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Earlier this week I played a simul against 14 kids, mostly first graders, at my son's school chess club. This was by far the most people I've ever played at once. If I recall, the only other simul I played was against 4 kids in high school (I ... | Read More
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I made another video, a tutorial video on checkmate with King and two bishops vs. King.
Click here to watch the video.
Feel free to let me know what videos you'd like to see in the future. | Read More
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Two weeks ago, I played in the US National G/30 Championship held in Santa Clara, California. These were my first USCF-rated games since a quick-rated quad in 1998, and my first standard-rated games since a quad in 1993. But really, I have... | Read More
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In a previous blog post, I described a trap arising after my standard opening as white, which begins with the moves 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4.
In that blog post, I described a trap which beginning players may fall into, but there are many other ... | Read More
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I made another videos, a short video on pins. It's pretty basic stuff, geared toward beginning players.
Click here to watch the video.
Feel free to let me know what videos you'd like to see in the future.
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I thought it would be nice to cull some tactics problems from my own Online Chess games. Partly just for fun, and partly because I think I could use these as a teaching tool, since I can describe my thought process behind each one. If I have t... | Read More
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My son didn't show much interest in chess at an early age, and I didn't push it on him. But there's a chess club at his elementary school, and he joined it in October, as a first-grader. The club only meets once a week for an hour, with instru... | Read More
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I finally started playing Online Chess on chess.com, after only playing Live Chess (blitz games) for the first several months. There's a reason I didn't try it for so long. I've played the game Lines of Action (give it a try if you haven't pla... | Read More
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So, last night I played a blitz game (8 | 0 time control). I unleashed a kingside attack and after 22. Rxf6 I had a couple choices.
I could play the obvious 22. ... Be5+ which wins not only the rook, but also the knight as well after... | Read More
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My 6-year old son has just started learning chess the past few months. At the same time, I've also discovered some good chess videos on YouTube. I have not found a lot of great beginner chess videos, so that's one of the reasons I decided I'd ... | Read More