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As I'm sure just about everyone who follows my blogs knows, I tend to avoid situations where positional concepts don't find the move for you. As much as I love tactics and actually work very hard in the tactics trainer, I tend to (like so many o... Read more »
Hi everyone! :) I was browsing around the forums today and saw a very interesting post talking about the 'difference between a 1400 and a 1600 player'. Naturally this lead to discussion about the differences between players of all rating ca... Read more »
Well this was an interesting game. It was part of a rapid tournament played over the weekend... My first acceptable score (in OTB) vs a 2200... I've played 2 (3?) others in the past with a rating of 2200 or around there... scoring negativel... Read more »
Here, I would like to present a detailed analysis of the fourth game in an ongoing match between chess.com member 'Shuttlechess92' and myself. Prior to this game I led the match 2-1 (all three games were decisive victories for the white pieces, t... Read more »
Here's a highlight game from the latest tournament I attended. It was my first rapid tournament and my performance score was pretty decent (thanks to a series of strong opponents rather than my own strong play). This is a rather quick tac... Read more »
Here is an interesting game I recently played where the opening immediately turned into an incredibly deep tactical battle where there was no going back from move 1. I've found that as I get stronger, I tend to get a little lazy tactically, opti... Read more »
A lot of class players (as I myself am at the moment) have a tendency to overvalue material. Becoming accustomed to simply taking a pawn and then trading everything off (which fellow class players seem to be agreeable to), they see no possible r... Read more »
This blog is more for me than you guys :P. I just need somewhere to save these games w/ annotations. Read more »
Maybe I've been reading too much Nimzovich lately but I have to say the whole idea behind an 'optimistic' struggle for the center (in the sense that once you've gained control you 'hope' to have a winning plan) has inspired me to try very unorthod... Read more »
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