Here is a blog on chess

I recently started this blog on chess. We should get some great ideas. Anyone who is struggling to win a game of chess may hopefully find tips and tricks on it. So come check it out and I'll see you at the board (or somewhere else). Click Here for blog.

It's actually also a blog for some of my cousins to post on as well. We can each post stuff about chess and learn a lot. It should be fun. Bye for now. "To infinity and beyond!"

-David

I'm back into chess

Since not going to chess club, I haven't been working on chess very often. I sort of took a break from it.
But recently I have been playing games of chess and I can see that my old vigilance is failing.
It has been a struggle over my cousins & siblings just to win a game (if any at all) and so I'm getting my old chess books back out once again.
There is nothing wrong with losing it's just that... I want to improve so that I'll be more of a challenge to others.
Study hard (if you like chess that is) because that's what I'll be doing these next couple weeks.
This isn't to say that I am dropping other stuff.
I will still be doing school and lots of work too.

The Chess State Tournament (which I never posted about)

This is Emma when she has just woken up.
Grandma got us each a chess t-shirt. She is really awesome!
"Chess is an art" - Bobby Fischer
Collin deep in thought.
Devin (who wants to WIN)
Jared standing in one of the halls with a medal

Kolten showing his white teeth!
Emma smiling

The Roseburg Tournament Results

I traveled up to Roseburg with Devin & Kolten.
Here is our team. From left to right it's Mitchel Button, Me,

Preston Snyder, Mark Button, Devin, & Kolten.

This is Kolten "at His Best."

Here is Devin playing chess and playing well.

I think we ended up placing third (which isn't too bad because we were up against 7 other teams). Overall it was very fun and I look forward to the next one. Hopefully you will be there too! Bye!

Chess Tournament!

Yes, there is a chess tournament that is going on today and tomorrow which is being held in Roseburg OR and I get to go! It'll be lots of fun! I get to go with my cousin Kolten Anderson and his Dad (my uncle) Kenny Anderson, along with my uncle Steve Goldman and my brother Devin. Oh, and some of the members in the chess club I attend, will also be coming. You see, it's a Team Competition. I just can't wait to get there and start playing some tough competitors ;)

Anyway, if you don't like chess than Join Up Soon! I'm just kiddin'. You don't Have to but if you decided to than grab a chess book or video (at your local library) and begin to see how the pieces move and start playing someone who has been playing longer than you have and ask them for some pointers. (That was a long sentence). So just be humble and ask. That's how I got started. I startd asking my uncle Steve (mentioned above) and gradually became better and better (although I am far from being "the Best"). But really, chess is a very fascinating game and it offers much. I have learned how to become smarter and more logical through it.

One more thing... Tournaments! Yes, tournaments. They are really fun too (especially for those who like to compete). For those of you who go to speech tournamets (including myself), this will be easy to adapt into because it's just like speech only you don't speak. You sit. You play. You win. Or lose. That reminds me... If I lose (which I usually do) than I know I am not "the Best" and there is more competition. It keeps me humble you could say. And if I win... Well... I win.
It's all for the Glory of God!

Like Chess? I do!

7 Basic Principles of Chess -
1. Play for Center Control.
2. Open with a Center Pawn.
3. Don't develop your Queen early.
4. Develop Knights before Bishops.
5. Don't move the same piece Twice.
6. Castle Early, shelter your King.
7. Don't attack without Justification.

Some Pictures...

This is Winnie. He's doing swell.
This word Digression explains Herodotus (a man who wrote a book called the "Histories" which me and some of my cousins are reading for school)

very well because he goes off on so many rabbit trails all throughout his work.

Jared's birthday was last week and here's a picture of him goofing off.
We went to a chess club last week and I played Ellie. She sure is getting good!
Here's Kolten, Collin, Matthew, & Alex playing intense games.

I sure hope some of us can go to the upcoming tournament!