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My Chess Life

I have too much free time and I love chess

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Frank Marshall's Best Games

Submitted by ericmittens on Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:13pm.

Finally, after at least 8 months, I have finished Frank Marshall's "My Fifty Years of Chess" games collection.   Frank Marshall was America's best player from the late 1800's to about 1940. He is the founder of the marsh... Read more »

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Update

Submitted by ericmittens on Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:27pm.

Okey dokey...I've managed to stick to my plans so far without too much trouble. The main problem for me right now is lack of sleep, for some reason I've been getting maybe 5 hours a night...and thats just not going to do it. I'm going ... Read more »

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Fritz!

Submitted by ericmittens on Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:44pm.

Fritz 11 came in the mail today! Now I'll finally have a decent database to use, engine to analyse with, and a year's free subscription to playchess for lots of blitzing fun.   I'm trying to get my gameload down to zero as quickly... Read more »

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My training

Submitted by ericmittens on Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:59am.

As I said in my previous post, my chess training has been relaxed so far. I need to devise an intensive training program to maximize the time I have. I don't have to think about full time school until the summer (I'm a 21 year old city pla... Read more »

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STATUS

Submitted by ericmittens on Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:41am.

It has been about 2 years since I learned chess and began playing with regularity. I've been studying chess in a very relaxed manner since then. I do some tactics everyday from the book "Combination Challenge!" by Hays and Hall, and ... Read more »

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My first blog post

Submitted by ericmittens on Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:08pm.

This blog will be my way of organizing and cataloging my chess practice, progress, and plans. I have recently decided to take some months off work, before full-time school starts again, and devote my time to tournament chess. Until the fall I will... Read more »

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