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Earlier today, I played matches in the 2nd round of the "under 1200 tourney" and placed second. I did not do well in the first match, blundering away the game very early. In the second match, I did better, but the opponent had plenty of firepower ... | Read More
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Today, I finally advanced for the first time ! I normally play tournament matches, and have participated in 47 of them (withdrawing from two before they started). However, up until now I have not actually advanced. The way many tourneys are set up... | Read More
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Results are not official yet, but it seems I have actually advanced in a tournament ! This is good news, as it represents a milestone of sorts (well, once everyone else in the current round finishes, lol !) I am in Group 7 of the 4tunate's 4 below... | Read More
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I have been wanting to try out Chess960 for a while. To me, it seems much more useful than bughouse, crazy-wtf, or whatever. It seems to be a nice way to supplement tactics study as well. Plus, no opening prep needed, as long as one knows the rule... | Read More
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The last two weeks or so on chess.com have been rather eventful. I have decided to change over to the Colle-Zuckertort opeining for white, based on Gary Lane's The Ultimate Colle. It is too soon to tell if it has worked, but so far I like the posi... | Read More
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Well, at this point, I am not finishing games fast enough, and tourneys I have signed up for are starting faster than I thought they would. So I have decided not to accept any new challenges, after the ones I have already accepted. Additionally, I... | Read More
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Hello ! I am updating my chess blog as a note to myself, as I am trying to study and analyse my games. Sadly, the game management features are not very good, so I have had to download and unpack the bundles manually. You can only download a page's... | Read More