But after the 2-0 win in blitz, I relaxed in the first rapid game I ended up losing !
Here I failed to deliver the winning move in several positions. I will show only 1 and after letting my opponent escape, the game was close to a draw and I overpressed and lost.
Here's the position where finding the decisive move was need to convert a large advantage.
can you spot it ? I will set it up as a quiz.
Black to play (missed knock-out blow !)
I was pretty mad at myself. luckily I was able to win the second game against the same opponent. Game below. Therefore 3 points out of 4 today but definitely lots to improve from a quality of play and staying focused on the task at hand....
first of all, we won against Italy in Blitz and Rapid !! Yeah !!
https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/uschess/1297289 36-14 in Blitz
https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/uschess/1297290 33-11 Rapid
a few thoughts on my games. Blitz went well.
My recent blog explored the topic of finding the decisive move and solving tactics (https://www.chess.com/blog/thechesscorner64/finding-the-decisive-move-are-you-for-the-challenge)
lets see if we can use one of the blitz games where I was able to finish off the attack with a tactical blow
White to play and win
Now in my game with the Black pieces against the same opponent, I was careless and I had to play Ke7 in a sicilian defense which is not a good sign.
Can you spot the move missed by both my opponent and by me ?
White to play ( tactical resource )
and here's how the game ended after I survived the opening and early middlegame
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But after the 2-0 win in blitz, I relaxed in the first rapid game I ended up losing !
Here I failed to deliver the winning move in several positions. I will show only 1 and after letting my opponent escape, the game was close to a draw and I overpressed and lost.
Here's the position where finding the decisive move was need to convert a large advantage.
can you spot it ? I will set it up as a quiz.
Black to play (missed knock-out blow !)
I was pretty mad at myself. luckily I was able to win the second game against the same opponent. Game below. Therefore 3 points out of 4 today but definitely lots to improve from a quality of play and staying focused on the task at hand....