Hi everyone! This is another Caro-Kann game. I learned a few things: 1. I found that maybe black can let white advance with c4-c5 and later on do moves to throw punches at white's queenside pawns on light squares. THis seems o.k., but also seems ...
HI everyone! Here's a recent game I played. My goal was to start learning some of the ideas and themes in the Caro-Kann defense. I heard that it leads to more of a positional game, and I wanted to see for myself, modulo any tactics missed by me in...
Hi all! This is a recent game. It was a bit of a disaster, with missed tactics and positional ideas throughout. The first significant decision was to play the white dark-squared bishop to f4. Sure, this is a developing move, but it doesn't take in...
Hi all! Here's a recent game I played. In the mid-game there was a tactical blunder which resulted in the loss of a pawn without compensation. Later on, white had a 2-1 pawn majority on the queenside, and one of those pawns could have been made pa...
Hi everyone! This was a recent game I played as black in the Sicilian. White was able to shut off black's possibilities of a6-b5 to fianchetto the black dark-squared bishop. This ended up being an issue for the entire game, since white already had...
Hi all! This was another recent game. It was my first time playing against Can't Kruij's opening. Given the opportunity to play this game again, I would try playing d5 instead of c5(putting a more central pawn in the center). THe main thing that I...
Hi everyone! This is a recent game. All in all, in was very interesting to me, being my first exposure to the Old Benoni defense. That's something that I might even try sometime as black, just to see what positions arise. If I were to play this ga...
Hi all! This is a recent game I played. If I were to play it again, I'd be careful to calculate the possibility of losing a pawn if I decide to go in for some variation - in this game, it seems like my c4-c5 pawn move was tactically o.k., even tho...
Hi all! Here's a recent game. I played against the queen's pawn defense(English). There are several things that I would change if I were to play the positions again. - First, to be more cohesive against black's decision to exchange their dark-squ...
Hi everyone! Here's another recent game. This time I had the white pieces in the sicilian. I made an early move to fianchetto my light-squared bishop. I think this is a dubious idea, since the pawn is already on e4, and the way that the game devel...
Hi everyone! Here's another recent game. To me, it was tactically interesting. If I were to play the game again, I might not grab material until I consider the disadvantages that could possibly have for king safety. I also would consider more posi...
Hi all! This is another recent game. I think getting the rook on the semi-open e-file may have been helpful. Because of some tactics, black ended up with an extra pawn in the mid-game at some point. If I were to play this game again, I would move ...
Hi everyone! Here's another recent game. I think the Re8 move was made o.k. by white's decision to push with ther e-pawn. It could have also been helpful in conjunction with moving the knight to f8 to go on to different places. I don't really kno...
Hi all! This is another recent game, a French Defense. Both sides were pretty cautious in the opening. Neither had a coherent plan. There was a moment where I might have tried developing the black queen to d7 instead of knight. Also, it might have...
Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've posted a game, or gotten the chance to play at all! The following is a queen's gambit declined game(Slav defense) where I was on the black end. White brought their dark-squared bishop out early to the g5 s...
Hi all! This is a game that I played a couple of days ago. White gained a tempo on black's queen, with possibilities for center control and development, but black's queen had a moderately decent spot to go to(the a5 square), especially considering...
Hi all. This is a game I played a few days ago. I was white in the french defense. One of the main themes here is how to defend or move the e4 pawn, and proceed. I chose to do so with my light-squared bishop, and ended up moving it three times in ...
Hi everyone! It's been a while since I last posted a game. This is one I played a few weeks ago. Some benefits in the game were the placement of white's dark-square bishop relative to black's king, which was made even more potent by black's sacrif...
Hi all! This is a game I played today. I played black in the french defense, which I have little to no experience with. I was very happy to see the exchange of the white light-square good bishop, for my queenside knight, in the beginning. There we...
Hi everyone! This is a game I played yesterday. My opponent opened with d4, and I decided to play Nf6 to learn more about the ideas and tactics that can come up in this kind of opening. Then there was c4. At this point, white's pawns on the queens...
This is a queen's pawn game I played a few days ago. I had trouble finding a coherent plan. I got my light-squared bishop fianchettoed, the kingside knight didn't do very much all game, besides provide support for my d4 pawn, and my queenside knig...
Hi everyone! This is a game I played earlier today. I played a c4 move in the sicilian, which puts more control over the d5 square. However, I don't know if it's worth to do this at the expense of making it much more difficult for the white minor ...
Hi all! This was a game I played a few days ago. My opponent opened with the Reti opening, which I have little to no experience with. I used to not think that it's too different from other opening, but when I came across it a few days ago, I was w...
Hi all! This is a game I recently played. When I captured black's knight on c6 with my light-squared bishop, they captured away from the center, which immediately opens up the diagonal for black's light-squared bishop to influence/get developed. T...
Hi all! This is another game I played today. I don't know much about the Ruy Lopez, and when there was the possibility for that, I went into it. One issue I don't have alot of experience with, and don't understand, is how to exploit/play against b...
