At the time I’m recording this video, I’m competing in my first online chess.com tournament. Currently, it’s round 1 of the “Lower-rated Aussies 2021 Christmas Challenge” which is open to players rated under 1250 in the “Team Australia” club. The time control for each move is 3 days, though obviously, most games complete rather more quickly than that. It’s still early days, round 1 is only 11% complete, but I’ve been able to chalk up some wins, including this game which at this time is listed as the “biggest upset” so far! At the beginning of this round in the daily format, I was rated at 701 and my opponent at 1209!
I’m very proud of this game as I spent a long time thinking through some of the moves, and I stayed the course with my overall strategic plan. Even though Stockfish would disapprove of many of my moves, they did the job. I hope you found this video interesting, and thanks for watching!
Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/daily/373571355
[Event "Lower-rated Aussies 2021 Christmas Challenge - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.12.17"] [Round "?"] [White "vitualis"] [Black "pokemoth"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "804"] [BlackElo "1151"] [TimeControl "1/259200"] [EndDate "2021.12.20"] [Termination "vitualis won by resignation"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bc4 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe1 a6 9. a4 Bd7 10. f5 exf5 11. Ng5 fxe4 12. Qh4 exd3 13. Rxf6 h6 14. Rxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5+ Kh8 18. Nd5 Ne5 19. Qh6+ 1-0
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