If this is preparation, it may be dangerous. If not, it’s a free pawn. That was what I
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How does one recover from this · Road to GM, Game 223
A game I wish I could forget. It hasn’t been going too well. Trying to explain my feelings
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A lesson in counterplay and prophylaxis · Road to GM, Game 222
When the position is close to winning, think about preventing counterplay, not about winning! I made the mistake
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20 mistakes in a 27-move game · Road to GM, Game 221
This was a tough game. It rarely happens that you understand almost nothing. I faced a Fide master
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Coward · Road to GM, Game 219, 220
I faced the Croatian women’s chess champion in a mad attacking game and got scared. I chose a
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Remember this name · Road to GM, Game 218
I played an 8 year old prodigy in a complicated strategic battle. This is my round 1 game
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Complications in the Caro-Kann (IQP Panov) · Training Game
A training game in the Panov Caro-Kann. A typical IQP position which became very sharp straight out of
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Letting emotions influence decision making · Road to GM, Game 217
Chess is a logical game. Emotions simply cannot be allowed to influence the way we think during a
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Playing against the Dutch seems easy · Road to GM, Game 216
You get a position in which you think you can win. What should you do? That is what
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Here’s why you shouldn’t avoid Caro-Kann theory · Road to GM, Game 215
My opponent decided to deviate from Caro-Kann theory. I don’t know why exactly, but it allowed me to
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