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Here is a recent online game I played which I should have lost but it blew up tactically and I ended up winning. Most of the variations have been added by Houdini up until move 30 which is where the fun begins!
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Here is a recently played online game that I played. I didn't play too well at the start but got some nice tactics at the end.
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Here is a game from a recent tournament in which I played the Staunton Gambit for the first time but played it badly from the start. The time control was 90 minutes for all moves plus 10 second increment from move 1. Here is the game:
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Recently I played in the City of Dublin Chess Champioships(1600-200 section) and I have to say although I played ok it was my worst tournament performance ever. I got 2/6 but really .5/4 (I took a travelling BYE in round 1 and in round 5 my oppone... | Read More
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Here is a game I played from the last round of the recent Irish Open Weekender tournament in Dublin. The time control was all moves in 90 minutes with 10 seconds increment each move from move 1.
I think this game goes to show that no matter ... | Read More
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I played in the Irish Intemediate Champoionship(U1900) on the weekend and got 3/5 which was good enough to get me the U1700 grading prize(which is actually given to the person who performs the most above their rating). Here is my game from round 4... | Read More
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Recently I played a simul game against GM Nigel Short and got crushed. Here is the game:
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Here is a recent online game I played. I made a huge blunder, but somehow salvaged a draw. I'm not going to analyse it much up until the point of the blunder but after that I will try to.
Here it is:
So that is my miraculous draw!
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Recently I played in the Mulcahy Cup, an open tournament. In the first round I was drawn against a 1554, I'm technically 1061 but play a lot stronger. I won a David v Goliath prize for winning this game, since he was 493 points higher than me and ... | Read More
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Recently I entered a tournament in Limerick, The Limerick Open, but I didn't enter the open I entered the under 1400 section. It had 6 rounds, I eventually went on to come tied third. I will try to post all of my games in my blog over the next few... | Read More