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My Chess Life

I have too much free time and I love chess

Status and Update

Submitted by ericmittens on Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:07am.

I thought I would give an overview of my training, results, and rating in this post, as well as ask a question for anyone who might read this little blog of mine.   First of all my training results so far. Currently I have done 17600 problems... Read more »

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Results from London April Open

Submitted by ericmittens on Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:08pm.

The London April Open was a small 4 round G/60 swiss tournament held earlier today. Much like the London March Open I did very well in this field scoring 3.5/4 and sharing first place (with the guy I drew in the 2nd round) in the U1700 section. Lu... Read more »

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London April Open

Submitted by ericmittens on Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:58pm.

Tomorrow I'm off to the London April Open. It's a small single day 4 round swiss tournament. The games are SD/60min. With a decent performance here my rating should pop up over 1600 for the first time Read more »

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I'm a patzer

Submitted by ericmittens on Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:55pm.

Here is my worst game from the recent Guelph Spring Pro-Am. It was round 1 and apparently I needed a warmup .   Read more »

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Back From Guelph

Submitted by ericmittens on Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:38pm.

I'm back from the Guelph Spring Pro-Am where I scored 3.0/5 to share third place in the U1800 section. All in all it was a decent tournament other than my terrible play in the 1st game which I deservedly lost. I'll post that game later to ... Read more »

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1551 on CTS

Submitted by ericmittens on Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:13pm.

After hanging around the 1520-1540 range for awhile I've finally busted through my ceiling for a personal best. For some reason I always do very well on CTS just before a tournament, and as soon as I get back from the tournament my rating bomb... Read more »

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Guelph Spring Pro-Am

Submitted by ericmittens on Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:28am.

This weekend I play in the Guelph Spring Pro-Am, a large 5 round swiss sectional tournament. I will be playing in the U1800 section. The Guelph Winter Pro-Am (run by the same people) was my first tournament experience and I had a less than stellar... Read more »

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My favorite game at the Hamilton Winter Open

Submitted by ericmittens on Mon Apr 7, 2008 11:12pm.

This is my favorite game from the Hamilton Winter Open. I like it because both sides pursue their plans properly. There is opposite-side castling and attack for both sides. Both of us played well and it ended in a draw, as it should be!   Read more »

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My best games from the Kitchener Winter Open

Submitted by ericmittens on Thu Apr 3, 2008 6:38pm.

I want to post my two favorite games from the Kitchener Winter Open this year. Both of these are wins with black which helped me take clear first place in the U1700 section. Comments welcome!               &nbs... Read more »

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My best games

Submitted by ericmittens on Thu Apr 3, 2008 6:22pm.

Thanks to an excellent suggestion made by Dalmantinac I'll be posting some of the better games from the tournaments I play in (even the ones I lose...as long as they're good). I won't usually post games where one side played ridiculous... Read more »

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