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This was my first year attending the US Amateur Team East tournament and it was awesome, despite a poor personal performance. The tournament is extremely well organized and the energy level is unparalled. The Parsippany Hilton was a great venue wi... | Read More
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I've been playing chess seriously for the past 3 years and there has been one player who has been my proverbial white whale, John Curdo. John is a legend here in MA, he has won the MA state title 16 times ! John and I have had many epic battles. I... | Read More
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I played this game last night against a well known master in the area. I had played him once before and I spoiled a very nice advantage in that game. In fact, this game was my first win over such a highly rated player. I was able to manage a draw ... | Read More
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I played this game this past week and it was one of my most exiciting. I grabbed the initiative early and this was the result.
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Last night I played FM John Curdo again and for the second encounter in a row, I earned a draw. This game was a really tough fight for me. I felt that at points I had an advantage and then I would make some inaccurate moves and then in the later ... | Read More
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This position is one that would have occured in a game between a friend of mine and an FM but my friend missed this continuation....but I cannot blame him. Fritz 6 and Rybka 2.2 also miss the winning line even after letting them think for a while.... | Read More
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The Benko gambit is a fun opening that suits my playing style quite nicely. The idea is that Black sacrifices a pawn in order to have active counterplay against the Queenside. In the following game I played against Mike Odell (~1930 USCF) we follo... | Read More
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Here's a game I played against a strong member of my club. I knew to expect a version of the Dutch and I had prepared some lines involved in attacking with h4-h5.
I thought that I would be able to rip through and score a quick point with an attack... | Read More
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Although I already posted this game in the forums, I wanted to put this as part of my blog. It is one of the strongest games that I have played against high rated opposition. What made this game tougher is that Josh is one of my good friends and w... | Read More
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This is the first draw that I've achieved with such a highly rated opponent. I've been playing chess again for about 7 months after taking about 13 years off (I'm 26 now and I was not strong as a kid). I'm happy with the result but I know that I ... | Read More