Blitz

This year I played at my local club’s Christmas Blitz event.

It was a nine round event and I managed to tie for first with a score of 7/9.

It was a fun tournament. My goal was to increase the speed at which I was playing (compared to the last blitz event I played in, where I lost a number of games on time). I was very happy with how I did just that. My local club like to host 5+0 blitz tournaments, so managing time is essential.

I was the fifth seed and managed to get a few nice wins with my losses being against higher rated opponents.

Below is one of the games that I was able to remember. In this particular game I had the very simple idea of isolating Black’s d pawn and winning it. I took my time, mounted up the pressure and eventually my opponent cracked, leading to a win.