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    • Slow Swiss #5 - Round 5 game

      Well.... Ding, ding, ding.. NOT many people can say THIS... I'm the ONLY player in the entire tournament who did NOT earn a single point, not even a half point.  *****sigh***** I fought hard though. I had very good games in almost every round.... | Read More

    • The game as I see it... Annotation of game between Okieman8888 and Rosewood

      Okieman888 is a friend whom I have played before and he always KILLS me (hehehe, don't they all?).  Anyway, I thought I'd take a peek at this game to see what was going on.  | Read More

    • Slow Swiss #5 - Round 3 game

      This is an especially painful loss for me.   I wasn't feeling well at ALL - physically I was fine.  But I've had a very difficult time emotionally this week and I suppose one could say my heart wasn't in it.  I really did try my best but I NEV... | Read More

    • Slow Swiss #5 - Round 2 game

      Round 2 - Cripes, another opponent whom I believe is about 477 points or so higher than me in rating?   For Cripe's sake.  How on EARTH am I going to do that?   I was even mildly irritated that three rating points were at stake.  "well," I t... | Read More

    • Round 2 WHITE - espuelando esp 1000-1250 #1 tournament

      Round 2 in the online tournament espuelando esp 1000-1250 #1 tournament for players rated 1,000 - 1,250.   I got lucky in round 1 where my opponent timed out so I got the two wins.  This time, the opponent seems to be on the ball and we actual... | Read More

    • Slow Swiss 5 - Round 1

      Alright, round 1 in Swiss 5.   Out of 80 players, I'm ranked as (drum roll, please), 79th!!  Wheeee!!  I'm NOT at the bottom!!   That said, the first round in Swiss is often against a player MUCH higher ranked (uh, yes... and I was irritated t... | Read More

    • Practice game with whitegs

      Got together with a new friend and made arrangements for a live game.  I was VERY nervous because whitegs has a much higher online rating than I do; however, he told me he struggles a bit in live.  Well, I do as well.  I'm really bad about blow... | Read More

    • Practice game with Yvan

      More practice games with the husband.  THIS time, I'm black.  Dexter decided to practice blindfold "watching" again and I am glad because my goodness, I need practice in recording my games.  Good Lord, I get so mixed up, especially when I'm bla... | Read More

    • Correspondence game with NirajRocks

      Well, well, well. What have we here?  Holy cripes!  It's a win!    Usually my inner self is screaming that I wish my opponents would resign... this time, he actually did and I found myself disappointed!   Niraj used to beat me all the time ea... | Read More

    • OTB game with husband 03/30/2013

      So....  I think I'm a little different from most of the players here.  I LEARNED how to play two dimensionally - that is, I really haven't played too much on a REAL board with real pieces.  I find it extraordinarily difficult.  I get confused ... | Read More