Hi everyone, today I want to share a game that was played in live chess with 20 minutes + 1 minute/move time control. Since the time control was generous, one wouldn't expect too many blunders, but the game was decided quickly by checkmate: ...
Hello everybody, today I want to share a game that was surprisingly short. Usually the Sicilian is the somewhat best choice for black against 1. e4. Here black chose an aggressive line in the "Four Knights"-Variation of the Taimanov: So, what...
Hello everybody, today I want to share another loss of mine. Let's start with the opening. My opponent was rated about 200 point lower than me. It was our 2nd encounter. He already won with black against me, because I didn't play too well in the ...
Hello everybody. Today I want to show you an example of the problems you can have with an exposed king, even you are in the lead. The black king is in a check and quite exposed. But it seems not to be too serious. There are...
Hello everybody, today I want to share a position from a game that I lost after being one bishop and two pawns ahead with no serious threats against me. Black has a passed pawn. The goal should be to push and promote it. Maybe you have a good...
Hello everyone, today I want to share an endgame position that is a clear win for white and I still managed to loose this game. It looked great, two connected passed pawns for me, no passed pawn for him. Indeed it was a mate in 9 moves. Can you s...
Hello everybody, today I will share a position from a game of mine, which was very easy to win. In fact, in this position it's a Mate in 7. Can you spot it? If you didn't find it, I'm shure that you would have found a mate in up to ten moves...
