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The Endgame Tactician: likesforests is back.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009. My son's born and I'm ready to study chess again. I reckon some rust has settled onto my game, but it's nothing that a little tactical study can't shake off. I plan to stop by everyone's blog in the next couple days to see what's up. I hope all the knights have been making great progress, that dktransform's in good spirits, and that my old A-Team and more will be at the World Open again this year. Have a good one! Our youngest darling just turned 2yo. Kids are such an adventure.
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The Endgame Tactician: Blitzkrieg
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Sunday, March 08, 2009. In my January tournament, two games entered the Old Indian. Which I was unprepared for. In my February tournament, similarly two games entered the Stonewall. And then there was a Winawer. According to my Moskalenko, .Bf8 followed by .Bb7 was a surprising pet line of Petrosian. My opponent looked surprised. He broke the tournament silence to say so! I need more experience. I've turned to blitz. Ah the torture of the French player. I don't know why you guys do it. :). Most people gr...
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The Endgame Tactician: Who are the Knights Errant?
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Saturday, January 10, 2009. Who are the Knights Errant? The Knights Errant is a group of chess enthusiasts inspired by De La Maza's Rapid Chess Improvement. And 400 Points in 400 Days. We encourage one another on our personal quests for tactical and overall chess mastery. I serve as the Secretary of the Knights Errant. Active and Victorious Knights. King of the Spill. Man de la Maza. The Keys to Tactical Ability:. 8226; Habits • Knowledge • Calculation. De La Maza: ". De La Maza: "The Seven Circles exerc...
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The Endgame Tactician: World Open Victory!
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Monday, July 07, 2008. With 5 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses I clinched 5th place at the World Open 2008. It was satisfying. I do not suck at chess. I played Russians, Chinese, Americans, and an Indian. older folks with experience on their side, younger folks with sharp wits, and one coached by NM Dan Heisman. I held my own. Being in Philadelphia for the 4th of July with blunderprone, chessloser, Ivan, and Shelly (superknight42) rocked. They're wonderful. Wow let me be the first to say congratulations!
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First Move | King and Pawn
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Tactics Training →. February 15, 2011 · 8:12 pm. Hello, and welcome to King and Pawn. This blog is intended to shed some light on the path of chess improvement, for both of us. I’ll be writing about what I plan to do for improvement and why, what I actually end up doing, and what went entertainingly wrong. Hopefully through conversations on this and the other chess improvement blogs we can help each other make progress. See you on the path. Tactics Training →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. An improving che...
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Lots of easy tactics | King and Pawn
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Team 4545 Round 3 Report: Victory! Chess Blog Carnival III has arrived →. March 1, 2011 · 3:22 pm. Lots of easy tactics. Empirical Rabbit is talking about starting on the Heisman-Bain path for tactics training, and has a great post explaining. The direction he’s taking on it. I’ve started on the same path, also inspired by Mr. Heisman. My internal debate though, is whether to go through the problems in the Bain book, or whether to use a custom problem set on chesstempo.com. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Team 4545 Round 3 Report: Victory! | King and Pawn
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Lots of easy tactics →. February 28, 2011 · 12:37 am. Team 4545 Round 3 Report: Victory! Here’s the raw game, will attempt to embed the game with annotations soon. It appears that wordpress is helpfully eating script tags for me…. Http:/ www.team4545league.org/pgnplayer/pgnplayer.php? Tense game, but victory for the Desert Ducts on board 4 tonight! I saw that my opponent *always* plays the French, so spent some study time before the game. Lots of easy tactics →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Middot; An imp...
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Tactics Training | King and Pawn
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Team 4545 Round 3 Report: Victory! February 26, 2011 · 9:15 am. This is a post I originally wrote on the chess.com forum about their Tactics Trainer software, but it’s relevant for tactics training in general. One relevant piece of background is that Tactics Trainer is timed, with the time limit equal to double the average successful solving time for each position. The time limit affects your rating, but doesn’t influence how much time you have available to solve the position. Fun, boredom, etc. In each ...
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Moving Day: new home for King and Pawn | King and Pawn
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When to try for a cheapo? March 7, 2011 · 4:56 pm. Moving Day: new home for King and Pawn. King and Pawn is now available at http:/ king-and-pawn.com. With better support for embedded games and other bells and whistles coming. All the content here has been ported over and I’ll only be updating the new site, so please repoint your bookmarks, rss subscriptions and blogroll links. Thanks! When to try for a cheapo? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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When to try for a cheapo? | King and Pawn
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Chess Blog Carnival III has arrived. Moving Day: new home for King and Pawn →. March 6, 2011 · 10:08 pm. When to try for a cheapo? When is it worth trying for a cheap shot? I found myself asking this question in a recent Team 4545 game. I had the opportunity to lay a superficially inviting trap that would win a queen for a bishop if my opponent fell for it, and would lose a tempo in a closed position if they didn’t fall for it. I went for it, and moved 21. Bd3 as white:. 21 … Nxd4? Enter your comment here.
