Author: wainscott

Nice Puzzle From Sherlock’s Method

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Here’s a nice puzzle from Sherlock’s Method by GM Elshan Moradiabadi and WGM Sabina Foiser.

To see the solution, contained within the game, click here. The position is after Black’s 26th move.

Til Next Time,

Chris Wainscott

 

Positional Pawn Sac: Smyslov-Euwe Zurich 53

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Here is a game that I was looking at this morning in 300 Most Important Chess Positions which is one of my four books for 2022.

In this position Black has just played 6…h6, which allows White to open the game immediately with a pawn sac with 7.e4 which gains the initiative.

My pgn editor isn’t working currently, so here is a link to the game.

Vasily Smyslov vs Max Euwe (1953) (chessgames.com)

Til Next Time,

Chris Wainscott

Updates are Coming

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Sorry for my relative inactivity here. I have been busy working, both in the chess world, and in the corporate world.

I am on a business trip to Denver next week, and will have some time to work on the blog, so I hope to post a lot more of my game analysis and some other training updates.

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Chris Wainscott

Round Three USATN – Win vs a 1595

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Round three saw me play a quick game again. My opponent dropped two pawns in the opening due to a move order trick and the game lasted all of 90 minutes.

Meanwhile our board two drew, and the other two are still playing.

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Chris Wainscott

Round Two USATN – Win vs 1482

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I was the first to finish in round two, so no idea if the team will win or not.

I played a 1482 who did me a favor by dropping a piece. I feel that perhaps there was something off with my play here, but I haven’t had time to analyze yet, so we’ll see.

A milestone was achieved with this win as it was my 250th rated win (since US Chess started tracking this. I have a bunch of tournaments from prior to the MSA.)

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Chris Wainscott

Round One USATN – Draw vs 2066

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I am playing in the US Amateur Team Tournament and in round one my team faced the top seed.

I am on board four and was playing a kid rated 2066. I absolutely should have won this game. Here it is with no real notes. I’ll annotate and re-publish later.

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Chris Wainscott

Draw vs a NM

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Last night I played my weekly club game against NM Ethan Allen. Fortunately for me he is returning to chess after a long layoff, and so is a bit on the rusty side. He used an awful lot of time, and when we agreed a draw I was ahead by about 40 minutes on the clock.

Now on to the US Amateur Team tournament starting tonight in Chicago.

Til Next Time,

Chris Wainscott

Update – I Have Been Working

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While I haven’t updated much on here lately, I did want to assure everyone that I have been working. Perhaps not as much as I’d like but working indeed.

I’m on pace in terms of reading Chess Strategy for Club Players by Grooten, and I have been working some on analyzing my games. I will start posting them in the very near future.

I will be playing in the US Amateur Team tournament this weekend, and in a four round G/60 next Saturday, so there will be a lot of info to come.

The Chessable streak is still going strong.

Together, we’re going to get through this journey and make this happen!

Til Next Time,

Chris Wainscott

Interview on Chess Journeys Podcast

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After my recent spin at guest hosting Perpetual Chess and interviewing Ben Johnson, the tables were then turned as I was interviewed by Dr. Scull.

Ep. 29 Chris Wainscott (1700 USCF) by Chess Journeys: Tales of Adult Improvement (anchor.fm)

Here I explain my plans for the year, and the journey so far.

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Chris Wainscott

Guest Hosting Perpetual Chess

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Recently I took a spin as guest host for Ben Johnson’s wildly successful Perpetual Chess podcast.

I interviewed Ben about the first five years of the show as we celebrated the shows anniversary.

Til Next Time,

Chris Wainscott