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rodrook
The Chess Community
2026-05-20 17:55
Top Seat Lichess Crazyhouse Team - Weekly Bullet Crazyhouse Team Battle
Not my best performance, losing to most players with a lower Rating then my own. I very seldom attempt one minute bullet but I decided to give this one a try, since it was at the very beginning of the
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2026-05-10 20:11
7th Place - Saturday Hive Chess Tournament!!!
A very positive Tournament for me, my highest performance rating in our Saturday Hive Chess Tournament. Also With a Little Improved Play & Luck, I return back to the 1500+ hundreds Blitz rating again,
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2026-05-04 17:42
THE BEAUTY OF CRAZYHOUSE - White to Play, Checkmate in three!!!
Black has played a dominating game also White has blunder it’s Queen on move 22. Black has 19 points advantage and currently have the White Queen in check and surrounded. White to Play, Checkmate in three!
rodrook
The Chess Community
2026-03-16 23:34
7th Place Finish in Saturday Tournament (Checkmate/Resign Puzzle)
With an average performance a little higher than my rating I placed 7th in the Strong Saturday Tournament. I won 1 game in my first seven games. Then 4 in a row mostly against lesser or equal ratings and
rodrook
The Chess Community
2026-03-14 23:35
First Win In A few years!
After refusing to play Blitz tournaments with a less than 1200 rating, I found some success in Crazy House. I can play at a somewhat high level but just as easily at a lower level. In the game below I
rodrook
The City of Neoxian
2025-12-19 11:28
Rotating Hive Logo
I notice for the first time since using the rotating Hive Logo on my post something very unique. You can view it as rotating left or rotating right, depending where you look first. Look or focus at the
rodrook
The Chess Community
2025-12-17 19:04
QUESTION FOR THE CHESS COMMUNITY (and of course others)
What does a 72 year old DAD, Grand Pa and retired Information Technologist do with one fifth of his time??? Of course this is a rhetorical question for the chess community. A community where there are
rodrook
The Chess Community
2025-09-27 18:57
Chess Riddle !!!
Chess960 League Season 38 kick-off White to move. How can Black avoid checkmate click here for the answer!
rodrook
The Chess Community
2025-07-21 02:26
CRAZY HOUSE PUZZLE - Deleted
rodrook
The Chess Community
2025-06-21 12:28
Fun Crazyhouse Game
Hello Chess Community!!! Weekly Crazyhouse Arena A fun Crazy Game: Queen Sacrifice, Mate in 10! Fast instinctively play, putting pieces back on the board quickly... @RodRook
rodrook
The Chess Community
2024-01-08 22:24
Hello Chess Community!
A little bad news (big news really for me). Lilchess.org has mistakenly marked my account for external assistance in games. Of course I wrote a detail appeal; however I found that you only get 1000 characters
rodrook
The Chess Community
2023-08-01 14:28
H E L L O Chess Community!
It been a while since I posted. It been a while since I reported. It been a while since I had less errors than my opponents. Less than 1700 is not really impressive in the chess community; However if you
rodrook
The Chess Community
2022-12-17 03:46
Hello Chess Community
I am happy to see the Chess Community still going strong! Big thanks to @stayoutoftherz and @schamangerbert For the Friday & Saturday tournaments. I am sure @chessbrotherspro team will continue there
rodrook
The Chess Community
2022-04-07 20:43
IT WILL BE GLORIOUS
An Opportunity To Play And Defeat All Hive Top Chess Players. Star Trek Klingon would say: IT WILL BE GLORIOUS (maybe) :). As a life time athlete in many sports I want to take a moment and reflect on old
rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-11-12 23:22
Success is Often Fleeting (just enjoy and smile while you on top :) )
Now if you just happen to look in at the the Friday chess tournament score board today you may have thought the tournament scoreboard was upside down. As one of the lowest rank score player was at the
rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-11-10 04:49
Bishops are Sneaky and Dangerous
In 2018 before I completely lost my memory and mine I wrote a chess program for my granddaughters ( Imagine my delight when they became interested in chess they were 5 & 8 years at the time. They were
rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-10-30 23:30
Too Many Blunders in the Chess League (hope I'm not a bad influence)
I think we all have been pretty satisfied with the development of our great chess leagues. So much competition and so much fun. I would like to point out to our very young field of strong chess players
rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-10-12 04:01
BLUNDERING PIECES NOT THE BIGGEST BLUNDER – (Ghost scenario and missing pieces)
When you blunder a piece away it is immediately notice by both players or anyone watching. There is another type of blunder that not as obvious as a piece blunder. It's not as obvious because there are
rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-10-02 05:04
Hive Tournament Players
“When your opponents make more blunders then you, it’s a lot easier to win!” @rodrook
rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-07-31 02:58
Hivechess Tournament Season 7 Round 3 Winners: @Burnoutawesomehive @Jaki01 @RodRook
FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK Yes I have been taking these three vitamin for more than six months but I will share a secret. The only thing that works for older chess players is about thirty minutes of exercise
