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Beware presuming too much. A soft Pin is just that...soft. Often times players make the mistake of thinking a soft Pin is absolute. Only a hard Pin is absolute. What's the difference? A hard Pin is when a piece is Pinned against the King... | Read More
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Recently I have been trying to improve my attacking skills. Previously I had spent 6 months working only on my endgames maticuously going through every example of Silman's Complete Endgame Course book. It is fabulous by the way. Memorizing e... | Read More
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The 15th Chess.com Tournament started a long time ago. It was about a year ago. I had recently joined Chess.com and wanted to try a couple tournaments. I joined the 15th Chess.com Tournament and was very pleased to have won Round 1 allowing ... | Read More
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Reading a recent blog/article of a GM Serper on chess.com I was overwhelmed by an amazing move Frank Marshall made. Unfortunately the article didn't share why it was so amazing. As I analyzed it further the depth of the variations that all led... | Read More
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Chess.com daily puzzles helped me defeat an opponent 200+ points higher than myself! In 2011 I set a goal to become comfortable being a more aggressive player. Most of my moves were conserative and positional in nature. Sure I was decent at ... | Read More
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I enjoy the many features chess.com has provided on our profile pages. One of my favorites is the "Best Win". I enjoy reviewing the best win game my friends have had and want to share with others mine. Call it pride or bragging or just ex... | Read More
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Blackmar Diemer Gambit Themed Tournament. Round 1 I went 8-0-0 for the win. 6 months later Round 2 began. Round 2 Undefeated again! Wow. Very excited for Round 3 to begin, hope I don't have to wait another 6 months. | Read More
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After buying the tchess pro app for my iPad2 I set out on a quest for PGN files to use in the database. Check out what I found!
www.pgnmentor.com
If you don't have a pgn viewer check out theirs! If you already have a pgnviewer like tchess ... | Read More
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I refuse to believe that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I recently purchased an iPad2 and have loaded several chess apps (including chess.com!). I need your help please. I really want to use the PGN database feature in my tchess pro ... | Read More
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Recently Chess.com started a beta run of Live Tournaments. I decided to try a couple out to see how they worked. They worked Great! Easy to understand, no lag. They even give Trophies. I got a Bronze medal in my first attempt, and a Gold... | Read More