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 There's some calculation in this game, but it mostly only goes a couple of moves deep.  It was a really fun game with a lot of dramatic swings up and down - I'm proud of it!  Check out the move list for some variations I've illustrated. http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/some-fancy-queen-movesSun, 10 May 2009 10:20:58 -0700http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/some-fancy-queen-movesThis is a game on a 5|3 clock full of blunders.  I make the first bad one, losing a knight.   Instead of resigning, my strategy is to set up a complicated set of dependencies and hope for mistakes from my opponent.  On a short clock, a situati...http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/making-it-complicated-when-theres-not-much-timeThu, 16 Apr 2009 20:29:19 -0700http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/making-it-complicated-when-theres-not-much-timeThis game got really aggressive right away.  I make a blunder, but in a twist of luck it turns out to be a great trap.   http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/a-lucky-queen-trapSun, 12 Apr 2009 14:04:17 -0700http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/a-lucky-queen-trapI make a series of blunders in the beginning of this game, but manage to win with a little aggression (and luck)!  This game was played with 7-minute clocks.     The interesting thing to me here is that though I'm down in material, my piec...http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/a-surprising-victoryWed, 08 Apr 2009 12:31:40 -0700http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/a-surprising-victory This is a game I'm pretty proud of.  It was correspondence and I spent a lot of time on each turn, calculating more than I usually do.  It was pretty tight the whole game, and comes down to an exciting finish! http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/a-lot-of-calculationSun, 05 Apr 2009 18:28:10 -0700http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/a-lot-of-calculationThis first game has a bunch of exciting (risky / stupid) queen dancing.  I sacrifice a bishop for two pawns and have a lot of initiative, but can't quite pull it off.  We had five-minute clocks.  I'm pretty happy with the play given the short t...http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/a-fun-game-with-lots-of-crazy-sacrificingSun, 05 Apr 2009 09:10:03 -0700http://blog.chess.com/rileyriley/a-fun-game-with-lots-of-crazy-sacrificing