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I didnt play games now..

I didnt play games now..

LydiaBlonde
| Aug 15, 2009
| 1,499
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... but after 4 months of a break, I am excellent in tactic trainer! I improved my rating to 2664 and I am #11 on the list! Smart me! And I am on the Adriatic coast now, the most beautifull see in the world!

Week Report No 26

Week Report No 26

LydiaBlonde
| Oct 28, 2008
| 1,634
| 1

I take a short vocation from friday the last week, for I am out of the town, on a trip! I still solve problems at Tactics Treiner, and I improved my performance at least: at the moment, my TT R=2370, rank #14! I like it! I concluded two games t...

Week Report No 25

Week Report No 25

LydiaBlonde
| Oct 19, 2008
| 1,674
| 1

Sunday evening, and it's time for the next week report! Hey - it's near to a half year I am here! I felt as it's much longer! First of all , I wrote an article this week in the forum, and I publish it also at my blog here: Women in Chess. Usuall...

Women in Chess

Women in Chess

LydiaBlonde
| Oct 15, 2008
| 2,886
| 9

Every two-three months, somebody started a topic "females and chess" in the forum here; the last is here. I wrote an article today and submited it at the page 2 of discussion (comment No 30). I publish it here too. It's enough experiences to say ...

Week Report No 24

Week Report No 24

LydiaBlonde
| Oct 12, 2008
| 1,593
| 3

As I wrote last week, I had 22 games in progres simultaneously at the moment (all in tournaments), and it's to much for me. At the moment, it's reduced to 10. Seven games concluded this week. Three wins, three loses, one drawn. My rating incresed...

Week Report No 23

Week Report No 23

LydiaBlonde
| Oct 6, 2008
| 1,024
| 0

This Tuesday, two hours before a begining of the 2nd Chess.com Quick Knockouts (2001-2200), I decided to take part in it. And then, almost at the same time, started 2nd Chess.com Tournament (1801-2000) - Round 2. In the last two games in the first...

Week report No 22

Week report No 22

LydiaBlonde
| Sep 28, 2008
| 1,060
| 2

One game concluded this week: won agaist JustBeforeDawn (2033). I won in an attack - his queen went astray on the queen's side. My second won in the 4th Chess.com Tournament (2001-2200) - Round 1 ! My rating arise to 2071; far from my historical ...

Week Report No 21

Week Report No 21

LydiaBlonde
| Sep 21, 2008
| 1,020
| 0

Two games concluded this week. First I resign a free game against sdepinto (2421). As  a white in Reti defence, he found a new move in 14th move and won a pawn. I resisted hard, but in 44th move made a mistake and must to resign. Then, I won my fi...

Week no-report No 20

Week no-report No 20

LydiaBlonde
| Sep 15, 2008
| 1,022
| 3

Heh, nothing to report this week! No games concluded, eight tournament games still in progress at the 4th Chess.com Tournament (2001-2200) - Round 1, and I am still waiting three other tournaments to finish. I am the first in the group in the ro...

Week Report No 18-19

Week Report No 18-19

LydiaBlonde
| Sep 8, 2008
| 1,395
| 1

I was on vocation about a week, until the 2nd of September. The last week was traumatic: as I wrote before, I was in trouble in a series of games - and, in addition, I made some blunders in other games too. As a result, I finished even 8 games th...

Week Report No 16-17

Week Report No 16-17

LydiaBlonde
| Aug 24, 2008
| 1,115
| 1

I was tired and sad last week, and didn't write a report. And I am on vocation now - I am on the seeside, I have my laptop with me, but I am not a lot in chess games now! I am going to be on vacation untill the next sunday. However, I take some t...

Week Report No 15

Week Report No 15

LydiaBlonde
| Aug 10, 2008
| 941
| 3

It's Sunday night - time to sumarise this week! At the first: this week, after a long time (two months!), I submited two articles in the forum hera!  Both are aboun the same game, long one - the first one about an opening and midlegame, and ...

