3 weeks ago

Play in my USCF monthly April 2024 online tournament

All skill levels are welcome!

Here is more info about this tournament:


When: Saturday, April 20 at 10am PST
Tournament Format Type: Swiss-system. That means nobody gets eliminated from the tournament, even if she/he looses.

# of Rounds: 5 rounds
Time control is G/10 + 2 (affecting US Chess online quick rating).

Sections: one open section with no rating restriction (open to all ratings!)
Pairing: based on chess.com rapid rating.

Entry Fee: $15

Prizes: First place wins $20. Second place wins $15. Third place wins $5.

Click here to sign up for the tournament.



Rating of the event: The tournament will be submitted to US Chess for rating after the fair play screening has been completed. Any adjustment due to fair play violation will follow the standard US Chess Online Play guidelines.

Other things to know: My monthly USCF rated online chess tournaments will always be the third Saturday of every month at 10am PST. The platform for the chess tournament is chess.com. Cheating is never tolerated in my tournaments.

If you aren't a USCF (United States Chess Federation) member, you must be a USCF member to play in my tournament. You can join the USCF here. For your info, foreigners are welcome to join the USCF.
If you want me to sign you up to be an USCF member, you'll get a discount! Please email me about this.

I have been a USCF member since 1999! Here is my USCF rating page. You will get a USCF rating page once you are a USCF member too.

Here is my official United States Chess Federation tournament listing.


Only players with a chess.com account in good standing are qualified to play in the tournament. At any point a player has an account that's been closed, they loose the right to play in the tournament. No exceptions.


I also am offering a LIVE Q&A session on Zoom on Friday, 4/19 at 6:30pm PST, in case anybody has questions about my tournament.

Zoom details: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89923682338?pwd=wa6QacikJCzh16Ug0b4pyxFFHVqeVc.1
Password: 044383

Alternatively, you can click here to join the Zoom meeting.

I hope you and others will play in the tournament! I want people to have fun while they play in my tournaments! If requested, I will analyze your chess games for free on my Twitch livestream!








3 weeks ago

Play in my upcoming FREE April blitz tournament

First place winner wins a $20 Amazon gift card!

The tournament is on Saturday, April 27th at 9:59am PST. Please note that this is not USCF rated. Participating in the tournament is completely FREE. Anyone who is rated 100- 2199 on chess.com is welcome to play in this tournament. Also, partcipants must have played a minimum of ten chess.com games to participate.

More info: The tournament is 7 rounds and the time control is 3 | 2, which is a blitz time control. That means a player starts out with 3 minutes. Every time that player makes a move, then 2 seconds is added to his or her time.

First place wins a $20 USD Amazon.com gift card!

If you are others are planning to play in my tournament, I encourage you to sign up for my email list where I'll send the latest updates and more. Please sign up here and you'll also get my FREE eBook for beginners.


In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here.
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage. If you don't see the link, here is the tournament link.

I host this monthly chess blitz tournament for my the last Saturday of every month! This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers!


I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!

On another note, did you know I recently broke the initial Guinness Book of World Records for the longest crochet scarf by an individual? My 75 pound black and white scarf is about 501 feet long and used over 35 miles of yarn to make! My dream is to get the scarf displayed in a public place, such as a museum or airport, to inspire others to play chess and more. Be part of my journey! Please contact me if you think you can help me achieve this dream. Thanks in advance!
More info about the scarf is here.








1 month ago

Play in my upcoming FREE March blitz online tournament

This is a monthly tournament

The tournament is on Saturday, March 30th at 9:59am PST. Please note that this is not USCF rated. Participating in the tournament is completely FREE. Anyone who is rated 100- 2199 on chess.com is welcome to play in this tournament. Also, partcipants must have played a minimum of ten chess.com games to participate.

More info: The tournament is 7 rounds and the time control is 3 | 2, which is a blitz time control. That means a player starts out with 3 minutes. Every time that player makes a move, then 2 seconds is added to his or her time.

