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Chess Challenge – Day 19 – ELO: 738

Training

  • Tactics, Chess King Elementary 1 (30m)
  • Chessable Reviews (60m)
    • Own Games (2)
    • Endgame Patterns (3)
    • Colle (3+overstudy)
    • Introduction to Chess Calculation (33)
  • Game & Analysis

Game 22 – 15.03.2024 – B – win

  • Accuracy 70.7%, rating 850
  • 9. Blunders my B, opponent didn’t see it
  • 11. Should have moved the B away to g5 in order to attack the Nd5 with c6
  • 12. Bg5 or Ndc5
  • 13. Nc5 to open attack on Q and move N up
  • 14. Bf6 to escape the mate threat
  • 17. Re8
  • 26. Ne5 would have been best as we are relatively safe now and want to develop further
  • 31. Nf3 would have been better
  • 32. Rd8 → M8 (idea is to play e3 to lure the B away and the Rf8+
  • 35. Rd3 is better
  • Summary: One bad blunder with the B, being under constant attack was quite nerve wrecking
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Chess

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
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Chess

Chess Challenge – Day 17 – ELO: 681

Training

  • Tactics, Chess King Elementary 1 (30m)
  • Puzzle Rush: 17
  • Chessable Reviews (30m)
  • New Chessable course “Keep It Simple Black” (40m)
    • I’ll only do the d4 Quickstarters for now to complement the Lion e4 but might switch to this completely
    • Trained the London lines
  • New Chessable course “Introduction to Chess Calculation” (45m)
    • Chapter 1 on target identification
    • Seems very helpful already
  • Before game: Chess King Elementary 1 20 puzzles until no fail (2x)
  • Game & Analysis

Game 19 – 13.03.2024 – W – win

  • 4. Didn’t take the free pawn
  • 6. c4 or bb2
  • 7. Missed tactic Qh5+→ g6 → Nxg6
  • Very bad game but opponent disconnected → win