Recently, I played against another Kossack, OkieLawyer, in the Kossacks-only chess tournament on Chess.com. Talk about a teaching moment. Follow me below for my comments and a game analysis by the Chess.com computer*.
*The Chess.com computer is available to paid Chess.com members for analysis of games completed on-site. Use of computers, other than opening databases, in on-going games is forbidden.
Computer annotations are:
?! - an inaccurate move; might have made better one
? - a mistake; definitely should not have made this move
?? - a blunder with dire consequences to follow.
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There are two Kossacks chess teams on Chess.com: Kossacks (Kossacks
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("We are Kossacks from the liberal blog the Daily Kos. We play small team matches. If you are a small group looking for a fight, here we are."). Join either or both to play individually aginst other Kossacks or with the others against other teams.