First place wins a $10 USD Amazon.com gift card!

If you are others are planning to play in my tournament, I encourage you to sign up for my email list where I'll send the latest updates and more. Please sign up here and you'll also get my FREE eBook for beginners.


In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here.
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage. If you don't see the link, here is the tournament link.

I host this monthly chess blitz tournament for my the last Saturday of every month! This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers!


I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!

On another note, did you know I recently broke the initial Guinness Book of World Records for the longest crochet scarf by an individual? My 75 pound black and white scarf is about 501 feet long and used over 35 miles of yarn to make! My dream is to get the scarf displayed in a public place, such as a museum or airport, to inspire others to play chess and more. Be part of my journey! Please contact me if you think you can help me achieve this dream. Thanks in advance!
More info about the scarf is here.








1 month ago

I recently finished my 501 foot chess scarf!

Be part of my epic journey!

THIS IS NORTH AMERICA'S SECOND LONGEST CROCHET SCARF!!
After 4 1/2 years of crocheting and 237 Red Heart yarn balls later, I am finally finished my 501 foot chess scarf. I started this scarf on November 19, 2019. The primary colors of the scarf is black and white to represent the game of chess. I made this scarf to inspire others to play chess and to spread positive energy. The scarf broke the initial Guinness Book of World Records of the longest crochet scarf by an individual, which is about 492.13 feet long.

Here are fun facts about the scarf:
1) The 100th yarn ball is primary pink and blue in color because pink is my color.
2) Yarn ball 200 and yarn ball 201 are blue because the ocean is blue. I want people to take care of the ocean!
3) The last yarn balls of the scarf, #236 and #237 are green. The green color represents the earth and the environment. I want people to take care of the environment.
4)All of the other yarn balls are black and white, which represents the game of chess. As a well established chess teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area, I created this scarf to inspire others to play chess. Chess is such a great game!
5) All yarn balls are Yarnspiration's Red Heart yarn. I estimate that 3/4 of the yarn balls are Red Heart Soft yarn. Eventually, my local craft store stopped selling Red Heart Soft Yarn, so I chose to use Red Heart Super Saver yarn for the rest of the scarf.
6) I only used the single crochet stitch for the entire scarf. This is actually the only stitch that I know how to do.
7) The scarf weighs at least 75 pounds. I still need to do the math for the actual weight.
8) The last time I actually rolled out the entire scarf was in November 2021. At that time, the scarf was about 250 feet long.
9) I tried to work on the scarf every day. Some days I wasn't able to since I was so busy or I was out of town.
10) The nickname for the scarf is "Snakey" because snakes are long, just like the scarf.
11) The average width of the scarf is about 9 inches.
12) While I was working on the scarf, I watched a lot of videos and movies. About two years ago, I learned how to play poker as a complete beginner. I also played online poker while working on the scarf. On a side note, poker is a male-dominated game, just like chess. I encourage other females to play poker.
13) It took me about 6-8 hours to complete one foot.
14) I rounded each yarn ball to 1/2 a foot. Because of that, Snakey is probably a little over 501 feet long. Some yarn balls gave me about 41 inches of scarf, which is one inch less than 3.5 feet. Therefore, I considered 41 inches to be 3 feet.
15) I did time lapsed videos crocheting the ENTIRE scarf. I also did regular video when I transfered a new yarn ball.
16) I used at least 35 miles of yarn to create the scarf!

BE PART OF MY EPIC JOURNEY. My dream is to display the scarf in a public place, such as a major airport or a museum. Please contact me if you can help me achieve this dream! THANKS IN ADVANCE!

Please watch this video and you'll learn more about my scarf.







2 months ago

Play in my upcoming February blitz online tournament!

This is a monthly tournament

The tournament is on Saturday, February 24th at 10am PST. Please note that this is not USCF rated. Participating in the tournament is completely FREE. Anyone who is rated 100- 2199 on chess.com is welcome to play in this tournament. Also, partcipants must have played a minimum of ten chess.com games to participate.

