Greetings to you all! And well-done to everyone who participated in the tournament yesterday. I finished third place, which is a first. I was lucky a few of the other top players were absent/inactive but

I hope this post meets you all well.. Something sad-funny just happened to me and I'd really like to share and hear from fellow chessmaniacs.. I'd like to start by saying I'm a very serious person, too

I hope y'all are doing fine, and well done to everyone who participated today. I'll start by saying I had a very sh*tty time today. I've always known myself to be someone who takes competitions very seriously

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I know it's felt like forever since I've been away (haha), but life has put me on a full-blown marathon the past few weeks. Final exams, final projects, final everything. The final stretch of my final

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"Miss Carter, when is Mrs. Reyes back?" I freeze mid-sentence as I scribble fractions on the board. Third time today someone has inquired about that. Third time I've had to shove down the truth

Let me start by saying: blessed be he who made chess. I obsess over this game for so many reasons. With chess, you learn most lessons about life: patience being the most important. Then there's confidence,

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There's my checkmate, and you can see my original queen is actually outside. That one there is a promoted pawn. Let me walk you through where it all started. I won’t bore you with the start of the game

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