My Georgia Chess magazine finally arrived in the mail today! The GCA (located in Georgia) sent it out bulk mail on February 14, and I (also located in Georgia) just now got it. Bulk mailing gives new meaning to the term "snail mail". On the cover are the winners of the 2004 Georgia Class Championship, held November 2004. Chris Wiley (middle row, right) won the C section, Shomari Mosi (bottom row, left) won the D section, and Hartley Chiang (bottom row, right) won the U1200 section.
I played in the B section that tournament and did not do so well. It seems to be my destiny that whenever a really nice trophy is being awarded, I will not do well ;)
Kazim Gulamali won the Expert section, which surprisingly only had three players.
Joe Couvillion won the A section. Joe is really tough. I've lost two games to him so far.
Eddie Shaw won the B section. I wish I could have given Eddie a better game this tournament, but he played well and deserves the title.
Also covered in this issue is the 2004 Atlanta Open (won by FM Todd Andrews).
A fairly new tactics problem page contains examples from Georgia tournament games. I'm the proud contributer of two moments from my games where I missed a tactic :)
Mike Mulford gives us his typical high-quality book reviews of Secrets of Chess Transformations, Play the 4.f3 Nimzo-Indian, and Starting Out: The Queen's Indian.
And it looks like I made it into the Georgia Top 100 List at last at #94, based on the December 2004 USCF supplement.
Georgia Chess magazine won the 2004 Best State Magazine award, and it's a must-have for the Georgia tournament player.
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