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by iamachessstudent
Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:46 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports
Replies: 52
Views: 71084

Re: 2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports

Cliff:

Please check your board numbers to match numbers:

there is a duplicate and I dont know which is which

Just an FYI thanks :)

joshua
by iamachessstudent
Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:20 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2011 Zapper Memorial Tournament Scoreboard.
Replies: 9
Views: 19585

Re: 2011 Zapper Memorial Tournament Scoreboard.

Au Contraire..its a great start!
No blowouts, no minatures:)

Ill be updating the round 1 board 1 games tonight or Sunday...'nuff said (My team match competition starts in bout 3 houes so..:) ):_)

Good chess to all !

Joshua
by iamachessstudent
Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:23 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Need a few days off
Replies: 5
Views: 10378

Re: Need a few days off

Of course, take your time!
your health is MOST important, and I am sure we all understand and back you up :)

Joshua
by iamachessstudent
Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:30 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Team Tournament Time
Replies: 16
Views: 28062

Re: Team Tournament Time

Well, this Saturday is round one of the Team Club Match Tournament we have going on.. 4 clubs total. 10 boards each - board against board - 2 games ( 1 with each color) I have board 3 for my club and will be posting the moves here after the weekend is over...some with comments and analysis or just c...
by iamachessstudent
Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:45 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports
Replies: 52
Views: 71084

Re: 2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports

CLIFF !!

the 1st round of the 2021 Zapper:


Match: m1334532415
Zapper 2012
round one board 1
by iamachessstudent
Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:45 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Zapper Tournament Scoreboard
Replies: 208
Views: 201555

Re: Zapper Tournament Scoreboard

Great scores and Teams!
It was really fun and challenging!
by iamachessstudent
Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:17 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports
Replies: 52
Views: 71084

Re: 2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports

LOL Very, very well done on these my friend! I LOVE the logo and the reports are sure to be over the top as usual! Ill add the games I comment on, break down and analyzer here IF you do not mind as well?! A hob well done and I look forward to seeing it as we get more into the meat of the tournament!...
by iamachessstudent
Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:18 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Zapper 2012 Board ONE round ONE is up :)
Replies: 8
Views: 13725

Re: Zapper 2012 Board ONE round ONE is up :)

LOL
Nice point :)
by iamachessstudent
Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:25 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Zapper 2012 Board ONE round ONE is up :)
Replies: 8
Views: 13725

Re: Zapper 2012 Board ONE round ONE is up :)

Yea we all have till Monday so u CAN do that for your Team..
feel free :)
by iamachessstudent
Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:30 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Zapper 2012 Board ONE round ONE is up :)
Replies: 8
Views: 13725

Re: Zapper 2012 Board ONE round ONE is up :)

ACK
Im sorry!!
I thought cliff had every1 picked and teams were emailed

I feel like like crap now...Ill rescind the invite until every1is done!

joshua
by iamachessstudent
Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:29 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Zapper 2012 Board ONE round ONE is up :)
Replies: 8
Views: 13725

Zapper 2012 Board ONE round ONE is up :)

The match is posted!! Casissa's Chosen, I messaged each of you privately..Lets do it !! :) Good luck and please HAVE FUN!! joshua PS As an added bonus or how you want to look at it, Ill be analyzing each round of the games that I am playing in ( I.e. all round one board 1 games !).. Team captains, e...
by iamachessstudent
Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:26 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Team Tournament Time
Replies: 16
Views: 28062

Re: Team Tournament Time

TY guys :)
I will let you know as it goes, starts this Saturday and Sunday so you will be told :)


joshua
by iamachessstudent
Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:57 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Team Tournament Time
Replies: 16
Views: 28062

Re: Team Tournament Time

Thanks,' but you know how I feel about that I have posted in this forum before bout lack of participation or giving a damn I love some of the guys but its not worth going to the trouble and caring and getting totall ynada for feedback so ill do it privately more than likely...or at most q game or 2 ...
by iamachessstudent
Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:29 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Team Tournament Time
Replies: 16
Views: 28062

Team Tournament Time

Hey all Our Chess Club is about to start a Team Match tournament with 3 other Teams.. the way it works is pretty simple... It is a match play tournament 10 boards versus 10 boards and each board will play 1 game with each color...total of 2 games per match...Highest score overall takes 1st place and...
by iamachessstudent
Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:26 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Happy Eastern
Replies: 5
Views: 10478

Re: Happy Eastern

THANK YOU!!

HAPPY EASTER to all my Net-Chess Friends and their families as well!!
KIK BUTT CHESS IN APRIL:)

Joshua
by iamachessstudent
Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:49 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: David S White
Replies: 19
Views: 27188

Re: David S White

Thanks :)

I have faced the Sokolski only 4 times and an 2-2 total against it point total not win loss
Have not fought the Grob, but its a rare opening at best..

