tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38871913517739501932012-02-05T10:59:02.853-06:00A blog about my experiences as a chess player. Primarily instructional posts are made on a semi-regular basis.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.comBlogger1231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-54518743044715888542011-07-10T08:43:00.003-05:002011-07-10T08:56:24.559-05:00

Taken from one of my recent correspondence games - white is down a pawn, but very obviously winning. The game concluded with:24. Qh2 f625. Ne6!! Resigns since black must lose at least a piece to avoid mate.However, there is a much simpler way to finish the game. I had calculated it out before, but didn't write it down anywhere, so when it came time to make my move days later, I had forgotten all

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This is the position from the previous post which we discussed. The ideas suggested were an eventual h4-g5 push to open the black king and the other was b3 to increase the stranglehold on the queenside.Here is what I played:27. Nxd6 Bxd628. Rxd6 Qxa429. g5 hxg530. Bxg5 Qxa531. Rxf6 gxf632. Bxf6 Qc533. Rd4 exd434. Qh4 dxc3+35. Kh1 Black ResignsThere are some mistakes in here, but it sure looks

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Hi readers, this time I thought I would try to do something more discussion-based. I am going to post a position from one of my recent games and we will (hopefully) have a discussion on what white can do.There are a few options for white in this position, so there should be plenty to discuss. White is visually winning, so I would like the discussion to be more based around how white should

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I have a couple positions for you to look at from some of my recent games. The first position I will give the answer to, but the second one I will wait a few days before posting the answer. Try your best to solve both!Position 1 - Difficulty: 2/10, white to move:Answer will be posted in a comment.Position 2 - Difficulty: 9/10, black to move:The answer to this one is much more involved than the

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I've been ultra-busy at work and with life in general the last couple months and more or less stopped playing chess completely. However, I've logged in to ICC a few times and registered for a couple Chess.com tournaments, so I'll be getting back into playing shortly. Wanted to play in the Chicago Open this year, but I would be so ill-prepared that it wouldn't be worth it.I am hoping to test the

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Its kind of funny how life gets in the way sometimes and certain things drop substantially on the priorities list. Making videos for this blog has been like that lately. I haven't forgotten about it, just haven't really had the drive to make them.Anyway, I'm going to force myself to post a video by the end of this week. Until then, I will post a simple puzzle from one of my other games.White to

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I know, I know. It has been more than two months since my last post. I haven't really been playing very much while adjusting to my new job and life in Madison.I've played in two tournaments since moving in September. The first tournament I tied for 3rd with 3.5/5.0 (+3 =1 -1) and one game that I will probably make a video out of [Theme: Gradual build-up of an attack]. The second tournament I tied

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The following game was submitted by Mathew Jacob and is a great example of pins, pins, and more pins. Some threatened, some actual, all of them scary.

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So, I went out with some friends after work and stayed later than I intended to, so I am pushing back my post to tomorrow night. I know you are all just dying because I didn't post tonight, but don't despair, it will just be that much more special when I post tomorrow.

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So I decided to post a game of decidedly lower quality this time. Partially just so I post something and partially because it illustrates fundamentals pretty well. As I state in the video, I am going to start to check out some of the clubs in the area this week, so hopefully I can find one to regularly attend. I might post another video later in the week, a good game that ends after an abrupt

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I know I need to be posting materials, but what with moving and all I have a rather major hurdle to this: I don't have Internet in my apartment yet. So I will take this time to plug the Archive, located on the right side of the blog a few tabs down. From there you have access to every post I have ever made on this blog. I recommend looking at some of the earlier posts so you can see just how far

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Thought I would post a humorous position from my night game last night. It was a fitting end to a very long day of tough chess. White to move.Things look bleak at first glance, however white can not only easily draw this, but he can do it with style. I played:1. Rb6+! Kg7 2. Rg6+!! drawThe game is drawn because any capture on g6 results in stalemate. If the king moves, I can either keep putting

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Monday I got a job offer, so I am hurriedly making preparations to move to Wisconsin for my September 7th start date. On the plus side, I will start posting to here with chess things again in a few days.

