Sunday, July 15, 2018

Sunday Chess @ Siglap South CC on 15 July 2018

Game 1


Learning Points:
  • Players who know a variety of openings have the flexibility and advantage based on the "matchup". It is fair, since they put in the effort to learn more than "specialist"
  • I'm quite pleased with my overall play, even though I did make some inaccuracies, White was never in serious risk of losing.
  • Also, some of my judgement is incorrect. The same old issues (pawn break, attacking in general).
Game 2

Learning Points:
  • What an opening trap! I've not seen this, but thankfully I did!
  • Other than that blunder, I also like my general understanding of opposite Kingside castling and how to approach the position.
Game 3
Learning Points:
  • Need to remain objective in "nothing to do" situation-- don't go overboard trying to simplify the position by offering exchanges. When in doubt, stick with general principles!
  • Need to improve calculation and visualisation -- was so close to see the win in that critical line but didn't see it to the end. 
  • Like my resourcefulness to steer the game back from bad position into equal / "playable" ones, but I'm really bad in pressing the position for more (and finishing off the opponent). Again, it's all about "attack".

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