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My Chess Life

I have too much free time and I love chess

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Chessimo Training

Submitted by ericmittens on Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:35am.

I've hit a bit of a rut in my chess progress, sitting around the same level for some time now. To remedy this I've decided to shake up my training schedule and begin doing modules from the Chessimo software religiously, just like my daily CTS trai... Read more »

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Maroczy Theory (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bind)

Submitted by ericmittens on Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:30pm.

After 1.Nf3 c5 I almost always play 2.c4 and play enters Accelerated Dragon territory. Now, until just recently I didn't know much about Acc. Dragon theory and just thought, "OK, I get my maroczy bind and pressure black in an endgame." "Pawn Struc... Read more »

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King's Indian?

Submitted by ericmittens on Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:57am.

For awhile now I've been trying to find an alternative to the Benko Gambit vs. 1.d4. The Benko is by far my favorite opening vs. d4 but the problem with it is it's so easy for white to avoid. For example, white can just play 2.Nf3 or after 1.d4 Nf... Read more »

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6 Games Max

Submitted by ericmittens on Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:38pm.

I play WAY too many games on chess.com and as such my games are of very poor quality. Usually I just play to practice my opening theory and that seems to work out alright but I'd like to take more time with some games and practice other skills. As... Read more »

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On Vacation

Submitted by ericmittens on Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:31am.

My girlfriend and I are heading up north to a cottage for the week. I'm taking this opportunity to de-compress a bit and leave chess behind while I'm there. When I get back I can jump back into chess with renewed vigor!! Hopefully I'll be able to ... Read more »

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Canadian Open Final Round

Submitted by ericmittens on Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:13pm.

Today I redeemed myself with a nice win with white in a king's indian. My opponent played a somewhat dubious system and quickly got into trouble. Some tactics followed and I emerged on top. This is the final game making my total score a somewhat d... Read more »

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Canadian Open Round 8

Submitted by ericmittens on Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:49pm.

Tonight I was completely outplayed in an IQP position by a 1500...I hate this game sometimes. Read more »

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Canadian Open Round 7

Submitted by ericmittens on Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:49pm.

Oh the sorrow! My losing streak with white continues as I sacked a piece too early and got out-calculated. Behold my losing effort! Read more »

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Canadian Open Round 6

Submitted by ericmittens on Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:56pm.

So my "win with black lose with white" strategy continues with another win as black this time in the Benko Gambit declined. Yet again a player who has never played against the benko before declined with 4.b3 and yet again they get a horrible posit... Read more »

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Round 5 (this is not my tournament with white)

Submitted by ericmittens on Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:48pm.

Today I played some local expert, I screwed up in the opening and dropped a pawn so I decided to be like Tal and try to mate him instead of just being ground down. After a bunch of sacs and horrible blunders by both sides we entered a queen endgam... Read more »

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