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    • Another fun game

      There's some calculation in this game, but it mostly only goes a couple of moves deep.  It was a really fun game with a lot of dramatic swings up and down - I'm proud of it!  Check out the move list for some variations I've illustrated. | Read More

      • rileyriley
      • | May 10, 2009
      • | 177 views
      • | 1 comment
    • Don't resign; make it complicated!

      This is a game on a 5|3 clock full of blunders.  I make the first bad one, losing a knight.   Instead of resigning, my strategy is to set up a complicated set of dependencies and hope for mistakes from my opponent.  On a short clock, a situati... | Read More

      • rileyriley
      • | Apr 16, 2009
      • | 148 views
      • | 0 comments
    • A lucky queen trap

      This game got really aggressive right away.  I make a blunder, but in a twist of luck it turns out to be a great trap.   | Read More

      • rileyriley
      • | Apr 12, 2009
      • | 211 views
      • | 1 comment
    • A surprising victory!

      I make a series of blunders in the beginning of this game, but manage to win with a little aggression (and luck)!  This game was played with 7-minute clocks.     The interesting thing to me here is that though I'm down in material, my piec... | Read More

      • rileyriley
      • | Apr 8, 2009
      • | 157 views
      • | 0 comments
    • A lot of calculation

      This is a game I'm pretty proud of.  It was correspondence and I spent a lot of time on each turn, calculating more than I usually do.  It was pretty tight the whole game, and comes down to an exciting finish! | Read More

      • rileyriley
      • | Apr 5, 2009
      • | 187 views
      • | 7 comments
    • A fun game with lots of crazy sacrificing!

      This first game has a bunch of exciting (risky / stupid) queen dancing.  I sacrifice a bishop for two pawns and have a lot of initiative, but can't quite pull it off.  We had five-minute clocks.  I'm pretty happy with the play given the short t... | Read More

      • rileyriley
      • | Apr 5, 2009
      • | 177 views
      • | 3 comments