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dsachs's Blog

Welcome! This is where I will post and analyze my own OTB games. While my chess isn't the strongest I hope the explanations of my plan prove interesting enough for fellow players. I'm also thinking about posting about lesser known Grandmasters and their games, since I feel everyone has been Kasparov'd and Ivanchuk'd and Fischer'd to the point of boredom.


    • IChessU Championship Rd 2

      So I'm playing in a tournament through my chess school. This is my game from Round 2. I won with no major mistakes, which was a refreshing change of pace. I had the black pieces, and the opening was Nimzo-English. It became Nimzo-Indian through tr... | Read More

      • dsachs
      • | May 3, 2009
      • | 309 views
      • | 1 comment
    • Knight vs connected passed pawns

      I found something interesting about the endgame 2 pawns vs Knight. I had played a game this weekend with this endgame (plus a few miscellaneous pieces on the edge of the board). That game drew so I put it into a endgame tablebase to see what the c... | Read More

      • dsachs
      • | Mar 24, 2009
      • | 249 views
      • | 0 comments
    • Coach vs dsachs 0-1

      Beat my coach again! :) I have been experimenting with different ways to play Black against d4. Since I don't play d4 myself I'm not very familiar with the defences Black can choose from. My criteria for selecting an opening is pretty straightfor... | Read More

      • dsachs
      • | Mar 18, 2009
      • | 169 views
      • | 0 comments
    • I finally beat my coach!

      I played against my coach today, and for the first time I beat him. Of course, there were some mitigating circumstances. I asked him to play an opening (Benko Gambit Fully Accepted) which he wouldn't normally play. But he didn't pull any punches, ... | Read More

      • dsachs
      • | Jan 12, 2009
      • | 201 views
      • | 2 comments
    • Mate in 2

      I can't solve this problem. Any help? | Read More

      • dsachs
      • | Oct 27, 2008
      • | 258 views
      • | 7 comments
    • Underpromotion 2

      I just want to cover two other situations where underpromotion is necessary to avoid stalemate, one where it is required to promote to a Bishop, and one with a Knight. First, the Bishop. In this position we should examine the natural promotion... | Read More

      • dsachs
      • | Jul 29, 2008
      • | 247 views
      • | 0 comments