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A very disappointing daily puzzle

A very disappointing daily puzzle

ThiefyMcLarcen
| May 1, 2010
| 891
| 2

    Todays disappointing puzzle   This really wasn't the greatest problem I've done. I found some moves intuitively, and it does point out the difficulty of mating the lone black king whilst fending off rook checks and other counterplay, but t...

May the ferzin be with you...

May the ferzin be with you...

ThiefyMcLarcen
| Apr 28, 2010
| 913
| 1

                       (... Or reactions to Game 4 of the 2010 WCC)   This is my amateur observational analysis of game 4, Anand-Topalov. First some history:   Being fairly new at chess, this is practically only the 2 World championship I've ha...

Opinion on my chess improvement

Opinion on my chess improvement

ThiefyMcLarcen
| Apr 27, 2010
| 886
| 0

  Having played chess for some time now, probably a good 7 or 8 years, and being quite the self-critical person, I'm constantly looking to improve my chess.   I think I'm talented in the positional sense, and lacking in a good tactical foundation...

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