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Friends,
Yesterday, I returned from my third deployment to Iraq in the last six years. All three times I found myself in fairly demanding jobs, both during the preparation to deploy and the actual deployment.
Through those trials,... | Read More
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Ok, one I actually won. It does happen from time to time. The key point here is that I picked a place to make a weakness and then piled on until that weakness bore fruit.
Note we both made some bad moves - but the focus on creating a ... | Read More
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Short and bad. A good case study in how I made a bad move and rather than accept a material loss, I tanked my entire postion, thus expediting the loss. | Read More
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Ugly, ugly, ugly - but an interesting study on a game where I should have simplified despite being down a pawn...comments and thoughts are always appreciated. | Read More
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Overview...
Spatial Advantages
Material Advantages
Development and Initiative
Pieces - what do they control, attack and where can they go?
Pawn Structure
Bishops (his/mine)
Knights (his/mine)
Rooks (his/mine)
Queen... | Read More
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Ok, here is a game where I castled long to open some KS attacking possibilities. Why did I do that on a Sicilian? Wanted to try something novel. Having said that, I really missed watching the critical terrain on the board and then failed to... | Read More
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