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Background
As a kid, over 30 years ago, I learned how to play chess. My tactical skills were decent, for an eight year old, but I knew very little about strategy and I played the Italian Opening in 100% of my games. Fun times. I didn't play much in the decades after that. Even in the years I was more active, I played no more than a dozen casual games per year.
I’ve always considered myself to be perfectly placed on the dividing line between casual and active players. Roughly speaking I could beat any casual player I’ve met, but I lost almost every game I played against active (club) chess players.
It was the Netflix show the Queen's Gambit that brought me back into the game. I really enjoy playing chess again and working on my game. It's astonishing how much progress there has been in the world of chess. I appreciate all the digital content that's available and I absolutely love all the fancy engine stuff.
Duckfest Digest
Want to know more? In the Duckfest Digest series, published on my blog, I write about my journey so far and share my ideas.
My favorite articles
Game Libraries
Currently, I'm still working on reorganizing my game libraries. Some of them are up-to-date, while others are still a work in progress.
Hall-of-Fame series: my all-time best games
Game collections
- Duckfest Luckfest (How to castle a besiege, A Tale of Two Bishops, Divine Intervention, library)
- King of Counterplay (library), as featured in DD13, DD19 and DD22
- Drawn that way (in progress)
- Hall-of-Fail (in progress)
Other libraries
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Londoneers
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The Bookworm Club
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Chess.com Bloggers Club
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The Blogger Awards
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BlogChamps
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