The blog of Irina Bulmaga

     I had the dream to travel the World... I had the dream to win a contest... I wanted to win an Olympic Medal, to become a WGM, an IM... ...

Do you know that feeling when nothing goes the way you planned, you try to cut on the losses at least but things keep going wrong? I have ...

This post has been inspired by the current 'War' book I'm reading. Add a 2h drive on winding roads and the acute necessity ...

Waking up to a café au lait and a croissant... Can it get any better than this? Only if the day continues with strolls around a rainy Pari...

Almost 3 weeks of traveling are slowly coming to an end. Sitting at my gate in the Riyadh airport I am remembering details of these 20 ...

   The evening proved to be a very enjoyable one. I got distracted from all of my chess thoughts and by the time I got back to my place,...

     The game started with my opponent playing the Sicilian, the Rauzer system to be more precise. I remembered having some bad games playe...