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This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2016-11-29
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Article written before game 12 of WCC from New York

This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2016-11-22
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This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2016-11-15
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This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2016-11-08
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"Errare humanum est..."
Seneca

Everyone has their fair share of bad ideas over a chess career. It is as they say part of the human nature. Key is to learn from them instead of persisting down that road because:
"... sed in errare (errore) perseverare diabolicum"

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This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2016-11-01
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"... By definition, quiet moves are moves that are not a capture, check or immediate threat to the opposition. This includes subtle developmental moves or moves that improve a piece's position (placing it on a more active square)..."
Hugh Patterson (The Chess Improver)

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This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2016-10-25
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Game Robert Byrne - Fischer, US Championship 1963/64
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008419
Comments after 14.Rfd1 ...
"Add another to those melancholy case histories entitled: The Wrong Rook."
Robert Fischer

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This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2016-10-18
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Online voting chess is a nice challenge. Rules are very simple: two teams face each other in one game, each team can have as many members as possible, reflection time is 2 days per move and moves are selected by a majority of votes (each member has 1 vote). During the 2 days of reflection time each team discusses the position and merits of possible moves.

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This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2016-10-11
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This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2016-10-04
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"Most commentaries in chess magazines and books are superficial and sometimes just awful. Once a certain experienced master explained to me how he worked. You put two fingers to the page with text on it and see that there are only moves under them - in other words, it is time to make a comment."
Mark Dvoretsky

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This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2016-09-27
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"This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end ..."
The End, The Doors