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Clint Prong's Chess Blog: April 2006
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog. Sunday, April 23, 2006. K-12 Championship Final Standings. 2006 K-12 Championship Final Standings for Michigan Players. 21 KAHN, AARON E 11 MIBERK MI 2177 5.5. 51 WILDER, DEREK 12 MID002 MI 1711 5. 67 CARTER, ASHLEY 10 MIMONR MI 1836 4.5. 96 RAMAKRISHNAN, KALYA 12 MIMONR MI 1251 4.5. 100 CANTY III, JAMES 12 MIBATE MI 1823 4. 166 WILLIAMS, MARCUS 11 MIMURR MI 1615 3.5. 186 PAULOVICH, GERALD KEVIN 12 MIMONR MI 1591 3.5. 204 SMELCER, COLLIN 9 MIMONR MI 1261 3.5. For the knight sacr...
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog: Snow Day Chess
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog. Wednesday, March 05, 2008. Since my school had a snow today, I had the day off and decided to get in some chess games this morning. This position came up in a 5 minute game, where I was black. It is black to move and mate in 4. I missed the mate in 4, and instead found mate in 5. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 2006 Michigan Class B Champion. 2005 Michigan U1900 B-H Class Champion. 2005 Michigan Class C Champion. View my complete profile. Snow Day Chess: Part 3.
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog: Metro League 2006- R2
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog. Sunday, November 12, 2006. Metro League 2006- R2. Prong,C (1852) - Dishman,M. 2006-2007 Metro Chess League (2),. All the King's Men, Warren, 10.27.2006. King's Gambit Accepted [C34]. 1e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nc6. To quote GM Gallagher, "This move has never really caught on, probably because it does little to address black's problems. 5c3 Ba5 6.a4. White continues to build his pawn chain with tempo. White tries to keep black busy so that he can work in his trap. This move is probab...
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Randy's Chess Blog: December 2007
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Sunday, December 23, 2007. I was playing a 5-minute game on ICC tonight. I had a winning endgame, but the problem was that I was down to 1 second on my clock (Yeah I know, I need to move faster), and my opponent had almost two minutes. No problem, I thought. I will just promote my pawn to a Queen and sacrifice it for the pawn on g6 and get a draw. In the picture above, I have just played 57. a7, and I premoved 58. a8=Q. When my opponent played 57.Ne6? Randy W. Ho. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Randy's Chess Blog: September 2012
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Wednesday, September 05, 2012. Carls Jr. G/20, Mesa, AZ, Sept 5, 2012. Miguel (2137) - Randy (2008). I decided to play the Najdorf and I actually got a decent position. However, when the position got complicated, I cracked under the pressure. This move came as a surprise and for some reason, I only considered Bc5 and not Bb6 or Ba7. My game went downhill in the next few moves. 21Bc5 22. Bg3 Qf5 23. Bd3 Qe6 24. Rde1 Bb6 25. Rxe3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 d5. Lessons from the Game:. Stop cracking under pressure. Here,...
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog: August 2007
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog. Saturday, August 18, 2007. 2007 MCA Class A Championships- R1. Prong,C (1840) - Jarosz,S (1959). 2007 MCA Class Championships (1), 13.01.2007. Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation [B80]. 1e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6. This is the Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defense. I had recently decided to stop playing the Keres Attack because I had not been scoring well with it, but I hadn't found time to learn another line yet. 90-0 10.0-0-0 Qc7. White really d...
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog: 2007 MCA Class A Championships
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog. Saturday, August 04, 2007. 2007 MCA Class A Championships. This was the last big event I played, so I have been very inactive this year. Hopefully, I will find time to study and regain the energy and drive to resume my pursuit of moving through Class A on to Expert. My rating descended 2 points from 1840 to 1838 after scoring 2/5 with wins over Stan Jarosz. Are you playing in the Metro League with us this year? 9:27 PM, August 16, 2007. Don't we have free entry again?
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog: March 2008
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog. Wednesday, March 05, 2008. Snow Day Chess: Part 3. This position came up in a 5 minute game I played today. I missed the winning combination. Black to move and win. Snow Day Chess: Part 2. In this position I was black and had worked my opponent into a corner. At this point I I had mate in 4. I played the first 2 moves right, and then botched the mate in 2 and lost in the end. I missed the mate in 4, and instead found mate in 5. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog: 2006 Apr. Toledo Swiss- R4
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog. Thursday, May 18, 2006. 2006 Apr. Toledo Swiss- R4. Hyslop,N (1648) - Prong,C (1904). 2006 April Toledo Swiss, 4.8.2006. Spanish Opening: Bogolyubov Variation [C91]. 1e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bg4 This is the Spanish Bogolyubov variation. 10d5 Na5 11.Bc2 h6. I was out of book at this point. The book move was c6. 12Bh5 13.h3 Qc8 14.Kh2 Nb7 15.b4. While this move does hamper the b7 knight, it also creates a weakness on c3. An over...
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog: June 2008
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Clint Prong's Chess Blog. Sunday, June 29, 2008. June Pride and Points Tournament. Founder of the Carrel Chess Club. And I teamed up to run a 5 round G/30 tournament. Yesterday, June 28th. The tournament was the christening tournament for the Carrel Chess Club in its new permanent location. Here are some of the highlights as I see them:. 1 28 people showed up for the inaugural tourney. 2 We were only 15m behind schedule in spite of a printer problem. 3 In the top section:. 4 In the bottom section:.