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Jennifer Shahade's avatar

My son just said yesterday "Defense wins chess games. Offense wins Championships" just to troll me as of course I taught him the opposite saying. Maybe the Eagles will bring him in for some coaching? Nice example!

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Nate Solon's avatar

D first is old school, but the evidence seems to point towards O being more important in a lot of contexts.

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Carl Labanz's avatar

I've got two games from yesterday's tournament. Both are as black with your Sicilian repertoire. Might be a chance to talk your book, so to speak. The first is also one where I blunder very badly with 20 seconds left on the clock, so to talk your other book about blitz being good for playing safe moves quickly.

https://lichess.org/study/0tP658g4

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John G.'s avatar

Here's a submission for next week's game of the week: https://www.chess.com/game/live/145994224736?move=0

I ended up pulling out the win, but there was plenty of room for improvement. In particular, I thought I mishandled the transition from the opening to the middlegame.

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