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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 19 days ago

  Hello Chess Community & All Hive!!! - Easy Puzzle & 7 move game)

  I had a very nice Lichess CrazyHouse tournament! - (Easy Puzzle & 7 move game) I finished third with 2048 performance. I won three out of four games against a berserking…

  $2.16

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 2 months ago

  Top Seat Lichess Crazyhouse Team - Weekly Bullet Crazyhouse Team Battle

  Not my best performance, losing to most players with a lower Rating then my own. I very seldom attempt one minute bullet but I decided to give this one a try, since it was at…

  $2.38

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  • - Author $1.19
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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 3 months ago

  7th Place - Saturday Hive Chess Tournament!!!

  A very positive Tournament for me, my highest performance rating in our Saturday Hive Chess Tournament. Also With a Little Improved Play & Luck, I return back to the 1500+…

  $1.79

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 3 months ago

  THE BEAUTY OF CRAZYHOUSE - White to Play, Checkmate in three!!!

  Black has played a dominating game also White has blunder it’s Queen on move 22. Black has 19 points advantage and currently have the White Queen in check and surrounded.…

  $1.86

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 4 months ago

  7th Place Finish in Saturday Tournament (Checkmate/Resign Puzzle)

  With an average performance a little higher than my rating I placed 7th in the Strong Saturday Tournament. I won 1 game in my first seven games. Then 4 in a row mostly against…

  $2.70

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 4 months ago

  First Win In A few years!

  After refusing to play Blitz tournaments with a less than 1200 rating, I found some success in Crazy House. I can play at a somewhat high level but just as easily at a lower…

  $4.78

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• rodrook (64)in The City of Neoxian • 7 months ago

  Rotating Hive Logo

  I notice for the first time since using the rotating Hive Logo on my post something very unique. You can view it as rotating left or rotating right, depending where you look…

  $1.87

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 7 months ago

  QUESTION FOR THE CHESS COMMUNITY (and of course others)

  What does a 72 year old DAD, Grand Pa and retired Information Technologist do with one fifth of his time??? Of course this is a rhetorical question for the chess community. A…

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 10 months ago

  Chess Riddle !!!

  Chess960 League Season 38 kick-off White to move. How can Black avoid checkmate click here for the answer!

  $6.13

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • last year

  CRAZY HOUSE PUZZLE - Deleted

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • last year

  Fun Crazyhouse Game

  Hello Chess Community!!! Weekly Crazyhouse Arena A fun Crazy Game: Queen Sacrifice, Mate in 10! Fast instinctively play, putting pieces back on the board quickly... @RodRook

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 3 years ago

  Hello Chess Community!

  A little bad news (big news really for me). Lilchess.org has mistakenly marked my account for external assistance in games. Of course I wrote a detail appeal; however I…

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 3 years ago

  H E L L O Chess Community!

  It been a while since I posted. It been a while since I reported. It been a while since I had less errors than my opponents. Less than 1700 is not really impressive in the…

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 4 years ago

  Hello Chess Community

  I am happy to see the Chess Community still going strong! Big thanks to @stayoutoftherz and @schamangerbert For the Friday & Saturday tournaments. I am sure @chessbrotherspro…

  $4.37

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 4 years ago

  IT WILL BE GLORIOUS

  An Opportunity To Play And Defeat All Hive Top Chess Players. Star Trek Klingon would say: IT WILL BE GLORIOUS (maybe) :). As a life time athlete in many sports I want to take…

  $3.63

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  • - Author $1.82
  • - Curators & beneficiaries $1.81
  • > chessbrotherspro: $0.18
  • > chesspricepool: $0.18

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 5 years ago

  Success is Often Fleeting (just enjoy and smile while you on top :) )

  Now if you just happen to look in at the the Friday chess tournament score board today you may have thought the tournament scoreboard was upside down. As one of the lowest rank…

  $5.83

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  • - Author $2.92
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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 5 years ago

  Bishops are Sneaky and Dangerous

  In 2018 before I completely lost my memory and mine I wrote a chess program for my granddaughters ( Imagine my delight when they became interested in chess they were 5 & 8 years…

  $0.94

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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 5 years ago

  Too Many Blunders in the Chess League (hope I'm not a bad influence)

  I think we all have been pretty satisfied with the development of our great chess leagues. So much competition and so much fun. I would like to point out to our very young…

  $6.53

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  • - Author $3.27
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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 5 years ago

  BLUNDERING PIECES NOT THE BIGGEST BLUNDER – (Ghost scenario and missing pieces)

  When you blunder a piece away it is immediately notice by both players or anyone watching. There is another type of blunder that not as obvious as a piece blunder. It's not as…

  $2.78

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  • - Author $1.39
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• rodrook (64)in The Chess Community • 5 years ago

  Hive Tournament Players

  “When your opponents make more blunders then you, it’s a lot easier to win!” @rodrook

  $2.54

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  • - Author $1.27
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