Chessnut GO | Blitz 5+5 Chess in Melbourne ⚡♟️
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Earlier in the week, I had a work trip to Melbourne (I live in Sydney). I always enjoy visiting Melbourne and if you've never been, it is definitely worth exploring if you're visiting Australia. Although I believe that Sydney has the best coffee in the country (world!), heretically, I think that the average coffee in Melbourne might actually be a bit better!
I usually stay at the Pullman Melbourne on the Park, and happily, if randomly, I received a free upgrade this time to a room on the "executive level" on the top floor! 🤩👍
I've noted in previous articles that I've been feeling a little impatient with my chess. In the past week, I had a bit of an epiphany: why not play blitz? I'd typically been playing rapid and hadn't played any games of blitz for years. And perhaps of no surprise, I'm really enjoying it! It's been my usual practice to bring along my very portable electronic chess board, the Chessnut GO on travel and I had this inaccurate but fun game of 5+5 blitz in the Vienna Game: Main Line. Enjoy!
Big picture insights from this game?
- In the Vienna Game: Main Line, if you face an opponent who knows the correct/best response to the Paulsen Attack (i.e., the Bardeleben Variation), try the Heyde Variation (1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 6. d4). It is technically not as accurate as (6. d3), but it's easier to play and tactically sound in that it locks in your centre control.
- In these positions, it is often good for White to walk their king forward into the centre of the board behind their central complex of pawns. This can feel a bit uncomfortable.
- The Chessnut GO and Chessnut boards in general work fine for 5 minute blitz, especially with some increment! I get asked this question a lot.
For inspiration on great opening attacks to play in blitz chess, check out my new book, “Become a Chess Assassin! Learn to play the best chess opening attacks“.
