Props to Sevian for allowing mate on the board, everyone should follow his example

Online blitz. I was worried that black had Nd2 here, but black played the correct b5. Can you find the beautiful combination for white if black tries Nd2?

Reached a new all-time high USCF rating today, not because of a tournament, but because of a global rating adjustment. Hooray!

I had the correct instinct here, but missed the devastating continuation. Makes for a pretty tough puzzle IMO!

Excited to finally get my copy of Ben Johnson's new book! I must admit, the first thing I did was check the index for my name, and who would've thought? A patzer like me, immortalized in a chess book!

Hear me out, Birmingham Southern needs money, Auburn Football needs a cupcake they can actually beat...match made in heaven? #RollTide

I straight-up hung this juicy looking knight fork, then spent the rest of the game laughing at how utterly boned white is after Qf7. The game concluded Qf7 Nxf8 Rxf8 Qc1 Qf2+ Kh1 Bf1 Ne3 Bxe3 0-1

4 letter words are like the prime real estate of English vocabulary, how did "I just hit a golf ball and it's headed in your general direction" afford to get in?

Finally, a tournament venue with a purpose-built room to chastise myself for my blunders

New peak USCF rating: 1814 📈

My new favorite example of why I (almost) never resign in blitz

This is how all chess tournaments should be run

Stayed up until nearly 5 AM grinding this tournament but I suppose it was worth it. New biggest score!

Heard there's a viral YT video about the rarest move in chess, the "double-disambiguated bishop capture checkmate". Then I remembered I had that idea years ago and even made a study for it, but decided it wasn't interesting enough. Guess I should've made that video....

What is this opening called? 🤔

Now I've seen it all

Finally got my first Nigel trophy (don't ask what you have to do to get the others)

New high score