BlogHide Resteemsrodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.OPEN STEEMChess Tournament Saturday 16 MayAs Always Congratulations to the winners. To nobody surprise @ReneRondon is the winner easily almost doubling the field. Congrats to jeanjarrgh for very good tournament play and second place.…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Chess Pieces on Diagonal Lines are Invisible! (No Joke!)Sure it’s great to find humor in all the things that you do but sometimes it’s not funny! Recently I reviewed my tournament games in the new Steem Swiss chess tournament to find and understand the…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Open Steem Chess TournamentAs always congratulations to the winnersrodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Something Old and Something OlderChess Board The chess board in this picture is twenty years are older, while the chess pieces are thirty years are older. I believe that makes the chess pieces a classic according to car logic (a…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Hive Chess Tournament Round #5The best Players win at any time interval!Congrats @Stayoutoftherz the Winner!Also congrats to bitsignal a close second and to herbyw who always play a strong game.Observation & Comments The…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Thoughts and Observations (about chess)The Story I have come to understand that everything about chess is a story. That why most of my chess post include an appropriate story. So please read, understand and enjoy my story below.…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Steemchess Blitz Tournament by @ schamangerbertAs always congratulations to the winners! Congratulation to @renerondon who came late to the tournament and still distance the entire field with a 100% win rate My Evaluation The Steemchess…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Chess Tournament RoundAs always congratulations to the winners! Jaki01 improved his game this week he didn't lose any game and distance the field by four.So Congrats to @jaki01 but we gonna have to stop this.:)…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.A challenge that we love – But first a quick StoryThere were a King and Queen who spent most of their day trying to entertain them self. Everything in their Kingdom was available to them but they simply played chess all day. The King…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Steem Bullet Tournament - by @schamangerbertAs always congratulations to the winners!Congratulation to @renerondon a far distance winner in the small field@renerondon distance himself from everyone in the small field.@stayoutoftherz distance…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Hive First Blitz Chess Tournament - by @StayoutoftherzAs always congratulations to the winners! Congratulation to @jaki01 who double the field in points My Evaluation First of all it was a great first tournament. There were very strong players…resteemedschamangerbert (74)in hive-157286 • 5 years agoOPEN STEEMChess Blitz Tournament Saturday 04 April 20 GMT (finished!)Reminder for Season 10 Round 1: 04 April - 20 GMT (Duration 1 hour) Mode: Chess with 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move Join and post your chess related posts in the The Chess Community ! Free…resteemedschamangerbert (74)in hive-157286 • 5 years agoOPEN STEEM Blitz Chess960 Tournament March 28 ... The winner is @stayoutoftherz and New Chess King is @renerondon (video commentary by @schamangerbert)The 125th edition was played with 8 players! Here is the table with all results: New Chess KIng is @renerondon With his strong play he gives us no chance but we can learn a lot from him.…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Open Steem Blitz 960 ArenaAs always congratulations to the winners! @stayoutoftherz and @Foxconn_mars was far ahead of the crowd. Evaluation While I was simply outplayed in most games, I continue to give pieces…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Chess Animation (demonstration)Hello Everyone, several people have asked about my chess animations. While the animation for my chess games are simple, its not simple to explain over replies and comments. As a result I decided to…resteemedschamangerbert (74)in hive-157286 • 5 years agoOPEN STEEMChess960 Blitz Tournament Saturday 28 March 20 GMT (finished!)Reminder for Season 9 Round 12: 28 March - 20 GMT (Duration 1 hour) Mode: Chess960 with 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move Join and post your chess related posts in the The Chess Community …rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Game Highligts and Analysis (blitz 5/0)Below is one of my better play games against a strong opponent @5min 0 sec. To extend a 3/2 game to five minutes will take an addition 120 seconds or 60 moves. I don’t recall playing a blitz game…rodrook (59)in chess • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Bismuth Arena (03/21/20)Congrats to @stayoutoftherz who double the field in total points. Congrats to the winner of the Bismuth Chess 960 Tournament. It was a disappointing performance for me as I was outplayed and…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Checkmate 12 movesMaking the Seconds Tick of Faster A two minute chess game on the surface appear to little time to play a check game. Of course you can make those seconds tick off even faster by panicking like a…rodrook (59)in hive-157286 • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Chess Queens & Pride LionessesQueens & Lionesses protect - Kingdoms & Prides. The Kingdom belong to the King but the Queen many times have the greatest power and control. Like wise the Lion is the King but the Lionesses…