January 27--Wahrheit Jumps into the Saddle

Thanks to Wahrheit for taking the reigns of the chess improvement carnival.

He has a great idea for the first one: post your best post ever. We should see some great stuff: I know I will be sifting through some of the old Knights Errant blogs to find a chestnut or two. Deadline for submission is January 27.

Happy Birthday, Carnival!

That's a wrap!

Welcome to the December 5, 2011 edition of chess improvement carnival. Some great stuff, and as a Christmas gift I was very inclusive in accepting stuff that was submitted.

This is the last Carnival I am going to be involved with. I appreciate everyone taking the time to participate by submitting articles, hosting carnivals, etc..

You have provided a lot of great content the past year, and Warheit is going to be taking the baton from me, so be sure to stay tuned to his blog, and comments section here, for updates on what is going on. He showed his unflagging enthusiasm for chess by making three submissions this month. Wow!

Blunderprone presents How I rust-proofed my training. This topic is incredibly important, so have a look.

Robert Pearson presents Chess Blogger v. Chess Blogger! ChessAdmin-RLP 10.15.11 1/2-1/2

lefthandsketch presents Irina Krush's Lecture at the Marshall Chess Club

Intermezzo presents Abrakebabra!

Robert Pearson presents Memorable Game 9: 2002 Alaska State Ch., Ron Campbell - R. Pearson 0-1

ChessAdmin presents Annotated Game #21: Modern Stonewall Hero

lefthandsketch presents Simon Williams: Attacking with the French

Robert Pearson presents Book Review: Play 1. e4 e5! A Complete Repertoire for Black in the Open Games by Nigel Davies

ChessAdmin presents The Kung Fu of Chess

Mark Weeks presents The Bridge, the Diversion, and the Best Defense

Robert Pearson presents more Chess and Brain Stuff, plus blitz heresy

Geoff Fergusson presents Coakley’s Winning Chess Exercises for Kids

Intermezzo presents Christmas Quiz 2011 posted at Hebden Bridge.

Good bye chess bloggers! Warheit, contact me via email, please, and we'll talk....

Chess Improvement Carnival the 12th

Will be up tonight...My apologies for the delays, this is a sign it is time for me to pass on the skeptre!

Tomorrow is deadline for December Carnival!

Update
The fearless Wahrheit has volunteered to continue on with the Chess Improvement Carnival next year! If you have suggestions for how we could improve it, please write it in the comments here, or let him know.

One thing on my wish list is better carnival software. The site we use is awful, but the only thing I found. If anyone knows of any alternates, please tell.

Last chance! See previous post for details on how to submit.

It will be the last carnival in my rotation. If someone else wants to pick up the gauntlet, let me know in the comments. I'd recommend doing it every other month.

November Carnival is up!

Intrepid Prodigal Pawn had to walk backwards through New England ice and snow, hand-coding the Carnival in machine language and sending it in via carrier pigeon. Also, I screwed up and didn't send him the submissions until late. So in general he has been through a lot, so go read his dang Carnival!

Next month will be the final Chess Improvement Blog Carnival! Submit your stuff, anything from the past year, here.

Reminder: Tomorrow is deadline for November 4 Carnival!

See my previous post for details on this second-to-last chess improvement carnival.

October Carnival is Up

Mark Weeks, at Chess for all Ages, has posted a most excellent Chess Improvement Carnival.

Thanks for hosting, Mark! I look forward to learning how to improve at chess!

The second-to-last carnival will be hosted by Prodigal Pawn on November 4, submissions due by November 1 here.

Three days to submit for October!

October 1 is the deadline for submitting to the October Chess Improvement Carnival. Mark Weeks is hosting, and has the announcement here.

September Carnival is up!

The ninth monthly carnival is up over at Hebden Bridge Chess Club. Thanks, Hebden Bridge for hosting twice this year.

October edition will be hosted by blogger celebrity Mark Weeks over at Chess for All Ages. You can submit your content here.

Lineup for next four carnivals...

September 4: Hebden Bridge Chess Club

October 4: Chess for all ages (Mark Weeks)

November 4: Prodigal Pawn (Tommyg)

December 4: Right here at chessconfessions.

Those hosting, please email me at bluedevil [dot] knight at yahoo so I can be sure I have your most up-to-date email address.

You can submit content (either your own or others that you really like) here by the first of the month for each month's carnival.

After December, I will no longer organize the carnivals. If someone else wants to, let me know. The toughest part is getting volunteers to host. Finding content is not *too* bad, but probably it would be better if this were done bimonthly rather than monthly.

Thanks to those who supported it by submitting, hosting, and such. You rock!