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Poker - The Chessplayer's Disease

Submitted by trentthechessnut on Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:40pm.

As a Chess player and administrator one of the biggest problems I find in regards to keeping chess players in chess is Poker.  Chessplayers make good poker players.  Poker is a game of skill and also luck...... but in the long run, as in chess, ... Read more »

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"Saddistic King March"

Submitted by trentthechessnut on Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:57am.

Tonight I played an interesting game in the Parramatta Chess Club Championships.  A game that I should have lost at one stage (I stupidly mated myself but my opponent did not notice).  But it envolved an interesting king march up the board out o... Read more »

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MightyMax Vs The Russians

Submitted by trentthechessnut on Mon May 25, 2009 10:19pm.

The week leading up to the City of Sydney Rapidplay was perfect chess playing weather: Wet and Cloudy.  But on the sunday - the sun did shine!  The previous week's weather must have still been on chessplayers mind as a bumper crowd of 58 player... Read more »

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The King Hunt

Submitted by trentthechessnut on Thu May 21, 2009 10:59am.

I love a good Kinghunt. Its like a pack of wild Hyenas trying to hunt down their prey.  It's not often you get the chance for a King hunt but I am happy that I recently did.  It was an online game with Benztoyz where I temporarily sacked the exc... Read more »

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Greedy Guts!

Submitted by trentthechessnut on Mon May 11, 2009 8:33am.

After a long while away from blogging I've decided to start blogging regularly once again.  I will be posting the blog both on here and on Blogger (as there apparently is some readers of my blog who couldn't find my material here (such as the Par... Read more »

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Smurf Wins, Armen to Sydney!

Submitted by trentthechessnut on Mon Oct 6, 2008 6:05am.

IM David Smerdon has won the 2008 Ryde Eastwood Open with a Score of 6.5/7 only drawing with Ayvazyan in the 6th Round.  Astonishingly Smerdon only played 2 of the 6 other over 2000 players as upsets were reiking havoc all accross the tournament... Read more »

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Annoying habits at the chessboard

Submitted by trentthechessnut on Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:03pm.

What annoys you at the chessboard in a tournament? Not finding the right continuation or plan?  Missing a combination? What about annoyances? Noise? What annoys me at the chessboard is if someone is making a noise that need not be made. ... Read more »

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Becoming a workaholic

Submitted by trentthechessnut on Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:28pm.

Hello people! Blogging has taken a bit of a back seat the last two weeks as I try to work on the BAS's for the 7 companies i work for. I'll just leave you now with my grade match win from last night against St George. I got a little lucky. Read more »

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A Knight's Revenge

Submitted by trentthechessnut on Sun Jul 6, 2008 2:52pm.

I feel that some juniors put too much value on Bishops over knights.  In my seventh round game yesterday I played Sophie Eustace who decided to trade off both her knights for my bishops.....which ended up giving me an advantage with a pawn up. Read more »

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Day 0: Ready to go Jetsetters?

Submitted by trentthechessnut on Fri Jul 4, 2008 3:10pm.

Well my excitement was apparently evident at work today as I was not concentrating on what I was doing.  This has left me with four or five partially done tasks that I'll need to finish on Monday.  Oh well... as one of the owners sa... Read more »

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