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I had an amazing time speaking to St. Louis teens about chess, Hip-Hop and martial arts. I was lucky enough to be invited by the World Chess Hall of Fame to talk to about 1,000 kids in the course of the week. Maurice Ashley and I had an exchange o... | Read More
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I am having a terrible run recently, watching my blitz rating fall like a lead baloon. I have lost almost 100 rating points recently, through a combination of bad opening decisions and some serious blunders. I am hoping I can take some time out th... | Read More
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Philadelphia and Seattle Brace for Chess Championship
by David Pruess, man-about-chess
reprinted with permission of The Chess Onion*
This Saturday, at 4 pm Eastern, the Philadelphia Inventors and Seattle Sluggers clash in 4-player match that... | Read More
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On more than one occasion, I have allowed my compulsive personality to get the better of me. I accept challenges haphazardly, sign up for bunches of tournaments, and just go hog wild. This is something I call the "too many games syndrome". I have ... | Read More
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The team at Brooklyn Castle said they’d be getting the word out on the importance of chess in the schools and if this week is any indication, they are certainly doing that.
Director Katie Dellamaggiore along with IS318’s John Galvin and Eli... | Read More
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I have read off of Facebook, and other media websites of an effort by CNN to compete in television ratings during the primetime hour, (7p/est). They hoped to achieve this with the signing of former CNBC’s “Street Signs” anchor, Erin Burnet... | Read More
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Has anyone ever noticed when playing a game your computer crashes or logs off at just the wrong time. Is it possible for some players to hack the game in some way, or is it just coincidence? | Read More
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Masterpiece
Caves of the dead
Chapter 1
The two men sat a ways back from the mouth of the cave, deeper in the shadows created by the small fire burning several yards from the opening; just far enou... | Read More
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Most of us will never have the opportunity to play against a World Champion, not individually and probably not even in a simul. If you're famous or rich, your chances improve remarkably. I guess that's one of the perks of success.
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After being a member of this site for near enough 2 years, and managing to improve my rating on this site from 1200 which is the default rating everyone gets when they join this website, up to the 1700s range at its highest peak, before dipping... | Read More
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I am taking a break next week, im hiding myself away with relatives near Pretoria well in the veld, i feel i need the break. This will mean i time out on games i cant finish, after my accident i dont have any vacation time left. I apolgise to my f... | Read More
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Semula saya juga tak begitu hirau tentang hal ini, tetapi karena disentil oleh pertanyaan dari rekan Ganggas dan memang saya juga penasaran untuk mengetahuinya maka akhirnya lahirlah tulisan ini. Terimakasih kepada Mbak Santi yang telah menyodorka... | Read More
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Just had an eight win streak!!! My best ever.........and totally hollow.
Only one of them was a genuine win, the others were time outs. Some of these being very much against the run of play. I've basically been winning because I have a smartp... | 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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Sometimes you fall lucky with obtaining victories in whatever sphere, once, I consider lucky but twice I start to think something isn’t right. A recent game started with flying colours and gave the promise of a true battle of skill until an awk... | Read More
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I need help. I have tried to let one of my games lose by running out of time but everytime the game runs down to about one hour of time left my vacation automatically kicks in and stops the game and all my other games. Then when I go back on ... | Read More
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One thing that annoys me is people letting the clock run down 15 minutes or so or just abandoning the game rather that resigning in a lost position.How to minimize this bad behavior? Any ideas?
One idea I have is perhaps the percentage of abandon... | Read More
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According to chess.com rules I can pause my game for 1 month.
I follow the rules but when I return from my journey I check I lose 6 games.
Just because of 'TIME OUT'.
I was not online last few days.
And I lose my pause game.
HOW IT POSSIBLE?
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hi to all my freinds i would like to thank you for your kind words and support cheers. Iv taken some time out and now im ready for action again its good to know i have good freinds on here
thanks Andrew.
p.s Also my thoughts are with the miners ... | Read More
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When I complained about players who time out rather resign, my friend Tony G told me that on Go servers they are known as escapers. They used to really annoy me. Imagine if in an OTB game you simply got up and walked away from the board when y... | Read More