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This has absolutely nothing to do with chess, but everything to do with this blog.I'm part of the extremely unfortunate generation of recent college graduates who have to compete for entry level jobs against not only others like me, but also people who have years of experience that have been laid off in this economic climate. As such, I'm currently in month 8 of my job hunt, with no luck

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So here we are again, with another new video. This game is not of particularly high quality, but it was more an experiment in psychology than an attempt to have a superb game. Also, I do not condone playing like I did in this game if you are playing seriously. This game took place during a lesson, so it is entirely for educational purposes. Something along the lines of the concept of a 'teaching

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I did moderately well at the Iowa City Open, with 3.0/4.0. My horrible lack of sleep the night before made things difficult, luckily all four games were pretty straightforward. It also helped that the tournament was only about two blocks from where I live, so I got to go home and rest between rounds. In the third round, I played Jiahua Zhang, a young player who in early 2009 I told Hank Anzis was

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Finally I have returned to making video posts. I had a rather successful North American Open in Stillwater, OK. I scored a solid 6.0/10.0. Yes, that's right, out of 10 rounds. With 3 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss, and 2 byes, I felt like I played pretty well. Of my games, I believe this one to be the most entertaining, played against expert Tim Steiner in round 7. Since when I made this video, it was

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Hi everyone who still occasionally check this! I've been gone a while continuing unsuccessfully to find a job. I've also been working through some personal problems as of late. Hopefully the job situation improves since I am close to having to start repayments on my student loans, but at least the personal problems are all done with for now. That means I can get back to making the

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As the poll said, you wanted middlegame ideas, so I chose a game in which the weakness of a certain color of square makes a large difference in the outcome of the game. Enjoy!

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Sorry everybody. I have the next game ready for video, but I have not been feeling well enough to actually record it. For now, I will post the game in pgn form (for some reason you can't embed files on Blogger) and you can save the text as a pgn and view it if you would like. Once I get feeling a bit better I will turn it into a video post for those of you that are lazy or don't have a pgn viewer

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Ok, I am running through my older games, looking for anything worth putting into video form. I have found a few games and will have them in production and posted in the next few days. Hopefully posting multiple videos in a couple days will make up for my not having posted in over a week. Also, fun fact: my hit counter glitched a few days ago, so it reads that I have about 203,000 more hits than I

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Hi everybody. I haven't had any tournaments in a while, and thus have pretty much nothing to write about. So I just finished another book and will review it for you. If you want another video post before the next tournament I play in (Probably late April), then I would encourage you to help me out a bit. You can send me a game or position to annotate, and I will post a video analysis of it.

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Back after a bit of a break from making videos. I got bit by the MMO bug for a while, and haven't played much chess, so coming up with material for videos is a bit difficult. It was kind of funny I missed a mate in 1 while recording the video so I had to add in text over the analysis near the end. As always, I welcome suggestions for future videos or comments on them.

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I've been doing a lot of video blogging lately, and decided for a change of pace to post a review of a book that I recently finished going through.I recently happened upon this book at a local used book store and after looking briefly at a page or two decided to buy it for the nominal price of $4. Let me tell you, after going completely through this book from 1954 (my copy is a reprint from 1971)

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Here is a new video everyone! I scored 3.0/4.0 in the Open of the Drake Chess Festival, increasing my USCF to 1935, the highest it has been in nearly 2 years. I made a video of my last round game, which was the best played of the four. I also fiddled with the video settings some more to try and get more of a square look to the board. As always, I welcome any comments here or on the forum.

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For no particular reason, I have added a forum aspect to this blog. It can be found by either clicking the link to the forum on the right, or by clicking this link: To Forum. To post you need to register, but hopefully it will make the blog a bit more interactive.**EDIT**I have since closed the forum, it is easier to talk to me on the blog's facebook page. So be sure to 'Like' it and post things!

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Game 3 of my match against George Eichhorn was an exceptionally interesting game to look at. I made a video post of some of my analysis for you all to look at and comment on. The match itself ended in a 2-2 draw. Home field advantage seemed insurmountable in this match, with George winning the two games in Stratford and me winning the two in Iowa City. I want to thank Jason for his assistance in

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As requested by Jason, I have annotated the game I played in round 4 of the Cedar Rapids Leatherjackets tournament against Jim Hodina. I messed around with the capturing again, so it should show up better now. Hopefully you cannot hear how stuffed up I was when I recorded this earlier today. As always, I welcome any comments on the game, the annotations, or the video itself. I uploaded straight

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Hi everybody. I had intended to have more videos to post by now, but I have had a bit of a sore throat, so I have not done any recording. Still jobless, but recently remembered that I have a way to try and find a job through the University. Hopefully that will increase my chances out there. Anyway, once my throat gets back to normal (hopefully tomorrow) I will record some more videos and post

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Watch Chess Game Analysis in Sports | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.comOk, so I finally managed to make the video and get it edited sufficiently well. On the plus side, since this is the first one, it can only get better than this. Please let me know what you think so that I can make more like this or not.

