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SIM Kurt Stein RIP 1959 - 2021

on Aug 12, 2021

The #5 US correspondence player at the time of his passing with a rating of 2540, Kurt Stein born July 4th, 1959 died of heart failure on Friday July 30th, 2021 immediately after moving out of his apartment.

What is a Trillion anyways?

on Aug 29, 2020

What is a trillion? How do you visualize it? For most of us, this amount of money is something far beyond anything we can actually fathom.

How to Find Bh4 from Carlsen-Caruana 2018 World Championship Match Game 6

on Nov 19, 2018

The world was alive as game 6 ended in a draw but so many people, including former World Champion Garry Kasparov, were mystified by the missed win that the computer finds so easily.

2nd Sevan Muradian Memorial

on Nov 26, 2017

Final Standings for Mixed Doubles, Premier, Reserve, Booster and Blitz Final Standings.

The dream of Scuba in Cuba

on May 30, 2017

Since the day President Obama announced new rules on Cuba, I was dreaming of landing in this island before it could change from American Corporate influences. I wanted to see what life was like when the pause button was pressed in many respects for about sixty years.