My Top 5 Wins Against Titled Players

Hi everyone!

I am an amateur chess player from Ukraine.

I rarely play Over-the-Board (OTB) chess (though when I do, I usually write a report about it!).

For me, games against experienced and titled players are always special...

Today’s post is a special one. Honestly, I had the idea to collect my best games against titled players a long time ago.

I even attempted to write this post once before (you can see the old attempt here:  https://www.chess.com/blog/UAArtur/top-5-my-wins-vs-title-players).

But while writing that first post, I realized a disappointing fact: all my wins were in simuls!

Back then, whenever I had the honor of meeting a master in a fair one-on-one fight, I usually got crushed.

However, over the past year, I’ve worked on my blog, analyzed my games, and practiced hard. I dare say this has slightly improved my play.

Now, eleven months later, I am back to entertain you with a real collection of victories against the pros!

To my surprise, I actually had plenty of games to choose from this time. A few funny games didn't even make it into our "Trophy Room" today (you can check those out in  My good games at this week #12 and   My good games at this week #51).

5th place

 Give it to the French!

A blitz game against Matt Slomski (FIDE 2068), a National Master, coach, and streamer from Rochester, USA.

My opponent was the experienced FIDE Master from South Africa, Charles De Villiers (FIDE 2110). He is a legend who won the South African Chess Championship six times (1975, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1987, and 1989)! He currently resides in Cape Town. Wikipedia