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This weekend I played a thematic tournament where the first moves
1.d4 d5 2.e4 de 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 ef are compulsory. I played the tournament ok but lost my Nemisis again this time with blunders in time pressure. I want to write about one game that... | Read More
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Following my loss to Guinto and this blog post. I went to the next round quite determined and rearing to a win. My opponent is a kid, really a small kid and when he replied 1.e4 with e5, I tried to get him to my favorite battle ground of King's ga... | Read More
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I have 2 hours to go before the next round and instead of indulging in gambling and escaping reality, I thought of doing a little introspection analysis here of what went wrong and correct. I am playing in the U-2200 section of las vegas open, and... | Read More
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This is a follow up from my yesterday's blog post - http://blog.chess.com/smalugu/i-dont-know-where-i-lost-the-game. I have taken time to analyze and critique the game with some help from fritz. Now I know where and how I lost the game. KID fans m... | Read More
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This game is my second consecutive game an higher rated opponent. After 10 years of chess, I still can't manage my clock! This is how stupidly I lost the game.The time control is 30 moves in 90 minutes and 1 hour sudden death. I only had an analog... | Read More
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This is game is the last round from WA open where I won the first three games and failed to gain even 0.5 points in the next three rounds :(
My opponent played this game pretty differently, I thought I was holding on the game and have a lot of fi... | Read More
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If you are having trouble speaking the name of the chess school, well you are not a native Telugu speaker. But every serious player in Andhra pradesh knows and fears the Jonnalagadda family. Actually they never named their coaching institute as su... | Read More
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I have been in the US for 4 years and my 22 years of life and 5 years of chess career is in India. The difference in terms of chess is 'steep' to say the least.
I have been inspired to write this article after going through top chess countries on... | Read More
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This game is from my last round of the doomed Seattle spring open tournament. I am on 2/3 and had to win to get a chance to win any money. Though the number of entries has exceeded the limit and prize fund was increased the TD was cruel to me and ... | Read More