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So after a bit of a break, and an as of yet unsuccessful job hunt, I am posting again. I am going to attempt a special treat. I am going to attempt to make a video post by the end of today (Monday, Feb 1st). If all goes well, I might start to mix in video posts with regular posts. So for the 2 of you that will see this before I post again later today, be on the lookout and tell everybody. *shakes

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Looks like the correspondence game with the viewers has ended in a draw. Got an email last night saying I did not get the job in South Carolina, and so far no other interviews. Not much I can do at this point except keep sending out resumes and wait. Anyway, I will be playing a bit the next few weeks, so hopefully there will be something to post.

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I think this is starting to fizzle out, so I will play Rf4 and offer a draw. If 50+% of the comments agree to the draw, along with providing a move in case it is rejected, then the game will conclude. As for the interview, I was a little shaky early on from nerves, but pulled it together after the first question. Still waiting to hear back. No other interviews yet, guess nobody likes me *sniffle*

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As always, next move comes in 3 days on Tuesday.

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So how about them Hawkeyes, winning the Orange Bowl! Woo! Anyway, next move here is going to come on Saturday.

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Next move on Wednesday.

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Once again, little to say. I will check in again for the next move on Sunday.

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So, looks like this is the next to last move of the year. Not a whole lot going on here at my end. I will see you all again on Thursday with the next move.

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Hello once again everybody. The endgame rolls on with Bb3. Next move is coming on Monday.

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Well, I finally got an interview scheduled with a legitimate company. Still not going to happen for another two weeks or so. Anyway, next move will come on Friday.

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Endgame is really moving right along. Next move comes on Tuesday, be sure to get your votes in!

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Woo!!!!!!!!!! Pending final grades coming out I am a college graduate now! Still no luck finding work that doesn't involve door-to-door sales or being on the road 50+% of the time though. Next move comes on Saturday.

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Working on writing papers and studying for finals this week. Next move on Wednesday (after I finish my last final!)

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Just finished my last day of classes. Now only 2 papers and 2 finals stand between me and my degrees. Next move is coming on Sunday.

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Looks like this is going to be a pretty drawn out endgame. Anyway, I will be entering my last week of classes this week, to be followed by Finals week. Once my grades are in, I will officially have my two Bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Anthropology, and I will have my minor in Computer Science. Hooray! Next move is coming on Thursday.

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Don't really have much to say about this move. I have 2 papers and 2 finals left in my collegiate experience over the next two weeks, then I will have my 2.5 degrees. Unfortunately, however, the job hunt is still going rather slow (as it is for most people I imagine). Anyway, I will see you all again on Monday with the next move.

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Still forcing. Should be obvious what black should do here, clearly resignation is forced. Just kidding, or am I? Next move is coming along on Friday.

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This felt rather forced, so luckily I didn't have to think much about it. Next move is coming along on Tuesday. Now, since a game from DSM or Ames was requested, I dug around and managed to find an actually instructive game from the Des Moines Fall Classic. It is my round 1 game against Gerald Hawkins, in which white relentlessly attacks and black quickly finds himself unable to defend. The game

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-13052510397060679152009-11-25T12:26:00.003-06:002009-11-25T12:31:08.310-06:00

I have finally played g4, usually it comes much earlier in the game from me. I have not annotated any recent games, but I am actually not in Iowa City with my games right now, but I can probably get up one or two games/positions with my next post on Saturday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-62362068034753100242009-11-22T14:00:00.002-06:002009-11-22T14:01:12.312-06:00

I guess I will continue running you out of moves. *evil laugh* Next move on Wednesday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-27582262362408329932009-11-19T13:53:00.002-06:002009-11-19T13:54:47.260-06:00

Almost to my last Thanksgiving break of college. Still hunting for a job, but then again, so is everybody else. Next move comes on Sunday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-26143717576117329562009-11-16T10:24:00.002-06:002009-11-16T10:27:34.829-06:00

I decided to move my king as well. Next move comes on Thursday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-539301905504080732009-11-13T18:15:00.001-06:002009-11-13T18:16:35.268-06:00

