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Dran bleiben!

Dran bleiben!

Die_Schanze
| Feb 28, 2018
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Im Blogbeitrag https://www.chess.com/de/blog/Die_Schanze/ziele-trainingsplan hatte ich vor fast einem Jahr geschrieben, dass ich wieder durchstarten werde und habe mir in der Folge einen für mich viel zu ambitionierten Plan ausgearbeitet. Dies hat...

Sometimes you calculate absolutely nonsense

Sometimes you calculate absolutely nonsense

Die_Schanze
| Apr 27, 2017
| 350
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Here is a puzzle from Emms book where i tried hard to solve and finally haven't solved it: White mates in three.     Sometimes it happens to me that i calculate with impossible moves (here it was 2... Ke8) or with pieces on their original pla...

What's important to become a better chess player?

What's important to become a better chess player?

Die_Schanze
| Apr 25, 2017
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In the past i wondered much about my opening and forgot about what is really important in chess. I have cleared my bookshelf by giving some stuff to my chess club and selling most of the opening books and i will not buy any new book until at least...

my black repertoire book

my black repertoire book

Die_Schanze
| Apr 24, 2017
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The whole thing is based on the move 1... d6. The authors of my book  (IM Erik Zude and GM Jörg Hickl from germany, the book is by now available in german language only) play that way and have many experience in teaching chess to amateurs. One clu...

Weekly Result 17. - 23.04.2017

Weekly Result 17. - 23.04.2017

Die_Schanze
| Apr 24, 2017
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The first task was to complete two chapters of yusuovs training coures, currently the german edition of "boost your chess 1". I had time on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, so i completed three chapters:   Chapter Category Topic Points Result 11 ...

Wochenfazit 16. KW (17. - 23.04.)

Wochenfazit 16. KW (17. - 23.04.)

Die_Schanze
| Apr 24, 2017
| 160
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Die erste Aufgabe war es, zwei Kapitel im Tigersprung zu bearbeiten. Hier habe ich von Dienstag bis Donnerstag jeweils eins bearbeitet, also waren es drei. Meine Ergebnisse:   Kapitel Kategorie Thema Punkte Ergebnis 11 Strategie halboffene Linien...

My Improvement Plan

My Improvement Plan

Die_Schanze
| Apr 20, 2017
| 811
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In this post i'll write something about my training plan in the near future. Last week i started to do some kind of serious training for the first time in some years. I was always the guy who wanted to improve, but haven't really done the hard wor...

Der Plan

Der Plan

Die_Schanze
| Apr 19, 2017
| 207
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Ich habe den Plan noch mal etwas angepasst und in eine schöne Excel-Tabelle gepackt. Ich kann täglich ein paar Stichpunkte rein schreiben und dann hinterher immer noch mal schauen, was ich wann gemacht habe. Für längere Berichtszeiträume oder um z...

Fazit des Osterwochenendes

Fazit des Osterwochenendes

Die_Schanze
| Apr 18, 2017
| 144
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Ich konnte bis auf die bewusst genommene Pause am Sonntag jeden Tag etwas am Schach arbeiten. Donnerstag Abend hatte ich noch mit dem 9. Kapitel des Tigersprungs angefangen und noch zwei Trainingspartien á 15+15 gespielt.    Freitag habe ich Kap...

Eine Aufgabe

Eine Aufgabe

Die_Schanze
| Apr 14, 2017
| 151
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Ich schaue mir gerade Jussupows Tigersprung auf DWZ 1500 Band 2 an. Hier eine interessante Stellung. Weiß zieht.

Ziele - Trainingsplan

Ziele - Trainingsplan

Die_Schanze
| Apr 13, 2017
| 1,158
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Im November 2015 hatte ich schon ein Ziel definiert: https://www.chess.com/blog/Die_Schanze/ziele-definieren Dieses wollte ich am 01.10.2016 überprüfen... Die FIDE-Elo ist wenigstens stabil geblieben bei nur wenigen Punkten unter der 1800er-Mark...

Ich bin ein Angsthase! - Und bleibe schwach?

Ich bin ein Angsthase! - Und bleibe schwach?

