Lessons I’ve Learnt In My Chess Games

Sometimes you have to learn the hard way in chess, and that is through your own mistakes. Here is a list of very dubious moves I’ve made for your entertainment purposes and for my educational upliftment. 🙂

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.10.07"] [Round "-"] [White "LeonFresh"] [Black "tano48"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Caro-Kann-Defense-2.Nf3"] [CurrentPosition "5rk1/4bpp1/p1r1p2p/1Q6/1P1PN3/P3P3/6PP/2R2RK1 b - -"] [Timezone "UTC"] [UTCDate "2020.10.07"] [UTCTime "11:07:04"] [WhiteElo "1704"] [BlackElo "1721"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "LeonFresh won by resignation"] [StartTime "11:07:04"] [EndDate "2020.10.07"] [EndTime "11:31:49"] [Link "https://www.chess.com/live/game/5549901486"] 1. Nf3 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 a6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qb3 ?? {[%cal Gd1b3]} {[#] Qb3 ?? Later I had to retreat the queen because of his knight coming to fork the queen and bishop, so very bad move here. } dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qd1 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. a3 h6 14. Be3 Na5 15. b4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Na4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qd5 21. Qe2 Bd8 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Qxc4 Qg5 25. Qe2 Be7 26. Ne4 Qb5 27. Qxb5 {+8.31} (27. Qxb5 axb5 28. Rxc6 Re8 29. Rb6 f5 30. Nc3 Bg5) 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.10.09"] [Round "-"] [White "LeonFresh"] [Black "timorleste"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Scandinavian-Defense-Modern-Portuguese-Variation"] [CurrentPosition "2kr3r/1pp2ppp/p7/2NP3q/N1P2Qn1/1P5R/P4PP1/5RK1 b - -"] [Timezone "UTC"] [UTCDate "2020.10.09"] [UTCTime "12:00:55"] [WhiteElo "1704"] [BlackElo "1652"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "LeonFresh won on time"] [StartTime "12:00:55"] [EndDate "2020.10.09"] [EndTime "12:31:09"] [Link "https://www.chess.com/live/game/5559279796"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Nxe2 Qxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 O-O-O 8. c4 Qf5 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Nb4 11. Nbc3 a6 (11... Nc2 12. Bxa7 Nxa1 13. Qxa1 b6 14. a4 (14. Ng3 Qd7 15. a4 Bb4 16. a5 {0.00}) 14... Bb4 15. a5 bxa5 16. Na2 Bf8 17. Nac3 {0.00}) 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Na4 Nd3 15. Rc3 e4 16. Ng3 Qg6 17. Nxe4 Nde5 18. Nec5 ?? {[#] This move allows mate or wins my queen. Nf3+ and I can’t capture it or it’s mate with Nxe3 double check then Qg2#. Always look for checks especially if it’s tricky knights I guess. } (18. Bc5 Bxc5) 18... Nxh2 (18... Nf3+ 19. Kh1 (19. gxf3 Qh5 (19... Nxe3+)) 19... Nxd2 20. Bxd2 b5 21. f3 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Nh6 23. Rcc1 {-10.8}) 19. Kxh2 Ng4+ 20. Kg1 Qh5 21. Bf4 Bg5 22. Rh3 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 {<br /><br />Game may have continued…} (23. Qxf4 Qg6 24. Rg3 h5 25. f3 b5 26. fxg4 bxa4 {+8.33}) 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.10.23"] [Round "-"] [White "LeonFresh"] [Black "yusufchess5838"] [Result "1-0"] [CurrentPosition "6k1/pp4pp/3Q1p2/1N2pP2/4P1P1/1P3NKP/P1r5/2r5 b - -"] [Timezone "UTC"] [ECO "B23"] [ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Sicilian-Defense-Closed-Grand-Prix-Variation"] [UTCDate "2020.10.23"] [UTCTime "13:28:03"] [WhiteElo "1727"] [BlackElo "1735"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "LeonFresh won by resignation"] [StartTime "13:28:03"] [EndDate "2020.10.23"] [EndTime "13:46:23"] [Link "https://www.chess.com/live/game/5624158088"] 1. e4 {[%clk 0:15:09.9]} 1... c5 {[%clk 0:15:08]} 2. Nc3 {[%clk 0:15:17.3]} 2... d6 {[%clk 0:15:06.9]} 3. f4 {[%clk 0:15:26.2]} 3... Nf6 {[%clk 0:15:07.1]} 4. Nf3 {[%clk 0:15:02.5]} 4... e6 {[%clk 0:15:07.9]} 5. Bb5+ {[%clk 0:15:09.6]} 5... Bd7 {[%clk 0:15:10.8]} 6. Bxd7+ {[%clk 0:15:17.2]} 6... Qxd7 {[%clk 0:15:14.9]} 7. d3 {[%clk 0:15:22.1]} 7... Be7 {[%clk 0:15:19.5]} 8. Be3 {[%clk 0:15:14.6]} 8... Nc6 {[%clk 0:15:18.5]} 9. Qd2 {[%clk 0:14:59.1]} 9... O-O {[%clk 0:14:30.4]} 10. h3 {[%clk 0:14:53.9]} 10... Nh5 {[%clk 0:14:15.4]} 11. g4 {[%clk 0:14:48.4]} 11... Ng3 {[%clk 0:14:14.5]} 12. Rg1 {[%clk 0:14:55.1]} 12... Bh4 {[%clk 0:14:15.8]} 13. Nxh4 {[%clk 0:15:03.9]} 13... Nxe4 {[%clk 0:13:58.4]} 14. dxe4 {[%clk 0:15:04]} 14... e5 {[%clk 0:13:49.8]} 15. f5 {[%clk 0:15:02.8]} 15... Nd4 {[%clk 0:13:53.7]} 16. Bxd4 {[%clk 0:14:58.4]} 16... cxd4 {[%clk 0:13:49.8]} 17. Nd5 {[%clk 0:15:07.2]} 17... Rac8 {[%clk 0:13:49.8]} 18. Nf3 {[%clk 0:14:48.9]} 18... Rc5 {[%clk 0:13:43.4]} 19. Rc1 {[%clk 0:14:37.1]} 19... Rfc8 {[%clk 0:13:39.8]} 20. Rg2 {[%clk 0:14:39.7]} 20... Kf8 {[%clk 0:13:41.3]} 21. c3 {[%clk 0:14:06.5]} 21... Qa4 {[%clk 0:13:37.5]} 22. b3 {[%clk 0:13:21.5]} 22... dxc3 {[#] There was no need to take, let him close the file that he was dominating. Why let any counterplay when you’re clearly winning?! Don’t take impulsively ever again and think about every pawn capture. Better was the following variation: } {[%cal Rd5c3, Gd2e3][%clk 0:13:30.6]} ( 22... dxc3 23. Qe3 Qb5 24. f6 Rxd5 25. fxg7+ Kxg7 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Rxc3 ) 23. Nxc3 {[%clk 0:13:31.4]} 23... Qa3 {[%clk 0:13:20.9]} 24. Qxd6+ {[%clk 0:13:00.6]} 24... Kg8 {[%clk 0:13:22.5]} 25. Rgc2 {[%clk 0:13:09.4]} 25... f6 {[%clk 0:13:11.2]} 26. Nb5 {[%clk 0:08:15.9]} 26... Qxc1+ {[%clk 0:12:47.7]} 27. Rxc1 {[%clk 0:08:22.3]} 27... Rxc1+ {[%clk 0:12:55.2]} 28. Kf2 {[%clk 0:08:21.2]} 28... R8c2+ {[%clk 0:13:01.3]} 29. Kg3 {[%clk 0:08:29.4] +11.0} (29. Kg3 h6 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qxa7 Rf1 32. a4 Rb2) 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Leon Fresh http://leonfresh.com

Founder of ChessTuts. I am a game & web developer and graphic designer. I have been playing chess since high school but haven’t taken it seriously until recently a decade later. My elo (Lichess) is roughly 2200 so looking forward to getting a title one day. I’m also up for coaching students, check this link: https://cochess.com/coaches/787f5979-5a47-4cb5-baad-aa1f5f0da296

Lessons I’ve Learnt In My Chess Games