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
Feb 242011
Title: 3rd Metropolitan FIDE InvitationalLocation: California Market CenterLink out: 3rd Metropolitan FIDE InvitationalDescription: Players participating in the tournament are: Michael Casella 2249 Phillip Wang 2317 Kayden Troff 2247 Zhanibek Amanov 2241 Konstantin Kavutskiy 2170 Alexander Kretchetov 2323 Jacek Stopa 2451 Joel Banawa 2347 Giovanni Caretto 2232 Timothy Taylor 2314 Start Date: 2011-02-23End Date: 2011-02-27
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 8:16 am
Tagged with: 3rd Metropolitan FIDE Invitational, Alexander Kretchetov, chess, Giovanni Caretto, IM Tim Taylor, IM Timothy Taylor, Jacek Stopa, Joel Banawa, Kayden Troff, Konstantin Kavutskiy, Los Angeles, Michael Casella, Phillip Wang, Timothy Taylor, Zhanibek Amanov
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
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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