Tournament Game on GameKnot

I'm playing in a tournament on the Gameknot website. I finished 1st in my group for round 1. So on to round two. Here is a win against the player who finished second in our group. He will also advance to the next round.

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A Game On Lichess

I played one rated and one unrated game today. At the age of 70 years the short time controls leave me exhausted. Here is the rated game my opponent had a provisional rating of 1789. We both had many mistakes. Time control was 10+5 (10 minutes for the game + 5 seconds per move). I had a slight advantage early then blundered into a lost game only to recover on a couple of blunders by my opponent. Here is the computer analysis graph from the lichess.org site. 

 Another place I will be playing is on the Free Internet Chess Server ( FICS ). They have been around since 1998. A spinoff from the Internet Chess Club ( ICC ). You can read the history HERE.

FICS: Free Internet Chess Server

Over time I'll publish some different ways to connect and play. You can play from their website or through a Graphical User Interface. Babaschess is one such GUI. You will find links to this and other GUI on the site. Look for me  user name rwmerrell.

ChessKnot One Place I Play

 

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One place you can find me playing chess online...

Chessis Full Featured Analysis For Your Android Phone or MS Windows

 Chessis

Between rounds at a tournament, in the doctors office waiting room, at an airport. Analyze your games, play against the computer. This is one versatile chess program.

Here are some screen shots. Look at all the features this program has. It's free! ($9.99 Lifetime access to pro features. When I paid in the phone app it did not activate on the PC.). Chessis in the Playstore.

Chess Compass

 Chess Compass

A full set of analysis tools online. If you have a Chromebook or just like working online you should checkout Chess Compass.

It analyses using Stockfish NNUE. The interface is clean but has plenty of features and customization hidden in pop-up menus.

Zen mode hides all the distractions and just displays the board. Explode brings an explosion of arrows as it shows every legal move.

You can analyze, solve problems, study openings, and just play. Import pgn games, or bring them in from Lichess or Chess.com.

It's not free $1.66 a month after a 7 day free trial. Get two months free with a yearly subscription. I think it is well done and could be the online study tool you're looking for.

Please comment below. Let me know what you think of this post or my blog in general.
 

Comparing Analysis (Part3) Lichess

Comparing Analysis (Part3)

Most big websites have an analysis feature. Chess.com and Lichess are two of the most advanced. Here another game given to me on Chess.com. This one ends with an explosive tactical combination! Lichess running Stockfish NNUE analyzed the whole game in seconds and does a pretty great job of annotating it. Still you will learn more by annotating it yourself first. Then refer to the computer analysis and see what else was there that you missed. 

Important: Convert what you find into your own terms of understanding. You are much more likely to remember what you learn. Also review your losses as well as your wins.