The Chess Mind

As mentioned here, the 5th place game in the USCL 2007 Game of the Year Contest was Bhat-Nakamura, and it was quite the battle from start to finish. See for yourself here, as I cover the game for ChessVideos.tv - it's free and available on-demand.

My coverage of the USCL countdown continues here; next week, coverage begins of the money games.

My latest ChessVideos show (link) presents a game I won many moons ago, and with which I was quite pleased at the time. It's not a bad game, positionally speaking, but as you may see, if you're alert, there might be a mistake lurking in the bushes. See if you can find it (you've already got a leg up - you know there's something to be found), but don't look so hard that you don't enjoy the game for its other merits.

The identity of the 9th and 8th place finishers in the U.S. Chess League 2007 Game of the Year contest have already been revealed, but those games secrets haven't been, at least not until now. I've analyzed them in a combined presentation for ChessVideos.tv, and now we can say that their secrets...still haven't been fully revealed. Still, the video should help, and as the games are instructive and entertaining, it's worth your while to have a look. Enjoy!