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Yesterday I played on board 6 for my club and despite feeling a bit unwell... I went to the table and played a super game with the black pieces! How I produced this after just 5h sleep and against a stronger player I'll never know!
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It's nothing rated or serious but I got the better of someone extremely easily earlier at club night with the black pieces playing against his 1.c4?! which no-one has beaten me with it otb... yet
The checkmate is a pure classic
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Today I played my first expert+/"almost Master" level player, very very strong and he's our top teams' board 1 player and wipes the floor with everyone in our club... that didn't put me off one bit though
My opponent doesn't have an official gra... | Read More
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Earlier I played yet another rematch against a very good player graded 143 ECF (1796 FIDE equ.) and he put the squeeze on me... we both play 1.d4 and are both solid players, the same style, but he's just that bit better...
I believe he played the... | Read More
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Today I played my very first game for my club up on board 2 - I even had the chance of a swap to board 1! But as I saw who my opponent would be, and despite having the black pieces that I like playing with, I declined my team-mates' offer and stay... | Read More
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Today, 2nd March, exactly 4 weeks after having an epic win with the black pieces, I get another - and my first-ever win for the County! I was privileged to play for Oxfordshire in our match against Hampshire where we were actually outgraded across... | Read More
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The last few moves of the game just show how I managed to draw, I was a whole piece up at one point then he won it back, shame the whole game wasn't notated it was a classic but I remember the last few moves from the game...
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Earlier tonight I played for my club's top team on board 6 and my opponent's grade was 144 ECF (1802 FIDE equ.)... I lost. But we were outclassed on all 6 boards they even had an almost WFM (only 24 Elo/FIDE away) on board 2 so goodness knows how ... | Read More
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Today I had my easiest win of the whole season by playing the Nimzo-Larsen attack against my lower-rated opponent. I was up on board 3 again so was expecting a harder game... my opponent had drew against me once before last season in a County matc... | Read More
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Earlier today (14.02.13) I got my first shot on board 3 for my club against Oxford University, against a higher-rated opponent rated 126 ECF (I'm "still" only 116 ECF (1578) because my grade is yet to be fully updated lol) - and produced a smashin... | Read More