Chess Vibes | Jamie | Activity https://chessvibes.net/members/d90536c1/activity/ Activity feed for Jamie. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:47:49 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 bd0e59fa02f2ff015f34f4a1149457e1 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6883/#acomment-6886 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:39:37 -0600 @John I got my first knee replacement last year…trying to forgo the canes and walkers..at least temporarily 😛

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I found a couple of friends I who were on the HS chess team with. It’s been over 40 years since Jon and I played. I beat him for the first time!

https://www.chess.com/game/daily/937795171?move=0

]]> 78d08886b08c03e78959a68e7d07fb1b Jamie posted an update: I found a couple of friends I who were on the HS chess […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6883/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:01:18 -0600 I found a couple of friends I who were on the HS chess team with. It’s been over 40 years since Jon and I played. I beat him for the first time!

https://www.chess.com/game/daily/937795171?move=0

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Chess: Buttoneer vs jlhchessnut

Buttoneer (1488) vs jlhchessnut (1185). Buttoneer won by checkmate in 44 moves over 2 weeks. Click to review the game, move by move.

]]> 3 c25349f1727fbc0a4dbf4b7b40024e45 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6873/#acomment-6876 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:02:29 -0600 Nicely done! It reminded me of some of Nelson’s games with that time pressure!

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Sloppy ending but effective. My brain was smoking but the ladder mate saved me. Good game to my opponent.

Check out this #chess game: CHIGOZIE82872 vs armyguy63b – […]

]]> 555e469a6dd742feee91972f65f75cc3 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6844/#acomment-6868 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 17:39:30 -0600 Yeah. They didn’t know how to finish off the game. Good job getting the stalemate!

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So I played someone who seemed a bit below my level and blundered mate-in-one. They challenged a rematch and I accepted (free rating points?).. I did not play particularly well, […]

]]> 3c854906465a17b96209c402d3138ae6 Jamie posted an update: Should be fun!https://www.chess.com/game/daily/940604483 https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6866/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:45:12 -0600 Should be fun!

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Chess: Shairene_chess vs Buttoneer

Shairene_chess (1478) vs Buttoneer (1468). White to move. Game in progress. 2 moves over 23 minutes. Most games take 25 moves — can you already tell who’s going to win this one? Click to review the game, move by move.

]]> 0 c550868b061cc5bae3f9d904078ea34b Jamie posted an update: ever check in here to interact? https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6862/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:56:19 -0600 ever check in here to interact?

]]> 1 cadcd807a061deb5ad1f712171fe3511 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6857/#acomment-6861 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:54:26 -0600 @1sttim1-18 Thanks!

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I feel pretty good about this one.

https://www.chess.com/game/daily/936802573?move=0

]]> 5ef08f31e2c19f13939c77ea8303710a Jamie posted an update: I feel pretty good about […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6857/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:20:20 -0600 I feel pretty good about this one.

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Chess: Buttoneer vs fzxtchrRET

Buttoneer (1477) vs fzxtchrRET (1348). Buttoneer won by resignation in 37 moves over 5 days. Click to review the game, move by move.

]]> 2 ed918d2ec6d5e636e816c485f5d369c0 Jamie posted an update: https://youtu.be/oyNJ91YJGJM?si=35ToB-xwP1zaxwXI https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6851/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:52:09 -0600 https://youtu.be/oyNJ91YJGJM?si=35ToB-xwP1zaxwXI

]]> 2 46631dd491d71f687eab04dda6b8a982 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6835/#acomment-6837 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:36:20 -0600 Welp, he just blundered his Queen and resigned.

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but I think I screwed it up. I didn’t know what to do after black plays 3. Qd5
https://www.chess.com/game/daily/935689331

]]> 2006a1a33730020363800fce9674270f Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6825/#acomment-6836 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:58:20 -0600 Congrats!!

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This is nuts. Totally missed a mate in 1 because I was so focused on the other side of the board. Good game to my opponent and THANKS to Nelson for the Scandanavian course!

