Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com From 17th untill the 19th of June, the IJmond Vierkampen 2011"-tournament took place. It means that one plays in a group of four against every other competitor. My three rounds, and my rating is 1378, were against a kid of my age of +/- 1450, and ...http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/wijk-aan-zee-tournament-how-i-wonMon, 20 Jun 2011 01:32:05 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/wijk-aan-zee-tournament-how-i-wonHi,By this way I´d like to inform you about a group in which you get informed about tournaments: The tournament group  But you can also join home-made tournaments, for nothing, like our 2nd Manual Tournament!You may see this as a commercial for...http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/basic-member-and-though-more-tournamentsTue, 20 Apr 2010 09:05:50 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/basic-member-and-though-more-tournamentsHere is a game which i played for my club, against another clubBakkum 1 - Vredeburg 1J.B          - Myself1h16        - 0h38m I´d like to have your opinion!http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/real-game---please-give-you-thoughtsSat, 05 Dec 2009 01:35:29 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/real-game---please-give-you-thoughtsHi everyone, I almost never use this blog, but i thought, for playing 1000 rated online games here, i could make one. I´d like to thank chess.com for letting me do this, cos my games improved alot. Saying this, i still think chess is a game of l...http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/letacutes-partySat, 31 Oct 2009 02:29:48 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/letacutes-party A chess game with time limits 1/0  22.cxd6cxd6   http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/live-chess-gameWed, 01 Jul 2009 06:58:50 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/live-chess-gameHere´s a basic example of how you can checkmate with 2 rooks, but with 1 move to prepare.             And here another puzzle, but i don´t think you will get this in a real game... http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/rooks-on-the-7th-rowMon, 06 Oct 2008 07:20:29 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Dekker/rooks-on-the-7th-row