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Monthly Archives: March 2012

How a Negative Self Image Could be Screwing Up Your Chess Game

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Tim
Chess Tactics Confidence

With the right set of beliefs you can experience SUCCESS in all areas of your life… If there is an area in your life that needs improvement. Pay attention to the beliefs you have in this area, and change those … Continue reading →

Posted in Chess Tactics | Tagged chess, chess beliefs, Chess Improvement, chess inner game, chess psychology, Chess Tactics | 2 Replies

Strategic Planning

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Tim
Black Pawn, Chess Strategy

Today I want to talk to you about the idea of “Strategic Planning”, and not in regards to strategy or planning in a chess game, but how businesses use this idea, and how you can apply it to your chess … Continue reading →

Posted in Tactics | Tagged brian tracy, chess planning, chess rating improvement, chess ROI, chess strategy, chess study plan, Chess Tactics | Leave a reply

The Compulsion Scale of Chess Tactics

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Tim
chess tactics checklist

   Anthea Carson wrote an interesting HubPage article entitled “Chess: How to Spot Tactics”, which I really enjoyed.  I posted a link to this article on reddit.com, and it got a 100% up vote score, with no down votes (which … Continue reading →

Posted in Tactics | Tagged Anthea Carson, chess checklists, Chess Tactics, finding chess tactics, Lee Simmons | 1 Reply

Punishing 2…f6 in the Kings Gambit

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Tim
KingsGambitf6

I recently had a quick kill on the Redhotpawn.com 14 day ladder.  My opponent played 2…f6 against the King’s Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. f4), which is not a very strong move. f6 is bad in a lot of similar … Continue reading →

Posted in Openings, Tactics, Tactics Time Newsletter | Tagged Chess Tactics, chess tactics newsletter, Free Chess Newsletter, Kings Gambit, opening tactic, RedHotPawn | Leave a reply

What Winnie the Pooh can teach you about chess

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Tim
PoohChess

When I was little I would sleep with a Winnie the Pooh doll that my mom made for me.  I loved that doll!  Today I would like to share with you the beginning of the book “Winnie the Pooh” by … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun | Tagged Chess Improvement, removing chess mistakes, winnie the pooh chess | Leave a reply

The Dark Lake – Anthea Carson Podcast Interview

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Tim
DarkLakeCover

Today’s podcast features my most frequent guest, author Anthea Carson. Anthea is a super active chess player, chess mom, chess teacher and author.  She just published a new fiction book, called The Dark Lake, which is now available for download … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Chess Players, Colorado Chess, Fun, Podcast | Tagged Anthea Carson, ebook, fiction, kindle, Osh Kosh, The Dark Lake | 7 Replies

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