Skip over to 40:10 for the tactics! The move comes one move later, but here you have to see it!
From now on I’ll be recording training games as often as I can. I have two measurable goals in my training weeks to come. Aside from working on the endgame, strategy, and a new repertoire, I have set a goal of reaching 2300 in lichess tactics (goal complete!) and 2100 in lichess classical.
Here are today’s games:
Pirc: Lion’s Defense
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c6 4. Be3 b5 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Ne2 g6 7. Nd2 a5 8. g4 b4 9. Ng3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. Qe2 Ra8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nxh5 gxh5 14. f4 h4 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qxh4 f6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Rf1 Bg7 20. O-O-O exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 e5 23. Qe3 Qb6 24. Qe4 Rc8 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Qg6+ Kd8 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Qxh8+ 1-0
French: Tarrasch with Qg4
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Qg4 Qb6 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 h5 10. Qf4 Be7 11. a3 g5 12. Qe3 a5 13. O-O Rg8 14. b3 g4 15. Bb2 Bg5 16. Nf4 Nf8 17. Rac1 Ng6 18. Nxd5 Bxe3 19. Nxb6 Bxd2 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Nxa8 Nf4 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nb6 Ba6 25. Rd1 Bg5 26. Na4 Ke7 27. Bc1 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Kf1 Ba6+ 31. Ke1 f6 32. Nc5 Bc8 33. Nd3 Kf7 34. exf6 Kxf6 35. Ne5 Bb7 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. Ke3 h4 38. g3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Kg5 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Kf5 42. b5 Kg5 43. Nf7+ Kf6 44. Nd6 Ba8 45. b6 Ke7 46. b7 Bxb7 47. Nxb7 1-0
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