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Playing Blindfold Blitz Chess

September 9, 2024 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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I’m playing Martin, he is unrated but pretty talented for a person who doesn’t really play actively. We’re playing 5 minute blindfold blitz chess! It was a weird queen’s opening, in which he chose to develop suboptimally. I punished his slow play with a tactical shot that finished the game!

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