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Two intense losses 1/2

Submitted by RC_Woods on Sat Jan 3, 2009 5:37pm.

A very decent Italian game, where White manages to build up a strong positional advantage. Just before the crushing blows, white blunders a knight. The position remains volatile and dangerous for black, keeping the game about equal. I mishandled t... Read more »

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Two intense losses 2/2

Submitted by RC_Woods on Sat Jan 3, 2009 4:25pm.

An intense French game in which white struggles to defend. After equalizing by move 11, black has an advantage from move 14 onwards. Despite a few inaccuracies, White holds the game until a horrible blunder that ends it all. Read more »

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Attacking Game

Submitted by RC_Woods on Sat Jan 3, 2009 9:28am.

An (annotated) attacking game, starting with the Caro-Kann. Black rushes in a bit too soon, and commits a few errors. I was quite happy with the game, but I'm happy to hear other opinions as well! Annotation with the aid of Chessmaster X (CMX). Read more »

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20-12 Game 4/4

Submitted by RC_Woods on Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:42pm.

Game 4 This one was a violent affair where the opening more or less exploded in blacks face, loosing a piece.  On top of that, there were quite some remaining threats whereas white was relatively safe. Consequently, black made some key errors t... Read more »

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20-12 Game 3/4

Submitted by RC_Woods on Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:39pm.

Game 3 An interesting game, in which I played well in, and got an advantage out of the opening. However, in turn I found it quite hard to turn this seemingly large advantage into a win. So hard, in fact, that I lost. While I did make some 1 or 2 ... Read more »

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20-12 Game 2/4

Submitted by RC_Woods on Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:10pm.

Game 2 A rather quick win. I felt that this had to do with the fact that I developed at a higher pace, and black allowed me to get a grip on the center. Then, when I had a +1.42 advantage (according to CMX) and some good threats, black blundered... Read more »

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20-12 Game 1/4

Submitted by RC_Woods on Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:53pm.

Game 1  I lost this game after an inaccurate defense that I found interesting. Despite the fact that the resulting position wasn't a loss already, I failed to climb back to the lead and I let my position deteriorate into a nice win for white. C... Read more »

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Metal Chess.com!

Submitted by RC_Woods on Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:50am.

Hey everybody, some time ago I created a new chess.com theme that gives chess.com a metal feel! I'm really happy with it, wonder if any of you guys and girls like it. Please feel free to check it out!  RC P.S. I'm using my second theme "Colour ... Read more »

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Colour Chess.com!

Submitted by RC_Woods on Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:18am.

Hey everybody, I created a new chess.com theme that colours things up a bit! I'm really happy with it, wonder if any of you guys and girls like it. I'm using it myself now, so feel free to check it out! RC Read more »

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Nice contested game and win

Submitted by RC_Woods on Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:01am.

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