Another Petroff

I went to my buddy Ben's house today and we studied some serious chess. We went over the King's Gambit and he doesn't like it. I love the battles it creates. We played two games. I lost the first and won the second. The second game was much better all around so I'm showing it here.



This was a tough game. I did't see the winning move of taking the bishop for a couple moves and Ben says he saw it but didn't think I'd see it. Either he was being arrogant or lying, I'm not sure which. It was a fun game that I'm glad I won. From now on I am going to put all the games up here.

Ben is becoming a very good chessplayer and I'm looking forward to future games.

Petroff Defence

I played this game January 8th, 1993 again John Burns as a member of the German-American Team.

Introduction

When I was a kid chess was my life. Things were tough at home and after my dad died chess became everything. I studied and played in tournaments all through school.

I was captain of the Elyria High School chess team and then the Lorain County Community College team. Once I started working full-time as an adult I put chess on the back burner and didn't play seriously again until the early 90s when I played on The Cleveland Industrial Leagues.

The Industrial Leagues were great. I played on The German-American Team and had a great time.

I've always wanted a master rating. Currently my rating via the USCF (United States Chess Federation) is 1718.

This site will document my efforts in trying to get to a master level. I'm curious as to how far I can go.