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Path to Chess Mastery: September 2014

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Path to Chess Mastery. Annotated Game #134: Foiled Again! I was looking forward to this fourth-round tournament game, in order to get revenge for a previous tournament loss against my opponent from Annotated Game #116. Annotated Game #133: What have I learned? Following the rather blah and weak second-round draw. This game was just an example of my lack of energy or laziness in not following what I should have learned by now. Remember: thou shalt always falsify thy moves. For more on it. The performance ...

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Path to Chess Mastery: June 2015

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Path to Chess Mastery. Commentary: 2015 U.S. Championship, Round 4 (Wang-Foisor). By coincidence, this game from the fourth round of the 2015 U.S. Championship (women's section), like the previous commentary game from round 2. GM Walter Browne, 1949-2015. The full ChessBase news article is here. I had the privilege of playing in a simul at a National Open tournament with GM Browne; the game has pride of place as Annotated Game #1. Ratings can go up as you get older. After a bit of a break from chess, I'm...

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Path to Chess Mastery: Commentary: 2015 U.S. Championship, Round 4 (Wang-Foisor)

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Path to Chess Mastery. Commentary: 2015 U.S. Championship, Round 4 (Wang-Foisor). By coincidence, this game from the fourth round of the 2015 U.S. Championship (women's section), like the previous commentary game from round 2. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Annotated Games Databases - PGN. Chess Games and Thoughts. Commentary: 2015 U.S. Championship, Round 4 (Wang-. GM Walter Browne, 1949-2015. Ratings can go up as you get older. Commentary: 2015 U.S. Championship, Round 2 (Garee. Why I Play the Slav.

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Path to Chess Mastery: December 2014

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Path to Chess Mastery. Chess computing resources for 2015 - Part I: Database and Analysis Software. This starts a series of posts that will be, in part, an update of previous ones on computer-related resources. And related studies, which I've made the centerpiece of my own improvement program. Online chess game publishing is a separate but related topic that I think deserves its own future update, although the last post on the topic from 2013. Remains useful as a starting point. Below we will explore var...

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Chess - The Sport of Kings

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The Internet Chess Servers. Pictures from the US Chess Hall of Fame. The Origins of Chess. My Favorite Chess Sites. Tips for Chess Beginners. The Stormont Kings Chess Club. 1996 Gary Kasparov vs Deep Blue - Best of 6 match series. 1997 Gary Kasparov vs Deep Blue - the rematch - Best of 6 match series. Man versus Machine - a personal viewpoint. Man versus Machine - the aftermath. Computers are human too. My first Chess Tournament. I originally started playing on ICC ( The Internet Chess Club. Chess is bel...

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Selecting a Chess Coach. There are a number of books, software and online materials that we can recommend to help a player study, based primarily on their strength and study need. Below are ten key books we recommend and why. We believe in and focus on a process tied to understanding chess. In the list below, the books have an embedded link that (at the time of update) linked to a site where you could purchase the book. Many are available on sites such as Barnes and Noble or Amazon. For some you ...There...

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Greenville Scholastic Open 2016, Saturday, October 1, Eastlan Baptist Church, 625 South Pleasantburg Dr., Greenville, SC 29607* *. Chess Games 1846 - 1969. Chess Games 1970 - 1975. Chess Games 1976 - 1980. Chess Games 1981 - 1985. Chess Games 1986 - 1990. Chess Games 1991 - 1995. Chess Games 1996 - 1999. Chess Games 2000 - 2005. Chess Games 2006 - 2010. Chess Games 2011 -. 2014 Greenville Scholastic Open. By FatCow Hosting Review. Aiken County Chess Club. Bill Wall's Chess Page. Chess Traps and Miniatures.

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Path to Chess Mastery: The Kung Fu of Chess

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Path to Chess Mastery. The Kung Fu of Chess. Kung Fu literally translated from the Chinese means "energy-time" and in fact is best translated as "skill", since it refers to any capability that requires time and effort to master. Outside of China, Kung Fu is commonly used to refer only to Chinese martial arts (of which there are in fact many disciplines). But playing an instrument is also kung fu. Dance is kung fu. Chess is Kung Fu. Here is the full quote from the Taijiquan classics. 20 November, 2011.

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Path to Chess Mastery: February 2015

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Path to Chess Mastery. Annotated Game #141: A long struggle. This second-round tournament game is not particularly long in terms of the total number of moves, but the struggle involved certainly felt long-lasting and intense. As the middlegame kicks off on move 16 with White and Black playing on opposite wings, my opponent and I engage in a tense maneuvering battle which builds to a flurry of tactics around the move 40 time control. Annotated Game #140: The lessons of drawing twice in one game. Despite t...