Die_Schanze
| Mar 27, 2017
| 339
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  Ein interessanter Artikel: http://www.rochade-kuppenheim.de/angsthasen-spielen-zu-wenig-2/ „Derjenige, der mehr Angst vor Niederlagen hat, bleibt schwächer. Wenn jemand von 25 Partien im Jahr 15 schnell Remis gibt, hat er eigentlich nur zehn ...

Ziele definieren

Ziele definieren

Die_Schanze
| Nov 24, 2015
| 1,235
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Wozu eigentlich trainieren im Schach? Dafür sollte man Ziele definieren. Weltmeister "Weltklasse" (Top100, 2700 Elo, etc.) Großmeister Internationaler Meister FIDE-Meister (2300 Elo) Candidate Master (2200 Elo) spezifische Zahlen irgendwo darunte...

Blog jetzt mal in Deutsch

Blog jetzt mal in Deutsch

Die_Schanze
| Nov 17, 2015
| 1,028
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Chess.com ist eine tolle Plattform. Selbstverständlich dominiert das englischsprachige, was ich meistens auch gut verstehe, aber nicht immer wirklich gut schreiben kann. Auch im deutschen mache ich sicherlich Rechtschreib- und Grammatikfehler, die...

Chess Tactics Training in the last month

Chess Tactics Training in the last month

Die_Schanze
| May 27, 2015
| 1,046
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As said in an earlier blog post, i try to apply this method of tactical training: http://www.chess.com/blog/Die_Schanze/dan-heismans-recommended-tactic-training-applied So i started on Arpil 27th: With this i think had a much better feeling ...

Open Round 6, 7 and conclusion

Open Round 6, 7 and conclusion

Die_Schanze
| May 25, 2015
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Here are my two remaining games: In both rounds i had white against some 1900 national and 2000 fide rated guys. The game in round 6 started with a king's indian but was more like a wolga gambit. I don't have a good understanding of these positio...

OTB Tournament Games 4 and 5

OTB Tournament Games 4 and 5

Die_Schanze
| May 21, 2015
| 819
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In Round 4 i played against some guy with around 1900 national rating and 2000 fide elo. He is strong in tactics and i have not checked every possible threat of him. So after two inaccurate moves in the opening it was already a good position for h...

OTB Tournament Games 2 and 3

OTB Tournament Games 2 and 3

Die_Schanze
| May 19, 2015
| 851
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Here are my next two games. In round two i mixed up the moves in the opening and had no good ideas in the middle game. I had a really bad position. But the opponent needed to much time so i set everything on a really bad swindle and finally won on...

OTB Tournament Game 1/7

OTB Tournament Game 1/7

Die_Schanze
| May 18, 2015
| 834
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Here is my first game from the just finished tournament. I had the black pieces against some guy with around 2100 FIDE Elo and a national rating in the mid 1900s. So he was favorite as i am only a 1600 guy. The timecontrol was two hours for 40 mov...

OTB Tournament one for this summer finished

OTB Tournament one for this summer finished

Die_Schanze
| May 17, 2015
| 743
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Today was the last round of my this month otb tournament. It was the first out of four tournaments planned for this summer. See also http://www.chess.com/blog/Die_Schanze/my-upcoming-otb-tournaments I played only higher rated opponents and scored...

Some tactics again

Some tactics again

Die_Schanze
| May 12, 2015
| 730
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Playing a set with problems from 900 - 1250 rating seems a bit too easy for me. So i moved to chesstempo.com standard with the setting "easy", which delivers problems average 200 points lower then me. So i should solve most. There are some 1350, w...

Nice Idea: Castling by Rd8, Kd7 and Kc8

Nice Idea: Castling by Rd8, Kd7 and Kc8

Die_Schanze
| May 12, 2015
| 1,298
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Sometimes one sees a good idea to remember. Here is one i have seen in "starting out: open games" by GM Glenn Flear. White plays a scotch gambit, black plays 4...Nf6 and the game transposes to the two knights defence. And then white plays the r...

My playing sets

My playing sets

Die_Schanze
| May 10, 2015
| 809
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Chess set one  is tournament size (you see it on my balcony table) is i think this one here: https://www.schachversand.de/e/detail/material/1097.html https://www.schachversand.de/e/detail/material/877.html Chess set two is for travel: It...

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