Selenium Throws a Shut Out

Selenium in the U1800 won round 4 by a score of 4 - 0. Good job! Here is bshribharath winning the final game.

A very good game by azbycx

The win got a draw for Tellurium in round 4. No annotations needed. All good moves by azbycx.

Know Thy Opponent

You should check out your opponents games. Sometimes there is something there you can take advantage off. My opponent here didn't have much history but I noticed he played the Gran Prix attack in the Sicilian. So I spent some time and prepared something. If he doesn't play that way, oh well, use it against someone else. If he does play that line, you're at a big advantage.

Ivio on Fire

Ivio won two league games this weekend. Here's the game for Selenium in the U1800.

Good Defense by Ivio

Ivio played stellar defense to get a win for Niobium in round 4.

Fallen into a trap?

My round 4 game for Tellurium went as follows.

A Nice Win by JeeniousChess

Black never had a chance.

Krysto Survives

A late round 3 game. Krysto's win secured a draw in the match for Niobium.

Forsake Materialism

Has anyone read "Chess for Zebras". This is a very great book. I put in up there next to "My System". One part of the book gives a different way to think about losing the exchange. Say you lost your Rook for a Bishop. The player with the extra Rook must now prove that the Rook, in the resulting position, is stronger than the Bishop. And you must try to prove the opposite. Usually the extra exchange prevails, but not always. Rowson explains it more eloquently. In the following game az2112 could have given up a Rook for a Knight and gotten a large advantage.

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