To Resign or not to Resign
It seems to me at this point in the match my opponent should resign. Does anybody disagree?
Good Knight Move
Here is a game with a good knight checkmate.
To give advice or not
I could see that my opponent was going to fall into a trap and make a blunder and they did. If I was sitting across from them, I would have asked did they really want to move there. If we were on free chess I would have offered for the...
Backing into a win
Have you ever made a move and been surprised when the game window popped up and said you won by checkmate? Well I was surprised when I made move 27 in this game and was a winner by checkmate. I thought it was stupid of me to lose my Qu...
What should a new chess player study?
I know that there have been a lot of threads on this very issue, what should a newbie at chess spend time on learning? Well we know that eventually you must spend time on all three areas of chess, opening, middlegame and end game. Open...
When not to castle
Castling usually brings your king to safety, but sometimes it can bring your king to checkmate. This is what happened in this game with my opponent, I was attacking the g7 square when my opponent castled, which led me to checkmate when I cap...
When an Opening goes haywire
My opponent uses an unusual opening a5. I am unfamiliar with the opening, but stay with my standard Kings Pawn opening, since it is the line I know. My opponent really makes some brutal mistakes which cost him the game.
First attempt at commenting
This is my first attempt at commenting on a game I played. I have not analyzed this game using Fritz or Babas Chess, so I am sure there are better moves I could have played. You also may see much better moves that I could have made, if...
The Italian Opening
This is a game I played against Fritz. Not the most elegant, but it does show a typical Italian Opening and Hungarian Defense.
BlitzGames
Okay, I am new at blogging so I know this is pretty weak. I have just played a tourney over on free chess of 5 minute blitz games. What did I learn from this, first of all know your openings well for blitz chess to give yourself a chance to ...
