wildcat555’s Blog

First OTB game

This is my first game for the Bishop Chess Club on my college campus of OWU. Today is the opening meeting and is held twice every month on Sunday. This game I played against a girl and she was holding her ground for several moves. I ended up rushi...

Question about the cheating

Hey everyone. I had a quick question regarding the cheating on chess.com. After my game that I won against a FM, I got a pop-up from the chess.com cheating and it say that my game was suspicious for cheating, even though I do not have any chess en...

My Goals

Here are my chess goals by the end of this year (2013): 1. Be a 1600+ rated chess player in online chess. 2. Be a 1400+ rated chess player in blitz and standard chess. 3. Play and memorize at least 5 openings for white and black. 4. Play a gam...

Summer Tournament

Hello all. Please join this tournament thanks. Here is the link: http://www.chess.com/tournament/summer-tournament6

Puzzle #4

Chess Puzzle #3

Chess Puzzle #2

Chess Puzzle #1

Winning streaks

I have a quick question for anyone to answer? How long did your winning streak lasted without a loss? My winning streak was at 29 games before I got a draw on my 30th game. My winning streak could be easily beaten because I played easy competition...

Epic 2nd Place!!

Hello everybody. Today on chesscube, I played in an epic 2 minute warzone unrated tournament at 2300 hours. I played some of the best chess in my career and was a perfect 10 for 10!!!! However, I was 22 points away from 1st place...sadness. Anyway...

New Ideas for live chess tournaments

Hello chess players. I have a suggestion to make for the chess.com site.  When playing in live tournaments on the live chess server, there is only swiss style. I want to suggest maybe adding more variety into live chess tournaments. For example, I...