My good games at this week #50

Hello, my dear chess friends: old, new, and future!

I’ll be honest: my free time this week has been in a serious time trouble. I've been juggling quite a few things:

Acting as both administrator and player for the Jacob Yukhtman Memorial online tournament.

Prepping the stream for tomorrow’s mega-match: Ukraine vs. Russia on Chess.com.

Fighting off the flu. Apparently, the virus decided to play an aggressive gambit against my immune system, and I’m still struggling to find the winning defense.

Because of all this, I haven't played many games this week — at least, not many good ones.  

But here is the most important thing: this is my 50th blog post in this series! Reaching a half-century feels like promoting a pawn to a Queen. If you’ve been following my journey, I’d love to hear from you in the comments.

In the first game, I decided to test a little-known opening line. My goal? To prove that the Petrov Defense doesn't have to be a cure for insomnia.

Did I succeed?

Well, I’d say I succeeded too much.

As usual, the game quickly spiraled into total madness and beautiful provocations.

The second game actually made me laugh out loud. I didn’t have to do any heavy thinking; I just had to... remember my last blog post.

It’s unbelievable, but this game was a move-for-move repeat of my defeat from exactly one week ago!

You can check out My Good Games #49 to see the eerie resemblance

And finally, here are a few fun examples for my favorite long-running series: Let's sacrifice on h7 !

In this first game, a really strong player walked right into the trap. 

In the next game, I used a hybrid of several different attacking ideas specifically targeted at that h7-square.

Add the coment if you like my games!