313 checkmates, 1-1 in games

I solved 306 1 move checmate and 7 2 moves checkmate from the Polgar book in about 15 minutes. Then I played 2 games. I lost the first against a turkish interational master in the trompovsky with black. I want to review the line we played tomorrow. I got fine position, but I could not go forward and lost in time pressure.

Then I played with white against the sicilian dragon. He played a rare line and I got a better position when I overlooked a fork. I got a pawn for a knight and wanted to win an other. He defended it intead of castle and I was able to open the position with a bishop sacrifice. I wish you enjoy it :)

Current rating is 2527 after 2 games.

3000 in ICC blitz rating

Hello :) We met long time ago, I had a long break in blog writing. I hope to post daily from now. I wish you get some good ideas and enjoy to read it :)

I set up a the goal to get rated 3000 in blitz on ICC. My current blitz rating is 2533 in 08.02.2011 and my best blitz rating was 2922 in 29.02.2004. I plan to solve combinations from the Chess combination book from Laszlo Polgar and then play same amount of time. I plan 30 minutes of combinations and then 30 minutes of playing. I wish you also great games! Ciao! :)

Master tourney round 2: Solid game

Yesterday I played the postponed game from round 2. I played with an international master with black and decided to save energy for the coming games and played a fast draw.

Today I used 1 minute for the daily 5 checkmates. Have a great day! :)

Master tourney round 4: Sicilian blood

Yesterday I played a new idea the Sicilian defense against a young Norwegian player. I wanted to avoid his preparation. He got a good attack. I build up a nice defense on the dark squares, but I overlooked a nice rook sacrifice. He won 2 pawns. I posted a Ne5 strongly. Then he gave back a pawn for the queen exchange. I then started an attack on the queenside and won back another pawn. I entered a rook endgame a pawn up, but his passed pawn was strong enough to keep the balance. We played it out until only the two lone kings remained on the board.

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Master tourney round 3: Fantastic French

Yesterday my opponent played the French defense. I played the exchange variation with the aggressive c4 move to open up the position, because most of the french players like to play closed positions. Soon I got a great position and sacrificed a a bishop to destroy the king position. He moved his king in the center and defended very well. Later he started to counter-attack and won by a nice move.

Today I drew a 70-move game which ended with only kings on the board. He got an advantage in the middlegame. Then I created counterplay and saved the position. In the endgame I may have had some winning chances. I will post the game tomorrow. I used 1 minute for today's 5 checkmates. It was a long day :) I'm going to sleep. See you soon!

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About teaching

This evening I spoke to a friend in Germany. He teaches chess and has many students. He invited me to to teach in Germany. I am thinking about it. I am also available again for online lessons. I had a break because I finished a long term relationship and I was a bit down. I am fine again and ready for new life :)

Junior victory, Russian dance

I had a great game with sacrifices in my round 3 game. My opponent won with a pretty move. I will show the game tomorrow. After the game I ate bread from an organic store. I also cooked a potato dish with some red onion. I went to the library to get books on rebuilding my broken life. That's an important goal for me. I will summarize the main ideas in it soon :)

Friday I played a pretty game in the online 45 45 team league. I won a pawn with an in between move. He captured back the pawn, but that opened up a file against his king, which allowed me to win a bishop and the game.

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