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Losing Submitted by Cogwheel on November 11, 2011 9:14am.
Losing is not bad. You learn more from losing than you do from winning. So, don't feel down when you lose. It's only a game. You fell over, now get back up again and win. ...Read more »
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Losing

Submitted by Cogwheel on November 11, 2011 9:14am.

Losing is not bad. You learn more from losing than you do from winning. So, don't feel down when you lose. It's only a game. You fell over, now get back up again and win. ...Read more »

posted in The Thoughts of a Chess Player

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1055

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Best Win:	1357 (MadKingSlayer)
Avg. Opp.:	1036
Total Games:	408 (185 W/ 198 L / 25 D)

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985

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Best Win:	1294 (lhalperin)
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1005

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Best Win:	1540 (4plos)
Avg. Opp.:	1080
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Time/Move:	12 hr 15 min
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Current:	1263
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Lowest:	952 (Nov 12, 2011)
# Attempts:	866
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Failed:	454 (52.4%)
Total Time:	2.9 hrs

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Member Since: Mar 10, 2009
Last Login: May 27, 2012
Profile Views: 2495
Points: 541
Birthday: Apr 1, 1979
USCF Rating: 957

Crippling your pawn structure, one move at a time. I am a fan of Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip series by Bill Watterson.

Current Games (2)

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Finished Games (29)

White	Black	Result	Moves	Date	Action
NorCalPeezy916 (968)	Cogwheel (985)	0-1 (won)	35	05/25/2012	View
Cogwheel (985)	GregoryDaniells (1054)	1-0 (won)	53	05/25/2012	View
Spectralforz (1184)	Cogwheel (975)	1-0 (lost)	11	05/25/2012	View
Cogwheel (979)	chessimprover (1186)	0-1 (lost)	26	05/25/2012	View
Cogwheel (983)	pianonyme (1101)	1-0 (won)	16	05/25/2012	View
Cogwheel (971)	MAGNUSCARL (975)	1-0 (won)	26	05/22/2012	View
MAGNUSCARL (984)	Cogwheel (962)	0-1 (won)	16	05/22/2012	View
Cogwheel (952)	MAGNUSCARL (993)	0-1 (lost)	39	05/22/2012	View
MAGNUSCARL (986)	Cogwheel (960)	0-1 (won)	14	05/22/2012	View
naga_murugs (1035)	Cogwheel (950)	1-0 (lost)	51	05/22/2012	View

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