More info: The tournament is 7 rounds and the time control is 3 | 2, which is a blitz time control. That means a player starts out with 3 minutes. Every time that player makes a move, then 2 seconds is added to his or her time.

First place wins a $10 Amazon.com gift card!

If you are others are planning to play in my tournament, I encourage you to sign up for my email list where I'll send the latest updates and more. Please sign up here and you'll also get my FREE eBook for beginners.


In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here.
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage. If you don't see the link, here is the tournament link.

I host this monthly chess blitz tournament for my the last Saturday of every month! This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers! I will offer analysis of your chess games on my Twitch channel, if requested.


I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!










2 months ago

Play in my next monthly USCF online tournament!

All skill levels welcome!

Here is more info about this tournament:


When: Saturday, February 17 at 10am PST
Tournament Format Type: Swiss-system. That means nobody gets eliminated from the tournament, even if she/he looses.

# of Rounds: 5 rounds
Time control is G/10 + 2 (affecting US Chess online quick rating).

Sections: one open section with no rating restriction (open to all ratings!)
Pairing: based on chess.com rapid rating.

Entry Fee: $15

Prizes: First place wins $20. Second place wins $15. Third place wins $5.

Click here to sign up for the tournament.



Rating of the event: The tournament will be submitted to US Chess for rating after the fair play screening has been completed. Any adjustment due to fair play violation will follow the standard US Chess Online Play guidelines.

Other things to know: My monthly USCF rated online chess tournaments will always be the third Saturday of every month at 10am PST. The platform for the chess tournament is chess.com. Cheating is never tolerated in my tournaments.

If you aren't a USCF (United States Chess Federation) member, you must be a USCF member to play in my tournament. You can join the USCF here. For your info, foreigners are welcome to join the USCF.
If you want me to sign you up to be an USCF member, you'll get a discount! Please email me about this.

I have been a USCF member since 1999! Here is my USCF rating page. You will get a USCF rating page once you are a USCF member too.

Here is my official United States Chess Federation tournament listing.


Only players with a chess.com account in good standing are qualified to play in the tournament. At any point a player has an account that's been closed, they loose the right to play in the tournament. No exceptions.


I also am offering a LIVE Q&A session on Zoom on Friday, 2/16 at 6:30pm PST, in case anybody has questions about my tournament.

Zoom details: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89923682338?pwd=wa6QacikJCzh16Ug0b4pyxFFHVqeVc.1
Password: 044383

Alternatively, you can click here to join the Zoom meeting.

I hope you and others will play in the tournament! I want people to have fun while they play in my tournaments! If requested, I will analyze your chess games for free on my Twitch livestream!








3 months ago

Play in my USCF online tournament this Saturday

All skill levels are welcome

Here is more info about this tournament:


When: Saturday, January 20 at 10am PST
Tournament Format Type: Swiss-system. That means nobody gets eliminated from the tournament, even if she/he looses.

# of Rounds: 5 rounds
Time control is G/10 + 2 (affecting US Chess online quick rating).

Sections: one open section with no rating restriction (open to all ratings!)
Pairing: based on chess.com rapid rating.

Entry Fee: $15

Prizes: First place wins $20. Second place wins $15. Third place wins $5.

Click here to sign up for the tournament.



Rating of the event: The tournament will be submitted to US Chess for rating after the fair play screening has been completed. Any adjustment due to fair play violation will follow the standard US Chess Online Play guidelines.

Other things to know: My monthly USCF rated online chess tournaments will always be the third Saturday of every month at 10am PST. The platform for the chess tournament is chess.com. Cheating is never tolerated in my tournaments.

If you aren't a USCF (United States Chess Federation) member, you must be a USCF member to play in my tournament. You can join the USCF here. For your info, foreigners are welcome to join the USCF.
If you want me to sign you up to be an USCF member, you'll get a discount! Please email me about this.

I have been a USCF member since 1999! Here is my USCF rating page. You will get a USCF rating page once you are a USCF member too.

Here is my official United States Chess Federation tournament listing.


