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Defensive position
Tonight I played someone in an online chess tournament who was doing everything they could to attack my side of the board, but I put up a...

James Phelps
Oct 3, 20251 min read
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Dead Man's Switch
Today I discovered why last year's long puzzle to do with the Grim Reaper deleted itself after I got to the end of it, and its because it...

James Phelps
Oct 2, 20251 min read
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Two draws, one win!
Later today I played Check the Clown Bot and had two draws before I was able to checkmate black's king, but it took more moves than most...

James Phelps
Oct 1, 20251 min read
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Trick or checkmate
Today is the first of October and I played against a Halloween theme bot that was suppose to be Martin, which is an easy AI seeing that...

James Phelps
Oct 1, 20251 min read
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Tricky game, easy checkmate
Tonight I played in an online chess tournament against my opponent who was pulling out all kinds of defensive moves including preventing...

James Phelps
Sep 30, 20251 min read
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Trapping my opponent
Last night I played a game of cat and mouse with my opponent in a chess tournament, and managed to capture white's queen on h5 that gave...

James Phelps
Sep 28, 20251 min read
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Defeating the Bishop Bot
Today I played a single game against the Bishop Bot and after a long game of cloak and dagger I was able to achieve a checkmate in just...

James Phelps
Sep 23, 20251 min read
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Queen captured, Black resigns
Last night I was playing in a chess tournament again, and when I was being attacked by Black I did everything I could to fend off the...

James Phelps
Sep 22, 20251 min read
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B00 opening
Tonight after having dinner I played someone of interest in a chess tournament and won by resignation since my opponent must of been...

James Phelps
Sep 19, 20251 min read
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Full House
Last night I got a Full House achievement in chess after I captured my opponent's queen early in the game when they were already about to...

James Phelps
Sep 18, 20251 min read
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How to defeat AI
Today I played a long chess game with someone online that wasn't really a tournament, but served as more of a test against someone who I...

James Phelps
Sep 17, 20251 min read
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Formulating a distraction
Tonight I played in another tournament against my most slippery opponent so far in tournament chess, and after sacrificing my knight I...

James Phelps
Sep 13, 20251 min read
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White resigns after Knight takes Rook
Late last night I played as the black pieces in an online tournament and won after Knight takes rook because my opponent resigned in that...

James Phelps
Sep 10, 20251 min read
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Winning Move
I played in another online chess tournament where my opponent eventually blundered his queen taking the bait like I've seen before...

James Phelps
Sep 5, 20251 min read
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James's Trap III
I won another chess tournament using my trap to trap my opponent's king into checkmate, but it turns out I could checkmate him a...

James Phelps
Sep 2, 20251 min read
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Defeating the Pawn and Knight Bots
Today there were some new chess bots for the New month that I played that were based on chess pieces for each character. I managed to...

James Phelps
Sep 1, 20251 min read
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Winning a Chess Tournament
Since I won my first chess tournament I feel almost unstoppable, but it really didn't look that way before? My opponent should have moved...

James Phelps
Aug 29, 20251 min read
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Brainf**k
Today I used a complicated programming language to write this code that I titled; "Endgame." Can you solve this code because I want to...

James Phelps
Aug 27, 20251 min read
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James's Trap II
Tonight I played another 30 minute game with a real opponent, and this time I took my time with it without rushing because I don't...

James Phelps
Aug 26, 20251 min read
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Blocking my opponent
Today I played a couple games of chess including a game against a real opponent where I thought I had a checkmate idea, but it was too...

James Phelps
Aug 24, 20251 min read
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