Media Summary: I got a good position out of the opening, but some imprecise play allowed black a chance to equalize later on in the game. I go over how I could have played the opening better, and show several interesting tactical ideas in the midst of the fighting. A number of blunders and oversights in this game lead to some nice opportunities for tactical quizzes.
Blitz Chess Postmortem 866 Reti - Detailed Analysis & Overview
I got a good position out of the opening, but some imprecise play allowed black a chance to equalize later on in the game. I go over how I could have played the opening better, and show several interesting tactical ideas in the midst of the fighting. A number of blunders and oversights in this game lead to some nice opportunities for tactical quizzes. 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 A well played game overall, with a time scramble towards the end. There was a big tactic that I missed, as well as a number of smaller missteps from both sides.
I find lots of missed tactics with the help of a I check out some of the ways that white's play could have been improved. In retrospect, it seems that those small improving moves that I made (h3 and Kh2) enabled some nice attacking possibilities. A pretty well played game over all, although we both missed a chance or two, as the