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The Fabulous 00s: Where is the Caro Complaint Department?
Kompliant Karo in New In Chess In the 2009#7 issue of New in Chess, Nigel Short presents a Caro-Kann sideline that I tried as well in USCL action. Caro-Kann Foxy Two Knights Foxy Deviation Line with 6… more →
IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History
The Danish Gambit
smeddum wrote 2 days ago: http://www.chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=213 I play this at 5 minute chess. At le … more →
Have a ball
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Nikita wrote 3 weeks ago: Alexandra Kosteniuk: The current Woman’s World Chess Champion – see her blog-link on my … more →
The Fabulous 00s: Where is the Caro Complaint Department?
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nezhmet wrote 4 weeks ago: Kompliant Karo in New In Chess In the 2009#7 issue of New in Chess, Nigel Short presents a Caro-Kann … more →
Opening catastrophe
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rollingpawns wrote 1 month ago: It was a first round of the Swiss tournament. I played with the same master, as last time. Here is t … more →
Last round
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rollingpawns wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday I played in the last round of the Swiss tournament going on in my club. I was pretty high … more →
The Fabulous 00s: USCL Week 8
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nezhmet wrote 1 month ago: Scorpions Sting Again; ICC Kibitzers Hopelessly Confused Well, the Scorpions did it again! They squ … more →
The Fabulous 00s: USCL Week 7 Opening of the Week (OOTW)
nezhmet wrote 1 month ago: Let’s explore an interesting junior battle. Gerald Larson (TEN) – Trevor Magness (CHI) … more →
The Fabulous 00s: A Titantic Week 7 USCL Matchup
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nezhmet wrote 2 months ago: Scorpions-Mechanics: Not for the Faint of Heart Wow, I am still freaking out a day later. The Arizo … more →
The Fabulous 00s: USCL Week 6 Opening of the Week (OOTW)
nezhmet wrote 2 months ago: The Inscrutable Chinese Dragon I guess we could say it’s a gambit of structure (backward pawn … more →
The Fabulous 70s: The National Chess League
nezhmet wrote 2 months ago: Before the current-day US Chess League, we had the National Chess League played with telephones! (p … more →
The Fabulous 00s: USCL Week 5 OOTW
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nezhmet wrote 2 months ago: USCL Week 5 Opening of the Week The Foxy Rauser Deviation, as practiced by IM Albert Kapengut many t … more →
The Fabulous 00s: The Smith-Morra, again?
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nezhmet wrote 2 months ago: Dealing with the Smith-Morra Again The recent USCL Week 4 GOTW Esserman-Bartell put the Smith-Morra … more →
The Fabulous 00s: USCL Week 3 OOTW
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nezhmet wrote 2 months ago: 2009 USCL Opening of the Week – Round 3 IM Jonathan Schroer – GM Joel Benjamin King … more →
The Fabulous 00s: Week 2 USCL Opening of the Week (OOTW)
nezhmet wrote 3 months ago: Week 2 USCL OOTW In a GM matchup from round 2, we have Pascal Charbonneau (NY) tangling with GM Greg … more →
The Fabulous 00s: 2009 USCL Round 1 Openings Roundup
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nezhmet wrote 3 months ago: Week 1 Noteworthy USCL Openings In Week 1 2009 USCL opening theory action, I will defer Scorpions Ga … more →
The Fabulous 00s: Drunken Madness at NH Rising Stars Tournament
nezhmet wrote 3 months ago: Madness, I tell you, Madness (or Sickness) In Nakamura-Ljuobjevic NH Rising Stars Tournament (in pr … more →
The Fabulous 90s: From the Vaults - San Francisco 1999 Dake Memorial
nezhmet wrote 3 months ago: The Arthur Dake Memorial was a 9 round invitational held at the venerable Mechanics Institute Chess … more →
E4 E5....and all the King's horses
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Nikita wrote 3 months ago: Chess and your personality [All links in this post will open in a new window.] Have you thought abou … more →
The Fabulous 00s: Player Freakouts
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nezhmet wrote 4 months ago: Players and Their Freakouts View This Pollopinion I laughed my butt off at Vinay Bhat’s World … more →
