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Random Game

Submitted by arisser on Sun Aug 3, 2008 6:34pm.

I only had around 2 minutes left for the last 20 or so moves, since I messed up early. Luckily I have been studying the end game a lot and it helped because I was prepared for the final positions. Read more »

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What a blunder...

Submitted by arisser on Mon Jul 7, 2008 6:47pm.

This is the type of game that drives me to drink.... Read more »

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Thooorrriiaannnn!

Submitted by arisser on Sat Jul 5, 2008 11:46am.

I've been forcing myself to play against harder opponents in chessmaster to keep improving, but there seems to be a big skill difference between the 1000 and 1100 level opponents.  This was the closest I ever got to beating Thorian, take ... Read more »

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A new opening line for me

Submitted by arisser on Thu Jul 3, 2008 8:51am.

This is a new line that I played from my normal opening that worked out for me against sigma chess. I'm sure it has a name that I am unaware of. Either that or it is actually pretty bad and I just got lucky! If anyone recognizes it, please let... Read more »

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Officially underneath the P

Submitted by arisser on Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:44am.

If you play against the free chess program that comes with Mac OS, you will notice that there is a little slider for the difficulty level with the text "Computer Plays" above it.  Since the text is the only obvious marker around the... Read more »

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I finally won against sigma chess!

Submitted by arisser on Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:30am.

Finally! I was reading Loomis's blog post about greek gifts (http://blog.chess.com/Loomis/two-more-greek-gifts) and liked the idea of putting the knight on g5 and then planting my queen on h7 for the win.  This idea lead me to my first wi... Read more »

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A Frustrating Loss!

Submitted by arisser on Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:06pm.

I really felt like I could have won this game, but I ran out of time. I feel like I made too many little mistakes, which added up to his position in the end being a little better than mine.  Please someone help me get better than this!   Read more »

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A lucky win

Submitted by arisser on Wed Jun 4, 2008 6:18pm.

I went down a pawn early and then was sure I was going to go down a rook too, but luckily I found a way to turn it around.   Read more »

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My first queen sacrifice

Submitted by arisser on Tue Jun 3, 2008 4:02pm.

This was a game I enjoyed on Live chess Beta which I enjoyed playing.  I've only been seriously playing chess for a couple of weeks now, so any helpful criticism is very welcome!! On with the show!    Read more »

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