I haven't been good about getting back in the swing of things chess-wise since we have returned from our vacation at the beginning of the month. I will be starting today though since I have today off from work. Today is a master games day, so I ... Read more »
Made it back home tonight. Didn't get anything chess related done while we were in Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico. I did reread Neal Stephonsen's Snow Crash for the first time in probably a decade. I did quite a bit of driving on Sunday and today. ... Read more »
I did manage to get some training done tonight. I finished the pawn ending section for class C in Silman's Complete Endgame Course. I did a few problems in the tactics trainer. I finished playing through the games from Morphy's match with Low... Read more »
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I am getting ready to go eat dinner at the in-laws at the moment. I will hopefully get in some chess tonight if I don't pass out from being stuffed. Yesterday I spent a couple of hours working with Joel Johnson som... Read more »
I spent around an hour do tactics problems today in the tactics trainer. I spent a little bit of time on my greeter games, and my 2 rated games. I worked through the 2nd team game between Stauton and Morphy, and then through the first 5 games of... Read more »
Did a little tactics trainer each day, but probably only 10-15 minutes worth each day. I spent a fair amount of time Saturday starting to read Rowson's Seven Deadly Chess Sins for entertainment as well as education. It looks like it is going to ... Read more »
The greeter game code definitely appears to be working now as I had 11 greeter games pop up today. So that should keep me busy. Today I did very few tactics problems on the trainer, perhaps a dozen or so. I did finish the rest of Nunn's Under... Read more »
Most of my chess time today was again spent in the tactics trainer. I need to cut down a bit. My wife brought up a decent suggestion of taking a break if I get frustrated, which happens sometimes when my brain isn't functioning and I am missing ob... Read more »
I finished the class D section of Silman's Complete Endgame Course and started in on the class C section. I finished working through the section on bishops vs. knights and most of the section on the center, and space in Amateur's Mind. I have ... Read more »
I worked through 4 more games in Understanding Chess Move by Move today. 6 more to go to finish the book. The one I probably enjoyed most today was Kasparov - Shirov, Horgen 1994. Kasparov played an exhcange sacrifice to solidify his control of d... Read more »
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