Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com I had the pleasure to play a very strong player (Bill Wall) on Chess Live (Beta) tonight. Bill pretty much hammered me in a game yesterday where he played the O'Kelly variation which i transposed into a kind of Kings Indian Attack (for tempo r...http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/my-blitz-with-bill-wallSat, 05 Apr 2008 17:12:59 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/my-blitz-with-bill-wallI was reading an article about marathon training a while ago and it discussed how first time marathon runners think that their training should focus on running great distances to prepare for the big day. So 3-5 days a week the first timer goes out...http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/junk-gamesThu, 27 Mar 2008 15:27:05 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/junk-gamesWaiting on somebody to accept my challange online the board comes up on screen and a name i did not want to see: Swordsman from Japan rated 2200. This guy has trashed me in the past and i was thinking to myself that this was going to be another le...http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/true-sicilian-battle-the-gaw-pawWed, 26 Mar 2008 15:13:13 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/true-sicilian-battle-the-gaw-pawSome players seem to like to create very closed positions and make it seem impossible to get any worthwhile advantage against them. This can be very annoying especially when you play blitz because you want to see pieces exchange, sac or run right ...http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/constrict-then-demolishTue, 25 Mar 2008 14:20:49 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/constrict-then-demolishIm just after playing this game online. Its a blitz game and i am playing 2...e6 in the sicilian just for fun (i dont usually play this). The game was fairly equal so i tried to spark some life into it and go for the attack. I knew i had something...http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/interesting-sac-even-fritz-doesnt-seem-to-knowSat, 22 Mar 2008 09:35:29 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/interesting-sac-even-fritz-doesnt-seem-to-know''I've found a lot of players (at least online) - only play book openings from memory - and when things devaite drastically from what they are mortally used to (especially in a 5-min game) - they can be easily briefly defeated. As a te...http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/how-to-win-by-learning-no-openingsThu, 21 Feb 2008 04:51:19 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/how-to-win-by-learning-no-openingsHey guys, just thought i would post my games using the boungcloud attack. Games are played under blitz conditions. I will be posting a series of boungcloud attack games so drop back soon and i should have more up. Hope you boungclouders enjoy! &n...http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/my-boungcloud-attack-gamesMon, 18 Feb 2008 15:34:54 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/my-boungcloud-attack-gamesHere is a miniture game in the Najdorf!! The game transposes to a Najdorf variation of the Sicilian via 2.Nc3. I have been learning the grand prix attack but i like playing Najdorf so on 2...d6 i choose to enter an open sicilian. Generally with .....http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/game-1-najdorfFri, 11 Jan 2008 04:59:09 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/game-1-najdorfSo, i havent been playing that well latley in terms of winning games but my understanding of the board has improved alot over the last few weeks. Most of my losses have been because of time, but i have only been playing blitz games on Playchess.co...http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/sicilian-ends-with-interesting-mateSun, 06 Jan 2008 00:54:30 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/sicilian-ends-with-interesting-mateAs this is my first blog post I just thought i would post a game in which i beat a 2347 bullet player (blitz rating of 2600+) on playchess.com. The game itself is actually of quite good quality in my opinion given the time control. Obviously the r...http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/1-minute-dragon-win-rating-2347Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:21:49 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/1-minute-dragon-win-rating-2347Chess maybe known for being a game that goes on forever but sometimes, a game can be over quite quick, in a short amount of moves! The following is a short display of how poor opening moves can be fairly detrimental.  It is important to know...http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/opening-mistakeSat, 22 Dec 2007 20:10:10 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Graw81/opening-mistake