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Here are three vaguely inter... OK, basically what the title said.
First, I actually manage a reasonably sound queen sacrifice against a more or less sober opponent:
Then, after a bizarre opening, I stumble across a simple but strangely pleasin... | Read More
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Hello again, chess.com readers. In this, my second video, the agony of defeat is unflinchingly chronicled. Enjoy.
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This is first of perhaps a series of videos of me playing rapid chess on chess.com. Sorry if my commentary runs a bit sparse at times (was mostly testing the equipment with this run) but the exciting games plus my opponent's torrent of insults (... | Read More
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The just concluded Candidates Tournament in London was rife with drama, particularly in the final rounds. These ten positions (eight of which are puzzles to solve) showcase some the highlights/lowlights of this topsy-turvy event.
#10 - Aronian ... | Read More
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The just concluded Candidates Tournament in London was certainly an event that will take an honoured place among the greatest chess contests of all time, such as Hastings 1895, New York 1924, Moscow 1925, AVRO 1938, Hague/Moscow 1948, Zurich 1953,... | Read More
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I went to look up what my USCF rating is these days and found arguably the most depressing chess graph known to mankind:
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This blog is intended as a directory for the many blogs that I've by now made on chess.com, some of which were under my facebook account (JohnChernoff) before it merged with this one. Anyhow, here goes:
My most popular (relatively speaking) pos... | Read More
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These two puzzles were actually recently published in the Problemist, a British chess problem journal. The first is a mate in three, the second a mate in four. Nowadays "direct mate" problems such as these are almost considered old-fashioned... | Read More
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Another epic tilt between a me and my phone. Stay tuned next week when the neighborhood cat gets a rematch.
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Hello, again, bulleteers. For those that missed Part One of this three-part series on bullet chess, it is here.
In this episode we will examine the art of the pre-move, a feared, controversial, and above all else double edged weapon. "Pre... | Read More