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The Road to ELO 2000: Develop your pieces before you grab material!

Submitted by gambitattack on Thu Oct 8, 2009 2:07pm.

Hi there chess.com community, I just thought I put up a illustrative game showing why you should always always develop your pieces in the opening above all else. Enjoy Read more »

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The Road to ELO 2000: The opening

Submitted by gambitattack on Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:18am.

The problem with playing 1.e4: why you should play minor 1.d4 systemsChess in many ways, is a mystery to the developing player. Each novice goes through his or her own  path of improving by working hard at various phrases of the game: the opening... Read more »

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The road to 2000 ELO. A strange dip in form

Submitted by gambitattack on Mon Sep 7, 2009 11:00am.

Recently, I have not been able to get out of a recent slum in form which has taken me to the depths of 1500 ELO and below.Usually I never struggle with maintaing a 1600 ELO rating on playchess.com but lately I find that I am finding it difficult t... Read more »

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The Road to 2000 ELO: King Safety

Submitted by gambitattack on Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:38am.

ELO update: Recently my ELO update has dropped back to the 1700's after reaching a high of 1812. That's okay. I'm not in any way worried. I just happy in the knowledge that I'm definitely heading in the right direction.   Here's a game that ill... Read more »

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The Road to 2000 ELO: 1800!

Submitted by gambitattack on Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:01am.

I did it! I managed to break 1800 ELO on playchess.com! This is indeed remarkable! A year ago I was struggling to mantain a 1600 ELO rating and now in less then 2 months I have scaled 200 ELO points. My new personal best rating now stands @ a res... Read more »

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The road to ELO 2000: a nice good positional win.

Submitted by gambitattack on Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:31pm.

If there's is one chess book I had to recommend, it has to be 'Simple Chess' by Micheal Sean. In his brief but incredibly insightful book, he sheds lights on how to identify positional elements/goals in which one can work towards too, showing with... Read more »

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The Road to ELO 2000: Quick wins from the opening

Submitted by gambitattack on Mon Jun 8, 2009 2:14pm.

Don't you just love quick wins? Recently I just went through a series of quick wins over the internet and decided to post them up as a useful reminder to myself that even in the opening, dreadful tactical/positional errors can occur. Vigilence in ... Read more »

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The Road to ELO 2000: Some insights into chess improvement

Submitted by gambitattack on Mon Jun 8, 2009 9:22am.

Hey there everyone! I decided to add a little more variety to my blog posts and NOT post up a game for a change. Instead, I shall briefly talk about my recent rating climb. In what seems to be an extraordinary turn of events, I have managed to i... Read more »

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The Road to ELO 2000: French Defence: Alekhine Chatard Attack

Submitted by gambitattack on Sat Jun 6, 2009 10:18am.

I love the french defence. However, if there's one line that is particular scary to me, it is the alekheine-chartard attack with 6.h4!. White gets excellent practical attacking chances for the pawn if accepted. I usually don't accept the pawn and ... Read more »

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The road to ELO 2000: King's indian Exchange

Submitted by gambitattack on Wed Jun 3, 2009 11:35am.

I don't know about you but one of pleasures of chess is the feeling of satisfaction after grinding out a win. Normally @ club level, a pawn alone sometimes isn't enough for the victory. I've made many mistakes in my time in chess letting the victo... Read more »

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