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Like stars on earth — every child is special

Abe did fine in last weekend’s chess tournament: 2010 Illinois All Grade Championship, he won four games against four lower rated players, lost one game to a higher rated player. In the game he lost, a delicate endgame was reached and both players played well and determined, as some observers told me. The game was [...]

Monday November 15th, 2010 in , chess, family, library, loss, love, misunderstand, movie, parents, perseverance, teacher, together | 4 Comments »

The one benifit having kids playing chess

One chess parent told me he thought one of main benefits of having kids playing chess was the constant challenge to kids. The kids learn to deal with setbacks since they are in up and down all the time. I remember I heard more than once Abe told himself “I’d better win this one”, but [...]

Tuesday November 9th, 2010 in , challenge, chess, endgame, expectation, happy, loss, pressure, rating, setback, slow down, strong opponent | 2 Comments »

A chess camp and a tournament

Last week, Abe attended a chess camp, the same camp he attended last month. There were quite a few grandmasters as instructors at the camp. The lectures in terms of depth and quality must be excellent since Abe told me they were all very good. The biggest benefit the chess camp brought to Abe, I [...]

Wednesday July 21st, 2010 in , calculate, chess, chess variations, loss, on time, parenting, slow down, think, tournament, win | No Comments »

Chess camp, vacation and others (1 of 2)

Abe went to a chess camp last week. There were five groups in the camp based on ratings of campers. Abe was placed in the group 5—the strongest group. Abe also came to the same camp last year, he won the first place easily in his group— group 3 at the time (there were chess tournaments [...]

Friday June 25th, 2010 in , blunder, camp, chess, database, lecture, loss, strong opponent, video games | No Comments »

Let it be

I was glad Abe was calm and in not a bad mood this raining Saturday. If you follow this blog, you know that he’s been in a slump in chess recently. In order for him to break out of the slump, I made the following plan: 1) He should play more games. 2) He should [...]

Sunday June 6th, 2010 in , advice, champion, chess, loss, OTB, parenting, slump, study, study your own games, The Beatles, tournament | No Comments »

Abe’s slump continues at Chicago Open

On the way to the parking lot from the playing hall, Abe said: “I am in a slump.” “You will get out of it someday.” “You know I have been on a losing streak since last tournament.” “It is OK.” I said. “But I learned nothing from it.” Pulling the car out of the parking [...]

Tuesday June 1st, 2010 in , chess, learn, loss, parenting, slump, tournament | No Comments »

The worst day in a chess tournament

Last Saturday, Abe had the worst performance in any chess tournaments—lost all four rounds, scored zero point in the end. Before the tournament, he said to me, as usual, “I do not want to go. Do we have to go?” We did not have other engagements on the Saturday. He might just fool around— watching [...]

Monday May 17th, 2010 in , chess, loss, parenting, tournament, video games, win | 3 Comments »

Rounds of games and time in between

Last Saturday, Abe and I went to a chess tournament. Abe did so-so if not poorly in the tournament. He lost one, drew one, and won two, all to lower rated opponents. Of course, there were still some thing good about the tournament. It’s not, however, the chess games themselves; it is the time in between [...]

Monday May 10th, 2010 in , analysis, chess, kid, learn, loss, rating, video games | No Comments »

From Chicago to Milwaukee

OK, I am kidding. I don’t mean to borrow the title of book: From London to Elista, a chess book covers relative recent events. Abe likes it; he likes to read games, although he has not developed an interest in the anecdotes. Last Saturday, we went to Hales Corners Challenge XI in Milwaukee. Abe was eligible [...]

Monday April 19th, 2010 in , book, chess, Hales Corners Challenge, loss, lucky, NBA, parenting, play up, playoff, tournament, win | No Comments »

Abe at the World Amateur Chess Championship (update 2)

Before round 7, Abe asked me to check his game during his play (The tournament hall was spacious, spectators were allowed). In other rounds, from now and than, I peeked at some games including his, and took a few pictures (I always had the flash off). He probably meant to check his game more often. I [...]

Saturday March 27th, 2010 in , chess, FIDE, good habit, learn, loss, slow down, strong opponent, tournament, USCF, World Amateur Chess Championship | No Comments »

Abe at the World Amateur Chess Championship (update 1)

One of my friends—who is also a chess parent— told me during a chess tournament, according to his observation, if Abe comes out of chess playing hall quickly, he wins his game; if he comes out late, he maybe in trouble. It is a compliment to Abe. Abe has the tendency to be aggressive and [...]

Tuesday March 23rd, 2010 in , aggressive, blunder, chess, FIDE, learn, loss, parents, rating, USCF, World Amateur Chess Championship | No Comments »

One win and one loss

Yes, the State Scholastic K-8 Chess Championships was last weekend. The day before, last Friday, Abe said, “I don’t want to go to chess tournament this weekend.” “Why?” I asked. “This Saturday, we have a basketball game with the Pacers—the team we lost two weeks ago.” Abe replied. Pacers won Nuggets two weeks ago. It’s [...]

Tuesday March 16th, 2010 in , basketball, chess, kid, loss, parents, scholastic | 2 Comments »

What did you learn from this chess tournament

Last Weekend Abe and I went to Indianapolis to play the 2010 US Junior Chess Congress. It was the first time Abe played chess tournaments out of state, his little brother: David and Mommy also came with us to show the support. The tournament was well organized, such as paring sheets were always posted twenty [...]

Tuesday February 23rd, 2010 in , bid, blunder, book, broadcast, brother, chess, end game, hotel, loss, out of state, parents, read, skittles room, tournament | No Comments »

A Second Time and a Third Time: Part 1

Abe did it again within the same weekend, unfortunately, it’s the bad thing I warned him against many times; He did another thing the third time since he started playing chess, hopefully, it could be a good thing. Part 1 is about the bad thing; part 2 is about the good thing. This past weekend, [...]

Monday January 11th, 2010 in , loss, slow down, think, time control, win, Winter Open | 1 Comment »

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 »

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