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Today, I had a losing streak on chess.com. I played a couple of games in the morning and lost both – kicking myself with some silly one move blunders. Tonight, I probably shouldn’t have played as I was feeling tired and had had some alcohol to drink – losing three games in a row. I have a slightly unhealthy habit of playing until I win at least one game and so for this last game, I launched an aggressive Vienna game and felt vindicated with a triumph!

Arguably, I didn’t actually play this game that well and won as much due to luck and my opponent’s lack of familiarity with the Vienna, than my own skill. Even when in a completely dominant position, I missed a simpler line for checkmate than the actual line that I played. The insight here is that sometimes, it’s okay to just call it quits when you’re not playing well! I hope you enjoyed the video, and thanks for watching!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/32347791077

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "OnlyPopcorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1133"]
[BlackElo "1083"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "1:25:41 PST"]
[Termination "vitualis won by resignation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Bc4 Bxc3 4. bxc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. f4 exf4 7. e5 Ng8 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bxf4 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Qxg6+ Kf8 14. Qxe6 Rh7 15. O-O Nf6 16. Bxh6+ Rg7 17. Rxf6+ 1-0