Monthly Archives: June 2007

Mediocre June at the club

By Steve | Published: June 27, 2007
I got back to my club this month for the first time since January. It was a fairly erratic, mediocre performance for me. Last night I just barely saved a half-point against someone rated almost 300 points lower. Last week I worked extra hard to turn a clearly winning position into a loss against [...]
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What’s my Blogotype™?

By Steve | Published: June 27, 2007
I don’t really know. Check out the list, dear readers, and then tell me. I can take it.
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A contrast in style

By Steve | Published: June 6, 2007
No, not a contrast in playing style, but in feedback style. Last night I ventured back to my club for the first time since January. Plamen and I battled it out for over four hours; in fact, all of the 34 other boards were done by 11:00 pm, while we were still playing until about 11:40 [...]
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Back to Basics: Tactics – by Dan Heisman

By Steve | Published: June 3, 2007
I finished NM Dan Heisman’s Back To Basics: Tactics about a week ago. The book aims to teach tactical concepts to “beginning players who have never played tournament chess or who possess a U.S. Chess Federation rating lower than 1500″ or online players with a rating below 1700. I believe the book is well-suited for [...]
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