The reason why I wrote this is because the US chess league is happening today. If you want to watch, go to one of the places specified near you at http://www.uschessleague.com/. I am a big chess fan of the Boston Blitz, I am friends of most of the players. Larry Christiansen is my coach and will be playing tonight at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The Boston Blitz almost won the last championships but they lost to the Dallas Destiny, which has lost their first match.
I watched a CNN video last night of Campbell Brown interviewing John McCain's spokesperson Tucker Bounds. She really nailed him with the question of Sarah Palin's qualifications. He kept dodging the question. If you want to watch it click here.
Also if you want a fun chess problem for those who weren't watching last week's action of the USCL, then here is one from the game Shabalov-Sammour-Hasbun. This game is from the match between the Boston Blitz, and the New York Knights. They have an really old rivalry that dated from 3 seasons ago. It is quite similar to the situation in baseball. Before the game, Shabalov(2700) was trash talking that he could beat the entire team by himself. Well, he lost against our first board, Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (2500) who doesn't even have a IM or GM title yet.
White just played 16. Qc2
Shabalov has many threats like Qg6 on his next move. Can you predict what Sammour-Hasbun did?
For the solution, click here.
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