Guess I will block that open file. Getting ready to go home for the weekend. See you all again Monday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-8974219716359881782009-11-10T12:44:00.003-06:002009-11-10T12:46:07.690-06:00

So here we are, another 3 days, another move made. Next move coming Friday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-31742716099402843812009-11-07T07:45:00.002-06:002009-11-07T07:49:42.402-06:00

I made sure to make my move nice and early today. Next move is coming Tuesday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-33756656959259403502009-11-04T11:19:00.002-06:002009-11-04T11:23:06.280-06:00

Well, technically nobody called the flag, so I would say the game has not ended on time. However, because of this, and since nobody voted in the usual time period (Hank voted after the black flag would technically have fallen) I think it would be best to just call it even and keep the game going. Anyway, the next move will be coming on Saturday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-9934737449757834622009-11-02T00:44:00.002-06:002009-11-02T00:47:37.206-06:00

Sorry I am slightly late delivering the move. Had quite the day today. Anyway, next move is going to come on Wednesday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-69352531204740028092009-10-29T17:45:00.002-05:002009-10-29T17:48:17.568-05:00

Since Hank was rooting for a trick or treat, I decided to play a trick. I will let you ponder it over the Halloween weekend and will give a response on Sunday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-31497374708994979772009-10-26T09:00:00.003-05:002009-10-26T09:02:54.916-05:00

Actually had to spend some time on this move, since most of the previous moves were fairly forced. Anyway, next move is coming on Thursday. Now off to work on a paper due tomorrow and a test to be taken tomorrow.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-88442836908792892962009-10-23T08:08:00.002-05:002009-10-23T08:12:50.912-05:00

Heel still is hurting pretty bad, but not as much as before. Hopefully I will be back to badminton playing shape by next week. Anyway, this game is more or less playing itself from the white side, which is probably not what black wants to have happen. I will see you all again Monday with move 25.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-14381768293459692492009-10-20T12:26:00.003-05:002009-10-21T10:10:38.811-05:00

Just going to go ahead and be nice and subtle with my threats :-p Anyway, tonight I am joining the University Badminton Club and completely forsaking the Chess Club. I also won in round 1 of the collegiate tournament currently being held on ICC, current standings are here. I am taking a bye in round 2 to play OTB in Ames this weekend. Also, I have a lot of free time on my hands now since I

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-23172770233430738982009-10-17T18:11:00.001-05:002009-10-17T18:13:35.317-05:00

Next move on Tuesday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-81782402118292259422009-10-14T09:27:00.003-05:002009-10-14T09:37:03.679-05:00

I decided to avoid the Bishops of opposite color resulting after Qxf3 Bxe5 when I am not sure my pawn will be enough. So I will just see what comes of this.I passed my Tae Kwon Do final, so I am now the equivalent of a Yellow Belt. Woo! Today is also the last day of my Badminton class doubles tournament. I am currently in the lead at 11-1 in the tournament, hopefully I will be able to avoid

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-2538289692583710522009-10-11T06:05:00.002-05:002009-10-11T06:15:46.311-05:00

So you wanted to threaten a mate, huh? That's how it is going to be, eh? I'm going to have none of that! Also, don't question why I am up at 6am to post my move. Now on to unrelated business. So far 8-1 in the Doubles Tournament my class is having where you must switch partners every game. That is in the lead by 1 win over the next closest player. Monday I will pass my Tae Kwon Do final and be a

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-51504457608825101702009-10-08T17:58:00.004-05:002009-10-08T18:20:19.856-05:00

So we are finally getting some more interesting voting going on, this time 2-1. I am going to be pretty brief today, since I still need to eat my first meal of the day, and it is 6 pm. Next move coming on Sunday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-80360902830276072902009-10-05T16:03:00.003-05:002009-10-05T16:11:00.002-05:00

So I think I'll just hold on to that pawn and assume nothing bad will happen. Anyway, next move is coming at you on Thursday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-80583433876451552322009-10-02T15:50:00.004-05:002009-10-02T16:00:03.463-05:00

Down goes the h6 pawn. I decided to go ahead and spice the game up a bit after ...Qc5's 2-1 victory. I think Jason's ideas were more or less right if I played the position slowly, but this just looks so much more enticing. I am really looking forward to the debate on this move (particularly what all of the world leaders' insights are), which will produce a response from me on Monday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-23399246843679756022009-09-29T17:34:00.002-05:002009-09-29T17:37:44.378-05:00

Might as well harass her Majesty while I'm at it. So... how is everything going? Kind of have a lack of things to say today. Uh... well... I'll be back Friday with move 17.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-83148321452410704542009-09-26T16:57:00.003-05:002009-09-26T17:05:23.205-05:00

After painstaking (read "nonexistent") calculations, I have elected to respond to 14. ...Bc7 with 15. Qc3. Looks like the character of the middlegame is starting to show itself. Now maybe once we reach an interesting position the votes will pick up? Anyway, I am getting ready after running errands all day to finally relax and watch the Iowa-Penn. St. game. See you all Tuesday with the next move!

