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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
CHESS PUZZLES for my chess students - FROM A RECENT GAME!
Taken from a USCF QUICK CHESS rated Game played last night! - Chess Coach Sean.
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Here is a nice two move checkmate puzzle for the less experienced players out there... or a two mover for all lovers of chess! Black to play and win.
PUZZLE I
COACH SEAN
COACH SEAN
COACH KEN
So this was move 35 and my previous play had been 34. ...Nh4 setting up a threat. Ken played 35. d3 - d4 and now you have the diagrammed position up above. Black to play and win in two moves.
PUZZLE II
Sometimes we have to use tactics to not only change a position to our advantage but to defuse the explosive potential of our opponent's forces. So we now have the position from this game from back on move twenty three when Ken had played 23. Qf3. My move was cute! (I might be biased though...)
COACH SEAN
Okay... our hint is puzzle one! Black to play and to gain an advantage... win a pawn and radically change the structure of this game! Enjoy - Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
CHESS DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: Tuesday the 22nd of February, 2011 WATCH OUT FOR KEN!
This was my most recent game against Ken Gengler - another Chess Emporium ASCF chess coach. It was played last night at a local chess club's QUICK CHESS TOURNAMENT. This game was my most "straight forward" win against Ken - he seems to give me a lot of trouble usually. I have to admit though that when he deviated from his usual opening move during this game that I had to sink into a deep thought for about 5 minutes - and that was after his move one of this game!
Enjoy the game - Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
Enjoy the game - Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
One key to "RAPID FIRE CHESS IMPROVEMENT"... that is real chess improvement and not some gimmick!
One key to "RAPID FIRE CHESS IMPROVEMENT" ... is to play a lot. As a "weak" expert in the low 2000's I am trying to first become a rock solid expert and then a master. Okay - we'll see if it happens or not! But my main point is that if I do not play regularly then I will never achieve those goals. You can't win if you don't play.
I have to go to tournaments and risk it all in order to learn the lessons that I need to learn to be able to get the experience that I need to progress. Will my rating go up? You bet... but will it also go down as well? You bet! It is all part of the process though - ratings go up and ratings go down. But do I love the game irrespective? You bet I do! Right now I am playing in two to three chess tournaments a week. To gain the glory I have to go and play and what's more I love to play chess. Irrespective of ratings and results.
Here is a recent game of mine - not a steady rock solid performance but definitely an interesting battle. Both players could improve upon the plays they made during this game. I am glad to have been able to create such a game with my good friend Dustin.
I hope you enjoy this game - or chess art as I like to call it! So feel free to leave any comments that you might have about it up here on the blog. Dustin is a good chess friend and as you can tell he has his own and unique ideas about how to approach the opening. He also likes chess fireworks or as we call them - TACTICS!
- Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
I have to go to tournaments and risk it all in order to learn the lessons that I need to learn to be able to get the experience that I need to progress. Will my rating go up? You bet... but will it also go down as well? You bet! It is all part of the process though - ratings go up and ratings go down. But do I love the game irrespective? You bet I do! Right now I am playing in two to three chess tournaments a week. To gain the glory I have to go and play and what's more I love to play chess. Irrespective of ratings and results.
Here is a recent game of mine - not a steady rock solid performance but definitely an interesting battle. Both players could improve upon the plays they made during this game. I am glad to have been able to create such a game with my good friend Dustin.
I hope you enjoy this game - or chess art as I like to call it! So feel free to leave any comments that you might have about it up here on the blog. Dustin is a good chess friend and as you can tell he has his own and unique ideas about how to approach the opening. He also likes chess fireworks or as we call them - TACTICS!
- Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The ASCF's Tournament schedule for Winter/Spring 2011
Let's put some of our kids together for the Scholastic experience of a life time - Team Chess! The fun begins on February 19th with a full schedule of exciting and excellent chess tournaments being conducted right until the end of the school year! - Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
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