tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Dec 11, 2009, 2:58 pm
This puzzle is a tough one. It is - if you don't see the idea or continuing line. But once you see it, you'll understand it. This just occurred less than 10 min ago in a blitz game I played o...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Nov 26, 2009, 5:13 am
This is it. Your moment of glory. As your eyes are transfixed on the board before you, your mind is on overload. It's been busy calculating variation after variation. But you know the truth. Only...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Nov 25, 2009, 3:46 pm
In the World Youth Championships concluded recently, Bobby Cheng came in first in the U12 category. My best of congratulations to him and his family! There was a sudden and marked improvement in hi...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Nov 17, 2009, 7:45 pm
We've all heard the talk before. How this new chess book will solve all your woes. Will increase your rating by a gazillion Elo points. That your opponents would be floundering with your new foun...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Nov 12, 2009, 4:55 pm
Round 1 results: U-8 Open: Smirnov Anton (1853) (AUS) 1 - 0 Kesgin Halit Kaan (0) (TUR) U-10 Open: Gray Callum James (0) (AUS) 0 - 1 Shurunov Andrei (1887) (RUS) U-12 Open: Akhmetov Ayan (KAZ) 1 - ...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Nov 10, 2009, 6:36 am
Why are chess players so fascinated with the 8th World Champion, Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal? He was, after all, only World Champion for a year before being defeated by Mikhail Botvinnik in the rematch ...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Nov 4, 2009, 4:27 pm
(Fischer v Tal) The Mikhail Tal Memorial this year is the one to look out for and is probably the most anticipated event. This Category XXI rated tournament has a star studded "cast" comprising 10 o...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Nov 3, 2009, 8:48 pm
This year's World Youth Chess Championship 2009 will be held in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey between Nov 11th and Nov 23th. Here's to the best of wishes for the team. The Australian contingent compr...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Nov 1, 2009, 8:13 pm
We've all been through it before. We get ground to the ground and getting punished with defeat after defeat. Or we study the different aspects of chess (from tactics to strategy to endgames etc.)...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Oct 23, 2009, 8:05 pm
Why are tactics so important in chess? Because playing chess requires precision and calculation is typically the single most important factor between winning and losing. I myself have gotten lost in...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Oct 23, 2009, 2:03 pm
Australia helps to kick off the Solomon Islands' First International Chess Tournament.
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Oct 22, 2009, 4:40 am
The last few weeks, I've been pleasantly surprised by the Australian newspaper. It is now carrying a section on Chess once every week in its Mind Games section. The Chess section is taken from Th...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Oct 7, 2009, 7:15 am
Australia (well, most states anyway) has officially switched over to daylight savings, turning the clock forward by an hour. This has the most unfortunate side effect of my working hours changing fro...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Sep 22, 2009, 3:27 pm
A dense dust storm descended on Sydney overnight and it turned everything blood red. This photo is taken without any filters. The end of the world is coming! :) More photos on the "Apocalypse" can b...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Sep 17, 2009, 6:28 pm
As some of you might have surmised, I've unfortunately been packed loaded with office work and this has unfortunately led me away from chess for the time being and not being able to update this bl...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Jul 21, 2009, 6:35 pm
Visualisation is a very important technique that every chess player must grasp if he/she is to improve. The ability to not just transfer ideas that you see in 2 dimensions - be it on a computer scree...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Jul 12, 2009, 9:29 pm
I'm at home and not at work as I'm down with the flu, hence my lack of postings in the last few weeks. Apologies to one and all. A running nose, a hoarse voice and a persistent dry cough is w...
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Jul 2, 2009, 9:36 pm
Out of curiosity, I decided to try the quiz link posted on Greg's blog. The quiz was linked from Farbror's weblog. And this is my result: The Rolls Royce of chess openings.... hmmm... :)
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tan c. posted an article on Lousy@Chess - Jun 30, 2009, 11:25 pm
I lost last night to 11 year old Peng Yu Chen (rated 1624) in the U1600 NSW Grade Match playing on Board 2 v St George Saints. We transposed into a French like position (I was White) and a mistake on...
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