Chess with JULIO Calcina

13/01/2023

A position from one of my games.

What colour would you rather be and why?

Grandmaster Maurice Ashley sure would love this ✌🏽

13/01/2023

Good morning world.

Here is an interesting position: white to move!

What colour would you rather be and why?

This position has been inspired by Grandmaster Maurice Ashley

His course on Chessable ‘The Secrets of Chess Geometry’ is at a bargain price

Well worth purchasing.

05/01/2023

Not bad for a bullet game. 2nd time playing this opening. Very fun!

calcina (1271) vs tomday69 (1338). calcina won by resignation in 24 moves. Click to review the game, move by move.

04/12/2022

This is by far my best game to date. Considering this is correspondence, I may have just got lucky as my opponents mood may not have been on point on the day he made the move. Great game against a great player though. Enjoy the brilliancies 👊🏽

Check out this game: JackRudd vs calcina -

IM JackRudd (2126) vs calcina (1996). calcina won by resignation in 26 moves over 1 month. Click to review the game, move by move.

18/07/2022

The dark horse showing his prowess OTB

18/07/2022

My first game in the open section. I lost on time also being dumb enough to notate a rapid game. I faced very strong opponents. Scoring 1 1/2 out of 6. It was extremely challenging. I came back home feeling humbled with more respect for all competitors.

OTB chess is a total different calibre to online chess. I have a lot of potential and I plan to always play in the open sections from now on. The lessons learnt are well worth it for my chess development.

I will be taking a different approach to my training and play. I am feeling grateful.

To all my jits friends. It’s basically like being a blue belt competing in the black belt division 😂 my head was hurting after 6 rounds.

16/07/2022

Nice win with the SMG

calcina (2065) vs FM CountOfMonteCristo (1860). calcina won by resignation in 26 moves over 3 weeks. The average chess game takes 25 moves — could you have cracked the defenses earlier? Click to review the game, move by move.

13/07/2022

Congratulations to FM Tani Adewumi, who at age 11, earned his second of three IM norms after winning the NY Summer Invitational IM C! 👏👏👏

We can't wait to keep watching you on your journey!

08/07/2022

[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "07/08/2022 02:26am"]
[FEN rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1]
[White "calcina"]
[Black "sa7loop"
[Variant "chess"]
[Result "calcina won by resignation"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[Termination "calcina won by resignation"]

1.e4 {2:59} c5 {2:59} 2.d4 {2:59} cxd4 {2:59} 3.c3 {3:01} d5 {2:59} 4.exd5 {2:57} Nf6 {2:59} 5.Bb5+ {2:52} Nbd7 {2:56} 6.Qxd4 {2:51} a6 {2:55} 7.Ba4 {2:49} b5 {2:55} 8.Bc2 {2:50} Bb7 {2:55} 9.Nf3 {2:42} Nxd5 {2:55} 10.O-O {2:40} e6 {2:54} 11.Bg5 {2:36} N7f6 {2:48} 12.Nbd2 {2:32} Be7 {2:48} 13.Rfd1 {2:24} O-O {2:47} 14.Qd3 {2:16} Nb6 {2:27} 15.Nd4 {2:08} Qd5 {2:08} 16.Qh3 {1:47} h6 {2:04} 17.Bxf6 {1:43} Bxf6 {2:04} 18.Be4 {1:43} Qd7 {2:00} 19.Bxb7 {1:29} Qxb7 {2:02} 20.N2f3 {1:24} Rfd8 {1:53} 21.Re1 {1:11} Nd5 {1:49} 22.Rad1 {0:59} Nf4 {1:04} 23.Qg4 {0:57} g5 {0:58} 24.h4 {0:49} Kf8 {0:47} 25.hxg5 {0:48} hxg5 {0:49} 26.Nxg5 {0:48} Bxg5 {0:49} 27.Qxg5 {0:47} Ng6 {0:45} 28.Qf6 {0:37} Rd5 {0:44} 29.Nxe6+ {0:36} Ke8 {0:24} 30.Nc5+ {0:31} Qe7 {0:20} 31.Rxe7+ {0:30} Nxe7 {0:22} 32.Qh8+ {0:26} Ng8 {0:17} 33.Qxg8+ {0:25} Ke7 {0:19} {calcina won by resignation}

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24/06/2022

Iv entered my first OTB Chess tournament after a long time off, on the 17th of July in Manchester, where it all began.

My dilemma is - should I enter the ‘open’ section and get some good experience against tough opponents or be a bully in the lower section 😂😂. Note- my Over the Board rating allows me to enter the lower section BUT, that rating was from a good few years ago. I can safely say that my game has improved a lot since my last OTB tournament, and I am keeping up with the experts of the game.

