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Winning with the French

Submitted by Smartattack on Mon Dec 1, 2008 11:18am.

Here is game against a strong opponent, my friend David.Some bad decisions by white give black pieces some initiative and white eventually collapses following some tactics.Game annotated for tomorrow. Read more »

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My new chess resolutions

Submitted by Smartattack on Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:06pm.

I feel my playing level has reached a standstill development, for the past months i feel no real improvements therefore i commit myself to some measures: 1)Do 1h of tactics EVERYDAY 2)Take note of all the moves in long games,review them and anno... Read more »

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Best game ever!!!or just fiction?

Submitted by Smartattack on Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:37am.

This game happened (did it?) in 1983 in a weekend tournament in Holland,It s Traxler Counterattack, a very wild game, best i ve seen, no doubt.Fact is i did my researches and there is no evidence of both Mr Van de Loo or Mr Hessling existence.Anyo... Read more »

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Grand Prix Attack vs Sicilian Defense

Submitted by Smartattack on Mon Jun 2, 2008 12:33pm.

Here is a game against a very good friend of mine, and a skilled player also who often defeats me.I play as black Read more »

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Too many Sacrifices???

Submitted by Smartattack on Wed Nov 7, 2007 1:25pm.

This game is good  just to see how the importance of having more pieces over the board, does not necessary leads to advantage if u can t use them.In endgame i sacrfice some more pawns to lure the king to the center and he grabs the lure.Hope ... Read more »

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Time Hurries...

Submitted by Smartattack on Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:37am.

This is a game which went particularly well for me, yet at the end i m forced to accept draw due to lack of time Read more »

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Small advices for some quality in chess

Submitted by Smartattack on Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:46am.

Hope this help  something for people struggling with their game.Just some advices 1)Study a couple of openings and their variants, it s no use to know many openings if you can t deal with their many options.Master a couple of them and pr... Read more »

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Fried Liver

Submitted by Smartattack on Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:53am.

This is a game i recently did on flyordie.com.Because of knight sacrifice black has to play the whole game in very bad position and most of the time defending, white despite loosing some momentum at the end manages a win.This games show how import... Read more »

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