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The Quest of the Chess Novice: October 2011
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The Quest of the Chess Novice. Sunday, October 9, 2011. Moving to Chess.com. I'm moving my ACIS activity to Chess.com at:. Http:/ www.chess.com/groups/home/acis. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. ACIS of Caissa - Official Blog List. Blunder Prone . the Chess Blogger's History Channel. Wait I play chess? That’s how it feels this summer. I’ve been caught up with typical life things called work and family. I haven’t been doing anything chess related since my . A Return to Playing the Game.
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The Quest of the Chess Novice: February 2011
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The Quest of the Chess Novice. Sunday, February 20, 2011. ACIS Notes 006 - Periodic Update. I'll make an effort to give a terse periodic update of where I am at in "The Hills of Sisyphus". maybe every few weeks? We'll see how long I can keep this up :-). Chessemrald.net - 1260. Chesstempo.com - 1536. CT-ART 4.0 - 1835. MetroWest CC play resumes March, Tuesday nights 40/90, SD30. Eastern Class March 4-6, 2011. Three(3) chess.com games. Silman, Reassess v4, finishing up Part 3 Rooks. Is age a factor? I've ...
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The Quest of the Chess Novice: August 2014
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The Quest of the Chess Novice. Sunday, August 31, 2014. Continental Open 2014, Round 1, Attack and Defense. Continental Open 2014, Round 1, Li, Depei v Reed, Harvey (0-1). Summary blog for tournament is here:. Http:/ www.chess.com/blog/hreedwork/continental-open-2014-summary. Http:/ www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2014/9/1/Game26589403.html. There is a locked pawn chain, and White cracks, allowing for a tactic, and an attack to start with material loss for White between moves 18-22. At this very moment White ...
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The Quest of the Chess Novice: January 2014
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The Quest of the Chess Novice. Thursday, January 2, 2014. DHLC Swiss 11, Round 2, "Wrong targets in a Grand Prix turns into draw”. DHLC Swiss 11, Round 2, hreedwork v kasparov57349 (1/2-1/2). This game illustrates important points in a chess game relating to targets, plans, pressure, tactics and attacks. Thanks to “dacster13” of Chess.com for help analyzing the game, and for his structured method to help me understand how to build pressure in a position. 1e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Bb5. So I am pursuing t...
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The Quest of the Chess Novice: An Object Lesson on Squares, AoW Intramural 4, Round 7
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The Quest of the Chess Novice. Saturday, July 18, 2015. An Object Lesson on Squares, AoW Intramural 4, Round 7. Folks, it's been a while since I am very busy at work. I still try to play a few games here and there on Chess.com, the occasional CCA OTB at Sturbridge MA, and the SW Florida CC in Estero in winter months. Http:/ www.chess.com/livechess/game? Date "2015.07.18"]. 1 e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3. 22 Nf5 Kc7 23. b4 {dacster13 won on time} 1-0. I did t...
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The Quest of the Chess Novice: November 2011
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The Quest of the Chess Novice. Sunday, November 6, 2011. Boston University Open - November 2011 - Round 1-4. Http:/ blog.chess.com/view/reed-welling- - 1-0- - bu-open- - november-2011- - round-1-4. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. ACIS of Caissa - Official Blog List. Blunder Prone . the Chess Blogger's History Channel. Wait I play chess? A Return to Playing the Game. Bagaimana Bentuk Rumah Minimalis Sederhana? Image: Bagaimana Bentuk Rumah Minimalis Sederhana? The Chess Dog Journal.
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The Quest of the Chess Novice: January 2010
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The Quest of the Chess Novice. Sunday, January 3, 2010. I caught this in a recent "Lifehacker" post. The philosophy makes sense and is in the spirit of ACIS in general, and my personal program specifically. I've given up trying to figure out a "perfect" curriculum for me. But I have embraced full-on "just do it", to the max. Right now I'm focusing on Grooten's book and I'll be going back to play at MetroWest CC this week. What if I "fail" in something? I can't say this enough - this book:. Or PocketFritz...
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The Quest of the Chess Novice: October 2014
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The Quest of the Chess Novice. Sunday, October 5, 2014. Continental Open 2014, Round 3, Pressure, Tactics, Attack. Continental Open 2014, Round 3, Li, Deyuan v Reed, Harvey (0-1). Summary blog for tournament is here:. Http:/ www.chess.com/blog/hreedwork/continental-open-2014-summary. Link to alternate game viewer: http:/ www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2014/10/5/Game334528.html. Li, Deyuan vs. Reed, Harvey. Continental Open Sturbridge MA Round 3 9 Aug 2014 ECO: B88 0-1. Why not retreat all the way back to d1?
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The Quest of the Chess Novice: March 2012
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The Quest of the Chess Novice. Friday, March 23, 2012. Monday, March 12, 2012. Last weekend I played in the Eastern Class 2012. Here are the Chess.com blog posts which describe the general tournament, as well as a blog post for each game played. I skipped the last round 5. Eastern Class 2012: http:/ blog.chess.com/hreedwork/eastern-class-2012. Round 1: http:/ blog.chess.com/hreedwork/reed-grossack- - 12-12- - eastern-class-2012- - round-1. Sunday, March 11, 2012. Winter 2011-12 training and games. I play...