Dear chess.com members,

Here, I have posted a game that I recently played after returning to active play. It was on chess.com's live chess. Though I won, I believe it was only because of my opponent's mistakes and not any good play by me. Some comments about how I could have played better/won faster would really be helpful.

I was playing White.

Thank you in advance.

Nightshadow

Hey nightshadow,

move 8 (Bc3) wasn't the best I guess. Stick to the principles! Don't move a piece twice in the opening unless it's really necessary. Later on (move 10) you move it back again (that's a loss of tempo).

Lxf7 (move 20) could have waited one or a few moves (keep the tension) you could have replaced it with a move like Rhg1, this brings the rook into play and strikes with a definitive blow.

I can not mention anything else that is worth it.....

Good luck

Pirc-defence wrote:

Hey nightshadow,

move 8 (Bc3) wasn't the best I guess. Stick to the principles! Don't move a piece twice in the opening unless it's really necessary. Later on (move 10) you move it back again (that's a loss of tempo).

Lxf7 (move 20) could have waited one or a few moves (keep the tension) you could have replaced it with a move like Rhg1, this brings the rook into play and strikes with a definitive blow.

I can not mention anything else that is worth it.....

Good luck

what he said. Your opponent blundered big time.