Chess Vibes | David | Activity https://chessvibes.net/members/cec0ece0/activity/ Activity feed for David. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:23:41 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 f5b4f1a3916c787df75d793d090400ca David posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/1765/#acomment-1781 Sat, 20 Jul 2024 21:31:22 -0600 You’re probably better at following recommendations than me 😁

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Hi all. First try ever using Owen’s as black. white blundered E4 after Bxc3 leaving the pawn undefended, just like Nelson said was common. The opponent’s position quickly crumbled and […]

]]> c91db29c26cc9e0ee5d1fe50d3a98f26 David posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/1765/#acomment-1773 Sat, 20 Jul 2024 19:19:34 -0600 Do you mind sharing a link? Love to see the moves.

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Hi all. First try ever using Owen’s as black. white blundered E4 after Bxc3 leaving the pawn undefended, just like Nelson said was common. The opponent’s position quickly crumbled and […]

]]> 6daf27d82b7cef2e345a35bb543b43f3 David posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/1743/#acomment-1772 Sat, 20 Jul 2024 19:16:00 -0600 Not a fan of playing bots more often than not: the mistakes they make are not very human and their good moves can be better than humans at the same rating at times too. I typically play new openings in blitz first because that rating is less good compared to my rapid so I care less. Opening a second account on chess.com is allowed if you…

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I just finished the first module. Very helpful thoughts and counsel, no matter how good you are. Chess, like many things, can be a head game. I think another point worth highlighting […]

]]> 3da92134bbf06ba207a5b42305c5cbc3 David posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/1757/#acomment-1762 Sat, 20 Jul 2024 18:00:24 -0600 Looks like the final section of the tactics module may answer this (“Lesson 4.22: Where, When, & How To Study Tactics”) but I’m not there yet. I’d just watch through the module and press pause when Nelson tells you to (lots of practicing opportunities in the videos)

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Hey Nelson, thank you for putting the course together!

Question –

I’m about to hop into module 4 (tactics) and was wondering what is the best way to balance my study/game time: I have […]

]]> 39e5a15e034740f36bc3097b19758801 David posted an update: Played my first rapid game with the Stonewall. Didn't […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/1761/ Sat, 20 Jul 2024 17:45:02 -0600 Played my first rapid game with the Stonewall. Didn’t go quite as planned (didn’t get my stonewall setup) but opponent blundered and then resigned so got the win anyway: Chess: dpen2000 vs sibu_08 – Chess.com

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Chess: dpen2000 vs sibu_08

dpen2000 (720) vs sibu_08 (619). dpen2000 won by resignation in 9 moves. Click to review the game, move by move.

]]> 1 b77b763b93f02aa0ffaa4fe410c56466 David posted an update: First game I've lost in the Owen's […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/1137/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 18:11:12 -0600 First game I’ve lost in the Owen’s Defence: https://www.chess.com/live/game/108291657608 … Lost on time but was out of book pretty quickly because of opponent’s unexpected but apparently very accurate moves (we both played at over 95%). My rapid rating is a little too precious to me to use openings i’m not confident with. (Only two other… Read more

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Chess: Siedoggs2 vs dpen2000

Siedoggs2 (260) vs dpen2000 (232). Siedoggs2 won on time in 13 moves. Click to review the game, move by move.

]]> 0 487fc19a2991e0dba5e3f1d4c20f41d8 David posted an update: Won my very first game in the Owen's Defence. Opponent […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/933/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:37:09 -0600 Won my very first game in the Owen’s Defence. Opponent took one look at b6 and instantly resigned 😁

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