Pawn Moves Weaken Your King. Not Castling Also Weakens Your King.

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This was the 5th round of Tuesday Night Action 30! at the Charlotte Chess Center. I only got to play in the last 3 rounds and I was able to maintain a perfect score. I was really nervous coming into this game because I have been spending all of my free time working on my web development skills. On top of that my opponent had just come off of a great performance in a tournament on Saturday. I knew that I was going to have my hands full and needed to stay focused during the game. After a few weakening pawn moves by my opponent, I felt that the time was right to open up the position. I came out a pawn ahead and the initiative.

 

 

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My name is David Blackwelder. I started playing tournament chess at the age of 22. I have worked my way from the 1200s to a peak rating of 1844 (December 2021). Those are my United States Chess Federation (USCF) ratings. My short-term goal is to reach a rating of 2000 which will earn me the Expert title. My long-term goal is to get the National Master (NM) title at a rating of 2200. As an adult they say it is near impossible, well I don't believe that. Therefore I am creating blogs and videos to help other adult players improve their chess. Thanks for following me!