Showing posts with label mckenna215. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mckenna215. Show all posts
Thursday, August 8, 2013

The Wrecking Ball

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When Black, in this game, passes up going Kingside with his monarch to find safety for later going Queenside, he might have been wary of t...
Sunday, February 26, 2012

Sunday Tournament Update

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With one game left to complete in the ChessWorld Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament, and that one largely unbalanced, the final standings can...
Saturday, February 4, 2012

What Do You See?

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The following position is from the game braken - mckenna215, Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament, ChessWorld, 2011 , one of the few drawn game...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Retrospective

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I was looking through a number of the games in the nearly-finished ChessWorld Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament when I was surprised by t...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

My Horse is Faster Than Your Horse

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If the finish of the following game can be considered somewhat of a horse race, then it proves to be a mismatch, and a victory for White (...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Sunday Tournament Update

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With five games left in the ChessWorld Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament, the leaders have been decided, but battles still rage up and down ...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Sunday Tournament Update

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The standings of the current ChessWorld Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament AsceticKingK9                                                  ...
Sunday, December 4, 2011

Sunday Tournament Update

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As the ChessWorld Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament continues to wind down, with no further resolution of the top finishers (beyond Asceti...
Saturday, December 3, 2011

Changing of the Guard

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The Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament that is finishing up at ChessWorld is showing the emergence of new faces – AsceticKingK9 and mckenna2...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

Sunday Tournament Update

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There is an old caution that If you strike the King, you must kill him . Anything less than a terminal blow will allow the monarch to strik...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

Sunday Tournament Update

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Little has changed  at the top of the standings in the ChessWorld Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament, where almost 90% of the games have bee...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

Sunday Tournament Update

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Elvis has left the building. After rocketing to the top of the chart with a score of 25 points in 25 games in the Chess World Jerome Ga...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Sunday Tournament Update

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With over 80% of its games completed, the ChessWorld Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament continues to be a monstrous battle between its top t...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Sunday Tournament Update

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  AsceticKingK9 is clearly the "top dog" as the ChessWorld Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament heats up, with 2/3 if its games compl...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Sunday Tournament Update

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With almost 60% of the games in the ChessWorld Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament completed, it is possible to rule out a half of the player...
Sunday, October 9, 2011

Sunday Tournament Update

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The ChessWorld Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) Thematic Tournament continues, with all of the players firing off mov...
Friday, October 7, 2011

A Not-so-Simple "Simple Endgame"

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In the following game, both players seemed interested in reaching a simple Bishops-of-opposite-colors endgame. Apparently Black, a pawn dow...