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-15843343180597518482009-09-23T15:28:00.002-05:002009-09-23T15:32:41.846-05:00

Another incredibly close vote. Hopefully we can get some more votes sometime soon. Anyway, I don't have much to say at the moment, since I am battling a headache. Have fun with the current position and I will see you all again Saturday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-72327193380603999422009-09-20T10:00:00.002-05:002009-09-20T10:05:26.067-05:00

Ok, so once again a 1 vote margin of victory. I hope that by the end of the game at least one move will get 5+ votes. Next move coming on Wednesday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-80161633224980858762009-09-17T08:22:00.002-05:002009-09-17T08:31:13.876-05:00

So here we are again, another move made. This time, ...e5 wins with a resounding 2 votes. Sunday will bring move 13 from me. In the mean time, I am waiting for my prize from winning a puzzle contest on Alexandra Kosteniuk's blog.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-21318327785689347482009-09-14T16:15:00.004-05:002009-09-14T16:22:52.340-05:00

Once again the first move proposed wins. This time, however, by a 1-1-1 margin. Looks like my next move is coming on Thursday, so have fun contemplating your moves. On a badminton update, I have two broken rackets, but bought a third one, which is painted gold, that I claim rose from the ashes of my fallen rackets. So far still undefeated. OK, see you all on the day of Thor.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-14944189415868740282009-09-11T15:24:00.005-05:002009-09-11T16:14:11.985-05:00

Here is your new position:My next move will come on Monday, so cast your votes early (especially to win tiebreaks)!I had a decent Iowa Open, scoring 3.0/5.0, though in the last round I messed up a pretty easy draw. I had a couple games which were interesting, and what is more than that, I had some pretty cool tactics come up. I will post some of these tactical puzzles and the solutions below. If

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-72744365089682536352009-09-08T08:49:00.003-05:002009-09-08T08:52:19.097-05:00

Once again, a 1-vote victory. This time for dxe4. I had a pretty decent showing at the Iowa Open, 3.0/5.0, though I horrendously messed up an easy draw in my last round game. I had a couple interesting games, but it will be a couple days until I get around to looking at them and posting one, probably alongside my next move on Friday.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-28029957709361753792009-09-05T07:43:00.002-05:002009-09-05T07:45:58.508-05:00

Here is the new position for all of you to work on. I am currently a little busy getting ready for the day (Iowa Open is today and tomorrow), so I have nothing witty to say at the moment. I will see you all again Monday with the next move and hopefully something about the Iowa Open (I will put it all in one post to be less confusing).

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-34741059418860452882009-09-02T16:33:00.002-05:002009-09-02T16:37:50.310-05:00

6. ...Bd6 wins by the slimmest of margins, by 1 vote (since there was only one vote). I went ahead and castled. So since the last move I have managed to break both badminton rackets I have (I guess I just hit it too hard). On the plus side, I haven't lost a doubles match yet (haven't played any singles yet).

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-44917374550368066332009-08-30T00:03:00.003-05:002009-08-30T00:08:41.056-05:00

No fanfare this time, just the move: 6. Bd3. 5. ...Nbd7 won by simply being the only vote (one vote can make a difference!). My next move is coming on the 2nd, so be sure to put in your 2 cent's worth by 11:59 pm on the 1st. Time to start programming in Ruby for homework...

