Phobetor's Blog
Welcome to my blog! This blog mostly contains the more interesting games I played, either over the board in competitions or tournaments, or online on sites like the Internet Chess Club. Usually the game comes with a story about why the game was interesting or what we can learn from that game, and I always add annotations and analysis to the games.
Although I try to check my annotations and analysis of the games with an engine, sometimes an error slips in, so if you think I made a mistake or you don't understand something, just say it! Just reply to the blog post in question, and I'll usually answer the question the same day or within a few days. And of course other feedback is welcome as well!
I also have a series called "Magnificent Puzzles" where I post beautiful chess compositions. These are usually "miniatures" (compositions with only few pieces on the board) with unexpected beautiful solutions. These can be as old as from 1920, and stalemates and underpromotions are not uncommon in these puzzles.
I hope you'll enjoy reading the blog posts, since, well, that's why I write them :)
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on Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:55pm.
One big advantage of playing less common openings is that they are just less common. Your opponents will not have faced your opening so often, which means there's a good chance they're not well prepared, while you know the opening well, since you ... Read more »
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on Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:16pm.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »
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on Mon Feb 9, 2009 10:17am.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »
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on Sun Feb 8, 2009 8:10am.
In the game below, black managed to trade his dark-squared bishop for the kingside knight early on, giving black easy equality. Soon an endgame arose with opposite bishops and both sides having a knight. As usual, white's queenside became a proble... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun Feb 8, 2009 5:20am.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sat Feb 7, 2009 12:36pm.
The advantage of studying openings you play is not just that you learn how to play that opening as white/black, but also that you learn how to combat that opening as black/white. For example, I've played the Scandinavian as black for quite a while... Read more »
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on Sat Feb 7, 2009 11:05am.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Fri Feb 6, 2009 3:24pm.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Fri Feb 6, 2009 11:10am.
Below is a game I played recently with the Berlin Wall. It's one of those games where white got overambitious early on. He thinks the better pawn structure, much better development and active pieces should compensate for any sacrifices. So on move... Read more »
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on Wed Feb 4, 2009 12:06pm.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »