Rating 1804
Puzzle Rush Score 36
Game The following games are from the U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. Carissa Yip plays an interesting line of the French Defense. I only started looking at this opening a few weeks back and so it was good to see it in action at high level play. You give up a pawn (if your opponent wants to take it) in order to gain the initiative and a dynamic, attacking position.
Rating 1814
Puzzle Rush Score 43 (tied my high score)
Game This is a blitz game that I played where I was getting crushed and should have just lost, but I get a win by holding on and then using the back rank mate tactic. This game had a number of lessons to learn though, particularly in the opening.
Rating 1799
Puzzle Rush Score 28
Game Today we have a game form the U.S Chess Championships. The following game was played by Aleksandr Lenderman and Samuel Sevian. The game is a marathon game with 140 moves. The interesting part of the game is the endgame where Lenderman presses and forces black to defend perfectly. Black was unable to do so and lost the game. I found it really interesting to see the patience and persistence that was displayed in order to gain the victory.
Rating 1791
Puzzle Rush Score 31
Game Today I played a game that I found insightful. I had a move in my head that I thought was good and I didn’t play it to stay “solid”. In doing so I missed out on the opportunity to gain a quick opening advantage.