The following are a handful of what I consider to be my most interesting games from the past few days. I've attempted to explain my rationale and objectives as best I can. If any of you see something that was better than what I found, please speak up.
GAME #1 - Once the center becomes gridlocked, a player has to decide between the kingside and the queenside when looking for where he should play next. Here, I saw more potential on the queenside for activity than I saw on the kingside.
GAME #2 - In this game, I decided to try a kingside attack. However, I attacked before I was ready, and in the end, my twelfth move ended up coming back to haunt me.
GAME #3 - I got into a very fragile position in this game and probably would have lost had my opponent had enough time on his clock to think. We drew at the end since he was about to flag and I don't relish those kinds of wins.
GAME #4 - After winning an exchange and then a rook, I had to employ some quirky tricks to keep from losing my queen. At the end, I missed a line that would have given me double queens, but the line I found still won.
The following are a handful of what I consider to be my most interesting games from the past few days. I've attempted to explain my rationale and objectives as best I can. If any of you see something that was better than what I found, please speak up.
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GAME #1 - Once the center becomes gridlocked, a player has to decide between the kingside and the queenside when looking for where he should play next. Here, I saw more potential on the queenside for activity than I saw on the kingside.
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GAME #2 - In this game, I decided to try a kingside attack. However, I attacked before I was ready, and in the end, my twelfth move ended up coming back to haunt me.
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GAME #3 - I got into a very fragile position in this game and probably would have lost had my opponent had enough time on his clock to think. We drew at the end since he was about to flag and I don't relish those kinds of wins.
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GAME #4 - After winning an exchange and then a rook, I had to employ some quirky tricks to keep from losing my queen. At the end, I missed a line that would have given me double queens, but the line I found still won.