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For many people, chess is work. It's what they do. There's pressure to perform your very best - always. Otherwise you'd be letting yourself down. And there's no tougher judge than yourself. At least I know I'm really hard on myself for losses.But ... | Read More
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You sit there with tension in your shoulders, an intense glare and focus on what you are doing. Your opponent made an unexpected series of moves, and you realize you're lost. You'd love to get a break - take a timeout, but your opponent strikes yo... | Read More
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Read this and other entertaining stories at my blog, www.gmhammer.wordpress.com/blog.
Right after I had attended an event in Dubai, I got on a plane headed for London Heathrow. My ultimate goal was St. Louis, Missouri, and the US Chess Championsh... | Read More
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Though nothing disappoints me more than to reveal the devastating, and perhaps career threatening, secrets of my fellow countryman Magnus Carlsen, the time has come to clean out my closets.
When Magnus Carlsen told me last week that he plans to ... | Read More
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This blog post can also be read directly at my website. There you'll also find game annotations for all my games in this top level rapid tournament! You can find the tournament website at http://kskno.blogspot.com There's even a picture of t... | Read More