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Chess Homework for July 13-19

Submitted by FM paolodm on Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:07pm.

To see all three chess homeworks and answers for this week, click here. I. As we've discussed in our previous lessons, the principles of chess is a good guide and will very likely lead you to making many good moves.For this week's homewor... Read more »

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Simple Dangerous Openings: Closed Sicilian

Submitted by FM paolodm on Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:36pm.

In my previous article, I made the recommendation that the Bishop's Opening is a good opening against 1...e5. Now we will dive in for a simple (and yet dangerous) response to the ever-so-famous Sicilian Defense."But", you say, "... Read more »

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Simple Dangerous Openings: The Bishop's Opening

Submitted by FM paolodm on Fri Feb 8, 2008 9:57pm.

 The Bishop's OpeningIntended for Ratings 1600-2200  Style Scale: Very Aggressive Synopsis: The Bishop's Opening is like the King's Gambit without allthe complications. Supplementary games here. Back in the romantic days of c... Read more »

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New Series: Simple Dangerous Openings

Submitted by FM paolodm on Wed Feb 6, 2008 8:33pm.

I believe a lot of chess players (and even masters) go about studying the opening in the wrong way. Too often, it's all about memorization and not enough about understanding. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I've seen too... Read more »

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Why Are Openings Emphasized So Much?

Submitted by FM paolodm on Fri Feb 1, 2008 10:19pm.

Ok I get it. Openings are important. You obviously don't want to be blown out of the water before move fifteen.  But I just have to shake my head when I see ten year olds trying to memorize* 25 moves in the Sicilian. That's ludicruous... Read more »

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The Feeling of Losing

Submitted by FM paolodm on Tue Jan 1, 2008 9:25am.

Is it just me or is losing a game much more ego-crushing and depressing than the feeling of winning? When I win a game against a tough opponent, I feel happy for like 10 minutes then it wears off. But if I lose a game, that feeling can stay with m... Read more »

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Going to Vegas for Vaca

Submitted by FM paolodm on Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:23pm.

Whoohoo! Going to Vegas tomorrow. Back on Monday. Too bad they don't have a chess table there. Read more »

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What is the Best Plan? Reloaded

Submitted by FM paolodm on Sat Dec 1, 2007 9:55pm.

At some point in a game, you may find yourself in a position where your opponent has no clear or definable weaknesses. Such as the position in my previous post: The position is not so cut-and-dried where Black can say "since I have more piec... Read more »

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What is the Best Plan?

Submitted by FM paolodm on Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:04pm.

I was playing with my student, we shall call him J, today and we played a very interesting game. I thought it would be very instructive for everyone here at chess.com. The diagram below is the critical part in the game. It is black's move. Wha... Read more »

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Some Chess Problems... Can You Figure Them Out?

Submitted by FM paolodm on Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:38pm.

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