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New bill gives U.S president emergency powers over the Internet

Submitted by Keyif on Sun Sep 6, 2009 1:01pm.

I just read the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 and so should you. If passed it will give the President power to shut down the Internet and Private Networks. Can you say Big Brother. From techFAQ Senator Democrats are attempting to pass legislation wh... Read more »

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Chess Poll

Submitted by Keyif on Fri Sep 4, 2009 6:28am.

Hello all, Please take a moment and take the one question poll on my website. Take the Poll Please. Keyif Read more »

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Chicago Blaze loses to Arizona Scorpions

Submitted by Keyif on Wed Sep 2, 2009 9:46pm.

The match went .5 for the Blaze and 3.5 for the Scorpions. Here are the games. See next weeks match at  Midway Chess Club Read more »

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Chicago Blaze Professional Webcast

Submitted by Keyif on Tue Sep 1, 2009 10:46pm.

Tomorrow night at 8pm CST I will be webcasting the match between the Chicago Blaze and the Arizona Scorpions. You can join the webcast (FREE) at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/460573034 Read more »

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New and Larger Chess Club

Submitted by Keyif on Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:16pm.

Well this week has been a wild ride. We finished painting on our facility only to have a larger and better one offered. We will use the smaller one for meetings and such in conjunction with the VA. But our new building is 3000 sq ft! We will hold... Read more »

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Midway Chess Club August 15th Swiss Tourney

Submitted by Keyif on Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:33pm.

Second Tournament a success! The second tournament well much better. We opened on time, lots of preregistrations, good games and lots of fun. Once again thank you to John and Terry of "A Place for Us." and their proving such great food. This time... Read more »

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Midway Chess Club and Mikhail Korenman

Submitted by Keyif on Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:57am.

Hello All, For those of you who come to the Midway Chess Club meetings you already have met Mikhail. For those of you online perhaps you will meet him. But, I wanted to take a moment to let you all know why I asked him to work with us and we are ... Read more »

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Two Bishops End games

Submitted by Keyif on Sat Aug 8, 2009 5:11am.

In continuing with my training I am now working on two Bishops. I think I have now gotten a pretty good hold on them. George Orloz in his article writes that Bishop endings do not happen as frequently as Rook endgames, but a player should have s... Read more »

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Endgame Study

Submitted by Keyif on Thu Aug 6, 2009 1:17pm.

I am working through Pandolfini's End Game course and Traps and Zaps. I am going to post the two problems from EG here for my Chess.com friends. 1. Queen and Rook Roll. 2. Rolling Barrier Read more »

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Zaps and Traps Vienna

Submitted by Keyif on Tue Aug 4, 2009 7:59am.

Currently I am using Pandolfini's book "Zaps and Traps" to study. I wanted to share the games here with my Chess.com family. As these are from a book they are set up to show issues and problems. There are obviously better lines and moves to play t... Read more »

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