As the title might indicate, the 12th Metropolitan International (November 9-13) in Los Angeles was not a good tournament. But that is such a vast understatement that it’s necessary to go into details about this event, which was the worst run International Tournament I have ever experienced. Let’s start with the Big Lie, as this [...]
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 6:59 am
Tagged with: 12th Metropolitan International, Ankit Gupta, Arbiter, Budapest First Saturday, chess, Dale Haessel, Harutyn Akopian, IM Andranik Matikozyan, IM Tim Taylor, IM Timothy Taylor, Kayden Troff, Konstantin Kavutskiy, Los Angeles Chess, Metropolitan Chess Club, Michael Cassella, Randy Hough, Tatev Abrahamyan, Tim Taylor, Timothy Taylor, Vadim Kudryavtsev, Zhanibek Amanov
Aug 252011
At the recent Metro FIDE International, I had a conversation with a 1900 player that went about like this. He asked me what he should play against his next opponent, a d4 player, and I said, “Try the Budapest Gambit!” 1900: But it’s bad, right? Me: I wrote a book about it! 1900: But it’s [...]
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 10:33 pm
Tagged with: Adarsh Jayakumar, Budapest Gambit, IM Tim Taylor, IM Timothy Taylor, Los Angeles Chess, Metro FIDE International, Metropolitan Chess Club, opposite color bishop attack, Tim Taylor, Timothy Taylor
Just imagine Mike Ovitz trying to threaten Joe Eszterhas, and you’ll get a sense of my next two games: the White players hadn’t done their homework, and Hungarian fighting spirit took them down. This game was played in a late round of the great Metro International Tournament series, and as usual I was going for [...]
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 9:00 am
Tagged with: 6th Metropolitan FIDE Invatational, Budapest Gambit, Chess Los Angeles, Hollywood Animal, IM Tim Taylor, IM Timothy Taylor, Joe Eszterhas, Metropolitan Chess Club, Phillip Wang, SCCF, SCCF Candidates, Tim Taylor, Timothy Taylor, Vincent Huang
The Bird almost rules! After a wild struggle, I force the draw against GM Paragua (and congratulations to him, as he took clear first in the tournament!) . Unfortunately, as Fritz and my wife told me, in fact, despite having R and 2 pawns for my two pieces, Black is actually much worse after 23.Bxe6! [...]
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 6:08 pm
Tagged with: Bird's Opening, Daniel Naroditsky, GM Invitational Chess Tournament, IM Tim Taylor, IM Timothy Taylor, Jimmy Quon Memorial, Mark Paragua, Metropolitan Chess Club, Ruy Lopez Opening, Tim Taylor, Timo
After obtaining a clear advantage in the opening, I fail to find a clear path to victory–then begin to drift in time pressure, and finally, blunder horribly with 32.Qc7, losing, when Fritz still gives White plus equals with 32.Kh1. [Event "Jimmy Quon Memorial"] [Site "Los Angeles"] [Date "2011.01.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Taylor, Timothy"] [Black "Adamson, [...]
Jan 222011
The morning game was brilliantly played by both players, but my opponent played a little more brilliantly–his 24… h6!! was a stunning defensive resource,avoiding my intended Qxh7+ and giving up his queen for three pieces. Most likely 21.Nf6+ would have won for White, but this will only be clear after long analysis. [Event "Jimmy Quon [...]
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 8:07 am
Tagged with: Budapest First Saturday, chess, Dejan Bojkov, Four Pawns Attack, IM Tim Taylor, IM Timothy Taylor, Jacek Stopa, Jimmy Quon Memorial, King's Indian, Los Angeles Chess, Metropolitan Chess Club, Queen's Indian, Tim Taylor
Here I beat IM Amanov in straight forward attacking style–finishing with the stylish Bishop sac on g6! [Event "Jimmy Quon Memorial"] [Site "Los Angeles"] [Date "2011.01.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Taylor, Timothy"] [Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2011.01.19"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "9"] [SourceDate "2006.12.31"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. [...]
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 8:54 am
Tagged with: GM Invitational Chess Tournament, GM Invitational tournament, IM Tim Taylor, IM Timothy Taylor, Jimmy Quon Memorial, Los Angeles Chess, Mackenzie Molner, Metropolitan Chess Club, Queen's Gambit Declined, Tim Taylor, Two Knights Defense, Zhanibek Amanov
Just a quick note as it’s very late, but this is why one has to study endings! Here I start the Jimmy Quon Memorial with a draw against GM Khachiyan–I hold in 107 moves! Note that the King and Pawn ending is an unusual draw, a pawn down, as White has no good tempo move. [...]
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 11:16 am
Tagged with: GM Invitational tournament, GM Melikset Khachiyan, IM Tim Taylor, IM Timothy Taylor, Jimmy Quon Memorial, King and pawn ending, Metropolitan Chess Club
Tim will be playing in Metropolitan Chess Club GM Norm Invitational Tournament starting January 19 through January 23. Some or all games will be relayed on chess.com with 10 minute delay. We will try to post games that he plays here every night, and also give short live updates via twitter. Players that are participating [...]
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 10:01 pm
Tagged with: Alessandro Steinfl, chess.com, Daniel Naroditsky, Dejan Bojkov, GM, GM Invitational Chess Tournament, GM Norms, Grand Master, IM, International Master, Jacek Stopa, Los Angeles Chess, Mackensie Molner, Mark Paragua, Melikset Khachiyan, Metropolitan Chess Club, Robby Adamson, Timothy Taylor, Zhanibek Amanov
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