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7th Rank: Does it work or does it not?
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Sunday, July 20, 2014. Does it work or does it not? On this blog, I will be posting interesting things about chess, interesting details of my students and all I want to talk about chess. My 1st post is about one of my students. He missed basic backrank mates.Read below. What was the reason? I did research on the learning methods of chess. What was important to reduce blunders? What was important to slow down the really fast players? His rating still slided. He had a couple of tournaments where he had...
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7th Rank: Q vs 2P endgame puzzle
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Thursday, November 13, 2014. Q vs 2P endgame puzzle. Black to move, who wins? Based on the natural assumption that a Queen is better than 2 pawns, white has the psychological edge. Sure? We will discuss in the comments section. This is a 1500 rated problem. November 14, 2014 at 12:17 PM. I am afraid every move wins for white. My solution is Queen h2 and then the Kc4 - f4. Black can only wait and die, I think there is nothing to think. November 14, 2014 at 4:40 PM. Kc4 to f4 is the key, you got it right.
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From Unrated to Grandmaster: Now that I'm a stable 98th percentile, it's time to step up my game. Here is the plan.
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From Unrated to Grandmaster. A Chess and Life Journey. Monday, 8 June 2015. Now that I'm a stable 98th percentile, it's time to step up my game. Here is the plan. 3 months ago I set myself a goal to hit the 99th percentile by basically, today. I had some concrete goals and plans set and now is the time to reflect on them. The benefit when you aim high and fall short is that, if you do fall short you can still achieve something you are proud of. Well, I am stable 98th percentile player now! Happy if I man...
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7th Rank: Speed thrills....
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Monday, September 15, 2014. In the last few months, I lost games that I should draw against; I drew games that I should win. As a result, my USCF rating dropped 200 points. Age catching up? I didn't know. For one or two matches, I didn't care so much. Actually any player can lose 200 points from the peak, no big deal. But, the player should know the quality of his game over a period of time. Looked at the big picture. So, what is the comparison between Nakamura and me? Just my honest opinion. I stopped p...
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7th Rank: October 2014
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Delighted to lose - Mate in few. You teach your students all tactics, give suggestions. You play games with them. You watch them trying to get better than you. You start playing a game with your 8 year old student. All of a sudden you watch him smile and tell you that you will be checkmated. You sigh and continue playing but get checkmated in few. Black to move, Mate in few (you figure that out! I have few posers to you:. 1) Try solving this problem - Black to move. Blunders ar...
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7th Rank: Blunders and silence.....
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Monday, October 6, 2014. There are blunders, there are bad blunders, there are worse blunders and then there are absolute blunders. I am just kidding! Blunders are blunders no matter which piece you lose. It could be due to oversight, it could be due to lost focus. Comfortable position. Instead, blunders to take f7 pawn. A one off mistake, right? What do you do when you see such blunders repeating in practice games? And then tournament games? What do you do? The ideal thing is to take few days off (= sil...
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7th Rank: December 2014
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Friday, December 5, 2014. Taking a break from blogging! Good luck to you all! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. The World Championship Polls. Lessons from the Championship. Pawn to Rook 4. 1900 and counting (games #45 and #46). Quest to Chess Grandmaster - The Journey of IM Akshat Chandra A Story of a Quest from 1548 FIDE to a Goal of 2500. Playing with Gersh Kuntzman, New York Daily News Editor. Make the best move you can" by marcus aurelius. Thats it - at least for now.
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7th Rank: Theory vs Practice - Queen vs 2 rooks
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Monday, November 17, 2014. Theory vs Practice - Queen vs 2 rooks. In my last blogspot. Again in game 6 (position below), it is obvious that Carlsen is battling with double pawns on his side. The machines did not show any weakness though. In all the above games, the machines are showing that neither side has significant advantage. It is very easy to look at the computer analysis and say that the positions are even. But, is it that easy and straightforward? What do you think? November 17, 2014 at 4:53 PM.
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CB News - Yu Yangyi wins Qatar Masters Open 2014 | Chess News
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Today on playchess.com. 15 5 IS Bank tournament. Ndash; The IS Bank tournament starts at 5.10 pm. 15 minutes with 5 seconds increment per move, 5 rounds. View all events here! Playchess.com. TRY IT NOW! No registration. No download! Fritz 15 - English Version. New Fritz, new friend. Sicilian Paulsen Powerbook 2016. The Najdorf Powerbook 2016 is based on a totally incredible number of games: 1.9 million! The Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6) can arise via various moveorders, h...The Lion gets...
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