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The road to ELO 2000: A nice french exchange game

Submitted by gambitattack on Mon Jun 1, 2009 11:10am.

The French exchange is one of those openings which is incredibly drawish if both parties are satisfied with half a point. However, if one party (esp Black) decides to go for the kill, then the game can light up with opposite castling and plenty of... Read more »

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The road to ELO 2000: part 3

Submitted by gambitattack on Sun May 31, 2009 1:49pm.

Hi everyone. It's been 2 weeks since I last blogged here. I have fallen back to 1600+ (I even went up to 1715 at one stage! My new personal best) but I'm more then satisfied to remain in the 1600's for a while. Previously I could never hold a 160... Read more »

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The road to ELO 2000: 1700 ELO at last!

Submitted by gambitattack on Sat May 23, 2009 5:18pm.

My goodness! I never thought it would have happen but FINALLY I did it! I managed to break 1700 ELO! Goodness I feel ectastic. Here's the game that got me my break. In hindsight i was really lucky, White didn't punish me for my mistake and I mana... Read more »

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The road to 2000 ELO: part 1

Submitted by gambitattack on Fri May 22, 2009 2:24pm.

hi everyone! I've decided to blog my rating progress in order to keep an account of how I'm faring. I must admit that thus far, I am very surprised at my current performance. After recently taking a long break from chess (almost 3 months), my rat... Read more »

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a return to chess

Submitted by gambitattack on Tue May 19, 2009 4:01pm.

Hi everyone. After 3 months of exile, I've decided to give chess another go. Here's a recent exciting game that i played online. I hope that you enjoy it. Read more »

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giving up chess.

Submitted by gambitattack on Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:51am.

After playing chess actively on the internet for the last 4 years, I've decided to call it a day.  It's not been an easy decision, but I've come to my decision based on the following reasons: 1) To improve in chess, one requires a lot of time a... Read more »

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squashed to death

Submitted by gambitattack on Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:17pm.

I really like this game because I was able to utilise my space advantage to slowly deprived my opponent of any room to maneuvere. This game is far from perfect but I felt it's worth blogging nevertheless. Enjoy. Read more »

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hit and miss part 2

Submitted by gambitattack on Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:11am.

Shown is a recent game which I was really proud of. Even though I blundered in time trouble and allowed my opponent to force a draw, it's still a nice game. Enjoy   Read more »

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a 'hypothetical' attack

Submitted by gambitattack on Sun Feb 8, 2009 8:31am.

Greetings! I just finished a game which in my opinion ended prematurely. It would have been fantastic to actually finish my attack completely. Shown on the diagram below is the 'hypothetical' continuation had black played best defensive moves. (a... Read more »

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Classic 'greek gift' sacrifice.

Submitted by gambitattack on Sat Feb 7, 2009 6:11am.

Hi Everyone! Continuing on the previous theme of 'losses'. Here's another one in which I overlooked a classic greek gift sacrifice: Read more »

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