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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

new friend

Submitted by Michael_Sarmiento on Fri Apr 4, 2008 7:25pm.

I've had several opponent that had timed-out on our game, 5 to be exact. It feels good noticing that one had came back and made his move. In general, one can easily find match or play by seeking opponents, while being friends is somewhat diff... Read more »

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