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intermittent thoughts on my life and work as the chess coach at IS 318, a public middle school in Brooklyn
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www.9queens.org
links
- Al Jazeera English
- Big Think
- bionic lime
- blue eyed rook
- Boylston Blog
- Braden Bournival's blog (hilarious chess raps)
- chess addict
- Chess Flash
- Chicago Chess blogspot
- curtains' hilarious chess videos
- Dana Mackensie's Blog
- Endgame clothing blogspot
- Endgame clothing purchase
- getting to 2000
- Ginzie's blog
- Goddess Chess
- Goddess Chess Blog
- greg's blog
- hardcore pawnography
- Internet Chess Club
- Jenn's blog
- Katar blog
- Kenilworthian
- knights of castle kimbark
- mushroom chess blog
- Natalia Pogonina's website
- nonprofit cheap used books w/free shipping
- panda chess--really really funny
- Pokerstars.net
- random number generator... for when you just can't decide
- robert pearson's blog
- Route 20 chess club (keith)
- San Fransisco Chess News
- Scholastic Chess Blog
- Sergio's site
- Soapstone's Studio Blog
- US Chess League Homepage
- UTD Brownsville
2 comments:
Piece development over pawn development.
Count the number of developed pieces for both sides and see which side is ahead in development (castling counts as a developed piece).
Nice board you have there! I might suggest something based on what I see from a lot of my students, when they show me a game of theirs, and I ask them why they made move X, and they answer with some version of "I don't know," I always emphasize: You MUST have a reason for EVERY move you make! (even if it's incorrect) If you don't know that reason, you have no business making that move!
I noticed the one note that you have about every move changing 4 things, and I use a similar idea, but concentrating upon the first two of those points: every move creates strength somewhere (i.e., adds to your control of certain squares) and weakness somewhere else (decreases control of the squares no longer covered by the piece that just moved). For me, this is especially pertinent for pawn moves because they can't be undone. You might consider making a note for your board specific to the fact that _for pawns, there is no going back,_ and consequently, _weaknesses created by pawn moves are permanent,_ at least as far as the pawns are concerned. (Maybe you had something to this effect up already and I missed it.)
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