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Chess Pundit: March 2005
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005. What Do People Play These Days? Remember the days when everyone played 1. e4 e5? No more, I say. Since I started playing chess again, I’ve played as white 47 times, enough to collate some statistics. 46 of these times I’ve played 1. e4. Knowing what people play can help to determine what openings to concentrate on. However, watching the grandmasters can be deceiving as they will play vastly different openings than club players. As white, I’ve played against:. As Black, I’ve faced.
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64Squares Chess Academy: September 2006
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Welcome to 64Squares Chess Academy. Published on September 24, 2006 at 9:30 AM. Hello Folks and Chess lovers of Chennai! Here's an opportunity for you to try out your hand in the game of chess or make your kid major player, by getting him trained at our Academy. 64Squares Chess Acadamy has been started with the intent to bring chess to all in the hometown of World Champion Viswanathan Anand. New No:15, (First Floor). Mathala Narayanan Street,. Le Utssaah Play School,. 44, Madhavan Nair Road,. This work i...
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Chess Pundit: October 2005
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Monday, October 31, 2005. For the past 5 months my rating has hovered around 1850. I played a small 3/SS G/45 tournament on Sunday. Two wins and a loss. Against a 1640 player, I played against my own opening, which I find rare. I've played white 37 times so far this year and this was the first time against the Caro-Kann. It's a solid opening? Well, basically yes, but I have been looking at the Benko Gambit. 1 e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 This is what I call the patzer variation. 4. exd5 Bg4...13 h4 Qg4 14&...
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Chess Pundit: Games with Jude Acers
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Saturday, June 11, 2011. Games with Jude Acers. I was in New Orleans and played Jude Acers, a local master who has a table set up near the Decatur Cafe. He'll play all comers for $5/game. He's USCF rated at 2359 and FIDE rated at 2241 (USCF rating tend to be 100 points higher). He's finished 3rd at the World Senior Championship in both 2009 and 2010. In the below position I also contemplated 12. Ne5, but I think I made the right choice. 2Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6 16.Q...27Ke2 a3 28&#...
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Chess Pundit: August 2005
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Going to the Chapel. Ll be absent for a couple of weeks. I'm getting married on Saturday. In the run-up the wedding, I've been awfully busy, so my free time to chess blog, has diminished. I hope to be back in full force in a few weeks. I certainly have some games to be catching up on. Posted by Christopher M @ 12:02 PM 12 comments. Wednesday, August 03, 2005. Draw versus 2100 as black. Win versus 2015 as white. Tough loss versus 2105 as black. Tough loss versus 2155 as black.
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Chess Pundit: November 2005
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Thursday, November 10, 2005. Black: The teenager (2104). 1 e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 (prevents b5) b6 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc4 e6 At this point I think I have the better position. 9. d5! Na5 I missed this tempo on my bishop. I consider castling or Qd2. I was trying to take advantage of the king’s knight not being developed. Wait 'till next month! Posted by Christopher M @ 8:32 AM 9 comments. Thursday, November 03, 2005. I played my 100th game in the US since I started playing again.
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Chess Pundit: February 2006
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Thursday, February 23, 2006. 1 Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 a6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. e3 d6. I don’t think this is the best way to play against the Dutch defense, but I have the good bishop and a good center. My ninth move was a mistake as Be2 is better. While I saw e5 and had my following move planned. Obviously I can’t take on d5 and doing nothing allows for the pawn fork. I thought there would be more exchanges in the center. 10. e4 f4. I wanted to put my knight on c4 and my rook ...
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Chess Pundit: February 2005
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Monday, February 28, 2005. Linares - Round 6. Round 6 ends with Kasparov leading 2, ahead of Anand 1 and Topalov 1. Anand vs Kasparov 1/2 - exciting draw. Kasparov survived an onslaught. Leko vs Kasim - 1/2 - yet to see it. The "live" website is really quite poor. Topalov vs. Vallejo - 1- 0 - As suspected.Vallejo isn't in these guys league. Round 7 predicitions: So far I'm 9/15 in predictions. I didn't do it the first round. Francisco Vallejo vs. Peter Leko- 0-1 - Leko still needs to score. The most rece...
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Chess Pundit: May 2011
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Friday, May 06, 2011. Pocket Fritz 4 versus Chessmaster 9000. Back when I was last playing, I always liked the idea of Pocket Fritz, a strong chess game in your pocket. (Standalone chess programs, such as a Saitek Mephisto, have poor screens and playing strength.) I still don't have a smartphone so I bought a vintage 2005 HP Ipaq RX1950 off ebay and bought Pocket Fritz 4, all for the about the same price as one of the handhelds. Game 1: Fritz, as white, outplays the Chessmaster for the victory. 64Kh3 Rf2...
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Chess Pundit: July 2005
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Thursday, July 28, 2005. I haven't been playing as much chess recently, mostly because life has gotten in the way and I've been keen on playing games with longer time controls. Here is a recent game. I'm black. I've had good success with playing 1.c6 against the English. After 13.Nxa6. I think Black is winning here. Posted by Christopher M @ 6:11 AM 1 comments. Monday, July 11, 2005. Posted by Christopher M @ 6:55 AM 1 comments. Super Tournaments of History. Pawn in the Game.