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