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Chess Challenge – Day 18 – ELO: 717

Training

  • Tactics, Chess King Elementary 1 (30m)
  • Chessable review (10m)
  • Chessable Short & Sweet Colle-Zukertort System priority lines (30m)
  • Chessable Introduction to Chess Calculation – Chapter 2 (45m)
  • 2x Game & Analysis

Game 20 – 14.03.2024 – B – win

  • 5. Inaccurate, Bf2, h7 or c6 are better
  • 11. f6 is best (or h6) with the idea of long-castling
  • Opponent resigned

Game 21 – 14.03.2024 – W – win

  • 71.7% accuracy, 850 rating
  • 6. Bb5 to pin the knight and not loose the pawn (take Nc6 if a6)
  • 7. c3 is better
  • 8. Pinning the N is still best
  • 9. Nb3 or Bb3
  • 12. Bad move, better Bb5+ or h3
  • 16. Missed free pawn on g7 or Nc7+ (thought about this move but didn’t see my Q covers the square)
  • 20. some better moves (b4) but trading is ok here
  • 21. Blunder that loses the Nb5, better: b4, e4, Na7+
  • 22. Rxd5 is quicker mate
  • 26. Missed M2 but got M2