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-12505136604055881842009-08-27T09:40:00.003-05:002009-08-27T09:44:53.704-05:00

By a 2-1 vote, 4. ...c6 gets the nod. I am responding with 5. e3. Here is a question for you to think about while considering the next move: Why did I have to buy a textbook for my Badminton class?You have until 11:59 pm on the 29th to cast your vote, on the 30th move 6 will arrive.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-11682392746402349832009-08-24T14:00:00.003-05:002009-08-24T14:08:37.347-05:00

So once again we had a tie, and the first tied move suggested was ...Nf6, so that is what will be played. For those of you who do not have an entire room at your house dedicated to the current position of this game (don't worry, I don't either) here is where we are:All you voters have until 11:59 pm the 26th to vote, I will be posting my fifth move on the 27th at some point.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-53252275619379312822009-08-21T10:02:00.004-05:002009-08-21T10:11:34.981-05:00

Looks like a simple majority won this time. And... we are up to 3 votes! If this trend continues, by the endgame this might be a semi-popular blog (2, 3, ..., 56, etc.).Here is the current position:You all have until 11:59 on the 23rd to cast your votes, the 24th I will post my move (on the first day of my last semester of college!).

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-9048530485287783202009-08-18T16:54:00.003-05:002009-08-18T16:59:06.760-05:00

Sorry to Robinson, but I have decided that in case of a tie (1 for d5 and 1 for Nf6) that the move which was originally suggested first will win the tiebreak. There really isn't much of another way to decide this without looking like I am choosing for you. Also thanks to Anonymous (*cough* Jason *cough*) for voting. Hopefully we can get more votes in the future so that we won't have to go through

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-78235803605735623302009-08-15T17:01:00.003-05:002009-08-15T17:10:12.893-05:00

...I have decided to try something different. I propose a match between myself and the readers. Obviously this won't be the same quality as other such matches (Some GM vs. World, etc.), but it will fill the time until I have something to post. I will post a new move every 3 days and will give the viewers the time between to comment on the position, the most popular move in the comments of the

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-18519411574974282392009-08-07T15:50:00.003-05:002009-08-07T16:03:00.081-05:00

Sorry folks, not much to report on for the past week. I've been playing blitz, but nothing has been too interesting (except for one game where I showed how little theory I know: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 dxc3? 6. Qd5 Nh6 7. Bxh6 0-0 which I somehow went on to win). My correspondence games are progressing as slowly as you would expect. Perhaps the biggest point of interest is

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-78392509816904941552009-07-30T11:18:00.004-05:002009-07-30T12:02:30.532-05:00

Played at the Training Quad tournament in Marshalltown. I got some revenge for my loss at the State Championship.Madison - Eichhorn1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5!?Ah, the Albin Countergambit. Nary a normal position ahead.3. dxe5 d4 4. a3 Be6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3So far so good. White usually can't hold on to the extra pawn, but instead tries to generate play while black takes the time to regain the pawn on e5. e3

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-67687540457999768322009-07-29T13:51:00.002-05:002009-07-29T13:54:03.879-05:00

I am all finished moving now (Yay!). All that is left between me and being able to annotate and post the game from Saturday is my Differential Equations Final tonight (ah summer classes). That said, I will have all the time in the world from tomorrow until the fall semester starts up. I expect to have the game posted by 2-3 PM Central Time, so in case you are just itching to see it, that is when

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-50316883290369825212009-07-27T07:19:00.003-05:002009-07-27T07:21:03.404-05:00

...but I won't be posting it for a few days since I am in the process of moving to my new apartment. On a side note, I hurt my back during the 8.5 hours of moving stuff yesterday, and today I get to move the really heavy stuff, i.e. couches and TV. Goodie gumdrop.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-71263906494499020222009-07-22T10:16:00.002-05:002009-07-22T10:22:25.048-05:00

This Saturday I will be playing in a training quad to help Iowa's Denker representative prepare for the Denker tournament.The Players are as follows:-Matt Anzis (Denker Rep)-George Eichhorn-Jason Juett-MyselfShould be able to get some good games, and ideally something interesting that I can post.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-83665273331335753452009-07-12T18:36:00.006-05:002009-07-12T18:57:42.745-05:00

Here is a game I played from the CCCP July Open, held yesterday in Ankeny. I did not use computer analysis for this, so feel free to question my analysis. Make sure to pay special attention to this endgame after move 25:Walker - MadisonCCCP July Open, Round 41. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4?!This is playable, but it gives up the bishop pair right away, which is black's only

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-47951721381048207142009-07-03T21:11:00.004-05:002009-07-03T21:24:35.355-05:00

Still nothing new to report chess fans. Sadly, none of my correspondence games are ending with interesting tactics or anything, and there are no tournaments around for me to go to. The previously mentioned cool tactic is being ridiculously drawn out by the opponent (who is now in a completely lost endgame), so it will be weeks until I can post it. That is not to mention some of my games, which

