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Upcoming October 2018 Daily Tournaments

Upcoming October 2018 Daily Tournaments

Capricorn95
| Sep 1, 2018
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Hello everyone, it is time for my monthly announcements for all upcoming daily tournaments I am directing for October. Simply click the title of each tournament listed to enter the registration page and reserve your spot. Each tournament I am dire...

Upcoming September 2018 Daily Tournaments

Upcoming September 2018 Daily Tournaments

Capricorn95
| Aug 1, 2018
| 388
| 0

Hello everyone, it is time for my monthly announcements for all upcoming daily tournaments I am directing for September. Simply click the title of each tournament listed to enter the registration page and reserve your spot. If you have any suggest...

Upcoming August 2018 Daily Tournaments

Upcoming August 2018 Daily Tournaments

Capricorn95
| Jul 1, 2018
| 293
| 0

Hello everyone, it is time for my monthly announcements for all upcoming daily tournaments I am directing for August. Simply click the title of each tournament listed to enter the registration page and reserve your spot. If you have any suggestion...

Upcoming July 2018 Daily Tournaments

Upcoming July 2018 Daily Tournaments

Capricorn95
| Jun 1, 2018
| 318
| 0

Hello everyone, it is time for my monthly announcements for all upcoming daily tournaments I am directing for July. Simply click the title of each tournament listed to enter the registration page and reserve your spot. If you have any suggestions ...

Upcoming June 2018 Daily Tournaments

Upcoming June 2018 Daily Tournaments

Capricorn95
| May 1, 2018
| 337
| 3

Hello everyone, it is time for my monthly announcements for all upcoming daily tournaments I am directing for June. Simply click the title of each tournament listed to enter the registration page and reserve your spot. If you have any suggestions ...

Upcoming May 2018 Daily Tournaments

Upcoming May 2018 Daily Tournaments

Capricorn95
| Apr 12, 2018
| 322
| 2

Hello everyone, it is has been quite a long time since I have written anything on my blog. I recently began organizing chess tournaments here on chess.com and wanted to start making monthly announcements for all upcoming tournaments that I am dire...

The Monday Chess Puzzle #9 - 1894 Irish Chess Study

The Monday Chess Puzzle #9 - 1894 Irish Chess Study

Capricorn95
| Oct 16, 2017
| 278
| 0

Hello everyone, for today’s post, the subject will be the ninth installment of my video series “The Monday Chess Puzzle.” The puzzle I used for this week’s edition was a chess study by James Mason (1849-1905). The chess study was composed in 1894....

The Monday Chess Puzzle #8

The Monday Chess Puzzle #8

Capricorn95
| Oct 9, 2017
| 342
| 0

Hello everyone, for today’s post, the subject will be the eighth installment of my video series “The Monday Chess Puzzle.” The puzzle I used for this week’s edition was a chess composition by Philipp Stamma (1705-1755). Unfortunately, I could not ...

Bullet Chess #11

Bullet Chess #11

Capricorn95
| Oct 4, 2017
| 243
| 0

Hello everyone, I wanted to write this quick post to let everyone know I have just published a new video on my youtube channel. It is another video of my bullet chess series. The video features classical music by Kevin MacLeod for sound as I play ...

The Monday Chess Puzzle #7

The Monday Chess Puzzle #7

Capricorn95
| Oct 2, 2017
| 236
| 0

Hello everyone, for today’s post, the subject will be the seventh installment of my video series “The Monday Chess Puzzle.” The puzzle I used for this week’s edition was a chess composition by Henri Rinck (1870-1952), a French chess composer. The ...

Bullet Chess #10

Bullet Chess #10

Capricorn95
| Sep 28, 2017
| 210
| 0

Hello everyone, I wanted to write this quick post to let everyone know I have just published a new video on my youtube channel. It is the tenth installment of my bullet chess series. The video features various pieces of music for sound as I play a...

The Monday Chess Puzzle #6

The Monday Chess Puzzle #6

Capricorn95
| Sep 25, 2017
| 175
| 0

Hello everyone, for today’s post, the subject will be the sixth installment of my video series “The Monday Chess Puzzle.” The puzzle I used for this week’s edition was a position taken from a game I played last night with a cousin. The game itself...

Bullet Chess #9

Bullet Chess #9

Capricorn95
| Sep 20, 2017
| 138
| 0

Hello everyone, I wanted to write this quick post to let everyone know I have just published a new video on my youtube channel. It is the ninth installment of my bullet chess series. The video features patriotic music for sound as I play a bullet ...

