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Chronicles of a Late-Blooming Child Prodigy

I'm an unrelenting aficionado of Chess, Toastmasters and acoustic music (Celtic and Bluegrass--Turquoisegrass?). Audio and Video Blogging gives my visitors a chance to hear and see my triumvirate of interests in action. Cheers! --GT

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My recurring illusions of grandeur: (1) winning a state-level chess tournament, (2) winning the World Championship of Public Speaking, and (3) playing Flight of the Bumblebee on the guitar at the Annual Flatpicking Championship in Winfield, Kansas. Until then, I'll relish all three pursuits with the enthusiasm and fearlessness of a late-blooming child prodigy. :)

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Blackbird Endgame

I played black today against f4. I don't see that too often as black, so the battle ensued to a King-Rook v. King-Rook-Pawn endgame. On such dastardly spare pawns hang the fate of the board:




An aggressive King across the Mason-Dixon Line (due to some disadvantageous exchanges by my opponent from India) figured prominently in the pawn push. "Git there the fustest with the mostest."

White's exchange at 70 proved fatal and ensured a safe corridor for my knight's pawn.

Endgame study is interesting and time well-spent!

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