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Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:26:31 -0600

Thanks for sage advice Tom – even though you guys drive on wrong side of road. :). Let’s keep in touch about our chess learning ordeals via this platform. I have just started second experiment with Owen’s Defense. Hope you’re having a good weekend.

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This is said game in progress. You can see that I have already deviated from the advised order due to my opponents moves. Any advice welcome. I guess the best thing to do is […]

Robert M posted a new activity comment

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:54:15 -0600

Hi Tom. I actually hired a chess coach some time ago and he has improved me. But now our meetings are erratic and he has me doing three different openings for white and black and I’m not sure how competent I am at any of them except for the Queen’s Gambit. I joined this platform because the idea of just two openings appealed to me as I…

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This is said game in progress. You can see that I have already deviated from the advised order due to my opponents moves. Any advice welcome. I guess the best thing to do is […]

Robert M posted a new activity comment

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:49:02 -0600

Thanks Chris.

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This is said game in progress. You can see that I have already deviated from the advised order due to my opponents moves. Any advice welcome. I guess the best thing to do is […]

Robert M posted a new activity comment

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:38:47 -0600

@1sttim1-18 Thanks Tim.

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Hi. I just started playing chess again about a year ago after I retired. So I had about a thirty year lull! I have made some progress but I thought that this course was really a […]

Robert M posted an update: This is said game in progress. You can see that I […]

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:40:35 -0600

This is said game in progress. You can see that I have already deviated from the advised order due to my opponents moves. Any advice welcome. I guess the best thing to do is keep general objectives of strategy in mind and try to adapt?

Robert M posted an update: Hi. I just started playing chess again about a year […]

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:28:38 -0600

Hi. I just started playing chess again about a year ago after I retired. So I had about a thirty year lull! I have made some progress but I thought that this course was really a way forward and I think I was right.

I started trying to practice the Owen’s defense and am literally on the second game in this regard. I note that I have not seen…