To each their own I guess:)

Joshua
by iamachessstudent
Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:07 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: David S White
Replies: 19
Views: 27188

Re: David S White

Hey David and company :) Thought I'd add a few statistics and trivia about both the Sokolsky (1.b4) and the Grob (1.g4) and hope it makes the post more enlightened and what not ::) The Sokolsky ( or as Tatakower called it, the "Orang-utang" ( he had gotten the idea as he visited the Vienna Zoo) and ...
by iamachessstudent
Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:27 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: David S White
Replies: 19
Views: 27188

Re: David S White

the games did look fun and thats is very kool!
It is always enjoyable to play someone that you can have a good game and have a meaningful talk with at the same time!
One of the main positives about this site that I like :)
thank u for sharing those games and insights:)

Joshua
by iamachessstudent
Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:35 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports
Replies: 52
Views: 71084

Re: 2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports

Well done!!!!!

Joshua
by iamachessstudent
Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:42 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Gmiller?
Replies: 7
Views: 11851

Re: Gmiller?

TY Eugene.

joshua
by iamachessstudent
Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:31 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Gmiller?
Replies: 7
Views: 11851

Re: Gmiller?

Ha
the forum has been dead lately
all the good stuff no one wants and the crap every1 replies to lol
oh well
MAy we may as well enjoy :)

Joshua
by iamachessstudent
Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:49 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Re: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.

Thanks Nils!
that was a hell of a game you annotated, lots of good strategic points, I liked it
I understand and thanks :)

joshua
by iamachessstudent
Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:28 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Re: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.

Understood, BUT i wasn't doing it only to HELP It was to show more of the way Chess is played and how to be better and the games to analyse and questions in general about the game thanks but that's not an excuse, as I said before its lack of caring or just not wanting to take time to write either wa...
by iamachessstudent
Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:04 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Re: Tips for the Chess Player..in general. last of my posts.

First, Id like to thank the FEW of you all that commented on this post and asked questions and adde dinformation, I really sincerley apprecioate that allot! I have decided not to continue any other postings like this because of lack of responses, interest and or caring.. I do know the handful of you...
by iamachessstudent
Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:11 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Re: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.

Brian,

Bobby wanted to use the F pawn as a battering ram to the Black King, which as you see is just what he did...
that is why he castled short, to utilize that half open F file ! :)

Joshua
by iamachessstudent
Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:56 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Re: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.

Hey Nils and THANKS:) Id did not detract at all, it just added more flavor to what I had said :) I should have quoted the source as you did but Thanks for sure! I had not checked the game with an engine as you, but it is interesting that Rae1 was not the wining move as Tal had said and Fischer thoug...
by iamachessstudent
Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:24 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Re: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.

Body Language can be VERY important in an OTB (over the board) chess game! Leaning forward, eyes intensely on the board!Look at a few videos of Kasparov as he is on the attack, the way he pushes his pawns, leans over the board..these are very important techniques that any1 can use to help intimidate...
by iamachessstudent
Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:36 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: ecperreault
Replies: 38
Views: 32807

Re: ecperreault

I enjoy Chess for the fun and comfort of it! If I face an odd opening, then I take it upon myself to show why that opening is wrong, and have fun with it ! I'm never insulted by anyone's choice of openings, I look at it as another challenge and as is been recorded; Anthony Miles BEAT Anatoly Karpov ...
by iamachessstudent
Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:22 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Open/closed; Positional/Tactical?!

This is a question that you will be asking yourself as you go thru potential openings, trying them and looking at the resulting positions arriving from those openings. A very important point to consider and remember is that the position you have AFTER your chosen opening should bear with what you li...
by iamachessstudent
Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:09 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

When should you resign ??

WHEN SHOULD YOU RESIGN?? Hey all :) This is a question that I have asked and most chess players I know at least ask themselves quite a bit...I'm going to try and give some instances and some general guidelines to help every one reading this answer that sticky question~! Resignation should occur whe...
by iamachessstudent
Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:24 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Re: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.

LOL
Ohhhh pfffffft you
You can adapt, we ALL adapt...

Ill add more to this column this weekend for u all, just give me feedback!

Joshua
by iamachessstudent
Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:51 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Re: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.

LOL Nicely said but.. Against my favorite d4 (!!!!) black has some nasty games also, the Benoni, Benko Gambit, any of the King's Indian,Blumenfeld Counter-Gambit and my personal nemesis, The Dutch Defense' Thats the beauty of Chess, you get away from the E pawn only to be presented with some nasties...
by iamachessstudent
Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:39 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Annotation Symbols explained

This is for everyone so you can all relate and understand the annotation symbols I'm going to be using in the games in the column moving forward...it is not hard and there are not many, so I will list them now : There are a lot of chess annotation symbols, but they are certainly not all that importa...
by iamachessstudent
Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:09 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2012 Zapper sign up
Replies: 63
Views: 80853

Re: 2012 Zapper sign up

Id like to say I'm really impressed with the number of sign-ups and the really good, strong players that we have ready for the next Zapper:)

I'm looking forward to it already and wish every1 good luck and Im glad to see all of you, even Brian :)

joshua
by iamachessstudent
Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:50 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2012 Zapper sign up
Replies: 63
Views: 80853

Re: 2012 Zapper sign up

lol
you all are a trip!! :)
by iamachessstudent
Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:34 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Re: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.

