I had the pleasure to play a very strong player (Bill Wall) on Chess Live (Beta) tonight. Bill pretty much hammered me in a game yesterday where he played the O'Kelly variation which i transposed into a kind of Kings Indian Attack (for tempo r... Read more »
I was reading an article about marathon training a while ago and it discussed how first time marathon runners think that their training should focus on running great distances to prepare for the big day. So 3-5 days a week the first timer goes out... Read more »
Waiting on somebody to accept my challange online the board comes up on screen and a name i did not want to see: Swordsman from Japan rated 2200. This guy has trashed me in the past and i was thinking to myself that this was going to be another le... Read more »
Some players seem to like to create very closed positions and make it seem impossible to get any worthwhile advantage against them. This can be very annoying especially when you play blitz because you want to see pieces exchange, sac or run right ... Read more »
Im just after playing this game online. Its a blitz game and i am playing 2...e6 in the sicilian just for fun (i dont usually play this). The game was fairly equal so i tried to spark some life into it and go for the attack. I knew i had something... Read more »
''I've found a lot of players (at least online) - only play book openings from memory - and when things devaite drastically from what they are mortally used to (especially in a 5-min game) - they can be easily briefly defeated. As a te... Read more »
Hey guys, just thought i would post my games using the boungcloud attack. Games are played under blitz conditions. I will be posting a series of boungcloud attack games so drop back soon and i should have more up. Hope you boungclouders enjoy! &n... Read more »
Here is a miniture game in the Najdorf!! The game transposes to a Najdorf variation of the Sicilian via 2.Nc3. I have been learning the grand prix attack but i like playing Najdorf so on 2...d6 i choose to enter an open sicilian. Generally with ..... Read more »
So, i havent been playing that well latley in terms of winning games but my understanding of the board has improved alot over the last few weeks. Most of my losses have been because of time, but i have only been playing blitz games on Playchess.co... Read more »
As this is my first blog post I just thought i would post a game in which i beat a 2347 bullet player (blitz rating of 2600+) on playchess.com. The game itself is actually of quite good quality in my opinion given the time control. Obviously the r... Read more »
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