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Yesterday, I finished a game in the daily format where my opponent and I made almost 6 consecutive blunders in the opening! I have to admit, the daily format is not my favourite format. This is almost like correspondence chess where after a move, you have up to a few days, depending on the game settings, to make a response. What often ends up happening, however, is that I’ll get a notification on my phone or tablet to make the next move, usually when I’m in the middle of doing something else. So, I’ll just absentmindedly play a move, and will lose track of what my plan was. I imagine that perhaps the same was the case for my opponent.

Despite the fairly disastrous opening by both myself and my opponent, I think we ended up playing a fairly interesting game of chess with some interesting tactics! I love it when I successfully set a trap for the opponent queen. At the same time, tactical use of checks to get out of sticky situations can seem like magic!

I hope you enjoyed this video, and thanks for watching!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/daily/380055051

[Event "Let\\'s Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "biguslevirus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1064"]
[BlackElo "936"]
[TimeControl "1/86400"]
[EndDate "2022.01.18"]
[Termination "vitualis won by resignation"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ng4 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Nd4 h5 7. h3 Nxe5 8. fxe5 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qxd4 10. Qe2 a6 11. d3 Nc6 12. a3 Nxe5 13. Be3 Qxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd6 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. d4 Nb6 17. Be2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Ne4 Be7 20. g4 h4 21. d5 e5 22. d6 cxd6 23. Nxd6+ Kf8 24. Qxe5 Be6 25. Nxb7 c3 26. Qxc3 Rb8 27. Nc5 Bf6 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Qc5+ Kf7 30. Rhf1 Kg6 31. Rxf6+ gxf6 32. Qd6 e5 33. Qd3+ Kh6 34. Qxa6 Rhf8 35. g5+ Kxg5 36. Rg1+ Kf5 37. Qf1+ Ke6 38. Qc4+ Kf5 39. Qxh4 Rg8 40. Rxg8 Rxg8 41. Qh7+ Rg6 42. h4 e4 43. Qh5+ 1-0