Blitz Chess Postmortem 504 French

A short but instructive game, with errors by both sides.

An interesting game where both sides had chances up until near the end.

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Lots of mistakes in this game, which makes for some interesting tactical possibilities.

I show how to better play the opening from white's point of view, and how to improve the middlegame play for both sides.

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White got into trouble in a hurry with the ill-advised queenside castling.

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I show how to best play against this line of the

This was a pretty complex game, and we both missed some shots. It makes for some good tactics quizzes!

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With the help of a

I check out some of the tactics with a

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I show how white should play against this gambit, if he insists on playing Nc3 against the Slav. After white's opening mistake, ...

I go over a couple of lines in the Marshall variation of the

I use this short game to show how better to play this variation for white, and also find some improvements for my play.

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