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Starter question for 10: You have a critical match coming up, know you will be playing a very strong opponent and have half-a-day free at some point before the game. Do you...
a) Go out drinking and cavorting with your pals on your time off, endi... | Read More
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This game won the Best Game Prize at the Edinburgh Congress this weekend quite pleased with it and if I ever find the time I'll post some notes to it too!
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Here are my 2 most recent games without notes. Hopefully I will include some analysis later if I find the time!
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One of the most crucial skills that club-strength players must develop to improve their game is pattern-recognition. This not only applies to tactical play, but also to positional themes; 're-inventing the wheel' is an unnecessary task when expert... | Read More
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No, not the famous ancient Chinese book on strategy from Sun Tzu, but rather last weekend's Glasgow Congress, which departed from the standard Scottish venue of draughty old school dining hall for the far more salubrious and cultural confines of t... | Read More
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Local league matches in my part of the world (Fife, Scotland) tend to be mid-week evening affairs, crammed into a 3-hour window between work and sleep. Though a quick shower, a rushed dinner and a sprint downtown for the kick-off are hardly conduc... | Read More
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Although opening theory, endgame study and tactics training all have their place in our battles across the board, there is an area of the game which seems to be largely forgotten by the vast majority of players-that area is psychology, and it is a... | Read More