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    • Power of the bishop in ze endgame!

      Zenchess vs alfie ~1930 | Read More

      • Zenchess
      • | Sep 18, 2012
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    • Me vs Grandmaster game 15

      Thought I had him!  GM Frank Holzke ~2500 | Read More

      • Zenchess
      • | Sep 18, 2012
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    • Ghost of morphy

      I couldn't believe it. | Read More

      • Zenchess
      • | Sep 16, 2012
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      • | 2 comments
    • Journey from Expert to Master

      Hi everyone!  This is my blog post on another site from about 3 months ago.  I decided to continue the series here on chess.com instead of the other site, so I'm reposting the original post here.  I will add a follow up post in a couple hours e... | Read More

      • Zenchess
      • | Apr 4, 2012
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    • New blog - Journey to becoming a master

      Hi everyone.  I am moving my blog to http://zenchess.blogspot.com.  And possibly soon you will be able to just go to http://zenchess.com (but I am having issues with it) My goal is to become a master within 2 years.  It may seem like a crazy ... | Read More

      • Zenchess
      • | Dec 14, 2011
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    • Live youtube blitz chess

      Hey everyone.  Please check out my video of me playing blitz chess while commentating on the games at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zKOfxVIN48&feature=youtu.be | Read More

      • Zenchess
      • | Dec 13, 2011
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    • Live annotated games attempt #2

        I just bought Fritz 13.  2 reasons:  One, it has automatic analysis of games you played (which is similar to chess assistant's feature, but chess assistant is always crashing on me because of bugs).    Two, there's some new "let's check" f... | Read More

      • Zenchess
      • | Dec 6, 2011
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    • Speed chess analysis session

        I am going to try something new.  A while back, I bought a copy of chess assistant 9.  It's a neat piece of software, which, when it doesn't crash - has some interesting features.   The feature I am going to use today is the live commentary... | Read More

      • Zenchess
      • | Dec 6, 2011
      • | 250 views
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    • Chess Openings Trainer

        I am in the process of developing a chess openings trainer.  If you've never used a program like Bookup or Chess position trainer, you may not know what I'm talking about.  Basically, you can enter all the opening moves that are you in your ... | Read More

      • Zenchess
      • | Jan 11, 2011
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    • Wargames

      I've been learning about and getting into wargames over the last couple weeks.  Games like 'The operational art of war III", "war in the pacific", "war in the east" etc. are all either on my purchasing radar or I've been playing.   I also bough... | Read More

      • Zenchess
      • | Dec 27, 2010
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