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-9297498423943670252009-06-25T09:55:00.002-05:002009-06-25T09:59:11.518-05:00

I don't really have anything interesting to post at the moment. I am in the middle of a pretty awesome tactic in one of my games in the USA:North Central vs. Phillipines match on Chess.com, but can't post it because the game is in progress. On a related note, how sad is this: I am playing board 3 against Italy, 6 against the Phillipines, 5 against Australia, etc. How come nobody strong from the

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-679725538462007552009-06-16T22:32:00.006-05:002009-06-16T22:57:36.399-05:00

Since I don't have anything else to post at the moment, I am going to post some of the fairly recent tactics from some of my correspondence games.Tactic 1: Difficulty: 4/10. Black to move.Tactic 2: Difficulty: 5/10. Black to move.Tactic 3: Difficulty: 3/10. White to move.Solutions:In a few more lines the solutions will be displayed.Make sure you are ready for them.Although, if you cheat, I won't

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-52693740454632295042009-06-10T15:24:00.005-05:002009-06-10T15:53:35.727-05:00

For my usual brief description I will go ahead and direct you back to the title of this entry. I played GM Larry Christiansen in a simul and increased my record against him to +2 =0 -0. Enough fanfare, enjoy the game.GM LarryC(2637) - MrMash(2047)WCL Simul June 9, 20091. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4!? Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6!?Lucky for me I vaguely remembered hearing somewhere along the line that

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-28591985275539650502009-06-09T09:49:00.003-05:002009-06-09T09:52:05.908-05:00

So, for the past week or so I have not played a single game. That makes it a little hard to post anything. Since I am actually getting consistent views on this thing, I should really play more so that I can guarantee being able to post every few days/week. Long story short, I will spend a lot of time playing blitz this week so that I will have something to post in the next couple days.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-72349486368353941752009-05-30T20:06:00.005-05:002009-06-01T17:09:54.624-05:00

**UPDATED WITH ANSWER AT BOTTOM**First note, I posted the solutions to the previous problems in the last post, so feel free to look at them. As for today, I ended up t-1st at the Hugh Myers tournament, with 3/4. Now to the cool part. I played one of the most incredible combinations of my chess career in the last round. I am going to give you the position tonight and will post the solution on

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-31000284880468892852009-05-27T18:12:00.005-05:002009-05-30T20:06:44.001-05:00

**UPDATED WITH ANSWERS AT BOTTOM**Since I decided that my games were not particularly stunning, I am going to post two highlight positions from my games. I am not going to post the answers for a day or two, but feel free to comment on the post with your answers. Also, if you really want to see any of the games, leave a comment and I will post something. Both problems are pretty easy, so don't

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-35382962455291674832009-05-26T22:11:00.002-05:002009-05-26T22:13:19.493-05:00

My Internet has been down for most of the day, so I have not been able to put any games from this past weekend up. Hopefully I will be able to post at least one tomorrow after getting back from the archaeological dig I am currently working on.Also: I plan on playing in the Hugh Myers memorial tournament this coming weekend in Moline, so be prepared for results from that.

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-21120743144458905792009-05-25T22:48:00.002-05:002009-05-25T22:55:19.266-05:00

It was a rather poor day for me on the wallchart, getting 0.0/2.0 on the day. I wasn't playing bad, I just wasn't playing as well as my opponents. Tomorrow night, I should finally have some time to post some of the games.Round 6: Black vs. Seth Homa (2284)Interesting Philidor that played a lot like a Dragon. I trapped his queen on h6, but had no way to attack and capture it. I missed a chance to

Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055372089204849973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887191351773950193.post-81046569185767612002009-05-24T23:02:00.002-05:002009-05-24T23:09:26.758-05:00

Sorry I haven't posted the first three games yet, but here are the results from today:Round 4: Black vs. Henry Sobo (2019)By all accounts, a sloppy game. Neither of us played very well. I got into a horrible bind where I was forced to stick my king on d8, but then somehow generated kingside counterplay. Eventually, my opponent incorrectly tried to stop my attack, but this dropped an exchange and

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I unfortunately only have 0.5/3.0 in the Open at this point, but not for lack of effort. Later today I will play rounds 4 and 5, and will hopefully post games 1-3 here.Round 1: Black vs. Aung Lwin (2313)Not too much to say about this game, I played the Philidor, and neither side ever really got anything going, so it fizzled to a draw.Round 2: White vs. FM Ali Morshedi (2294)This one was a

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