There's some calculation in this game, but it mostly only goes a couple of moves deep. It was a really fun game with a lot of dramatic swings up and down - I'm proud of it! Check out the move list for some variations I've illustrated. Read more »
This is a game on a 5|3 clock full of blunders. I make the first bad one, losing a knight. Instead of resigning, my strategy is to set up a complicated set of dependencies and hope for mistakes from my opponent. On a short clock, a situati... Read more »
This game got really aggressive right away. I make a blunder, but in a twist of luck it turns out to be a great trap. Read more »
I make a series of blunders in the beginning of this game, but manage to win with a little aggression (and luck)! This game was played with 7-minute clocks. The interesting thing to me here is that though I'm down in material, my piec... Read more »
This is a game I'm pretty proud of. It was correspondence and I spent a lot of time on each turn, calculating more than I usually do. It was pretty tight the whole game, and comes down to an exciting finish! Read more »
This first game has a bunch of exciting (risky / stupid) queen dancing. I sacrifice a bishop for two pawns and have a lot of initiative, but can't quite pull it off. We had five-minute clocks. I'm pretty happy with the play given the short t... Read more »
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