Well, this was a fun rapid game

Yes, rapid chess can be a lot of fun.

This is the final position. Check out the full pgn story below. I sacrificed my queen side pawns and then jammed up Black's position with Nd6 and Qe5. Black sacrificed a knight but it didn't help. I know there were better moves available for both sides but the lesson here is dynamics. Black's extra pawns are useless when his Bc8 and Ra8 aren't playing and e6 and g7 are under pressure. White just has to make sure that Black doesn't survive into the endgame.


Sadly, when this round one game finished, there were only a few players left in the tournament. I find that many people log-off on chess.com when they lose in round one. On ICC you get penalized for not finishing an event. Try to finish your tournaments. You never know, your next game might be your little masterpiece.

Play lots!!


[Event "15|10 Rapid"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "NCM Vas Sladek"]
[Black "MisticKnights13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "gaiji"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 Nd5 7. Bg3 f5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nbd2 f4 10. exf4 Nxf4 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Bf3
Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Qc1 Nh3+ 17. Kh1 d5 18. Nc3 Qc4 19. Be2 Qxd4 20. gxh3 Bb4
21. Nb5 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 Ba5 23. Qb2 Bb6 24. Nd6 Qg6 25. Qe5 Bxf2+ 26. Kg2 Bd7 27.
Rxb7 Bc6 28. Rc7 Bxg3 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. hxg3 Ba4 31. Bg4 +- Bd7 32. Rxd7 Qc2+ 33.
Be2 {NCMVas won by resignation} 1-0