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I've been out of Chess.com for quit some time now but somehow logged-in again today. I entered other chess sites on occasion but no one rivals this site. This is invariably the best chess site that I know.
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It's been more than a year since I last blogged here--time flies! How is the chess world nowadays? I'm a bit surprised (and thankful) that I'm now a diamond member here, albeit for just a week--that's something! Thanks, Chess.com!
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I few months ago I posted a lightning chess game in which I lost, and then proceeded to write about the irrationality of lightning chess (see previous blog post). Well, some people agreed but some didn't, and so this post. There has to be anot... | Read More
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More than 2 weeks ago, I tried a Live Chess game against a member of Chess.com. I intended to accept an open challenge with a duration of at least 10 minutes but inadvertently clicked a Lightning game (I guess it's 2 minutes per side).... | Read More
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Sometimes I come across people who ask about the best openings in chess. The following 2 tables are taken from a large database of games (5,025,077 total). There are 20 different first moves as seen in the first column. Table 1 i... | Read More
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It's common knowledge that there are 64 squares in a chessboard. There are actually 204 squares. If the smallest square's side measures 1 unit, then there are 8² or 64 1x1 squares. Continuing the math, there are 7² 2x... | Read More
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The great legend, Grandmaster Bobby Fischer passed away yesterday, sending shock waves all over the chess world. He was 64 years old, symbolically representing all the 64 squares of the chessboard. He might have been a controversial fi... | Read More
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There is a lot of posting about making games as live as possible, clamoring for fast games (blitz, etc.). I still long for those years past when chess is played leisurely, no time involved, as if chess is some form of meditation. I ima... | Read More
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God grant you...the light in Christmas which is faith;the warmth of Christmas, which is love;the radiance of Christmas, which is purity;the righteousness of Christmas, which is justice;the belief in Christmas, which is truth;the all of Christmas, ... | Read More
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The Sicilian is a popular reply to the usual 1. e4, and masters say that it is a strong defense and gives equality and even advantage to Black. But Black is often warned against an early attack from White. In short, don't use the o... | Read More