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JulesR Aug 2022 10:29pm, 18 Aug 2022 28,305 posts	0 JulesR Nice finish to your 2nd game Goofee & well done Fetch team on an excellent win - I didn’t expect this one!
jda Aug 2022 10:31pm, 18 Aug 2022 13,212 posts	0 jda Oh great! Congratulations, that game was totally wild and I had no idea who was going to win.
Goofee Aug 2022 7:18am, 19 Aug 2022 4,252 posts	0 Goofee Cheers! I was hopeful that the passed pawn would tilt things my way but was constantly feeling he must have some tricks up his sleeve that I was missing, very relieved when he moved Qe3 and I knew I had his Queen! Good to see a brilliant!!! move in your Uckfield win, jda!
JulesR Aug 2022 8:56pm, 29 Aug 2022 28,306 posts	0 JulesR Congrats to Fistle, Joophy & Ricey on completing a clean sweep Daily Chess win over Good Chess 6-0.
Cheg Sep 2022 7:46am, 4 Sep 2022 3,829 posts	0 Cheg Hi all how is get fetch chess world going? I still play a little, am in a continual series against a random Dutch chap but that’s about it.
simbil Sep 2022 8:39am, 4 Sep 2022 9,559 posts	0 simbil Good to hear you are still playing a bit Cheg. I've stopped playing for a while now, as I started to take it too seriously and that meant it took up a lot of time and was less fun for me.
Goofee Sep 2022 11:47am, 4 Sep 2022 4,265 posts	0 Goofee I'm lucky in that this all started up shortly after I had semi-retired. Previously I knew how to develop the pieces to reasonable squares but then had absolutely no idea how to proceed. I've been able to devote time to deepening my understanding, watched a lot of videos and even invested in some courses (particularly useful were Chessable's Checkmate Patterns Manual and 100 Endgames You Must Know) I tend to have phases of playing a lot of games and then a few months in which I look back in more depth at what I could have done better and pick one or two things to study a bit more intently. It's also been very interesting keeping up with the Vote Chess group and seeing how better players than me assess situations. I still find 960 completely baffling, though!
jda Sep 2022 12:42pm, 4 Sep 2022 13,307 posts	0 jda I don't think anyone understands 960 Goofee, I very nearly beat an IM recently, but have had my share of 10-move howlers against moderate opponents too
jda Sep 2022 2:18pm, 19 Sep 2022 13,417 posts	0 jda A fun weekend at Ilkley Chess Festival, a new venture that just happens to have started up at the same time as I've returned to OTB chess. Didn't feel like I was sandbagging after losing my first game (against the eventual winner) and going R for N down in the next two but I ended up with 4 wins out of 4 and 4th place in the Intermediate (U-1750) section. In this position in my final game I'd have loved to take the d5 pawn, but the pin on the knight was awkward so I played Nd4 instead. Went on to win easily, but what did I miss?
SPR Sep 2022 2:39pm, 19 Sep 2022 38,309 posts	0 SPR Nxd5 (or Ne4) threatens M2?