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“Mine goes ding-ding-ding-duh-duh-ding-ding.” – Vanilla Ice
Well, it’s been a while since I blogged at the end of week one. At that point in the season, the ‘Nics were coming off a dominate performance over a dangerous Dallas te... | Read More
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The Mechanics lost to the Arizona Scorpions last week by a score of 2.5-1.5. Jesse Kraai managed to beat Rogelio Barcenilla on board one, but Rensch and Adamson beat David and Danya respectively to clinch the match, as Yian was unable to win on ... | Read More
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by IM David Pruess
Somehow, we are halfway through the regular season of the US Chess League already. Despite which, I feel like I don't yet have a handle on the strengths and weaknesses of any of the other teams; and little idea who the toughest... | Read More
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by IM David Pruess w/ annotations from GM Josh Friedel
In week four we had one of those wild matches where you have no idea if the team will win, lose, or draw. These matches usually crop up when individual games also have that characteristic, an... | Read More
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by IM David Pruess
Not only do I not offer, or make a lot, of draws, but I am not offered draws very often. So the other night, as I was playing in the SF Mechanics match against the Miami Sharks, it came as quite a shock to me when my opponent, ... | Read More
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by FM Andy Lee
It’s become rather clichéd to blame sporting obsessions for distracting certain players during major chess tournaments. Short draws are attributed to a player’s desire to retire to the hotel bar to watch the latest soccer or c... | Read More