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Origin of the Dragon Sacrifice?

Submitted by bemweeks on Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:08am.

Does anyone know who was the first player to use the ...Rxc3 exchange sacrifice in the Dragon Defense? I found one example from 1968-69 that I documented here -- Opening Exchange Sac [B7x] -- but it's clear from the notes to that game that the ide... Read more »

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Next Chess Blog Carnival

Submitted by bemweeks on Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:19am.

There's so much great work being produced by Chess.com bloggers, that I'd like to mention the next edition of the Chess Blog Carnival, in the hope that some Chess.com writers will want to promote their work to a wider readership. The chess blogosp... Read more »

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The Conquest of Weeks

Submitted by bemweeks on Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:30am.

Stuart Conquest's win in the 2008 British Championship (see The Conquest Of Britain for details) reminded me of a game I played against Conquest when he was an up-and-coming IM. The game was played in the third round of the 1990 Paris Championsh... Read more »

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Kicking Chess.com's Tires

Submitted by bemweeks on Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:13am.

From September 2002 to August 2008, I was the Chess Guide at chess.about.com. On the following screen capture, you'll see that the photo is the same one that I use on Chess.com. My wife took it on Easter weekend this year. The About.com posit... Read more »

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Hello, Chess.com!

Submitted by bemweeks on Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:41am.

I maintain two other chess blogs... http://chessforallages.blogspot.com/ http://worldchesschampionship.blogspot.com/ ...and as the French say, 'Jamais deux sans trois'. I hope to be posting a lot more here, but before I do anythi... Read more »

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