Category Archives: Seattle Sluggers
Get Used to the Heat
The Chicago Blaze came out smoking in its season opener with a convincing 3.5 – .5 victory over the Seattle Sluggers this past Wednesday evening. It was a hot night in the Chicagoland area as Blaze team members, management, local luminaries, chess fans, as well as members of the local press corps converged on the the North Shore Chess Center in Skokie to witness the beginning of what many believe will be a championship season. Continue reading
Opening Night Lineups
Well, this is it, chess fans. The 2011 U.S. Chess League season gets under way this week, and our first match of the year, against the Seattle Sluggers, starts Wednesday night at 8:00 PM. Here are the lineups. Continue reading
That’s All, Folks!
Blaze draw division-leading Sluggers to end a down-and-up season
IM Florin Felecan
NM Eric Rosen
The Blaze have finished their 2009 USCL season with a 2-2 draw against the division-leading Seattle Sluggers, capping off…
It’s Over
We have one more match to go this season, but our playoff hopes have been dashed
Note to those perennial optimists among you who were sure the Chicago Blaze would come from behind in the Western Division playoff race to…
Blaze Stung By Scorpions Again
Photos: (c) Betsy Dynako
As Charles Dickens once said, there are the best of times, and then there’s last Wednesday night. Yuck. That evening, the Chicago Blaze lost to our fellow expansion team the Arizona Scorpions for the second time…
English Novel
Why not 3. … f5?
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Seattle Power Lineup Nips Blaze
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Nakamura to Lead Seattle Against Blaze
Monday night, for the third time in four weeks, the Blaze go up against a team with a significantly higher average rating, when we take on the Seattle Sluggers at 8:00 Central time. Leading the Sluggers will be former…
