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CkickyCheck
's Blog
4 Mar 2026
It's Finally Over
It has been over 7 months since I hit 2400.
26 Jan 2026
My Highest Rated Opponent Ever
So this just happened...
16 Jul 2026
The Most Aggressive Opening for Black
A guide and introduction to the Perfect Scandinavian!
14 Jul 2026
BRILLIANT Vienna Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3#
14 Jun 2026
Locked In
My first win over a grandmaster in classical
18 May 2026
Beat the Jobava 2
A full dive into the Jobava for Black
15 May 2026
The Most Embarassing Loss Of My Life
Literally lost in 6 moves
27 Apr 2026
I beat a Grandmaster with Black!
My first FIDE-rated win over a GM
24 Mar 2026
Facing A Legend
I played GM Batrosz Soćko in a classical game
5 Mar 2026
I Calculated A Mate In 17 OTB
Pretty cool, no?
16 Feb 2026
Declining the Declined Nimzowitsch
The Colorado looks like too much, but it's OTB certified:)
10 Feb 2026
100 games experiment (Part 2/5)
The next 20 annotated games.
10 Dec 2025
100 games experiment (Part 1/5)
Analyzing and making notes on 100 rapid games.
10 Nov 2025
GOAT Performance
First OTB win over a Grandmaster
27 Oct 2025
There Are No Good Anti-Scandinavians
You must accept the Scandi!
12 Sept 2025
Playing My Own Novelty
I played a novelty I've found myself against a stronger opponent!
7 Sept 2025
Gambiting a piece against a Titled Player
It finally happened! I got to try out a move never played before against a stronger opponent!
19 Jul 2025
More Scandi OTB
Scandinavian works against 1900+ FIDE players
18 Jun 2025
Playing Scandi OTB
Finally got a chance to play some Scandinavian in both blitz and classical, and it went amazingly we…
8 Jun 2025
"Define tactical mess"
A perfect game of chess always ends in a draw... right?
28 May 2025
I Will Never Again Play a Move as Beautiful as This
A real game position, that could be a puzzle instead
25 May 2025
Beating the Delayed London
A bizzare sideline, you probably didn't know of
28 Apr 2025
Beating the Jobava London (and other Nc3 lines)
Start an attack on move 4 with the Black pieces against the Jobava London
14 Apr 2025
My New Brilliant Moves Record
My former 5 brilliants record stood for very impressive 52 and a half hours. Can you guess how many …
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