Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Lee-D Wins Again

Strontium Rd 2. Lee-D won his opponents Queen. Strontium won the match 3-1

Breaking The Fortress


Technetium Rd 2. ben622622 annotates his game from round 2. My notes in ( ). A key game that helped Technetium win the match 3-1. ben622 broke down the fortress.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Elalfer Wins Again

Rubidium Rd 2. No problems for Elalfer in this game. A smooth win.

Nice Win By TerryMalloy

Caesium Rd 2. White made a mistake and TerryMalloy jumped on it and tore his opponent to shreds.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Correct Endgame Play

Bohrium Rd 2. After my rant about endgames I thought I'd show you how, with a little work, you can turn these situations into wins. Upsan gives a great example.

Good Game From Sirian

Selenium Rd 2. Sirian played some great moves.

Another Train Wreck


Tellurium Rd 2. I'm always making rants about studying endgames. You make all these great moves but when you get to the endgame you throw it all away. Or your opponent does. But endings are boring you say. But they're not. It's the truth in Chess. Not to mention all the extra wins and half points you get, thus an increased rating. And studying endings increases your calculating ability which helps in all phases of the game. In this game Tamarin makes one less mistake and gets the win.

viking99 Plays 12.Nxf7

Bohrium Rd 2. What a shot.

room-matt Wins


Technetium Rd 2. A real train wreck of a game. White was playing real fast, giving away material. What can room-matt do but make good moves, take the material, and get the win.

DARKwizard1 Wins.

Rhenium Rd 2. DARKwizard1 won a pawn and nurtured it to victory. An important win as it allowed Rhenium to draw the match.