Elizabeth Vicary Chess Blog

Elizabeth VicaryPhoto: Betsy Dynako/Chess Life Online

Elizabeth Vicary, teacher and chess coach at Brooklyn's I.S. 318, is quite the animated writer. You can find her work frequently at Chess Life Online and in the pages of Chess Life magazine.

She now has her own chess blog, which became an instant hit. It includes topics (even chess sometimes) from a perspective you just won't find elsewhere, and polls such as the one asking readers if Abby Marshall should accept a wildcard invitation to the 2008 U.S. Women's Championship. Three answers are available - Yes, Definitely and Sure. How do you answer such a question??

When you just can't take another minute of opening or endgame analysis, and need a quick break, take a look at her blog. If it doesn't make you smile, I'm afraid you may have a neurological issue going on.