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Rise and Shine: April 2007
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Rising up to the challenge of our rivals. Friday, April 27, 2007. New Circle.New Plan. Well I've decided I need a new approach to my regimen. From now on, I'll be on a 5 day schedule. Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. Knight Concentric Square Drill (as described in Rapid Chess Improvement. 15 min of Chess Eye. 2 hours of Seven Circles. 15 min of Chess Eye. 1 hour of Seven Circles. 15 min of Knight Visualization. 1 hour of free study. Before moving on to Simple Chess). However, the trick to the above exercis...
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Let me tell you about my best friend: Confessions of an Opening Studier
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Let me tell you about my best friend. A father and son's journey through chess mastery. View my complete profile. Tuesday, August 21, 2007. Confessions of an Opening Studier. I don't think I am giving too much away here that hasn't already been said in the past, but I am old. Back when I first started playing really competitive chess, we had just gotten Commodore Pets. In the computer lab. hmmm. chiclet keyboards in that fancy ABCDE layout! It would be years. 160;before we had Battle Chess. 160;were ful...
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Let me tell you about my best friend: July 2007
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Let me tell you about my best friend. A father and son's journey through chess mastery. View my complete profile. Thursday, July 19, 2007. Checkers has been solved. From Tic Tac Toe, to Connect 4, onto Checkers, Chess then Go. Checkers has fallen. 24 Piece Tablebases have been created. And wired into an unbeatable game. Alot, but it doesn't seem. Links to this post. Tuesday, July 17, 2007. First, do no harm. He has just taken his first chess camp of the summer. His instructor was GM Emil Anka. It is actu...
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Rise and Shine: Congratulations to Contest Winners!
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Rising up to the challenge of our rivals. Monday, December 3, 2007. Congratulations to Contest Winners! Check your email inboxes for Mikhail Tal's Winning Chess Combinations! I pretty much gave it to anybody who put any kind of thought into their answer. Congratulations to: Glenn Wilson, Chessloser, Likesforests, and adam! Likesforests, I couldn't find your email. Just let me know what it is and I'll send it right to you). Now for the best news! I've decided to keep the contest open!
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Rise and Shine: July 2007
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Rising up to the challenge of our rivals. Sunday, July 15, 2007. Playchess.com on your cellphone! This is the coolest thing ever made. Everything you need to know about it can be found here http:/ www.fritzmobile.com/. If you have a playchess.com account and a cellphone you definitely should check this out. RIDICULOUSLY OVERZEALOUS GOAL UPDATE* *. Well this was more like a hurricane. Best of all I got one with wifi access so I can connect to the internet for free! I bought it used though, so I'm keeping ...
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Rise and Shine: November 2007
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Rising up to the challenge of our rivals. Saturday, November 24, 2007. I'm still circling, but this time with Mikhail Tal's Winning Chess Combinations. It's such an awesome book you have no idea. It's the perfect follow-up to 7 circles of CTB. Anyways, I'm back in the blogosphere to get everybody's opinion on something. What's the best job to have so you can play chess all day? So I ask all of my fellow Knights and chess bloggers, what is the perfect job for an improving chess player?
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Man de la Maza: Did I say 100?
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Man de la Maza. Saturday, September 30, 2006. Did I say 100? I really ought to think twice before I lay out these challenges/quests. I've been doing some research and come to the conclusion that 100 days is . like . a long time. I'm still working out the math with leap years and all, but i'm pretty sure it's more than 3 months. Oh well. Nothing for it except to keep going. 24 days down, 76 to go. Posted by Don Q. You can do it. . . BTW, did you ever see a ratings increase after the Circles? One class C p...
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Down Under Knight: Tribute to Ian Rogers in the Monthly Magazine
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Monday, November 26, 2007. Tribute to Ian Rogers in the Monthly Magazine. For those reading this in Australia - check out the latest copy of the Monthly. My wife, Leigh Sales, has written a tribute to Ian Rogers - Australia's highest rated chess player. The retirement of Ian Rogers was a shock to many, but as Leigh's article explains - it was a decision he made with much regret. If doctors say the game is killing you, how are you supposed to respond to that? Farewell to Ian Rogers - a true champion!