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Life of a mental martial artist

A blog about the everyday struggles and games of a man trying to master the game that is actually a metaphor for life itself...

About some abbreviations I use in the blog titles:

ann. game = annotated game, post includes a game annotated by me

an. game = analyzed game, post includes a game and at least a part of it (probably the opening or the decisive moment) has been analyzed by me or someone else - possibly in the comments following the post 


    • Less time for chess...

      ...from now on, so I won't keep track of any chess training program I'm following any longer. I'll try to focus more on having fun, less on improvement! Still will try to do at least some tactic problems on a daily basis though. (later same da... | Read More

      • delavsinne
      • | Nov 24, 2008
      • | 202 views
      • | 1 comment
    • My first won online game on chess.com (an. game incl.)

      Today I finally won my first online game here on chess.com. My new rating is 1434. Here is the game: (Annotated to move 7) | Read More

      • delavsinne
      • | Nov 19, 2008
      • | 171 views
      • | 0 comments
    • Losing with King's Indian (an. game incl.)

      Played a blitz game before lunch where I met 1.d4. I defended with the King's indian and...lost. (Move 1-7 annotated) | Read More

      • delavsinne
      • | Nov 18, 2008
      • | 145 views
      • | 0 comments
    • My chess this week (w 47)

      I have decided to replace my "Todays chess" posts with one post for an entire week, "My chess this week". I'll use the following abbreviations: M = Monday, T = Tuesday, W = Wednesday, Th = Thursday, F = Friday, S = Saturday, Su = Sunday - BLITZ... | Read More

      • delavsinne
      • | Nov 17, 2008
      • | 211 views
      • | 0 comments
    • Chess on a Monday - Begun annotating Karjakin - Anand

      Today I haven't had that much time for Chess. Finished reading about a game in the book with famous game I talked about yesterday. Also had time to train tactics - second day in a row I improve my "highest rating" (1379) TODAYS CHESS so far: ... | Read More

      • delavsinne
      • | Nov 17, 2008
      • | 157 views
      • | 0 comments
    • Famous games of the best players: Karjakin - Anand 2006 (an. game incl)

      So, I thought I'd try to start my planned series of posting and maybe one day annotating famous games played by the best chess players. The question is obviously - which players' games should I start with? The answer is quite simple: A famous ches... | Read More

      • delavsinne
      • | Nov 16, 2008
      • | 444 views
      • | 4 comments
    • My highest tactics trainer rating so far

      Began this day by doing twelve mate-in-one problems from "Chess" (Polgar), following my tactics training program (see the blog post by that name for details). Last night I finished studying another game from "Logical chess" (Chernev). Today I als... | Read More

      • delavsinne
      • | Nov 16, 2008
      • | 178 views
      • | 0 comments
    • Chess on a Saturday

      Reading a little in "Logical chess" (Chernev) before going to sleep is really a nice way to end a day... TODAYS CHESS so far: - Played one blitz (6/0) game online - Corr-chess online - Vote chess - Tactics: 16 problems | Read More

      • delavsinne
      • | Nov 15, 2008
      • | 176 views
      • | 0 comments
    • Chess on a Friday

      Even worse weather than yesterday, but at least I feel better today. TODAY'S CHESS so far: - Played a blitz (6/0) game online - Corr-chess online - Opening: Opening repertoire practice with CPT (as White) - Tactics: 15 problems - Endgame: K+... | Read More

      • delavsinne
      • | Nov 14, 2008
      • | 168 views
      • | 0 comments
    • Winning against the Petroff 1 (game incl.)

      Well, at least I got to play a blitz game (6/0) today. Since I faced an opening I haven't posted before I've decided to post it. Had a rather relaxed journey through this one, since black hanged first his Queen, then his Bishop and I was allowed ... | Read More

      • delavsinne
      • | Nov 13, 2008
      • | 226 views
      • | 2 comments