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First OTB loss of 2008
By Steve | January 4, 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:
- 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.
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