Two training games played on my quest to reach 2100 on lichess classical by the end of September!
Today I played two games because the first one was short. I played lower rated opponents in both because I couldn’t get stronger ones through the filtered search.
The first game was in the early e3 Colle/Quiet Slav. I had an advantage from a very early stage because my opponent wasted time on h3 and a3. The second game was tougher.
My opponent went for the English Defense (also known as Owen’s) and I misplayed the opening. I developed my knight to c3 early on only to move it away and block my bishop in anticipation of his c5 break. So I spent a couple of tempi for nothing and was worse. But I managed to play well in the French structure with a space advantage provided by my pawn on e5. I finally played training games in which I didn’t miss tactics!
Quiet Slav
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 h6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. g4 Bh7 9. Bg2 Rc8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qa4 Bb8 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Be1 Ng5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. f4 gxf4 19. exf4 Nb6 20. Qa5 Ba7 21. Bf2 Qd6 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 Nxe3 0-1
Owen’s Defense
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Be3 Bb4 5. f3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. a3 Be7 8. Nce2 c5 9. c3 f6 10. f4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Nf3 Qe3 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qh6 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Qxh6 gxh6 18. Nb5 O-O 19. Nd6 Bc6 20. Bd3 Nc8 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nc7 Ra7 23. Nxe6 Re8 24. Nf4 Ne7 25. O-O Kg7 26. Rf2 Ng6 27. Nh5+ Kh8 28. Raf1 Rf8 29. e6 Nf6 30. Ne5 1-0
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