Senior Chess: That's Old Timers not Alzheimer's My right of passage occurred in 2003 when George Mirijanian approached me and ask...

As Stephen Dann in the Worcester Telegram put it: Pick of the week for open tourneys may well be Saturday’s Franklin K. Young Memorial at ...

The Monday Night Swiss for January concluded with a tie between Chris Chase and Lawyer Times. Congratulations. There will be a February...

Andrew's team ( Stuart Finney , Andrew Wang , and Michelle Che n) is looking for a 4th player to make a team for the Amateur East. They ...

Chess Study: Shades of Mediocrity As a young man there was a time that I would try to be the best I could be at everything I did; from b...

Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. (with a tip of the cigar to Groucho Marx) Recently in the Harvard Coop bookstore (where, in 2008...

Chess Do Over: Re-entry . In the summers of childhood we spent every day we could playing pickup baseball in the ball fields (or in the stre...

Saturday, January 17 : BCC Legends of Chess: Edgar Colle 4SS; G/65. EF: $27, $17 to BCF members. Two sections: Open & U1800; Prizes: b...

Chain of Chess Influences. As an undergrad at Westfield State College, having co-majored in Secondary Education, I was required to take a gr...

2008 profile In Dec 2008 we had 164 members, and 4 more joined at the Herb Healy on Jan 1. Throughout 2008 we have had 234 different pe...

The Monday Night Swiss started with a strong field. It's not too late to join with a 1/2 bye. SwissSys Wall Chart. MNS January 2009 # ...

I know that some people get mad when I post players' blunders. But I feel that this next one must be a rare one at the expert level. Thi...

Herb Healy Open House 2009 52 players and many visitors welcomed the new year at the traditional Herb Healy Open House . ... Bernardo Igle...

Please consider coming to the open house, see some old friends, make some new ones, play some chess (rated or unrated), and enjoy a free lun...

Marc, amused perhaps by a move like Ke2(!) photo by Tony Cortizas This holiday season has been a banner month for Boylston Chess Club player...

IM Dave Vigorito took first place with a 3.5-0.5 score in the Dec Legends of Chess - Chigorin. Visiting from Maryland, NM Alexander Bar net...

FM Chris Chase won the Dec MNS of 2008 with 3.5 points (half point bye.) Adam Yedidia won second with 3 points. Four players trailed with ...

Broken Chess Chess has its rules and they seem not only reasonable but immutably-unchangeable and consistent throughout the whole game. Bu...

Carey's USCF rating history -- he hits 2205! The Boylston Chess Club has spawned another USCF Master -- Carey Theil. Carey climbed to 2...

Harry, Chess, and Me With the Harry Lyman Memorial happening this Saturday I thought that this would be a good time for you to reflect abou...