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[Event "Live Chess"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2015.01.23"][White "ST_ONE"][Black "drexy"][ECO "C57"][ChesscomGameID "1038344205"][Annotator "Chess.com Computer Analysis"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "880"][BlackElo "957"][TimeControl "10|0"][Te... | Read More
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I just played my first live Standard game on this site and I won! This also happens to be my first live victory ever! I have been playing Correspondence games for a few months while studying a few books by Jeremy Silman and thumbing through a few ... | Read More
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You might think that tactics or strategy are the essence of chess. Yet even if you employ perfect tactics and strategy, the game will still be a draw, provided your opponent makes no mistakes. All games that do not end in draws are the result of t... | Read More
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Constant attributes of Norwegian super GM.Photo © | http://www.tatasteelchess.com
Magnus Carlsen just one step away from the possibility to give a series of a convincing victories, which in the recent time achieved Caruana - seven wins in a ... | Read More
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When I lose I'm finding it's mostly to tactics and I'm beginning to limit outright blunders. This game was handed to my opponent, in an unfamiliar position I started to make quick moves with no thought. The opponent was a good few rating points ah... | Read More
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Its been almost a year and a half since I joined this site. I remember joining only to play seady matches with my brother, but since then Ive made a semiformal comitment with myself to improve my chess skills, knowing full well that I would neve... | Read More
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So yesterday, I competed in the regional K-12 championship in my area. Due to my age I had to play in the full K-12 section, not the K-8. I started out as the fourth seed; the third seed was about 75 points higher, and the first seed was a full 15... | Read More
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There were a lot of blunders, though.
EDIT: Not a Fried Liver. Sorry! I'm being dumb. But still. Nice fork, huh? | Read More
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Round 1 - vs Northside Prep
I blunder. And then he blunders. And then he blunders again. I win
Round 2 - vs Naperville North HS
Round 3 - vs Plainfield South HS
Round 4 - vs Sterling HS
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Today's round was one of the most long and difficult in inflame of the struggle.
Paid special attention to itself battle between two champions.
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Gaining in this tournament progress Magnus Carlsen almost... | Read More
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Carlsen wins again, and Jobava wins too! They meet tomorrow, now that should be exciting.
Blunders galore otherwise - Saric, van Wely, Wojtaszek and even Ivanchuk (who was lucky not to lose).
Read the full report at http://www.alexcolovic.com/2... | Read More
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White blunders away the exchange but then black finds his king's side paralysed.
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So anyways, according to the computer analysis, I made 36% blunders.
Ouch. | Read More
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A wild blitz game after which adrenaline level was high.
According to chess engine analysis after the game both players produces 11 blunders total.
It was great fun and exciting though.
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Over the last two nights I have played a mini-tournament. Basically I took my set in front of the computer and played four games as similar to an actual tournament as possible. Although my opponents did not know this, I was playing it like it was ... | Read More
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[Blog History]
"The Other Norway GM" as he was jokingly referred to in the Official Chess.com/TV Group and on older Chess.com/TV shows like Pardon Our Blunders (Not the new versions, but the original show with IMs Danny Rensch and D... | Read More
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It was just a friendly - but it is still a milestone. Going over it with an engine identified two major White blunders - in successive moves - after which it really was all over.
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In this article I would like to shortly highlight the main critical moments in finished match between world champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger for the crown Viswanathan Anand. Probably, immediately raises the question: "Why in the name of arti... | Read More
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think about it, what do Polgar and Capablanca have in common ?
Alekhine and Tal ?
Kasparov and Karnov ?
Anand and our current "king" ?
Simply one thing; let me explain, at the start of any game the board is balanced. Staticically white wins 55... | Read More
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The King's Gambit is generally accepted to be unsound by the sort of people who write chess books and tutor 6 year-olds on how to play the Breyer variation of the Ruy Lopez. However, if you are a terrible player like me, you will likely find great... | Read More