Kaonashi's Blog

• Snow!

  We recently got a lot of snow in the Netherlands! Check out these pictures I made in my neighbourhood: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferdinand1977/sets/72157625491414767/with/5270634435/ | Read More

  • Kaonashi
  • | Dec 18 2010
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• Swepped by Qh5

  In a recent blitz-game, I was swepped by my oponent when he countered my Sicilian defense with 2.Qh5. I checked if this was a common move, but in the openings database there were just a couple of games with that position. And it was statiscally a ... | Read More

  • Kaonashi
  • | Aug 16 2009
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• Blind spots

  Quite often, if I see a good move, I can't think of an even better move which might be there. In this game, I totally overlooked the obvious. Can you spot the right move?                             I played Nf5+, fo... | Read More

  • Kaonashi
  • | Aug 07 2009
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• Cool puzzle on Susan Polgar's blog

  Cool puzzle! At first glance, white seems defeated because black has a huge material lead. White shouldn't give up and resign, though... http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/08/brain-teaser.html | Read More

  • Kaonashi
  • | Aug 03 2009
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• Castling and the danger of trapping your king

  Hi all, This is my first article, so here goes nothing ;-) I'm not a very strong player, but I win my share of games. Recently, I beat a stronger player in a game of quick live chess here on chess.com. I won the game, because my opponent - who I... | Read More

  • Kaonashi
  • | May 15 2009
  • | 332 views
  • | 3 comments