Content with draw after long break from chess

By Steve | Published: June 3, 2009

I haven’t played or studied chess since early March, so I was content with this draw against a stronger player. I believe my earlier record against this player was 0-2.

I played some odd opening moves but found a tactic to pick up a pawn early. Then we exchanged quickly into an endgame. White found a tactic to regain the pawn in a way that left me with pawn structure weaknesses, but opposite-color bishops made the position rather drawish.


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  1. Harvey Reed
    Posted June 7, 2009 at 5:29 pm | Permalink

    Steve,

    Nice game! Nice improvement. Nice diagramming thingy :-) Do you have any tips for another novice who is trying to improve?
    http://quest-of-the-chess-novice.blogspot.com/

    ++harvey

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