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Sorry guys....

Submitted by Michael_Sarmiento on Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:34am.

          To all concerned..... Im 'very sorry from timing-out from our games. I just came from a very long family vacation and only to find that my computer crashed and needs to reformat and the worst part is i lost internet connection t... Read more »

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The Dream Team Vs. Chess.com ????

Submitted by Michael_Sarmiento on Fri Jun 6, 2008 8:32am.

We're all members of this site and the title somehow brought dilemma to other members. "The Dream Team Vs. Chess.com" it would seem sound that this 2 team we're from 2 different sites. Chess.com have over 22,000 current members ... Read more »

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My Second Best Game

Submitted by Michael_Sarmiento on Mon Jun 2, 2008 8:12am.

              Can you find the the forced 4 move mate?               white to move...  Read more »

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My Best Game

Submitted by Michael_Sarmiento on Fri May 2, 2008 4:32am.

Here's my best game ever played at chess.com. During my first game with a new found friend, I got a good game in the opening until the middle game, but as expected, I cannot properly make use of my advantage leading to a defeat instead of winn... Read more »

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live chess

Submitted by Michael_Sarmiento on Thu May 1, 2008 7:20am.

While only a handful of my friends were on-line, I tried to play in live chess. Won my first game after my ratings was resetted to 1200, then lost a in two games due to limited time. Did not noticed that the game I accepted was Blitz for 5 minutes... Read more »

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severe frustration and disappointment!!!

Submitted by Michael_Sarmiento on Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:50am.

I don't know what happenned and it seems something is wrong! Due to unavoidable situation.... i paused my games by availing the vacation features and posting a blog at the same time to somehow give notice to my opponents of the reason for the ... Read more »

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Sorry guys...

Submitted by Michael_Sarmiento on Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:16pm.

To all my current opponents and friends:  I have paused by games temporarily for 2-3 days. An accident occured at work and my immediate attention is needed for hospitalization needs and assistance of our employee. The situation calls for unt... Read more »

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cheating for real

Submitted by Michael_Sarmiento on Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:03pm.

I have been reading a lot of posts in forums and it struck my interest. Cheaters can be kicked-out and they can make a new account over and over again....but the point is how to prevent them? It would be very hard and time consuming.. There were p... Read more »

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8 days of frustration

Submitted by Michael_Sarmiento on Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:14am.

It's been 7 frustrating days without Internet connection, i just got connected this morning tried to send message to everyone of my opponents saying sorry for timing-out of our game. I really felt sorry, my opponents have exerted efforts and t... Read more »

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DSL Internet Provided Service Failure

Submitted by Michael_Sarmiento on Sat Apr 5, 2008 9:18pm.

It's past 12:10pm here in the Philippines, and since this morning the DSL Facilities in my area were down again!!! Very frustrating...... I had to travel and find internet cafe to just to make my move in order not to time-out in my current ga... Read more »

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