balmung2008's Blog

• Status Update

  College is going great working my tail off to maintain A's(which is not hard but very time consuming). I have a friend who is new to the college and plays close if not at class A strength. So I will be playing him several times a week so I can Imp... | Read More

  • balmung2008
  • | Jan 17, ‘10
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• why:a question for chess players

  Why do we play chess? This question I feel needs to be answered by every chess player. Do we play for money? Do we play for the feelings of victory and defeat? I have played for two and a half years now, and for a year and a half I was plateuing ... | Read More

  • balmung2008
  • | Dec 20, ‘09
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• The last game at cbm

  I enjoyed this game alot if someone could please give me feed back on the game that would be nice. | Read More

  • balmung2008
  • | Aug 13, ‘09
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• USCF hatred toward online chess especially this site.

  Well let me start off by clarifying I'm talking mainly about players not the organization it self. The funny thing I have noticed when I started OTB tournament chess is that most players look down at online chess. The first tournament I played in... | Read More

  • balmung2008
  • | Aug 12, ‘09
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  • | 2 comments