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Training game day 2

Training game day 2

mschosting
| Feb 20, 2018
| 164
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This was my second training game with long time control. Iam trying to play at least 1 everyday.   Interesting game, I dont feel happy because I lost an easy win one move before my opponent resigned (that means he probably saw more then I did) ...

Can this endgame be won?

Can this endgame be won?

mschosting
| Feb 19, 2018
| 174
| 0

  Today I play this game, the time control was 30+20 so we had time to think, when we reached this endgame my opponent resigned, to be honest I dont think I could win it at the time, could never lose it  but hard to make any progress on opposite ...

Cole Zukertort

Cole Zukertort

mschosting
| Feb 19, 2018
| 192
| 3

  This was a game played today, Iam moving from 1e4 to 1d4, and Iam loving the attacks whe can get with the Colle system Zukertort variation (b3 Bb2)   The idea is to break open the Bishop pair by exchanging in the center. my move 8 a3 may not be...

Bispo a dominar o Cavalo

Bispo a dominar o Cavalo

mschosting
| Oct 28, 2016
| 520
| 0

Heis um bom exemplo da vantagem dos Bispos sobre os cavalos, a ideia para vencer estes finais é ter peões dos dois lados e fazer roturas e ameaças assim que possível, neste caso foi com o peão de a   visitem a minha página de fotografia em www....

All about that space

All about that space

mschosting
| Sep 17, 2016
| 697
| 1

  This was a game just played live on chess.com  B06 modern defense three pawns attack It was blitz 10 minutes game, my opponent is slightly better ranked then me 2033 vs 1910 and out of the opening I get a lot of space and choose to sac a qual...

Community Rallies to Protect Chess Players

Community Rallies to Protect Chess Players

mschosting
| Apr 17, 2016
| 966
| 0

Back in the days before Games + Video was a thing, many of us were forced to actually leave our basements and go to a chess club to get our gaming fix. Thirty or forty avid players would meet in a room somewhere, and play for few hours with only t...

Chess for linux – Jin review and Download

Chess for linux – Jin review and Download

mschosting
| Apr 6, 2016
| 3,072
| 0

When you switch from Windows to Linux, you will miss some “commercial” software. To be completely honest most of them does not have a Linux version, but do not despair! All software you run on Windows can eventually be run under Linux. Unfortuna...

Colle-zukertort

Colle-zukertort

mschosting
| Jan 27, 2013
| 1,425
| 2

Hi today I played this game. I was white and probably inspired by Nakamura game today I started 1b3 :)

Classic Games Mayet, Carl vs Anderssen, Adolf

Classic Games Mayet, Carl vs Anderssen, Adolf

mschosting
| Sep 26, 2011
| 1,725
| 2

In this post I will present you a great miniature played between Mayet, Carl and Anderssen, Adolf. This game is specially instructive for begginers but everyone  can always learn something from the classic games.

Andersson vs Staunton 1851 Português

Andersson vs Staunton 1851 Português

mschosting
| Jun 11, 2010
| 1,513
| 1

Desta vez não me apeteceu passar para inglês, esta é mais uma partida clássica de Anderssen onde vence sem sombra de duvidas a Staunton. Esta partida foi jogada em Londres durante o ano de 1851 e é mais uma daquelas que todos devem de conhecer. E...

Adolf Anderssen

Adolf Anderssen

mschosting
| Jun 11, 2010
| 1,153
| 1

In this article I will show a game from Adolf Andersson he first real master on record and I will leave a link to wikipedia if  you want to read a little more about him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Anderssen   Exercices from the game :...

First defeat on FaceBook chess.com application

First defeat on FaceBook chess.com application

mschosting
| Feb 4, 2010
| 965
| 0

I just started playing on faceBook a 2 days ago and was feeling invencible :) It was rather easy to win those games so I started playing more than 30 at the same time and would just blitz all my moves. When I saw the Alekhine I felt I was getti...

Chess 960 cool rook sac

Chess 960 cool rook sac

mschosting
| Oct 19, 2009
| 2,599
| 0

Just wanted to show everyone this game. altough it was quite won already at the time I sac te piece, take a look from move 26 forward, I found it cool

French defence win as black

French defence win as black

mschosting
| Sep 18, 2009
| 638
| 0

Hello everyone, I just played this game on live chess, it was a 3 minutes blitz game, so there will be an huge ammount of blunders, I was rated something like 1790 had lost my last game agains't this opponent, he gave me the remach. And I got luck...

Twitting

Twitting

mschosting
| Jun 28, 2009
| 770
| 0

Just started to use Twitter you can Follow me here http://twitter.com/miguel_s_c

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