Slow Turn of the Tide
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on Sat, 05/23/2009 at 8:22pm.
In an extraordinarily valiant effort on my part to become more active on Chess.com, I've decided to start blogging. This is the first of a series of posts I plan to do on my games, both wins and losses. I'm more interested in analyzing my losses so I can look back on them, but I want to put in a few good games of which I can be proud. So I figured I'd begin with this one. It started April 25 and ended May 19. I won't post any of my opponent's usernames unless I've asked their permission.
My opponent had a stronger opening than I did. But little by little, I gained ground and momentum until I was able to create a material advantage. Thanks to a couple of blunders on my opponent's part, the game came to a quick finish after 52 moves.
This was an enjoyable game that was full of tactical opportunities. I might come back and look into it deeper later. I need to learn a lesson from my poor opening and see if there were any other key moves I may have missed. Feel free to comment and let me know if you see anything interesting in the game! :-)