Tuesday Night Action Round 4.

chessnerdbird

Updated: Sep 21, 2016, 5:25 AM | 0

This past week I have been working hard on both tactics and endgames. I have also been playing a lot of bullet with training in mind as well. I have been using the bullet games to help me with time pressure and to ensure I focus on not hanging pieces. Win or lose those bullet games and I don't care as long as I don't hang a piece to simple tactics.

Tonight's game showed me that the bullet training and timed puzzle solving has helped with my time pressure failures. I ended up with under 5 minutes to play on move 39 and the game lasted a total of 67 moves. I had under a minute to play around move 55 and I was able to bring home the win.

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