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Abe’s first novel when he was seven years old

The following is Abe’s first novel when he was seven. Abe wrote it during the Christmas, just for fun. The Mystery of the Missing People By Abe December 29, 2007 Saturday Once there were four kids named Kevin, Sophie, Henry and Eddie. They went camping with their dad. They brought food, drinks, and their tent [...]

Monday November 2nd, 2009 in , christmas, first, missing people, mystery, novel, parents | No Comments »

Abe’s first adult chess tournament and his big upset

Abe went to his first adult chess tournament about six months ago. The time control was about 60 minutes, all of his previous scholastic tournaments were no more than 30 minutes. So I asked him to slow down and to think before moving. From the paring sheets, I found out almost all players are way [...]

Wednesday October 28th, 2009 in , adult, chess, confidence, experience, first, kid, loss, parents, scholastic, tournament, upset | 3 Comments »

My son’s first chess book and the chess book he spent most time on so far

I bought my son the first chess book “Learn Chess Tactics” by John Nunn last Christmas, he like it very much. Then I bought him a second book by John Nunn “Understanding Chess Move by Move“. Now he seldom read the first book, but he kept reading the latter one every now and then even [...]

Tuesday October 27th, 2009 in , book, chess, first, John nunn, kid, library, read, Understanding Chess Move by Move | No Comments »