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How Bad Is It To Bring Your Queen Out Too Early?

How Bad Is It To Bring Your Queen Out Too Early?

ChessMarkstheSpot
| Apr 16, 2012
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   Hey everyone and welcome to last week's recap of Pardon our Blunders and "THE BIG Show." I'm putting last week's shows up to test the waters and see how much attention these blogs for the Official Chess.com/TV Group will hopefully get.    Toda...

Relaunching My Blog!!

Relaunching My Blog!!

ChessMarkstheSpot
| Apr 15, 2012
| 1,602
| 5

   I've noticed over the past few blog entries that my own choices for blogs on the current happenings in the world of chess have been attacked, as I have also been. People just don't like what I'm writing about, how I'm writing it, or just don't ...

Sights and Sounds of the WR Simul - Part 2

Sights and Sounds of the WR Simul - Part 2

ChessMarkstheSpot
| Apr 10, 2011
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   Dean went from table to table, shaking hands with each of the participants as he went along and Donna and I were walking around, following Dean to try to get some good shots of him. As the event went on, more people would trickle in and sign up...

Sights and Sounds of the WR Simul - Part 1

Sights and Sounds of the WR Simul - Part 1

ChessMarkstheSpot
| Apr 10, 2011
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   As the day grew closer, the tightness in my stomach grew to the point where I felt like I had 500 pounds sitting on my chest. The night before the World Record Simul attempt by IM Dean Ippolito, I was like a hyena on cocaine stuck in a cage at ...

IM Dean Ippolito attempts to break the Simul WR!!

IM Dean Ippolito attempts to break the Simul WR!!

ChessMarkstheSpot
| Mar 30, 2011
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Start Date/Time: Apr 9, 2011 at 10 AM ETEnd Date/Time: Apr 9, 2011 at ??? Location:    St. Ann's School    29 Second Ave    Raritan, N.J., 08869    United States   IM Dean Ippolito, who has 25 years of tournament experience and 15 years of Nat...

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   Co-creator, along my with girlfriend RookedonChess, of the Official Chess.comTV Group, back in November of 2010 with the support of Chess.com, namely IM David Pruess and IM Danny Rensch. The group has since boiled over the 6000 member mark and is growing more and more every day and new shows and events are constantly being added to the arsenal. There's always something happening in the group. Don't miss out.

  

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