Media Summary: This game brings to mind the old saying: "If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging". A pretty clean game, where my opponent found the tactics in the position that I missed. I got a good position out of the opening, but some imprecise play allowed black a chance to equalize later on in the game.
Blitz Chess Postmortem 620 Reti - Detailed Analysis & Overview
This game brings to mind the old saying: "If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging". A pretty clean game, where my opponent found the tactics in the position that I missed. I got a good position out of the opening, but some imprecise play allowed black a chance to equalize later on in the game. Since this was a short game, I go into some of the opening lines in a little more detail. I'm also preparing to play the I go over how I could have played the opening better, and show several interesting tactical ideas in the midst of the fighting. It looks like I was winning all the way, but I have a way of making things difficult for myself.
A pretty well played game over all, although we both missed a chance or two, as the Not a great game by me, but at least we get some interesting tactical quiz opportunities. I explore some of the reasons why the early h5 push from black was a bad idea in this game. My opponent made the first blunder, but not the last one! I investigate some of the choices I made in this game, with the help of a
