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The Back Rank: July 2006
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Monday, July 31, 2006. Tournament Report: I stink. Well, I played really poorly at the tournament this past weekend. In summary I was 0 -3 =1. Ouch. That's the bad news. The good news is that everyone I lost to was more than 150 points higher rated than me, so hopefully I learned something. Don't cross my mind. This certainly can't lead to making worse moves (can it? But it will surely cost me on the clock. At the moment I'm not getting into time trouble, so I'm going to give it a go! I have read several...
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The Back Rank: August 2006
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Monday, August 28, 2006. Remarkable endgame from CTS. Here is the starting postition, white to play:. Now that your 3 seconds are over, the real solution is 1. Bd6! There are two important motifs here, the pinned rook on e7 and the mating attack if Rxd6. The move I played was 1. Nh7 . This leads to 1. . Ke8. Kg8 Rxe7) 2. Rxe7 Kxe7 3. Bf6 Kd7 4. Bxd8 Kxd8 (D). Black will play 5. . a5. Another way for white to fail to win this position is to leave the knight on h7 to prevent the f6 push: 5. Kf3 a5 6...
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Finding Chess Strategies on the Internet » Learn Chess
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Rules, strategies, and tips. Finding Chess Strategies on the Internet. Finding Chess Strategies on the Internet. There are some web sites that are better than others. A person can check these out first when trying to find chess strategies on the Internet. For beginners start with Avler Chess. This web site will easily explain some basic chess strategies for those who know a little about chess. For the more experienced chess player, try Chess Central. This web site offers diagrams that help illustrate wha...
