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Twitter chess tournament R1

Here is my first game from the Twitter chess tournament (I know, they come in the wrong order). Before the game, I had looked at my opponent's profile on Lichess, and saw that he liked to play the Spanish and Scotch. So I chose to give my Scotch repertoire a chance to come out and play. Up to move 10, I was still in preparation, and I got a really good game.

After 13 moves, I had a completely winning position, and I felt it. I even thought to myself that this would be an easy win. But I guess this made me lazy, and I failed to consider my opponent's possibilities and counter threats. At move 20, I saw the opportunity (or so I thought) to win an exchange by pinning his queen to his rook. But the counter-pin Qg6 saves everything and throws away my entire advantage and gives it to black. After a few defensive moves, I killed the game with a horrible blunder. I was only looking at my own options, and failed to recognize my opponent's threats. That is not a good approach to chess!

Oh well! There is nothing to do about it but go over it and learn from it.


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