No chess game overviews this time, rather a chess discussion. What is your state of mind when you sit down on a chess board? Fearful? Calm? Excited? Do you seem to play better at a certain emotion? Do you play differently, style wise? For me, in ... Read more »
OK placed second in the U1500 second with a score of 4.5 out of 6. Played very rough games, but only one was interesting. Read more »
Played four games in a tournament today, wasn't easy. Two of my games, I made game losing mistakes, but I pulled through! Read more »
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I am back with another game I played today, which demonstrates the power of bishops and pins. Read more »
An aggressive full out assault, my opponent defended for a while, but eventually blundered that costed the game. Read more »
This game is badly played by both players, I admit it, but it is still interesting and fun to play... Read more »
So after studying hours of tactics trainer, I played a game, and boy did tactics trainer proved to be helpful... Read more »
One weird pawn structure that can cause destruction and complexity... and another game... where my opponent got greedy... so I wiped his playing field out... &nb... Read more »
Though my gameplay has plummeted to an all time low (I drew 8 or so games in a row yesterday and lost a few), my tactics are yet to vanish. This game gets interesting as oppurtinities popped up... The second game was a reason why players need to P... Read more »
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