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To give advice or not

Submitted by rwchristieiii on Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:38pm.

I could see that my opponent was going to fall into a trap and make a blunder and they did.  If I was sitting across from them, I would have asked did they really want to move there.  If we were on free chess I would have offered for the... Read more »

Backing into a win

Submitted by rwchristieiii on Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:04pm.

Have you ever made a move and been surprised when the game window popped up and said you won by checkmate?  Well I was surprised when I made move 27 in this game and was a winner by checkmate.  I thought it was stupid of me to lose my Qu... Read more »

What should a new chess player study?

Submitted by rwchristieiii on Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:34pm.

I know that there have been a lot of threads on this very issue, what should a newbie at chess spend time on learning?  Well we know that eventually you must spend time on all three areas of chess, opening, middlegame and end game.  Open... Read more »

When not to castle

Submitted by rwchristieiii on Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:05pm.

Castling usually brings your king to safety, but sometimes it can bring your king to checkmate.  This is what happened in this game with my opponent, I was attacking the g7 square when my opponent castled, which led me to checkmate when I cap... Read more »

When an Opening goes haywire

Submitted by rwchristieiii on Thu Aug 7, 2008 8:01pm.

My opponent uses an unusual opening a5.  I am unfamiliar with the opening, but stay with my standard Kings Pawn opening, since it is the line I know.  My opponent really makes some brutal mistakes which cost him the game.   Read more »

First attempt at commenting

Submitted by rwchristieiii on Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:40pm.

This is my first attempt at commenting on a game I played.  I have not analyzed this game using Fritz or Babas Chess, so I am sure there are better moves I could have played.  You also may see much better moves that I could have made, if... Read more »

The Italian Opening

Submitted by rwchristieiii on Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:10pm.

This is a game I played against Fritz.  Not the most elegant, but it does show a typical Italian Opening and Hungarian Defense.   Read more »

BlitzGames

Submitted by rwchristieiii on Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:41pm.

Okay, I am new at blogging so I know this is pretty weak. I have just played a tourney over on free chess of 5 minute blitz games.  What did I learn from this, first of all know your openings well for blitz chess to give yourself a chance to ... Read more »