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Struggling

Submitted by seuss68 on Thu May 1, 2008 9:41am.

My chess game feels like a jigsaw puzzle in which I have only a couple of pieces together and a lot of gaps in the over all picture.  I managed to enter the month of May with a rating just over 1400, a goal has been reached and now ... Read more »

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April is now strategy month

Submitted by seuss68 on Sat Apr 5, 2008 8:49am.

As I mentioned in my last blog I am looking to improve my chess strategy, what I believe is the biggest weakness in my game right now.  I have decided to start with Yasser Seirawan's "Winning Chess Strategies" with Jeremy Silman... Read more »

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Overloaded on wanting to learn

Submitted by seuss68 on Thu Apr 3, 2008 9:50am.

Here I am sitting at a mid 1300 rating. I use the ratings to let me know how I am doing and if I am improving.  I have finished a little over 40 games now, Some were easy wins, some I worked hard at and thought my studies of tactics have come... Read more »

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The real benefit I am getting out of chess

Submitted by seuss68 on Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:39am.

In my first blog I talked about my goals with chess.  I enjoy learning and playing chess, but there is a deeper motive to wanting to play again.  I played a far amount of chess in the early 90's, and like anyone else who either disco... Read more »

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Winning on time

Submitted by seuss68 on Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:07am.

I just won two games on time.  At first there was happiness in that I just posted two victories and that my rating was going to improve.  Shortly after I had discovered my wins I went for a walk and started to reflect on those wins. ... Read more »

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More on the quest

Submitted by seuss68 on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:36am.

I was hoping to post sooner, but work was very busy.  A few thank yous first.  First to Erik and the Chess.com staff wonderful site and excellent support.  Give yourself an atta boy and a pat on the back.  i also saw your ... Read more »

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Quest to become a strong chess player

Submitted by seuss68 on Fri Mar 7, 2008 7:54am.

This is my first blog.  I joined this sight on 11 February because I wanted to get back into playing chess and hopefully improve to being a relatively strong player, my current turn based rating is 1250.  My goal is to push my rating to ... Read more »

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