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rodrook
The Chess Community
2026-03-16 23:34
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 lesser or equal ratings and
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2026-03-14 23:35
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 level. In the game below I
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rodrook
The City of Neoxian
2025-12-19 11:28
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 first. Look or focus at the
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2025-12-17 19:04
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 community where there are
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2025-09-27 18:57
Chess Riddle !!!
Chess960 League Season 38 kick-off White to move. How can Black avoid checkmate click here for the answer!
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2025-07-21 02:26
CRAZY HOUSE PUZZLE - Deleted
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2025-06-21 12:28
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
The Chess Community
2024-01-08 22:24
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 found that you only get 1000 characters
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2023-08-01 14:28
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 chess community; However if you
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2022-12-17 03:46
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 team will continue there
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2022-04-07 20:43
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 a moment and reflect on old
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-11-12 23:22
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 score player was at the
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-11-10 04:49
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 at the time. They were
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-10-30 23:30
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 field of strong chess players
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-10-12 04:01
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 obvious because there are
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-10-02 05:04
Hive Tournament Players
“When your opponents make more blunders then you, it’s a lot easier to win!” @rodrook
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-07-31 02:58
Hivechess Tournament Season 7 Round 3 Winners: @Burnoutawesomehive @Jaki01 @RodRook
FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK Yes I have been taking these three vitamin for more than six months but I will share a secret. The only thing that works for older chess players is about thirty minutes of exercise
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rodrook
The Chess Community
2021-06-08 05:44
When you can’t win a HIVE Chess Tournament...
Just continue to play because it’s a great learning opportunity. Currently the Hive chess tournament is very strong and it very difficult to win even one game for the lower rated players. Currently I am
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rodrook
Memechallenge
2021-05-20 04:35
Meme Challenge #225
Hello Meme Challengers My Entry for Meme Challenge #225 @rodrook
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rodrook
Memechallenge
2021-05-12 02:27
Meme Challenge #224
Hello Meme Challengers My Entry for Meme Challenge #224 My Entry @rodrook
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