After badly weathering an incredible storm of offense I repeatedly missed my guess but managed to strike back with a stunning checkmate. The two lessons that I want are impress from this win are: Never Quit On A Checkmate and Any Piece is Worth Sa...
His power reading... it's over 1900! During a recent tournament, I was brought face to face with an opponent with a rating of 1925. That is very far outside of my usual opponent range of 1400-1650. Up until this match, I have only beaten one play...
Staying one step ahead is a goal that many chess players seek to reach. How do we do this when many games begin and develop with the exact same moves? Can we use an opponent's early expectations against them? Pawns open, a Knight follows and an t...
Superior Offense Vs Higher Rating In this game, one of my friends got into a bad situation. This happened because of his opponent's ability to erode a good defense with excellent offensive moves. This happened in a recent game that I observed wit...
10 minute Blitz match: USA (White) vs Malaysia (Black). A recent late night game where the tempo shifted from losing a match to winning it. My opponent, playing as Black, made excellent offensive inroads with his Knight and Queen early in ...
10 minute match was played March 17th 2017 at chess.com. Baiting out a pawn at the end of battle won the war with only 10 seconds left on my clock, player. 1400+ is my new average rating in Blitz. The last four or five games have been again...
30 Minute Game Ends With 1/2 Second Win Gargantuan Media (Black 1345) vs. Woundcare (White 1292) This was an incredibly intense match that went the entire 30 minutes. My opponent had just over 2:00 left on his own game clock when I checkmate...
In a recent game, I was extremely disappointed in the desperately low level of gameplay from a 1400+ rated player on Chess.com. My opponent, as White in a 10 minute blitz game, used a Kamikaze attack very early in the game to find his way back int...
IT'S A TRAP! Actually, it's three "traps" only two of which were successful. This 10 Minute Blitz game took place 10 May 10th 2013 on Chess.com. I played as White vs. ManoharGottapu (1341) who played as Black. My first successful trap came a...
This was an extremely difficult game that ended with :24 seconds on my clock and one move away from a hard-earned checkmate! Viewers should not overlook the large amount of surprises in this game from moves 1-30. This was a very vigorous game: t...
Originally a post at a recent match played against Kudaperang (1334) as White and myself as Black on November 2nd 2012: This is strictly my opinion: players from the Phillipines and Indonesia have a carefully refined sense of "high-priority" ...
