James M
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James M posted an update a year ago
I played an interesting G90/30 game last night, OTB rated game. My opponent was a bit dodgy when I asked his rating, he said he was new to rated OTB classical play, but disclosed that his chess.com rapid rating was 1800. If it’s any gauge, my chess.com rating right now is 1128, with a peak of 1147. So we settled on the idea that he has an…
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Stockfish is cruel criticism!
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James M posted an update a year ago
I played a USCF tournament yesterday and my final game of the day went a long 47 moves, where I resigned. I brought home 2nd place.
Review of the loss tells me that there are some fundamental misunderstandings that I have about chess positions.
I’ve annotated the game in the hopes that I could get…
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Forgot to add: I played as Black in this game
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I checked very quickly and 2 things jumped out at me. 1) When you decided against it, I would have traded queens. One pawn ahead is all it takes to win an endgame. If you managed to trade rooks and knights, that extra pawn would absolutely have been enough for you to win. Also, your pawn structure was better and white had doubled pawns, so…
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James M posted an update a year ago
Is it possible for me to reset my course to do it again?
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I’m working on consistently applying the anti-blunder process that you recommend. I had a process before but I believe that yours is easier to apply and more comprehensive, although I admit to tweaking it just a tad to my satisfaction.
This weekend, I played an OTB tournament and my opponent was +441elo on me. I played a near flawless…
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Hey James, unfortunately there’s no set time limit I can give you. In fact, I still blunder from time to time(see the most recent rating climb on YouTube…). But ideally you should notice that you blunder less and less… The fact that you made it most of that game should be an encouraging sign! Blunders will always happen, but the goal is…
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James M posted an update a year ago
I had a look at my opening repertoire yesterday and began to notice moves that could be improved. I consulted the engine, Lichess Master database and Player database to confirm my suspicions that I was playing a suboptimal line.
I saw that the rating comparison data had been updated…
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James M posted an update a year ago
Hi Nelson,
Thoroughly enjoyed the course. I had been on a win streak that started right before I started the course but I have been able to use some of what I learned in my games and I’m doing tactics with more intention.
In lesson 2.5 you talked about backward pawns. I wasn’t sure I understood why you didn’t also consider the pawn on f7 and h6…