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what do you think of the 10 min. vote chess, can we make a team for the 10 min. votechess. worldwide ?

Hello everyone!! I am 28 years of age and living in Massachusetts. I recently started back into the game of chess and it is quite a fun one yet tiresome. I have always been fascinated about this game.My services:1. Chess Camp/Cluba. My Chess Coach and I have a chess camp that we set up for all Massachusetts chess players. Please take a look at: http://mikhailschesscamp.webs.com/ if you are interested. Thank you in advance.2. Website Creationa. I also have a chess blog see http://blog.chess.com/adamredsox24 . Also, I wanted to say that created (http://mikhailschesscamp.webs.com/ )so if anyone wants me to create a website for them, please do not hesitate to ask me.I also created a new group on here:http://www.chess.com/groups/home/website-services-and-chess-club Thank you in advance for reading my profile. If you would like to reach out to me my email address is adamredsox24@chess.com

We have been attacked by a few other teams because of how good we are.... lets defend that and lead to victory.. see http://www.chess.com/groups/matches/flying-chess-team and join as much as you can!!! thanks guys :) lets get em.

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"Your Ugly, And You Mother Dresses You Funny." My Opponent No Doubt Will Win The Chess Game, But I Have The Enjoyment of Watching Him Drink Beetle Dung Tea

Tell us, who taught you how to play chess. Did it really help and you had your grip over the game at that starting phase, Or you worked harder later with someone else to improve your game. Thank you very much for your response. I learnt chess from my sister when I was about 6 yrs old. We used to play so many games during my summer vacations in those long hot sunny afternoons. My sister used to play with a piece down in the begining to give me an advantage, though I never liked that. by the age of 15, I gave her no chance to win against me even in any fair game match (all pieces) (now if we happen to play, I hv to play 1 piece down, just to pay back those pieces of my childhood). But that taught me just basics, as my sister played chess for fun only . After a pause of few years, during my college days in Mumbai,I found few good players. Regular thrashing by them helped me a lot. I learned a bit about openings, tactics, strategies by casual reading from a book and eventually became invincible in my college by my last year. I stopped playing for many years and joined chess.com in 2010 to find that there is no end to learning here. My game improved drastically and now I am incurably addicted to chess. Now it's your turn >>

Determine Your ELO - What's Your Skill Level? [This is a forum from one of my own groups...] Hello, there! Thank you for reading this forum! Are you ready to determine your ELO rating? I assume you're here because you saw the word "ELO"? Well, as many of you already know, the ELO rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of chess players. If you currently are unaware of your ELO rating, then look no further! This forum, and website, will be able to help you! http://www.chessmaniac.com/ELORating/ELO_Chess_Rating.shtml This website has come to be known as the "Automated Chess Rating Utility". Before you use it, however, please know that the ELO rating you are provided with is an estimation! Your "skill level" will be determined based on ten puzzles that you provide your own answer with. Please do share the results you receive once you complete the exam! Thank you, sirs and madams! Good luck! Yours Truly, ~ CalbaMan

actifiteit more do you want this team to ask the admins or ask a question in this forum because until now I've just done and this team is all of us or do not you and I must do it alone and who wil be the (s) admin ? (sorry about my broken english)

[[1... e4 2. g6 f4 3. Bg7 Nf3 4. d6 Black's opening looks passive but can quickly generate an attack. d4 5. a6 h6 is a common fourth move for the black in the hippo, preventing knight or bishop on G5. 5... Bd3 6. e6 White now has a very strong center and is prepared to castle kingside, but this is a mistake. Queenside is completely undeveloped. Black really hasn't developed either, but is not overextending. 6... O-O 7. b6 Preparing fianchetto. The hippo is a very symmetrical opening. 7... c3 8. Bb7 Na3 9. Nd7 Nc2 10. Ngf6 Here black will typically push the e or d pawn but I had another attack in mind. 10... e5 11. Ng4 Ng5 preventing queen a4 12. h5 Setting up a rook attack if the knight is taken. 12... exd6 No need to recapture immediately 13. c6 Ne3 Trying to trade my threat, I must defend the exchange. 14. Ndf6 Nxg4 15. Nxg4 Ne4 16. c5 sacrificing the pawn to get the white bishop in on the kingside attack. 16... Qf3 17. cxd4 If black recaptures with the pawn I can put him in check, but this was just a move to pass the time for me. 17... cxd4 18. Qh4 and now white is in trouble, a3 is the best move b3 loses immediately, Qa3 or moving the rook on c1 make the game playable, but it is only blitz so the threat was overlooked. 18... b3 WHAT? Wrong. 19. Qxh2#]] Mate

HAHA clearly I don't know how to get a game to come up, I meant to show you the full game, but it was only 17 moves. Look up the Hippo on youtube.

shal we play the 10 min. vote chess it begins 14.00 world time and is ending later manny houres later. we are world wide so not everyone can the same time ? in Holland we playd this one : http://www.chess.com/votechess/game.html?id=23055

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to al admins in this team who have a great idea for this team ? write it down here ?

Teammates, I would like to invite everyone to play in the Cincinnati Open Rating Tournament. We welcome players of all ratings and skill levels to participate. This is a no vacation, fast moving tournament. http://www.chess.com/tournament/cincinnati-open-rating

First read the team comments. If necessary, check on the moves archive to learn about previously defined strategies. - Please do NOT cast your vote until a consensus about the best move is reached - Please check "Notify me of new comments" (on the upper-right corner of the comments field) so you will receive alerts everytime someone posts a new proposal here and consequently you will be able to compare with yours. - If you find a really good move, post it (it would be better if you also post the complete variation you are proposing) but don't vote on your own as probably that move won't be chosen. - Above all, enjoy the game. Respect the opinions and proposals written by others and reply with your own proposals. Spend time reading all the comments, probably you might have the chance to learn something new or at least you will have fun interacting with different players.

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