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A new tournament started recently and luckily for me, it's pretty close to where I live so I can attend. Alright!
Was lucky enough to start off with a win. Here's the game.
There's nine rounds in total, with one game played per week. I'm ... | Read More
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This event was a seven round affair over in Parramatta. There was 90 minutes for each player with a 30 second increment. There was to be 2 games played on the first day, 3 on the second and 2 on the third and last day. The weather was pretty disma... | Read More
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Well, that's the first game and I'm sure you'll agree that the knights were the stars of the show in that one. They can really have a field day in the Benoni if the conditions are right and they can acquire some good outpost squares.
In the secon... | Read More
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Round six and if I won today I'd have score of 50% overall. My opponent played the Petroff (he seemed to either play the Sicilian or Petroff historically and I was hoping for the Sicilian). I was in no mood for the static, grinding positions that ... | Read More
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Today I had the Black pieces against a young boy (12 years old) who seems to have won quite a few events in the local junior chess scene. I understand he achieved a perfect score actually in his last (junior) tournament so I was quite nervous! I d... | Read More
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Here I got to use my favourite line against the Sveshnikov. I actually emerged with a worse position but my opponent missed the move that would have given me the most trouble. I obtained a nice advantage but underestimated it and after a draw offe... | Read More
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This one was pretty closely contested, white missed the chance to obtain a nice edge in the position early on and after that black had a slight initiative for most of the game but missed some chances to secure a more convincing edge. It was lookin... | Read More
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This one was a Ponziani which I was kind of expecting because he had played it against others earlier in the tournament. I emerged up a pawn from the opening but missed something simple that would have given a stronger advantage. The game progress... | Read More
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I think I was a bit more switched on for this game. My opponent played Alekhines defence and unfortunately queens got traded early, but I didn't see a good way around it. The game was level for some time but my opponent missed a tactic. He didn't ... | Read More
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Well, I was lucky in this game, or my opponent was unlucky! Missing a tactic that took advantage of his weak back-rank. This would be my first win of the tournament. Huzzah!
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