What do you think chess friends?

21/06/2022

Bird is the word. 1.f4
My opponent who is a seasonal player and teacher for over 65 years resigned without putting up much of a fight.

Nice rating climb taking me back over 2200.

Chess psychology plays a big part when playing humans. On chess dot com, players rated about 2000 play like bloody 2500 😂😂 with rapid ratings of 1100 🙅🏽‍♂️

https://lichess.org/5M0ct46b/black #28

calcina (2182) plays TGluckman (2273) in a rated Correspondence game of chess. TGluckman resigned after 14 moves. Click to replay, analyse, and discuss the game!

13/06/2022

Smith-mora

calcina (2086) vs sjaak3 (2042). calcina won by resignation in 43 moves over 1 month. The average chess game takes 25 moves — could you have cracked the defenses earlier? Click to review the game, move by move.

10/06/2022

Back on my grind.

Short clip from my puzzle stream.

09/06/2022

Vishy resigned after Qb5. Can you see why? This is an absolutely beautiful position for black.

11/04/2022

https://lichess.org/mjV4lMMi/black

Played against my coach who is 2600. I could have won the game but time trouble lead to me making a pointless move instead of the winning move.

calcina (1900) plays LM Lance5500 (2627) in a casual Blitz (5+3) game of chess. calcina resigned after 26 moves. Click to replay, analyse, and discuss the game!

10/04/2022

https://lichess.org/DdOEZsOz/white #83

Taking my smith-mora to new heights. Beating a strong 2200 taking my rating up to 2222.

Absolutely buzzing.

calcina (2162) plays TrainingAndTesting (2189) in a rated Correspondence game of chess. TrainingAndTesting resigned after 42 moves. Click to replay, analyse, and discuss the game!

03/04/2022

Streaming Chess for the next 5 hours on twitch.tv/juliocalcina

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26/03/2022

There are more ways to do things the wrong way and very few ways to get it right!

White to move!

What is the precise sequence.

Many winning options

26/03/2022

Chess with me anyone?

09/03/2022

Which colour would you rather be and why?

02/03/2022

This is a beautiful sequence of forcing moves 👌🏽

Move of the day!!
By : Joe Chess Gaming

12/12/2021

https://lichess.org/qUVnPG5Q/white #61

1.e4 violence

calcina (2027) plays ChrisD24991 (2209) in a rated Correspondence game of chess. ChrisD24991 resigned after 31 moves. Click to replay, analyse, and discuss the game!

12/12/2021

A year ago I got caught with this vicious yet beautiful move …Nd4 and I resigned. Safe to say never been caught with it again. Smith-mora still going strong

07/08/2021

Nice double piece sacrifice and an unstoppable mate threat against a 2100 who always beats me.

Won’t be playing blitz for the next couple of months as I start training for Scarborough chess congress on the 29th-31st October.

I have decided to play in the open section. Just dive straight into the deep-end with the experts and masters.

https://lichess.org/vga4JClo/white #0

calcina (1844) plays SCRaMbLE (2161) in a rated Blitz (5+2) game of chess. SCRaMbLE resigned after 20 moves. Click to replay, analyse, and discuss the game!

18/07/2021

Sac sac sac & hope for the best to find the mate 😹😹

16/07/2021

https://lichess.org/tournament/WF5JeW5M

Tonight we Play the advance Karo-Kann variation. 8pm-10pm

I shall stream this through this page as we explore this positionaly rich opening.

Some say it is a boring opening but it certainly is solid. GMs play this opening at the highest level.

#2021 In progress

1 players compete in the Jul 16, 2021 Advanced Karo-Kann Arena. 5+2 casual games are played during 120 minutes. Winner is not yet decided.

11/07/2021

new all time high chess puzzle rating.

22/06/2021

22/06/2021

Chess is a laboratory for your decision making process.! chess. viewers, chess theory and ideas.

The goal is to improve on decision making. . ;

There are more ways to do things wrong and very few ways to do things right.

22/06/2021

Every Wednesday i will be going over chess opening theory and on fridays we can test out what we have learnt.
I shall also be taking recommendations on what openings to study in the weeks to come.

Tomorrow we will be starting with the Kings gambit
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Black has four ways to respond to 2.f4
1)Accept and hold the pawn
2)Accept and return the pawn
3)decline the pawn
4)offer a counter gambit

With the Kings Gambit, you can certainly count on a lively game where both kings often come under fire.

Spassky, Tal, Fischer, Alekhine and many more great players have had truly victories with this opening.

I hope to see you in class. Peace and love

22/06/2021

My short but exciting chess journey so far. I am ready to take it up a level and compete at a serious level and make more improvements to my game.