After the round 3 win in our last Tournament together, Brennon was no doubt feeling pretty good about himself- and he got first blood in our next encounter. but... I'm not yet out of contention! "Dad" strikes Back! alas the Endgame didn't co...
He attacks Kingside and we try to defend queenside.... (& a mouseslip) Next Game. did you ever have a play with an epic variation, if the opponent was silly enough to play it!!! yes the move was very natural - but the opponent saw it, a...
This is bizarre chess!
Have you ever had a day where you felt hundreds less (rating) and that any young patzer could beat the pawns out of you? Well surely that day for me was Monday, January 16... and on that fateful day.... No and iceberg didn't hit the ship;...
My New System of analysis! First I will rework analysis to look for alternate and interesting ideas, then I will list errors as I see them. I will mark them as evident error. I will also describe any strategic failing. Lastly I will c...
in this game after I win some material, the opponent first pushes pawns then tries to check his way out of his material problems. once the checks stop he is toast Chesss.Computer Assessment (deep) 20. missed an opportunity. better is a5...
In this game white is too timid about develop and allows black to dominate
but gaining a piece is NOT worth losing a lot of pawns wow That was pretty bad (frankly).... my 2nd look glance says the following: 8. f6 not f5 as the f5 just allows the pawns structure to solidify with a poor placement of the black...
so after a few good games on the internet; I remind myself that I can play some really awful chess- and my opponent can as well... the stats are impressively dreadful- I give away at 2 pawns, 1 piece and a forced checkmate/rook. On the other ...
so After being Slammed by a trap win and humbled a few times in the endgame (How DOES he do that anyway? he doesn't even study endgames??) I finally have a chance to even the score and put him in a slow positional Queenside attack... A com...
This game will NOT be heavily analyzed. Instead it was a quick Game and an attack I didn't See, until it was Too late. Very shocking to me. perhaps one might call it the "Kings Indian Trap (Bh6)" as after a few natural moves; I am utterly lo...
Ah! the Sicilian Dragon.... its got the reputation of being very sharp and tactical- so how did it turn Into a Opposite Colored Bishop Draw?! well... Given the opponent (Walter Sedlmayer-1774) I have plenty of reason to be proud of my accom...
In this game, a torre a few inaccuracies by my opponent give me one heck of an advantage--side by side passed pawns!
just adding the game... we'll get to analysis later Per the Chess.com "deep" engine; this was a "well played" yet close to drawn game. the only significant mistake was *39 gxf? I think I was seeing the reply gxf exf? but after I...
I didn't get a chance to record my thoughts during the game- SO my process will be a little shorter, but still include A second lookover the game An analysis by the Chess.com "deep" engine to see what mistakes were made Extended analysis of deci...
This blog shall post, in fact the account of not only a game but of a process- and this process shall include A played game and audio notes made when I played the game A review of that game and a second guessing of major moves of that game Anal...
Zebra thoughts. yes. I've browsed the Excellent Book "Chess for Zebras" and I wanted to quickly blog my thoughts. first GM ROWson is officially my hero! I love his writing style and I think he has a very persuasive writing style. my "readin...
Well, I Just passed my two year 'Chessiversary' (making it two years since I decided to seriously study), and Frankly I'm a little disappointed where I am at... I seem absolutely glued to 1500 rapid, despite working hard on this time control- I h...
"Glitter Chess"- this is my tendency to make moves based on Easily refuted/stopped tactics. Too often this occurs because we are Groping for moves without fully understanding the position. Meaning (in chess) is about the power of the peices- and...
DAY # 592; 84thWeek HOURS. 11.8 hours RATING (gain): 1446 (0) “something Different”. We have used our blog as an opportunity to say (as Iwe see it), things I have learned of chess, to express ideas that inspire me, to focus on an important ...
