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• DHLC Slow Mini Swiss #2 Round 3 win (annotated amateur)

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  • TALminator
  • | Jun 2, 2013
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• Sometimes you just get lucky!

  I played an interesting 45/45 game against a higher rated opponent.  He got into time trouble ( there were times his clock was under 1 minute when I had about 10).  He blundered away his rook and sealed the deal for me.   | Read More

  • TALminator
  • | May 29, 2013
  • | 93 views
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• Is this really a draw or can white win?

  I played a game a couple of weeks ago where this position was reached.  Black had just played 36...Qf6 and offered a draw. I traded queens and lost fairly easily because his king was much better positioned than mine.  Is it possible for white t... | Read More

  • TALminator
  • | May 2, 2013
  • | 120 views
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• Help me understand Kramnik's Round 5 at the Alekhine Memorial

  I had someone tell me that Vladmir Kramnik was "taking risks" and exploring "new ways to play the game" of chess in his less than stellar performance in round 5 of the 2013 Alekhine Memorial.  But it seems to me that he didn't really feel up to p... | Read More

  • TALminator
  • | Apr 26, 2013
  • | 183 views
  • | 9 comments

• Any strategies for objectively viewing a position OTB?

  There are times during a game when I have a plan (make an exchange on this square, in order to open that file, so I can attack the king, etc.) and I get "tunnel vision" and I cease to see the board objectively. What strategies do you use to look ... | Read More

  • TALminator
  • | Jan 10, 2013
  • | 211 views
  • | 7 comments

• I know you're not supposed to bring your Queen out too early, but...

  This was so much fun! | Read More

  • TALminator
  • | Jan 2, 2013
  • | 218 views
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• King in a Box - Mate in 5

  I saw this puzzle elsewhere and thought it was pretty cool.  Can you figure it out? | Read More

  • TALminator
  • | Jan 5, 2012
  • | 479 views
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