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Originally posted by mosquitorespect
1469 and rising! That's good advice! The Jon Edwards site is very good, especially the five steps to victory. The only problem is that most of the tactical walk throughs are entered in wrongly and don't work. The grandmaster games, however, are really educational and inspiring. The shredder opening database is great too.

Haven't got too much ...[text shortened]... depending on getting my game load down and having a better balance of learning and playing.
2/9 not bad seeing that 3 people answered.

The tactics, I haven't really looked at but at chess.about.com do those tactic puzzles. I posted the link on there also.

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Originally posted by RahimK
2/9 not bad seeing that 3 people answered.

The tactics, I haven't really looked at but at chess.about.com do those tactic puzzles. I posted the link on there also.
Yes, I have done some of those and need to do more, I couldn't even get all of the easy ones, only managed a few of the intermediates and have yet to try the difficult!

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Originally posted by mosquitorespect
Yes, I have done some of those and need to do more, I couldn't even get all of the easy ones, only managed a few of the intermediates and have yet to try the difficult!
No worries, as long as you attempted to do them. I had trouble also when I first started.

Look at the solution figure out what you missed and then do the next one. When you are done, go over them again till you get them all right. That way the pattern will stick in your head and you will be able to solve similar problems easily since you know what patterns to look for.

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Just hit 1500, earlier than I expected!

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Originally posted by mosquitorespect
Just hit 1500, earlier than I expected!
Congratulations!

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Originally posted by mosquitorespect
Just hit 1500, earlier than I expected!
great. just great. welcome to the upper level. where you can see beyond the pieces. where you can feel spirit of the game. where you can finally open your eyes and see the beauty of the game. feel it. congrats.

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Originally posted by mosquitorespect
Just hit 1500, earlier than I expected!
Nice work πŸ™‚

I wonder how other people are doing.

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Thank you, all three of you.

As for the others:

razor2007 - appears to have left the site
Mctayto - 1408 (hooray!)
Aiko - 1307 (getting there)
Coconut - 1270 (could do better)
Loose Screw - 1323 (on the way)
Derfel Cadarn - 1413 (hooray!)
kaiza - p1317 (give him/her time)
big bar - *censored*
ichthus003 - p 1056
millerman - 1359 (pretty good)
JoniG - unrated
Wayne1324 - 1060 (beginner)

So three of us have made it already and another four aren't too far off. Magnifico!

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Originally posted by mosquitorespect
Thank you, all three of you.

As for the others:

razor2007 - appears to have left the site
Mctayto - 1408 (hooray!)
Aiko - 1307 (getting there)
Coconut - 1270 (could do better)
Loose Screw - 1323 (on the way)
Derfel Cadarn - 1413 (hooray!)
kaiza - p1317 (give him/her time)
big bar - *censored*
ichthus003 - p 1056
millerman - 1359 (prett ...[text shortened]... ginner)

So three of us have made it already and another four aren't too far off. Magnifico!
Mine won't hold πŸ™
Been away for a few days, just made a load of moves as quickly as possible playing catch up on my games so expect I have made some errors πŸ™
However I will revert back to the plan πŸ™‚

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Originally posted by Mctayto
Mine won't hold πŸ™
Been away for a few days, just made a load of moves as quickly as possible playing catch up on my games so expect I have made some errors πŸ™
However I will revert back to the plan πŸ™‚
Mine won't hold either. I'll get up there and then make a boneheaded move or play some sandbagging douchebag...

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Originally posted by Derfel Cadarn
Mine won't hold either.
gosh. With that attitude you can be sure it wont hold.

ambition is needed; do you wanna see the real beauty of the game or do you wanna just keep pushing pawns and moving pieces randomly???

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Originally posted by Jusuh
gosh. With that attitude you can be sure it wont hold.

ambition is needed; do you wanna see the real beauty of the game or do you wanna just keep pushing pawns and moving pieces randomly???
Don't talk to me about being ambitious. You haven't moved in 60 days.

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Originally posted by Mctayto
Mine won't hold πŸ™
Been away for a few days, just made a load of moves as quickly as possible playing catch up on my games so expect I have made some errors πŸ™
However I will revert back to the plan πŸ™‚
Ah, Rule 1 was Take your time I believe.

No hope chess students, it's not the right way to play chessπŸ™

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Hmm, the thing i have trouble with is coming up with a "plan". I've heard alot of people saying its good to have a plan, the only trouble with that is my plans involve early checkmates, which I know im not supposed to go for (unless my opponent blunders). So my question is:

When making a plan (in the middle game) what should i go for (assuming my opponent won't blunder)?

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Originally posted by kaiza
Hmm, the thing i have trouble with is coming up with a "plan". I've heard alot of people saying its good to have a plan, the only trouble with that is my plans involve early checkmates, which I know im not supposed to go for (unless my opponent blunders). So my question is:

When making a plan (in the middle game) what should i go for (assuming my opponent won't blunder)?
Try for active piece placement.

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