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]]> 4d262896aea98e7c6c95f112fd1c9e2f Jamie posted an update: but I think I screwed it up. I didn't know what to […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6835/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:57:21 -0600 but I think I screwed it up. I didn’t know what to do after black plays 3. Qd5
https://www.chess.com/game/daily/935689331

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Chess: Buttoneer vs fzxtchrRET

Buttoneer (1444) vs fzxtchrRET (1374). Black to move. Game in progress. 15 moves over 20 hours. Most games take 25 moves — is the end in sight, or will the defenses hold? Click to review the game, move by move.

]]> 2 d2dac711a5c3fc4a0f87d6b979387678 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6783/#acomment-6784 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:28:17 -0600 Some of my favorites

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https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-memes


]]> 1ae4fe946c451fa1407f14adde0d29d4 Jamie posted an update: https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-memes https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6783/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:24:46 -0600 https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-memes

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20 Chess Memes That Will Make You Laugh

It is no secret that chess is a game of a lot of depth. It is not a simple sport: some consider it to be a science, while others see it as an art form. Sometimes, though, people can view … Continue reading

]]> 3 d51390899793fec0dcdcf5433f944a21 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6771/#acomment-6782 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:19:32 -0600 Love the sniper bishops setup!

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Once Nelson said if you blunder just pretend it was on purpose. This time it happened to work. Was trying the queen bishop battery out after reviewing some of the breaking 1500 ideas. […]

]]> 172293bd835d682136114710d9bc0110 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6760/#acomment-6772 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:41:20 -0600 I got mated. I don’t know what I was thinking moving so many pawns…

In reply to - Jamie posted an update I’m not going to give up, and will make it complicated. Maybe he’ll blunder! “this is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, […] ]]> 8528db88d4dbdccdf058a710c7294b35 Jamie posted an update: I'm not going to give up, and will make it […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6760/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:18:51 -0600 I’m not going to give up, and will make it complicated. Maybe he’ll blunder!
“this is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty” – Winston Churchill


https://www.chess.com/daily/game/926112885

]]> 1 4e73e9c2787f04e39b6e2be5b0a32231 Jamie posted an update: Are there certain days and times? I'm EDT. https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6744/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:28:10 -0600 Are there certain days and times? I’m EDT.

]]> 0 a0ffd57614c3efed0220c237a0794e02 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6711/#acomment-6730 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:00:44 -0600 Well done!!

In reply to - Keith posted an update Check out this #chess game: armyguy63b vs TDentonEsquire – https://www.chess.com/game/164289800300 Good game to my opponent! ]]> 0daf181e9c6cde0f8fc863999e3b2bfb Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6726/#acomment-6729 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:58:09 -0600 Agreed! I just finished it.

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Highly recommend Queen of Chess documentary on Netflix! Judit is a real class act!

]]> 8f3fbda406fe9563889553b747ecc550 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6683/#acomment-6698 Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:33:24 -0600 @John I ended up winning. 🙂

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One of the important lessons Nelson reminds us to do is to see what has changed when your opponent makes a move. I neglected to do that in this game when my opponent, playing black, […]

]]> ded520a82f400ccc292d414909e04de2 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6683/#acomment-6687 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:00:50 -0600 @John Thanks!

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One of the important lessons Nelson reminds us to do is to see what has changed when your opponent makes a move. I neglected to do that in this game when my opponent, playing black, […]

]]> 2ddd42b5e8003371679b19d8fd41cce1 Jamie posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6678/#acomment-6684 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:45:24 -0600 I did not lose it.

In reply to - Charles posted an update Did anyone lose the Breaking 1500 courses? ]]> 19954cf29675eb974ade40c54a2e4d17 Jamie posted an update: One of the important lessons Nelson reminds us to do is […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6683/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:17:44 -0600 One of the important lessons Nelson reminds us to do is to see what has changed when your opponent makes a move. I neglected to do that in this game when my opponent, playing black, moved his bishop to g5 on move #26. I was so focused on mating him, that I missed that his rook was protecting the mating square after he moved the bishop and…

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Chess: Buttoneer vs Pashodwinter

Buttoneer (1369) vs Pashodwinter (1079). Black to move. Game in progress. 35 moves over 1 week. Moving into the endgame — how many moves left? Click to review the game, move by move.

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