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Vacation is Over

Submitted by rsayers on Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:38pm.

For quite a while I was playing chess non-stop.  I decided to take a while away from the board.  I learned that in other skills, time away can change perspective and one can often come back stronger than ever. Right now I'm busy shakin... Read more »

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Progress

Submitted by rsayers on Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:20pm.

Haven't posted in a while, I hope the holidays were good for everyone.  I received a nice chess set as a gift from my fiance which gave me the chance to play many OTB games while on vacation against a friend I've only played onli... Read more »

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Interesting Trap

Submitted by rsayers on Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:55pm.

Here is a trap I nearly fell for.  My opponent placed an unprotected knight right in my queens path.  I'm very glad I didn't take it.   Read more »

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Good game

Submitted by rsayers on Fri Dec 7, 2007 9:00am.

Just finished with this game,  It was very close, I even offered a draw near the end which thankfully my opponent declined.  The end game was back and forth,  I had a material advantage, that was quickly taken away by my oppone... Read more »

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That didnt go so well

Submitted by rsayers on Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:40pm.

Here's a game I just played.  It looked like things were going well until the game informed me I had been checkmated.  Somehow I didn't even see this coming:   Read more »

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Where I play

Submitted by rsayers on Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:22pm.

I mainly play at http://64Squar.es you can find my profile here: http://64squar.es/users/show/1038  I also play quick games here and there on http://www.instantchess.com where i play under Rob Sayers.  Read more »

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First post!

Submitted by rsayers on Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:27pm.

Instead of filling my normal blog with too many chess related posts, I believe I will start using this one. I played a bit in middle school but have not played at all in several years until a few months ago.  Im trying to play often and ... Read more »

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