I love chess so much that I have a Chessmaster 5000 installed on my computer and I play against my own system. It's a good thing that WinXP has a special ability in ragardsto games that are only compatible for Win98. Chessmaster 5000 is only for Win95 and 98.

I also play [on some ocassions] with my cousin whose older than me. We always take a hell of a long time playing against each other in this game. Most often he wins, rarely we get a stalemate [tied] and very rarely I win.

My stratagy is always simple.

I would always build a strong defense. One piece is always guarding another while another extra piece is guarding the same piece.

It's like Fort Knox. You have many guards and snipers keeping an eye on the gold.  

Then, as my opponent would try to chip-away my defense [by sending suicide pawns], I would try to buy some time to see how I can destroy my opponent's generals [Rooks, Biships, and the Queen].

At the same time, I would try to utilize my opponent's blindspots and use them against him. Like a pawn in front of a pawn, or a Bishop in front of Knight, and so on.

I also use several techniques that are widely known by the best chess players. Such as Castling, Horwitz Opening [if I can remember the name], and so on.

The Horwitz Opening is when [for your first move of the game] you move the pawn forward by one space [the one in front of the King]. That way, your Queen and Bishop is open an attack against any piece with their range.