One addendum to my last post: Once you play your openings and you are comfortable, and happy with the positions you get AFTER the opening, then the middle game is MUCH easier to play. You have a fundamental understanding from the opening of what your strategy is as that color and a general idea of y...
by iamachessstudent
Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:25 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Re: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.

Hey john and THANKS :) Ill answer all your questions here as well :) Id love to do that with diagrams and centralizing on one or 2 themes a week,, but Im too stupid to know how to make thew diagrams to put in this forum :( Greg has explained and shown me but something justn is NOT clicking, BUT I'm ...
by iamachessstudent
Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:40 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Tips for the Chess Player..in general. Post 1

Basic Principles of Chess Opening Chess opening refers to the first 6-8 moves of the game, in which the players aim to bring their forces into a position which will give them the greatest potential power against their opponent. The following principles apply to this stage of the game ( in general, ...
by iamachessstudent
Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:35 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Tips for the Chess Player..in general.
Replies: 29
Views: 34261

Tips for the Chess Player..in general.

Hey all!! I thought I'd try to help some new comers as well as our established players by posting a few tips about the game itself...now bear with me, beccause some of you might yawn and say "yea yea yea", and "same old same old", but ALLOT might get a little help and learn from these tips I'll try ...
by iamachessstudent
Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:30 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Opening Book
Replies: 8
Views: 11252

Re: Opening Book

It looks interesting !
thanks for the heads up :)

Joshua
by iamachessstudent
Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:23 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2012 Zapper sign up
Replies: 63
Views: 80853

Re: 2012 Zapper sign up

I am ready of course:)
by iamachessstudent
Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:40 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Winning percentage
Replies: 15
Views: 17788

Re: Winning percentage

TY CLiff

Vrian lol

thansk to every1 that helped me out
I can live with thatpercentage:)
by iamachessstudent
Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:03 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Winning percentage
Replies: 15
Views: 17788

Re: Winning percentage

TY Jon :)

Your record is 454/95/189 (w/l/d) 738 total games

495/738= 67%

right?
by iamachessstudent
Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:19 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Winning percentage
Replies: 15
Views: 17788

Winning percentage

Does anyone know how to calculate your winning percentage for yourg ames?

I was thinking your total wins divided by the total draw plus losses but am not sure if this is right?

Help anyone??

TY somuch

Joshua
by iamachessstudent
Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:06 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Weekend Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 13104

Re: Weekend Tournament

Thanks Jpettit
JEff told me allot bout you btw so im honored to meet you!

?I have been working harder on my gambits, to get positional pressure and just squeeze...im working on it!
how are u and id love to play sometime :)

Joshua

TY also redketchup, and u kno u r worthy:)
by iamachessstudent
Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:04 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Weekend Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 13104

Re: Weekend Tournament

Wel,the Hurrican tournament is over... Hers is my 5tf and last round game... White: Joshua Blk: Walter Kemp ( Tampa's #2 player) 1. e4 ( this i had planned, i knew Walter was a Ruy Lopez diehard and I really wanted to play against his favorite variation. e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf1b5 Ng8e7 (Kemp's favorite v...
by iamachessstudent
Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:17 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Weekend Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 13104

Re: Weekend Tournament

Well hereis my 4th round game the 5th is about to begin White: Bartlett Blk: joshua English Opening 1.c4 c5 2.Nb1c3 Nb8c6 3.g3 g6 4.Bf1g2 Bf8g7 5.Ng1f3 e6 6.a3 Ng8e7 7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nc3b5 d6 10.Nb5xd4 a6 11.Nd4xc6 Ne7xc6 12.Bc1f4 Bg7xb2 13.Bf4xd6 Bb2xa1 14.Bd6xf8 Qd8xf8 15.Qd1xa1 Ra8b8 16.Rf1b...
by iamachessstudent
Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:28 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Weekend Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 13104

Weekend Tournament

Just felt like sharing: Im int he middle of a weekend "hurricane " tournament Hurricane: 5 rounds ( 1 game Friday evening, 2 games Saturday am and om, 2 games Sunday am and pm)( time controls are 1 hour 30 min /40 moves and 1 hour +20sec/move till end of the game! These are hard on your mind and bod...
by iamachessstudent
Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:32 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Zapper 2011 Board 2
Replies: 2
Views: 5393

Re: Zapper 2011 Board 2

We are all in:) the Match has started!

The Match number is : m1328182743
by iamachessstudent
Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:57 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Zapper 2011 Final Round.
Replies: 5
Views: 7597

Re: Zapper 2011 Final Round.

I have re-posted the Zapper board 2
roadrunner will join johnrbrown myself and sisterofmercy

Willl post match # once we all have joined!

Joshua