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First Tournament

Submitted by Vtan on Mon Aug 6, 2007 7:28am.

OK, so I was just fine even though getting there and parking the car wasn't the easiest or most pleasant.  Just get to the location and everything should be fine right?  Well, not quite. We were still early enough that the registrati... Read more »

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Son, Go Train Thyself

Submitted by Vtan on Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:57am.

Actually it was more like I did lots of research into trying to understand the chess culture and particularly those aspects of it that applied to children - in this case, my young one of 8 years of age. Actually, he got his start with chesskids.co... Read more »

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The Lazy Chess Dad

Submitted by Vtan on Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:59am.

OK, So I don't really play chess - or rather I learned it as a kid and it was a social thing and never played it often or got any good.  Was intrigued with the idea of playing computers but always got beaten - badly - even in the good old... Read more »

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