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I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in National High School Chess Championships in Nashville, Tennessee last weekend, and I thought I'd share my games here. I only played in the U1600 section, since my team wasn't very highly rated,... | Read More
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A puzzle from one of my own games. I thought it was a pretty good move. Enjoy!
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The following is a game from the Queen City Classic on March 13, 2010. I never got around to posting it, so I thought I would now.
It was a 5-round tournament, and I was at 2.5/3 at the time in the open section. This was probably my persona... | Read More
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Hello everyone! I am going to share a game I played recently in my high school chess league. I play for Sycamore, and along with Mason, we are usually the contenders for the top spot. Going into the game, Sycamore was 5-0, while Mason was 4... | Read More
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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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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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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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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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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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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