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Greetings I returned to Chess 3 years ago this November, and for once I stuck with it. I play music professionally and had to make a career choice when I was around 18. I have stayed with music, occasionally ... | Read More
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Hello chess.com fans!
I will be hosting three FREE chess simuls for you. (September 30, October 7, October 14)As usual, I will host a simul every Friday at 2PM EST.
The September 30 simul has already filled up! Now accepting participants fo... | Read More
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This past Saturday I attended the Birmingham Challenge, a 4-round Swiss style tournament. The games were 70 minutes per side with a 5-second delay.
Pre-Tournament:
Shortly before this tournament I looked to see how I had done in last year's tou... | Read More
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Many people have been seduced by the play of the winner. Sometimes to the point of recommending that the victor played perfectly and to emulate this person's play. This is all well and good, until you find out that many an annotator has been misle... | Read More
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The Irish Women's Championship 2016 will be held in Buswells Hotel, Dublin 2 from 15-16 October. You can enter online here. Already entered we have the 2015 Champion, Monika Gedvilaite, 2014 Champion, Gearoidin Ui Laighleis as well as four upc... | Read More
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(This post is part of a series on The Beginner's Game, an opening system by Pafu. It is written by Christopher Huff.)
Pafu summarizes: "The Beginner's Game is a fixed position reached after eight moves." ...But what about after those eight moves... | Read More
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by HJS
A gardener will plant flower seeds, cultivate the ground and watch the green sprouts eventually push through the soil, burst forth, and finally blossom. It takes time and a combination of certain conditions - not too much heat but enough s... | Read More
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My great summer chess binge--three tournaments and 18 rated games in under a month--concluded with the Washington Women's Championship, a four-round open Swiss. For some reason I repeatedly woke up in the middle of the night worrying about this ... | Read More
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Hello chess.com fans!
I will be hosting three FREE chess simuls for you. (September 30, October 7, October 14)As usual, I will host a simul every Friday at 2PM EST.
As an update to the September 30 simul: I now have 10 players! (Now filling... | Read More
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Hi guys. This is the first blog I have ever written in chess.com because I really didn't have anything to fill it up with earlier. Now I have some news which I would like to share with you. I recently played some games in lichess.org. Chess.com is... | Read More
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Hello chess fans!I will be hosting three FREE chess simuls for you. (September 30, October 7, October 14)As usual, I will host a simul every Friday at 2PM EST.Just to remind everybody, they will be in the following format:
10 players
30/15 t... | Read More
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Would you like to play against an International Master?
I am Attila Turzo, an International Master and Chess Coach and I would like to invite you to play with me in a simuls on the LIVE chess.com server with 30 minuter per player time con... | Read More
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Today I continue to write about my daily experiences in the 21 days to Supercharge your chess course.
You can read about the past days:
Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8
My goals:
1. I want to study che... | Read More
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Today I continue to write about my daily experiences in the 21 days to Supercharge your chess course.
You can read about the past days:
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
My goals:
1. I want to study chess in an organ... | Read More
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Tonight is the early entry deadline for The Irish Rapid and Blitz Championships 2016 which will be held from 24-25 September. The ICU AGM 2015-16 will follow the Blitz.
Below are the reports from the last Blitz and Rapid:
EasyStream... | Read More
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by HJS
Corrupt politicians, deceitful corporate managers and philandering husbands have one thing in common: They lie with impunity. But wait! That word is no longer politically acceptable. The term misinformation is preferred to dishonesty.
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As I progressed in 2010, my strategical understanding began to improve leaps and bounds under the tutelage of GM Predrag Trajkovic, which showed in my improved games in the Kan. My games show a counterattacking flair to them with some analysis on ... | Read More
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Obviously this has been a topic discussed time and time again on this site and for the most part people have come to the conclusion that they either play better online or at least have a much higher rating online vs. over-the-board. I wonder, how... | Read More
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Would you like to play against an International Master?
I am Attila Turzo, an International Master and Chess Coach and I would like to invite you to play with me in a simuls on the LIVE chess.com server with 30 minuter per player time con... | Read More
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You Cannot Make Anybody Happy
In this world there is always a play of positive and negative. Some problems come, some challenges come, and solutions also follow them. The ancient people would simply focus on keeping their energy high. If you... | Read More