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USCF Sales, e-mail, and passwords

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

In the past I’ve generally been inclined to order chess books, supplies, etc. from the USCF. I want the organization to be successful, and I felt that purchasing from them was a tangible way to show that support.
Last month I ordered two DVDs online from USCF Sales. The online ordering process required creating [...]

First OTB loss of 2008

Friday, January 4th, 2008

My fellow Metrowest Chess Club members and bloggers BlunderProne and Globular beat me out in making their first 2008 posts. Here’s my Round 1 loss in the MCC New Year Swiss.
Capsule summary:

Got outplayed in the opening a bit, resulting in an awkward queenside situation
Found a nice tactical way to get some [...]

The mysterious fading tactic

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Unfortunately I turned in a rather uninspired performance for the last round of the T35 tournament in the Team 45 45 League. What bothered me most was the way I just suddenly forgot about a tactic that I’d been watching carefully for several moves.
Here’s the position after White’s 6th move.

After 6.Bg2
For my next 6 moves, [...]

Team 45 45 T35 - Round 5

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Capsule summary: Outplayed in the opening, misjudged the significance of a protected passed pawn, mismanaged the clock, and panicked unnecessarily in an almost even position. If I had held the draw, my team would have won the Round 5 match point. (See the end of the post for a replayable game board.)
Let’s start with the [...]

Which rules of chess offend you?

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Although I’m not a big fan of blitz, I sometimes have a spurt of playing a lot of 2 5 games on ICC. I guess it’s when I need a change of pace.
Most ICC players are polite and friendly, but every now and then you run into an exception. What puzzles me the [...]

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