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Chessable Course Review: Identifying Critical Moments in Chess by NM Ben Johnson
An excellent offering for club players from Chessable
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September 2024

Book Review: Alexander Alekhine Complete Games Collection Volume 2: 1921-1925
Alekhine's play levels up, but the translation is a slight downgrade.
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August 2024

Book Review: Nimzovich's My System FastTrack Edition, Edited by Alex Fishbein
Fishbein trims the fat on a century-old classic and retranslates it for the modern world
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August 2024 Reading Update
Just a quick update post about my reading “plans”.
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July 2024

Chessable Course Review: The Checkmate Patterns Manual
About as "modern classic" a Chessable course can get
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2024 Sacramento Chess Championship Recap
Winning some, losing some. But mostly feeling good.
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Book Review: Winning Chess Strategies by Yasser Seirawan
Taking lessons from Yaz and the classics, even though the book is starting to show its age.
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June 2024

Classical Game Recap: Sacramento Weekend Swiss, Round 4
Letting my nerves get to me again.
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Blitz Book Review: 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners
One of many good basic chess tactics books, but a cut above due to sheer volume of puzzles.
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Classical Game Recap: Sacramento Chess Club Weekend Swiss, Round 3
My endgame calculation needs A LOT of work.
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Chess and the Grudge Match
We've been doing this a long time, actually.
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Classical Game Recap: Sacramento Chess Club Weekend Swiss, Round 2
A successful debut of a new opening.
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