jeremy Berman posted an excellent piece of work on this blog. The Albany Champion gave us a slice of the real world for club level players: flawless games don’t happen for us often. His...
View ArticleBits and Pieces From a Recent CDCL Match
A late piece of League news: The Capital Region team defeated Uncle Sam of Troy last Monday 2½-1½ with draws on boards 1-3 and a win on board 4. The Cap Region team has 2-3 record with the match versus...
View ArticleMore on Taylor – Sells
With the recent reports of CDCL matches between SCC A and the Geezers, as well as Cap Region and the Troy Club, it is certain that Albany B will take the League title this year. Their score 4½-1½ can...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Squares
Last Wednesday a long delayed CDCL match between the Albany A team and the Schenectady A team took place. The results by board were: Albany A Schenectady A 1 Berman 1-0 Sells 2 Howard 0-1 Adamec 3...
View ArticleKnights Do Not Always Lose to Bishops
Today’s game is a renewal of a long standing rivalry. Carl Adamec and Dean Howard have been playing each other since sometime in the 1970s. Then it was on opposing high school teams, now they fill high...
View ArticleNot as good as I thought
The Capital District Chess League season has begun. The Albany “A” team won its first match against Saratoga 3.5-0.5 on April 19 Board 1: Jeremy Berman (Alb) beat Gary Farrell (Saratoga) Board 2: Dean...
View ArticleCapital District Chess League Standings Update
This past Wednesday, June 10, there were two team matches hosted at the Albany Area Chess Club in Guilderland: Saratoga vs. C.R.A.P. and Albany B vs. Albany A. The “Battle of Albany” featured Albany...
View ArticleCDCL 2015: a biased, partisan point of view
Happy Independence Day, everyone! It looks like it’s time for me to explain the story of the Schenectady A team in this year’s Capital District League, as rumor has it that the league season has...
View ArticleChristmas Seals
Let’s talk about a dirty little secret in chess. Sometimes people think that their ratings define their strength as a chess player. Occasionally, stronger players, by rating, will look down upon weaker...
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