Ken Ho's chess corner

"To learn, and at due times to practice what one has learned, is that not also a pleasure?"
-Confucius

Talking to World Champion Mikhail Tal (Dennis Seawald at left) 3/7/88 photo at Boylston Chess Club, Boston, by S.P. Stepak

During Tal's visit to Boston, National Master Bill Lukowiak hosted an all-night chess party where I and a number of other players enjoyed playing blitz with Tal, who was extremely nice. In my game, he kindly pointed out "Sooner or later...this.", referring to a likely future pawn move of his that would destroy my position (not that I ever had a chance against him).

• Book recommendations
• Stewart Zolton (1959) - Ken Ho (1806), 4 Oct 1987 Caro-Kann, Advance. Quite an interesting pawn endgame.
• Jim Ferretti (1728) - Ken Ho (1762), 8 Jan 1989 (pgn) Caro-Kann, Classical. An interesting pawn endgame.
• Ken Ho - Anthony Gross, 24 Jun 1989 King's Indian, g3. A difficult opening and middlegame.
• Ken Ho (1730) - Tom Laaman (1508), 20 Oct 2001 Caro-Kann (by transposition). A game whose many twists surprised me over and over again in numerous analyses, particularly in the endgame.
• Boylston Chess Club Blog entries Some of my casual writing.
• Chess Horizons articles More of my writing, but for the Massachusetts state chess magazine.

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