The Monday Chess Puzzle #5

The Monday Chess Puzzle #5

Capricorn95
| Sep 18, 2017
| 224
| 0

Hello everyone, for today’s post, the subject will be the fifth installment of my video series “The Monday Chess Puzzle.” The puzzle I used for this week’s edition was a position taken from a game played in the 1946 Groningen chess tournament held...

Bullet Chess #8

Bullet Chess #8

Capricorn95
| Sep 14, 2017
| 264
| 0

Hello everyone, I wanted to write this quick post to let everyone know I have just published a new video on my youtube channel. It is the eighth installment of my bullet chess series. The video features upbeat music by Kevin MacLeod for sound as I...

The Monday Chess Puzzle #4

The Monday Chess Puzzle #4

Capricorn95
| Sep 11, 2017
| 264
| 0

Hello everyone, for today’s post, the subject will be the fourth installment of my video series “The Monday Chess Puzzle.” The puzzle I used for this week’s edition was a position taken from a game played in Europe in 1975. The puzzle itself is ta...

Bullet Chess #7

Bullet Chess #7

Capricorn95
| Aug 30, 2017
| 180
| 2

Hello everyone, I wanted to write this quick post to let everyone know I have just published a new video on my youtube channel. It is the seventh installment of my bullet chess series. The video features a piece of classical music for sound as I p...

The Monday Chess Puzzle #3

The Monday Chess Puzzle #3

Capricorn95
| Aug 28, 2017
| 216
| 0

Hello everyone, for today’s post, the subject will be the third installment of my video series “The Monday Chess Puzzle.” The puzzle I used for this week’s edition was a position taken from a game played right here at chess.com in 2009. The puzzle...

Bullet Chess #6

Bullet Chess #6

Capricorn95
| Aug 24, 2017
| 192
| 0

Hello everyone, I wanted to write this quick post to let everyone know I have just published a new video on my youtube channel. It is the sixth installment of my bullet chess series. The video features various pieces of upbeat music for sound as I...

Bullet Chess #5

Bullet Chess #5

Capricorn95
| Aug 22, 2017
| 213
| 0

Hello everyone, I wanted to write this quick post to let everyone know I have just published a new video on my youtube channel. It is the fifth installment of my bullet chess series. The video features various pieces of jazz music for sound as I p...

The Monday Chess Puzzle #2

The Monday Chess Puzzle #2

Capricorn95
| Aug 21, 2017
| 220
| 0

Hello everyone, for today’s post, the subject will be the second installment of my video series “The Monday Chess Puzzle.” The puzzle I used for this week’s edition was a position taken from a game I played right here at chess.com in the recent Un...

Bullet Chess #4

Bullet Chess #4

Capricorn95
| Aug 18, 2017
| 208
| 0

Hello everyone, I wanted to write this quick post to let everyone know I have just published a new video on my youtube channel. It is the fourth installment of my bullet chess series. The video features various pieces of jazz music for sound as I ...

Bullet Chess #3

Bullet Chess #3

Capricorn95
| Aug 16, 2017
| 234
| 0

Hello everyone, I wanted to write this quick post to let everyone know I have just published a new video on my youtube channel. It is the third installment of my bullet chess series. The video features Richard Wagner's famous "Ride of the Valk...

The First Monday Chess Puzzle!

The First Monday Chess Puzzle!

Capricorn95
| Aug 14, 2017
| 363
| 0

Hello everyone, for today’s post, the subject will be the premiere of my new video series entitled “The Monday Chess Puzzle.” The title is self-explaining in what the series is all about. Every Monday I will publish a new video that explains in de...

My First Blog Post!

My First Blog Post!

Capricorn95
| Aug 12, 2017
| 239
| 2

Hello everyone, I wanted to write this quick post to let everyone know I have a new video published on my youtube channel. The new video is the second installment of my bullet chess series. I originally was going to write a post about my first bul...

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My name is Charles Collier and welcome to my blog 64 Squares! Here I plan to write on a wide variety of chess topics ranging from daily chess tournaments I’m directing to chess puzzles and much more! My main stock-in-trade is chess puzzle solving. I currently have a 2500 plus rating on Chess.com’s Tactics Trainer Leaderboard which serves as a testament to that claim.

The majority of my blog posts will be centered on chess puzzles. I highly encourage any feedback or suggestions to be placed in the comment section of all my blog posts which I will read (negative or positive). I look forward to all your comments.

 

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