Only players with a chess.com account in good standing are qualified to play in the tournament. At any point a player has an account that's been closed, they loose the right to play in the tournament. No exceptions.


I also am offering a LIVE Q&A session on Zoom on Friday, 1/19 at 6:30pm PST, in case anybody has questions about my tournament.

Zoom details: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89923682338?pwd=wa6QacikJCzh16Ug0b4pyxFFHVqeVc.1
Password: 044383

Alternatively, you can click here to join the Zoom meeting.

I hope you and others will play in the tournament! I want people to have fun while they play in my tournaments! If requested, I will analyze your chess games for free on my Twitch livestream!








3 months ago

Play in my January online blitz tournament on chess.com!

This is a monthly tournament

The tournament is on Saturday, January 27th at 10am PST. Please note that this is not USCF rated. Participating in the tournament is completely FREE. Anyone who is rated 100- 2199 on chess.com is welcome to play in this tournament. Also, partcipants must have played a minimum of ten chess.com games to participate.

More info: The tournament is 7 rounds and the time control is 3 | 2, which is a blitz time control. That means a player starts out with 3 minutes. Every time that player makes a move, then 2 seconds is added to his or her time.

First place wins a $10 Amazon.com gift card!

If you are others are planning to play in my tournament, I encourage you to sign up for my email list where I'll send the latest updates and more. Please sign up here and you'll also get my FREE eBook for beginners.


In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here.
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage. If you don't see the link, here is the tournament link.

I host this monthly chess blitz tournament for my the last Saturday of every month! This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers! I will offer analysis of your chess games on my Twitch channel, if requested.


I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!










4 months ago

Play in my chess.com's unrated holiday battle arena

We'll be battling against National Master Craig Clawitter's Chess.com Community

Here is more info about this unrated holiday club battle on chess.com:


When: Wednesday, December 27th at 4:18pm PST

Who can participate in this battle?
Anyone in my chess.com club can join. It's free to join my club and participate. Join here to join the battle. If this link doesn't work, then join my chess.com club first.

Tournament Format Type: Arena format for 1 hour and 30 minutes. That means nobody gets eliminated from the tournament, even if she/he looses. You simply just play for the 1 hr and 30 minutes. All the games in this battle are unrated! Let's play our best and have fun! This is just a friendly competition!
The time control for all of the games in this battle is 5|5.

We'll be playing against National Master Craig Clawitter's (also known as Beerded NM) chess.com community .
Who is National Master Craig Clawitter? He is another respected chess teacher just like me! He is based in the Los Angeles area. Click here for his website. I also encourage you to check out his Twitch chess stream.


Only players with a chess.com account in good standing are qualified to play in the tournament. At any point a player has an account that's been closed, they loose the right to play in the battle. No exceptions. Cheating is never tolerated in all of my tournaments/battles!

I hope you or others you might know will play in this friendly battle! I want people to have fun while they play in my battles!
If requested, I will analyze your chess games for free on my Twitch livestream!






4 months ago

Play in my non USCF December online blitz tournament

First place wins $10 Amazon gift card

The tournament is on Saturday, December 30th at 10am PST. Please note that this is not USCF rated. Participating in the tournament is completely FREE. Anyone who is rated 100- 2199 on chess.com is welcome to play in this tournament. Also, partcipants must have played a minimum of ten chess.com games to participate.

More info: The tournament is 7 rounds and the time control is 3 | 2, which is a blitz time control. That means a player starts out with 3 minutes. Every time that player makes a move, then 2 seconds is added to his or her time.

First place wins a $10 Amazon.com gift card!

If you are others are planning to play in my tournament, I encourage you to sign up for my email list where I'll send the latest updates and more. Please sign up here and you'll also get my FREE eBook for beginners.


In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here.
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage. If you don't see the link, here is the tournament link.

I host this monthly chess blitz tournament for my the last Saturday of every month! This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers! I will offer analysis of your chess games on my Twitch channel, if requested.


I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!