Italian Game

Blitz Game

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Here is a Blitz game I played on Chesscube recently.
I open with the Italian game but find myself surprised by my opponents 5th move.
I miss the opportunity to take the advantage and give a slight advantage to my opponent.
I have posted this game as I found a nice way to finish the game with a discovered check followed by mate.

Hope you enjoy!

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Back home!

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I am back home after being away with my family and enjoying a relaxing camping trip. Before the trip I played in a local teams tournament. I finished with an individual score of 3.5 out of 6 but my team did not score so strongly. I was playing board one for my team as I was the strongest rated player (ACF 1500 – Turns out I did have a rating on records somewhere?!?) I had a really fun time and it was great catching up with some old friends. I played some good games without making too many errors. Surprisingly when I made a mistake, I made a mistake! Losing my Queen in two of the matches I played (Painful!). Over the next couple of weeks I will post some of the games that I played at the tournament.

After the tournament it was great to have some time away and relax! I did however manage to play a few games of chess with my dad. I recorded one of the games we played. This was a Fisher rapid game (25 minutes + 10 seconds per move).

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