My fellow Metrowest Chess Club members and bloggers BlunderProne and Globular beat me out in making their first 2008 posts. Here’s my Round 1 loss in the MCC New Year Swiss.
Capsule summary:
Got outplayed in the opening a bit, resulting in an awkward queenside situation
Found a nice tactical way to get some counterplay
Left my king with too many open lines and not enough defensive pieces
Gave it all away with just a few seconds left on the clock before the first time control
Happy New Year everyone!
PS. I’m back to using Palview, because I don’t like the ugly pieces in the Chess Publisher diagrams, and Polly’s comments about possible Chess Publisher oddities made me nervous.
First OTB loss of 2008
My fellow Metrowest Chess Club members and bloggers BlunderProne and Globular beat me out in making their first 2008 posts. Here’s my Round 1 loss in the MCC New Year Swiss.
Capsule summary:
Happy New Year everyone!
PS. I’m back to using Palview, because I don’t like the ugly pieces in the Chess Publisher diagrams, and Polly’s comments about possible Chess Publisher oddities made me nervous.