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Lesson 1 - Look for opportunities to play devastating moves, on every move.
Ichigo (talking about Hollow Ichigo): He's spinning Zangetsu around by the wrapping on the hilt! I didn't even know you could do that!
An excellent recent example of... | Read More
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Here is my game against Batraski from last night. I'm now 3-0 against him in regular slow games (G/2hrs with 5sec delay). Hence the title. I was waiting for him to get his deserved revenge, but... Maybe next time, Guy.
This game has an... | Read More
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I submitted the following suggestion to FIDE at their official site:
http://ratings.fide.com/suggest.phtml
Reposted here word-for-word:
My suggestion is to select the first move by White at random from an a pre-approved list. An example l... | Read More
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I recently accepted a random challenge here on Chess.com from someone 400 points lower rated. Analysis shows that I should have lost this game against good defense, but instead I mated my valiant opponent in 15 moves. The point of showing this... | Read More
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Last time we got up to orange. I would have kept going with the colors but this next puzzle is so cool that I had to use it in a new post.
Remember to click on "Move List" to go through variations!
Coordinates are on the board. I get confu... | Read More
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I'm going to use this post to list favorite puzzles. I plan on updating it periodically with more puzzles until it just gets too long and I need to create "Puzzle Post 2". Please post your own favorite puzzles in the comments! Remember to cl... | Read More
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Good luck. Remember to click on to explore variations and comments after solving the puzzle.
From ChessTempo. IMO it's a better tactics trainer than on Chess.com. They also have an endgame trainer. Free. | Read More
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Before we begin, a disclaimer - I'm basing this blog series on material from another chess learning site. Some of the analysis in the games is not my own, and I will give credit to sources at the conclusion of this series.
Game 2 in this series... | Read More
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the_seventh_seal wrote:
In places like the United States ... and most of Western Europe ..., chess is culturally seen as a fringe activity for socially incapable males.
I like this quote because I think it's true. I'm definitely a closet c... | Read More
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In addition to solving tactical exercises, I started studying the games of a strong master whose aggressive style I admire. I'll keep the identity secret because it might be fun if you want to play guess who. Leave your guess in a comment, a... | Read More