me, I'm told, "developing bad habits"

lol

: )

I liked it, and posted it elsewhere,

then a friend, an IM as it happens, goes, "a more experienced player would punish you for that sacrifice. You're developing bad habits. You want to learn or just have fun?"

"I plead the fifth on that one."

I like the description 'romantic' and it actually makes sense to me.

I'd say you're developing good attacking instincts. That was an impressive win. Black tore open White's kingside and didn't give White any time to breathe.

Very nicely done.

thanks!

very encouraging

to prove he was human, i'm thinking

i forgot to remove his name too

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He was probably hoping Black would play NxN. Trying to set a clever trap - but missing the simple refutation.

LOL

Speaking of blunders, that's another area I've improved in just recently. I've finally got it into my head to stop rushing things; to play every move like I was playing a Puzzle and try to find the very best move, also not to play it until I've given the new board position a good look.

A skill I'm definitely slow to learn.

Ur win was nice and all but in a real serious game (I know that wasn't, it was only for fun), a real tournament for money and real rating just keep it simple and go for the least risky win. U were up a piece when ur opponent played b4. Just slide that extra piece back to b6 and ur attack is STILL there if u wanna pursue it. But the difference is u still got that whole extra piece just in case the attack doesn't win. But that looked like a cool win.