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Milestone reached

Submitted by steveira on Fri May 22, 2009 2:29pm.

Well I've just completed my 100th game and I joined chess.com some 8 months ago. So far 80% win ratio but that may drop now as I'm playing stronger players now. You might not be impressed by this (100 games I mean) and I realise that many of you h... Read more »

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Tournament Newbie

Submitted by steveira on Tue Dec 2, 2008 11:13am.

Well I just spent the last weekend participating in a national club tournament. It took place on the campus of the University of the Westeren Cape, nestled in the northern suburbs of Cape Town. This was my first experience of a chess tournament an... Read more »

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Chess Blindness

Submitted by steveira on Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:04am.

I suffer from this strange affliction. I'm not really blind - I wear glasses for myopia (thats short-sightedness for non-Scrabble players). But from time to time during a game I fail to see an opponent's piece on a particular square or a form of d... Read more »

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