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The Back Rank: April 2007
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Monday, April 30, 2007. I like getting back into chess, but what I really need is a tournament to look forward to. Alas, that probably won't happen for over a month. At least I have plenty of time for tactical training! Here is a sample from Level 50:. And here's the line that I saw that wasn't quite the right solution:. If gxf3 Qxf3 when mate cannot be stopped. Level 50: 82% (58 done, 76 to go). Posted by Loomis @ 11:18 PM 6 comments. Friday, April 27, 2007. Getting back into it. It uses a rating system...
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The Back Rank: July 2006
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Monday, July 31, 2006. Tournament Report: I stink. Well, I played really poorly at the tournament this past weekend. In summary I was 0 -3 =1. Ouch. That's the bad news. The good news is that everyone I lost to was more than 150 points higher rated than me, so hopefully I learned something. Don't cross my mind. This certainly can't lead to making worse moves (can it? But it will surely cost me on the clock. At the moment I'm not getting into time trouble, so I'm going to give it a go! I have read several...
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!?: Sheer dumb luck
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An old chess player invited his five sons to his deathbed. He challenged them each to break one stick. The sons easily accomplished this task. The father then put all five sticks together, and challenged the eldest son to break the bundle - and the eldest son broke them all at once over his knee. The father's last words were: "What can I say? All your life you were stupid and you'll never learn anything.". Sunday, February 15, 2009. February 17, 2009 at 9:54 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Back Rank: September 2006
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Friday, September 29, 2006. I'm making it in time for Friday this week! I'm still waiting on CT-Art and the books I ordered, so most of my chess time this week was spent on Chess Tactics Server (CTS). And I am definitely getting better there. My rating is up to 1668 after 14096 tries (high of 1670). This is about a 50 point improvement since I started the Friday updates 8 weeks and 7000 tries ago and more than 110 points higher than when I first started at CTS. Posted by Loomis @ 11:01 PM 1 comments.
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The Fabulous 10s: Amanov vs Amanov Tangle in the USCL | IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History
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IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History. Chess History, Opening Theory, and Anecdotes by Dr. Mark Ginsburg. Laquo; The Fabulous 10’s: A TN Discovered on the 8th Move. A Certain Failure of Technique. The Fabulous 10s: Amanov vs Amanov Tangle in the USCL. In the US Chess League, two Amanovs recently played one another. They have the same last name, but are not related. Mesgen playing white is from Turkmenistan and Zhanibek playing black is from Kazakhstan. From the Chicago Blaze team’s blog.
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!?: My memory ain't what it used to be....
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An old chess player invited his five sons to his deathbed. He challenged them each to break one stick. The sons easily accomplished this task. The father then put all five sticks together, and challenged the eldest son to break the bundle - and the eldest son broke them all at once over his knee. The father's last words were: "What can I say? All your life you were stupid and you'll never learn anything.". Friday, March 20, 2009. My memory ain't what it used to be. March 31, 2009 at 4:20 AM. I think I'll...
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Chess Problem Answers | thepHtest
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Paul Hoffman on science, food, words, chess, and everything else that’s big fun. For “Back to Brighton Beach” blog entry: Black captures the knight with his rook. Now White resigned because if the Queen captures the rook, Black mates by moving his Queen to e4. 2 Responses to “Chess Problem Answers”. Chess Preparation, the Canadian way « thepHtest. July 19, 2007 at 8:09 am. 8230;] When you want to know the rest of the game, please see chess problem answers. […]. Back to Brighton Beach « thepHtest. On Heat...
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!?: March 2009
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An old chess player invited his five sons to his deathbed. He challenged them each to break one stick. The sons easily accomplished this task. The father then put all five sticks together, and challenged the eldest son to break the bundle - and the eldest son broke them all at once over his knee. The father's last words were: "What can I say? All your life you were stupid and you'll never learn anything.". Friday, March 20, 2009. My memory ain't what it used to be. Sunday, March 1, 2009. This "head bangi...
