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PrideNSorrow's Blog


    • Golden State Open - 1

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    • Tournament Chess - An Amateur's Story III

      I'm living east of San Francisco these days, moved here in September for a job.  So I looked for a place to play and found the gold mine, the Mechanic's Institute in San Francisco.  I must say it truly is a pleasure, and awesome luck that I foun... | Read More

    • Tournament Chess - An Amateur's Story II

      After getting demoralized from my first event.  It took me nearly a year to get up the guts to play again.  I spent a few months in Cincinnati, OH and played individual rated games at a club in a high school.  At this point I had a provisional ... | Read More

    • Tournament Chess - An Amateur's Story

      I've been playing chess since I was young (maybe 5 years old I think).  Once I was at the 'beat my dad' stage, I quickly started beating my friends.  I played a little online, and even started a chess club in my high school.  But I still had no... | Read More

    • Mistakes for black in the Scotch

      This is my first blog post so bear with me, and let me know what you think! In the game below I play white in the Scotch opening. My opponent played 3.. d6 which was the first time I had seen this reply. An interesting idea perhaps, looking to de... | Read More