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Here is the latest game I recently completed. I've added my usual annotations. I do feel that I tend to forget a lot of important stuff that I was seeing during the game by the time I review/analyze the game at completion. I may ... | Read More
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In this next game I ultimately get outplayed in the middle game. The title comes from the position where the queens are faced off against each other at the end of the opening and neither of us takes. I definitely need to improve my mid... | Read More
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I titled this blog entry House of Cards after the way my position falls apart rather quickly after my pawns are undermined. Looking over the game, I felt that the key mistake was one of calculation. I'll run the game through Rybka to s... | Read More
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I took the title of this blog entry from the position below:
Below is the full game score. The position above occured in the late middle game. Its an interesting position. I had recently played my rook to b6, which wasn't a g... | Read More
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This game actually finished just before I resigned my 'Humbled' game. This is a Sicilian Dragon/Yugoslav Attack game. As black I manage to solve the issues of whites typical attacking posture, although white could fine tune his handlin... | Read More
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So with my rating over 2050 (very much inflated), I sought a new game, this time setting the low rating seek limit to 1900. I was quite surprised to find myself in a new game with a 2500+ player. Well, lets just say my opponent probabl... | Read More
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Here is the next game I completed. My opponent wanted to play out of book, preferring a tactical game from the start. I got lucky with some knight forks and KedDuff politely resigned.
I also hope my opponent wasn't bothered by my lac... | Read More
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Here is my latest game. I enjoyed this game. In the middle I get to a position where I feel I have the advantage. Then, I make what I feel is a bad choice in placement of my queen and black gets the initiative with some kingside ... | Read More
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Here is my latest game. I played the Colle. I didn't play exactly as I should in the first few moves and I believe black could have taken advantage of that. However, I was able to get the typical setup and had a very successful e... | Read More
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Here is the latest game I played. The rating of my opponent has gotten progressively higher, about 200 pts each game.
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I've added Rybka notes. Although I knew the 18. ... Nd5 move was probably not best, Rybka clearly saw thi... | Read More