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 Hello all
Thank You for accepting me to the club. Im looking forward to be better player.
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deeper_insight
08-Jan-17, 11:44
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Welcome Mikko!I'm sure this club and its members can eventually help your game out in time.Lots of resources and wealth of info in this club.Not everyone is active right now.Infact,I won't be full steam myself till probably this summer.But good luck here,either way!
TA
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Welcome aboard Mikko.
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Yes, I recommended this club to Mikko about a day or two before Joe was back with a vengeance. Once he joined my team, Mikko posted and is there to improve. I realized that one way to start was by showing an important link from this club onto my team. Then, I gave him the link. And, I am glad that he's here. It might take time, I can see Mikko becoming a better from this club.
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bhidragon
10-Feb-17, 11:12
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Greetings All
I've been playing here on GK for about 10 years and have followed the Abyss' musings on the forums for most of that time. Obviously, I'm super excited about learning from all of you ... both new friends and familiar faces.
Major areas I probably need to work on:
1. I played d4 for most of my chess career, but recently started messing around with e4. I'm still in the dark about these new positions.
2. I have no idea how to play the middle game. Any decent moves I make mid-game are due to plain dumb luck.
Anyway, thanks for accepting me. Dragon
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deeper_insight
10-Feb-17, 11:23
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Welcome bhidragon
Glad to see you in the club!Take a look around the posts if you have not already..tons of info and hidden info when looking into the entire thread.The club is so-so with activity right now and I will not be very active myself till probably later this summer,so be patient.
I have been on GK since 2005,a bit longer than you,but my newest profile will tell you 2015.I left and came back a few times.
d4 games are more my specialty over e4 games.I'm sure we can go over both in the future.
Perhaps you have tried a Trompowski Attack as white?One of my specialties.
Well,good luck in the club.Chat with you soon.
TA
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I am glad to see bhidragon in this club. I don't want to get into details, but if you check my annotation on the rated game with him, it's obvious that I've known him for a while. There is a lot to learn from his club, bhidragon.
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Glad to get with a group to focus on better play.
My name is Paul, and I have played since I was very young. Still, I have some of the habits and tendencies of someone cautious to wade into the deeper water. I still find myself getting stuck too early on in the game. I need to open my game up to the kind of criticism that will produce results.
This is my only club. The design of this club is what I have been looking for. I have tried to come up with all kinds of analysis for my personal use and while some of it has worked my rating reveals a need for better game analysis.
Paul
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servantmk1042
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Hi Paul. I like your post. But, I've noticed something that I've told some of my students. In addition to getting stuck early on in the game, you're playing up to 37 games at one time. Now, if you can slowly and gradually cut the games to below 10, I think you'll find a big difference. They're are those occasions where staying at 6 is a little overwhelming. And, what I do is slow down and relax given that there are days to move. You might also want to check a sticky thread called going a bit over board with your chess games. Once you read along you'll understand exactly how it happens.
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BTW, this is what I'm alluding to. gameknot.com
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keylimeinmiami
02-Mar-17, 09:09
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One additional thing
I'll add this one item - know your repertoire soundly. That helps reduce the stress of playing because pawn structures and plans become familiar.
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Ok, that's an important lesson for me to learn, keylimeinmiami. I didn't know that repertoire made a difference. In fact, I've never heard of it, but this makes sense, as then, I guess the position won't become quite as complicated.
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keylimeinmiami
02-Mar-17, 09:55
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Reply: jkarp
Repertoire is both a personal and a practical choice.
When I first got bit by the tournament chess bug, I played the London System. I didn't have the time to learn all the theory of openings. Therefore it was natural to learn the Caro-Kann and the Semi-Slav...because the pawn structures are very similar. It became familiar, and at the shorter time controls that is a big bonus. That decluttering of the brain definitely is a bonus for middle games.
These days, it's on what mood I'm in. I tend to play 1....d6 versus most openings out of being familiar, and OTB playing c4, on here mostly e4 with a little mix.
I had a peak at your games. You're using a Kan Sicilian versus e4. That means you need to completely master the Marcozy bind because that position is a critical line for most players (as in other forms of the Sicilian). And, unfortunately there's two major lines in this you need to look at: The Reti and the Bronstein variations. The Marcozy bind structures dictate active counterplay by Black (due to limited space) otherwise White can just grind you down, wait for a tactical inaccuracy, and pounce.
So, I'd propose to you to consider trying to mirror your openings and defenses around common structures. Soltis' book on pawn structures is a good first step to grasping these ideas, and Rios' book on the topic is dense with rich ideas.
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