The next article

The next article

LydiaBlonde
| Aug 8, 2008
| 724
| 0

An article: A game in French defence: an theoretical news in 18th move give an anotaded first part (opening and midlegame - 42 moves) of the same game, which endgame I analysed in the previous article: An interesting strugle for a draw, and a few ...

Week Report No 13-14

Week Report No 13-14

LydiaBlonde
| Aug 4, 2008
| 1,074
| 0

I heed a week of rest. Then, in the last week, I concluded four games. One win, one draw, two loses. However, my oponents was very strong (an average rating of four opoenents is 2286) and my rating arised from 2066 to 2098. I am still not satisfie...

Week Report No 12 and 11

Week Report No 12 and 11

LydiaBlonde
| Jul 20, 2008
| 1,194
| 1

LOL, stupid me! I realised now I submited my last week report, no 11, here under "blog setings" and not as a blog post! What to to? I wont to have it for a future. So, I put it here, as a  part of the some post, under the last report. WEEK ...

Week Report No 10

Week Report No 10

LydiaBlonde
| Jul 7, 2008
| 782
| 0

In the last week, I concluded only two games. One win (in the tournament - my 2nd win at the 3rd Chess.com Tournament (2001-2200)!) and one lost. My rating improved from 2099 to 2105.  Statistics: TOTAL          ...

Week Report No 9

Week Report No 9

LydiaBlonde
| Jun 29, 2008
| 950
| 4

The last week, I concluded four games. One win, two draws, one lost. My oponents had high rating, and I improvedm my rating from 2078 to 2099 points. Statistics: Total             #75 +52-11=12 230...

Week Report No 8

Week Report No 8

LydiaBlonde
| Jun 23, 2008
| 1,013
| 4

I publish it late, for this weekend I was out of the town, frist in mauntains, then on the see, without my laptop. A short vocation!  I reduced a number of games in progress: didn't start new games when old are concluded. As a result, at...

Week Report No 7

Week Report No 7

LydiaBlonde
| Jun 15, 2008
| 1,285
| 1

I reduced a number of games, and also a time spent here and in analysis. At the moment, only seven games in progress. Three are (still) in the 2nd Chess.com Tournament (1801-2000). In a game agaist derveluche, it's 66th move, and I strugle for...

Week Report No 6

Week Report No 6

LydiaBlonde
| Jun 7, 2008
| 1,115
| 4

In the first four weeks here, I played a lot. Then I concluded that I must to reduce my time spent at chess.com, for it start to ruined my other activities. I need not to use more then 5-6 haurs per day. (uuups - I meant per week!!! What a mistake...

I become a poet too!

I become a poet too!

LydiaBlonde
| Jun 2, 2008
| 2,495
| 3

(A picture is from this blog.) People started to write Limericks about cheater_1 (I mentioned him in my last two week reports; see a vote game: Self-Proclaimed Best Computer Player? and a series of topics started by him in Forum, General Chess Dis...

Week Report No5

Week Report No5

LydiaBlonde
| May 31, 2008
| 1,880
| 5

The picture is on a subjec "God play chess" - see my last post here! I found it with google on the net. From the last Saturday, I used two days of vacation. As I decided that optimal number of simultaneous games is around 10-12, I redu...

Philosophy about Chess, Computers and God

Philosophy about Chess, Computers and God

LydiaBlonde
| May 25, 2008
| 4,353
| 12

In the forum topic How close are we to solving chess? I submited two articles from my point of wiev as a philosopher. (post #82 at the page 5 and). I paste both of them here, to have them under an explicite title. (The image is here: http://d...

Week Report No4

Week Report No4

LydiaBlonde
| May 24, 2008
| 1,654
| 1

It is the weekend again, and time for my week report! The last one you can see here: Week Report No3. There are 56 reads, so there are people who track my activities! However, it is usefull for myself, as I said. I am going to use vocation after ...

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