Blitz Chess Postmortem 975 Reti

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An interesting back and forth game. One of these days I hope to play a solid game again, but not today!

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 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.

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A pretty well played game over all, although we both missed a chance or two, as the

I find lots of missed tactics with the help of a

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I check out the possible d3 pawn advance and some other lines with the help of a

There was a big tactic that I missed, as well as a number of smaller missteps from both sides.

There were some tactics in this game that were missed, or misplayed, so it's a great opportunity to do some tactical quizzes.

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A number of blunders and oversights in this game lead to some nice opportunities for tactical quizzes.

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