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First Time Out with the Catalan

First Time Out with the Catalan

MonofWestlake
| Nov 1, 2013
| 1,567
| 3

Earlier this evening I used the Catalan Opening for the first time in tournament play--the DHLC Slow Swiss #9, Round 5--and I lost. For those familiar with my previous blogs, a loss for me should sound familiar.    There are, however, three less...

DHLC Learn the French On-Line Tournament

DHLC Learn the French On-Line Tournament

MonofWestlake
| Oct 25, 2013
| 1,122
| 12

I played the game below with JUICE teammate Okiemann888 in the DHLC Learn The French Online Tournament. I think I made two major mistakes during the match, one of which cost me the game. The first was my hesitance to move cxd4 early during the gam...

My Final Round of the DHLC Slow 1-2 Tournament

My Final Round of the DHLC Slow 1-2 Tournament

MonofWestlake
| Oct 4, 2013
| 1,231
| 7

Earlier today I played the fifth and final round of the DHLC 1-2 Pairing #1 Tournament, which resulted in my loss to MarioChessNiraj. Good game Niraj; I enjoyed it. While playing the game, some thoughts came to mind , which hopefully, I will remem...

First Published Annotated Game

First Published Annotated Game

MonofWestlake
| Sep 21, 2013
| 1,267
| 5

Here is my first published annotated match, and my first blog post. The annotations are simply what I was thinking during the game, and does not contain in depth analysis of possible variations and what I should or could have done. The match took...

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