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