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Improve Your Rating- 7/19/09

Submitted by wicksta85 on Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:47pm.

Well, the articles in this series seem to grow less frequent as time progresses, so I'll do one when I can. In a few recent games of mine, I've encountered an opening pattern that can be seen from many different opening paths. The main character... Read more »

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Improve your rating- week of 6/1/09

Submitted by wicksta85 on Mon Jun 8, 2009 8:09am.

Sorry this is a little late again, haven't been on chess.com much lately. Anyways, this week's topic is on openings.  Usually I play pretty standard openings, such as the ruy lopez, sicilian, and king pawn openings.  However, a few weeks ago, ... Read more »

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Improve Your Rating- Week of 5/25/09

Submitted by wicksta85 on Sun May 31, 2009 3:04pm.

Hello, and glad you're reading this week's edition of Improve Your Rating, a weekly article series designed to help lower-rated players improve. (Although skilled players are free to read as well!) This week's topic is about patience in chess.  ... Read more »

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The Joy of Stupidity- Part 1

Submitted by wicksta85 on Thu May 21, 2009 12:47pm.

I was playing some fast live chess on another site, and I realized how much fun you can have by going absolutely crazy.  Often times I enjoy playing the crap (h4), moving pieces backwards, or going kamikaze with my king just for fun.  All the g... Read more »

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Improve Your Rating- Week of 5/18/09

Submitted by wicksta85 on Tue May 19, 2009 2:41pm.

First of all, sorry for being incredibly late.  AP exams, debates, weekend ultimate tournaments, and a hectic life have kept me from spending much time here during the last month or so.  Hopefully that is all over now, so I can continue blogging... Read more »

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Improve your rating- week of 4/20/09

Submitted by wicksta85 on Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:12am.

First of all, I'd like to say sorry for being this late, I was loaded with things this week (i.e. notes, debates, chess tournaments, etc.)  Anyways, this week's topic is on my lessons from learned from the Queen City Classic on 4/18. The Queen... Read more »

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Somewhat harder puzzles

Submitted by wicksta85 on Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:34pm.

Here are some puzzles from my own games     Read more »

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Easy puzzles #1

Submitted by wicksta85 on Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:38pm.

Here are some puzzles from my own games.     Read more »

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Improve your rating- 4/15/09

Submitted by wicksta85 on Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:27pm.

Sorry in advance for the delay, because of homework this week's column was moved to Wednesday.  For new readers, this is my weekly column meant for players under a 1400 chess.com rating.  It is also posted in my group, Free Chess Help. (http://w... Read more »

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Kasparov-Najdrof, Bugojno, 1982

Submitted by wicksta85 on Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:45am.

I saw this game in a book and found it very interesting.  It's from the Bugojno tournament of 1982.  Bugojno is a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the tournaments held there are it's claim to fame.  In the 1982 tournament, Najdrof was act... Read more »

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