Been on a pretty good streak lately. Drew an appointment nearly 100 points above me. Played fairly competitvely and had an advantage in the endgame. Like a dope I focused too much on the attack and fell victim to a bank rank mate that I could h...
I always liked chess. I'd take it up here and there, buy a few books and get crushed by the computer a few times. That would be it. I never saw a good avenue to improve. It seemed like I enjoyed reading articles about how to improve more than ...
Down to my last piece I considered resigning several times. A desperate attempt at pawn promotion leads to a mating opportunity.
After 2 weeks into playing and studying tactics maniacally, and languishing in the 900's with not much to show for it.. I had a game where I felt I dictated the tempo and was in control the whole game. Particulaly happy with the final attack as i...
After an OK start and maintaining and ELO of 1100, which I thought was decent for a beginner I've lost 5 in a row. Each loss is to a lower and lower rated opponent. Training til now has been focused on lots o tactics and making decent openings. ...
After 2 embarrassing losses I had a decent game. Pretty happy with the attacking moves as I saw them come together starting with the bishop sacrifice on move 10. This cleared the way for Queen check on the next move. My opponent shouldn't have...
It's been about a week back into chess. Been doing lots o tactics. Played first live game last night. Got kicked around the board early, fought back and missed an easy checkmating move. Play is still way too sloppy.
