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not so good this afternoon Tuesday  two losses and one draw under 200 now -- !@#$%^uck!!!!! was hoping to stay there -- guess not -- maybe late tonight i can get back some losses -- i hope so -- most players are too aggressive for me -  they have either the bishop or the queen down my throat and i have to change my plans -- which always ends badly for me . see you tonight 

LOSSING GROUND AGAIN THREE !@#$%^UCKING LOSSES IN ROW -- DAMN IAM MAD--

I suggest that you read the advice posts like this one before your next game.

Before.

I check in on Doker's games hoping for progress. But have to admit I've been a bit disappointed. Still moving queen early, not developing, exposing king, etc. Don't even care about the hanging pieces at this point, just want to see a sound opening.

So I decided not to post as much and keep griping at him. Can only repeat stuff for so long til it's obvious my teaching style isn't sinking in. Kinda hoping someone else might convey it better.

The most frustrating part - Doker knows he's not supposed to do certain things like move queen on second move.  Probably thinking "this'll increase Snook's blood pressure" right before he does it.

Oh well. We're all rooting for ya Doker!  Tonight I'll analyze your latest game.  Doesn't matter if ya win or lose - just give us some solid openings.  You know the principles - use them.

Alright Doker... let's have a look at your last game.

Totally should've won that game. He made wayyy too many queen moves allowing you to get far ahead in development. Well done. Only things to remember:

1) attack his early queen moves with pieces, not pawns... so ya don't hurt king protection and get further ahead in development.

2) generally speaking... try to develop knights before bishops.

Overall, I loved all the development! You were technically winning by a large margin before the queen trade and still slightly ahead after that.  Well done sir. Keep it up!

well two bad days in row--- below 155 now - guess mind is other places most wins against me are major blunders on my part 

one more game tonight then that's it -- maybe tomorrow will bring some joy- need to tightned up my game more defense i guess

more losses than wins this morning friday - slipped again - certainly lost my mojo here - maybe later in morning when coffee kicks in -- losing ground fast now 

sat morning a little improvement  only little but 194 so almost 200 -- maybe later this day it will be the day -- to go over 200 ---- maybe ??????

sat afternoon even two wins two losses -- crappy play on my part move 20 in every game  on 

maybe tonight will be better -- i just got to believe i can break 200  

sunday morning finally broke 200  one played well game two not played well game- one draw both players where stupid this afternoon might be better 

played this sunday afternoon three losses in row just shows you playing 180 to 219 players some are really bad and some are really good against me that is --there is no consistency of strength of player at this level-  now down way below 200 so this day is shot - maybe after supper i can rebound  a bit maybe not i don't know- but will try -- its sunny day here great weather and iam sitting inside playing very bad chess -- what does that say about myself - not much that's for sure   

please help!!!!!!!!! --something is definitely  wrong here -- my score is 243-- this can't be-- the way i play someone look and see -  whats going on ????? 

feeling down some what -- just got taken by a avast security software  money scam for 90 dollars that i can ill afford to lose -- they somehow  billed both my visa and reg bank account through paypal -- so i bilked out of 90 dollars -- and paypal saids nothing they can do and visa said they will look into it but that will take a while since they are so far behind in their fraud schemes dept with so many  fraud cases ahead of me --  well no paid chess.com for me -- guess i will be free loader for a bit longer-----  on to a few games  now ---maybe will make me feel better  maybe not .

feel a little better now won more games than i loss - 261 now --- old man new tricks syndrome - so off for a little while walking to mailbox see if i can walk my depression off about losing that money  

about poker i play mostly online now-- i used to play at ceasars back in the day - stopped that before all the cov19 thing - so its not a winning prop- mostly i lose - in the weeks end win some money lose some money -- always trying to make that gap smaller - but its always in the long run  a losing matter -- both those guys have been dead for a awhile - never played with any top line players -- you have to been somebody to get to their tables --being invited by the room manager -- to sit at a high rollers tables -- or pay to get there neither of which i have -- oh yea you have to have game and skill -- which if you look at my chess games you know i don't have 

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