| Name/Description | Type | Size | Uploaded By | Uploaded On |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not just rules but issues, policies and advice for our tournament players and TDs. | Adobe Acrobat file | 412K | Victor Tan | Feb 21, 2010 |
| An abridged list of rules for Quick tournaments (Game in 10 to Game in 29) | Word file | 28K | Paul Serrano | Nov 28, 2009 |
| This is my last round game in the recent Northern Virginia Open. FM Gorman had the black pieces and played the Sicilian. After some middlegame action, the match ended with a drawn rook-and-pawns ending. | a .PGN file | 1K | A former member | Nov 10, 2009 |
| A short description of the USCF rating system. | Word file | 30K | Paul Serrano | Oct 24, 2009 |
| How to read and write chess notation. | Adobe Acrobat file | 108K | Paul Serrano | Oct 18, 2009 |
| Protocols for Action tournaments; especially for beginning players | Word file | 27K | Paul Serrano | Oct 15, 2009 |
| An abridged list of rules for rated Action tournaments. | Word file | 26K | Paul Serrano | Oct 14, 2009 |
| The game was played in the last round of the Carver Tournament. It features the popular & sharp Najdorf variation for Sicilian lovers. White held on to his initiative from the opening phase and reached a winning endgame despite Black's resistance. | a .PGN file | 1K | A former member | Aug 30, 2009 |
| In round 4 of the Carver tournament, I played Black against Master Raymond. In a tough Semi-Slav game, the position remained relatively equal until the queens were exchanged. And until the last move, Black's slight edge was not easy to exploit. | a .PGN file | 1K | A former member | Aug 23, 2009 |
| This game followed a Winawer line, a popular choice by French Defense players. The game shows how one mistake (...g6) can lead to a quick downfall. The Kingside attack was relentless and a knight maneuver leading to mate provided the climax. | a .PGN file | 0K | A former member | Aug 21, 2009 |
| My game from Raymond's simul 8-15-09, now with annotations by Raymond as well as a suggestion from Shawn. White castled long and engineered a strong attack. Black had chances, too, but played some weak moves towards the end. Comments welcome! | a .pgn file | 3K | Scott Knoke | Aug 18, 2009 |
| As requested by Herky, here is the game played between Matt and I at today's session. The opening was a Sicilian where White plays Qxd4. A tough battle over 60 moves. I've added a few brief comments and would welcome any feedback on the game. | a .pgn file | 3K | Richard | Aug 16, 2009 |
| Another game against RaymondD. White invades Blacks position through the center, gets a Q and R on the 7th rank and even promotes a pawn. Black somehow survives and counterattacks leading to tripled isolated pawns trapping the White king. | a .pgn file | 2K | Richard | Aug 9, 2009 |
| Victor and I discussed the Grand Prix Attack (GPA) against the Sicilian today - quite different to mainstream lines. Attached is a recent game I played against RaymondD in a far from typical variation in the GPA. Some general notes are in the file. | a .pgn file | 1K | Richard | Aug 8, 2009 |
| In the recent Kingstowne Tournament, club founder Charles Frey played Black against Alex Passov who was the tournament favorite. It was a closed Sicilian which culminated in a won pawn endgame by Charles. Frey went on to win the tournament! | a .PGN file | 1K | A former member | Aug 2, 2009 |
| In my first USCF tournament, I played against Fiona Lam who was rated 1770 then. This was a memorable game because this enabled me to garner the top unrated honors in the Northern Virginia Open '08. What a great tournament experience! | a .PGN file | 1K | A former member | Jul 31, 2009 |
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