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 I bored everybody here with my rants about my chess comeback, and I didn't show a single game of my succesful tournaments. So, in the hope of getting your admiration with false modesty, I'm going to show you not one of my victories but a draw. I...http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/a-commented-game-after-allTue, 30 Dec 2008 03:50:57 -0800http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/a-commented-game-after-allHi to all, I was thinking I need to improve my English. Reading and writing is quite ok. My main problem is speaking,which is not surprising since I lived all my life in Italy. So I thought Internet could solve my problem. I can speak with mot...http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/looking-for-english-conversation-partnersFri, 19 Dec 2008 03:59:25 -0800http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/looking-for-english-conversation-partnersHi to all. After my previous post I finally decided to come back to play chess for real. I played a little (only 5 rounds) week-end tournament and a rapid (15 minutes for a game) 9 rounds team tournament, in a team with a FM friend of mine and m...http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/agrave-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu-my-chess-come-back-completedSun, 19 Oct 2008 08:54:09 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/agrave-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu-my-chess-come-back-completedHi to all, with this post I just want to share my thoughts about coming back to play chess again. I don't know why, but in these days I'm feeling the old passion for chess again. In the last four years I played very very little chess, and al...http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/come-back-to-chess-thinking-about-itFri, 29 Aug 2008 03:29:35 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/come-back-to-chess-thinking-about-itA quick post just to say I'm not here to play long chess games (with 3 days per move and something like that). I can do that if a player want to take lessons form me, but NOT FOR FREE. Sorry, but I receive quite a lot of challanges, and I thin...http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/sorry-but-i-do-not-play-long-games-hereFri, 29 Aug 2008 02:40:09 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/sorry-but-i-do-not-play-long-games-hereI wanted to say sorry to everybody who contacted me to talk, play or get some advice on the game, and... got no answer at all. The point is that when I signed to this site and offered myself as a online chess coach I was still a student who was wo...http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/sorry-to-all-for-not-answeringMon, 30 Jun 2008 05:52:00 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/sorry-to-all-for-not-answeringHello, I decided to use the ad system of this website to post an ad with a list of all the chess books I would like to sell.Here is the list with indicative prices,which can be reduced if the buyer buys many books.You can contact me and ask inform...http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/my-list-of-books-on-saleThu, 08 Nov 2007 09:38:32 -0800http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/my-list-of-books-on-saleOK,I want to see what's the market for my chess books,and how much traffic an ebay auction can generate.So I put John Nunn's "Najdorf for the tournament Player" on sale on ebay,for starting price of 4 €.I don't know what...http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/chess-on-ebayfirst-selling-tryThu, 16 Aug 2007 06:23:58 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/chess-on-ebayfirst-selling-tryHi there. I'm thinking about selling some of my chess books (and believe me,I have a lot of them) on ebay.Do you guys think there are interested buyers?I have opened an ebay account,my nickname is chess_and_more and I think this is the link at...http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/chess-books-on-ebayWed, 15 Aug 2007 03:01:14 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/chess-books-on-ebayHi to all. I played a lot of chess in my childlooth and teenage years,and I have many memories chess related: happy,exciting or sad ones.So I want to write about one happy one . 1997,Cannes,World under 14 chess championship.I was a very shy boy,wh...http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/my-memorable-chess-memoriesMon, 13 Aug 2007 02:50:13 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/my-memorable-chess-memoriesMany people ask me what they should do to play better,it is better to study openings,endgames,tactis or just play more?Of course there is not a universal answer to this question and I don't think to be an autority on the subject,but anyway I w...http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/improving-at-chessSun, 12 Aug 2007 05:05:41 -0700http://blog.chess.com/thinkdifferent/improving-at-chess