Tomas
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Tomas posted an update 9 months ago
Registration for the first Breaking 1500 Members tournament is closed. Those who entered, you guys can begin adding each other on chess.com and playing matches. See the google sheet on the club page and scroll to the tab at the bottom to find your group and know your fixtures.
Add fellow members on the chess.com…
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Keith F5 Comments-
Please describe how the sign in works for your tournament? I am afraid I missed something. Thanks 🙏
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When will this be done again? I sadly missed this opportunity.
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Tomas posted an update 10 months ago
Breaking 1500 Members Tournament – Update
Hi all,
The survey results are in! Most players prefer a Swiss format and 10-minute time control. While there was interest in a 15/10 increment (including mine), I believe the 10-minute option will allow for more games in a reasonable timeframe.
Since we have many players in North America, I’ve split the…
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Looks good. I should be free on Feb 16 unless my wife drags me to church. *lol* — I also don’t know how the Chess.com tournament software works. Is it possible to assign people to a tournament game and then give them a timeframe to complete it? That might make it possible to do longer time controls. I.e. We do a 30 minute tournament, but…
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How do we sign up?
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Lol Nate. I see what you’re saying and I think it makes sense as it would allow for much more flexibility. I think the only thing we should do is keep the time controls consistent so it’s an equal playing ground. So, we can start with 10 in the first iteration, then move to 15 / 10 increment in the next one. After that, if all goes well, I’ll…
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Keith, join the club here – https://www.chess.com/club/road-to-1500-of-the-breaking-1500-challenge/join/ecea73
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Tomas posted an update 10 months ago
🎉 Exciting News, Everyone! 🎉
Hey folks, Tomas here – a fellow member of the Breaking 1500 course! Based on popular request, I’ve set up a new club on chess.com where we’ll be hosting tournaments! 🏆♟️
Before we kick things off with regular tournaments, I need your help to make sure they’re tailored to everyone’s preferences. Below, you’ll find a…
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???? Exciting News, Everyone! ???? Hey folks, Tomas here – a fellow member of the Breaking 1500 course! Based on popular request, I’ve set up a new club on chess.com where we’ll be hosting tournaments! ????♟️ Before we kick things … Continue reading
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Also, if you have any other comments or questions then please share below, cheers!
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Thanks for this!
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Tomas posted an update 11 months ago
Oh, it feels so sweet. Haha.
Thanks Nelson
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Tomas posted an update a year ago
Develop your pieces. Castle before move 10. Rooks go on half-open files. When you’re ahead, trading is good. If you have a chance to put your rooks on the second rank, then do it. If there’s a free pawn I’m taking it.
Nice feeling when I can actually put the principles together like that once in a…
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Tomas posted an update a year ago
I’ve been struggling with endgames recently, so I was glad to get this hard-fought win. I missed a few opportunities to chase the rook around and it generally felt like a bit of a cat-and-mouse game. I’m not sure if I should have brought my Queen up on the second rank when he had two rooks there.
On move 53, I figured I was close to blowing…
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Missed mate in 1 on move 22! Doh! I’m not great in endgames, but if I have a queen vs rook like that, I’m actively looking for opportunities to set up forks with the queen to win pawns or the rook.
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I know, so frustrating! Haha
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I think Nelson talks about this is one of the lessons, but when playing the Owen’s I only play Bb4 IF white has moved their knight to d2 or c3 so I am pinning the knight. Otherwise I will develop other pieces until white moves their knight. The engine thought you made good moves, but I like my bishops and will only trade them early if I am… Read more
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Tomas posted an update a year ago
Looking back at it, I can’t believe how much I used to blunder (I was not new to chess by any means in early 2024)! The pictures below show an analysis of some of my losses in early and late 2024. In all of my losses (from a random sample of matches), I blundered more than 3 times in every single match. A personal favourite was one match in…
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“A personal favourite was one match in early 2024 where I blundered 13 times!!”
I got a good chuckle from this as I recently read a chess.com forum post where a user said, “it’s not a blunder if your opponent blunders harder”. To get 13 blunders in one game means your opponent was blundering just as hard as you were. LOL.
And kudos on the…
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Keith, for the record I just whizzed through some of those games from early 2024. Those numbers I put down were actually wrong. I guess maybe I used to think mistakes and misses were blunders? Either way, I still made enough of them in practically every game.
Glad you had a laugh at least!!
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Tomas posted an update a year ago
Breaking 900 for the first time, one day “breaking 1500”. 🙂
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Tomas posted an update a year ago
I blundered a piece earlier on in the game so I went down in material. To add further frustration, it was a mouse slip. My opponent gained himself a significant advantage on the clock.
But, at multiple stages, I kept remembering a line that Nelson said, “Wait until your opponent slips up.” Eventually, that opportunity arose. With 2 seconds left…
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Way to go!
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Like it !!
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