[Part of the Chess Campaign]
This is rather addictive. so just for the hell of it I've decided to learn one open: the Queen's Gambit, because it's easy to remember, gains a decent central position on the board, is fast to do so there's less thinking time and has that pretty good Netflix show named after it. Downsides are I can only use it if I'm white and... well, I'll only have one opening.
11. castlevape: I was black and he blindsided me with a queen + knight checkmate in my castle position. I lost pretty quick! Good lesson for me here: aim for the king. That should be obvious right? But instead I always fixate on the enemy queen first.. (184) down to (145).
12. huahaiM: I played black and was doing ok until the time pressure got the better of me, causing mistakes to be made. In the end he didn't need a checkmate to win, it was the clock that got me (145) down to (118).
13. wjllfvet: I was assigned black again and this time my opponent played like the old me, moving lots of pawns, leaving pieces undeveloped and not controlling the center. As such I made him bleed time on the defense and for a change won using the clock (118) up to (147).
14. KevinJeffrey: I was white and used Queen's Gambit, but it didn't take. He was winning until I got his queen in a surprise discovered attack fork afterwhich he resigned. Shit, I'm learning chess terms now? Anyway, I won this one (147) up to (169).
15. RiaSatoni: I was white, used Queen's Gambit, and was accepted which led to a really quick check of my king! LOL! I could still fight that off though and eventually chased after her queen HARD. She couldn't escape and resigned right after she realized she moved it into a deathtrap. Victory for me (169) up to (194).
16. sxnch1t: I was white and got to use Queen's Gambit again, though against air so it's not really a Queen's Gambit... still, he made some early blunders which led to the loss of many pieces including his queen. Got him in a checkmate just before his time expired (194) up to (212).
17. oidualcacul: I was white and Queen's Gambit wins again. I felt like I controlled the board well here, and then the time pressure on my opponent got the better of him. (212 up to 229).
18. ADIxTYA: I was black and he used Queen's Gambit on me! I responded with that Albin counter, or a variation thereof because its my first attempt at it, and did pretty good. Got lots of his pieces but ate too much time thinking while doing so, which then resulted in blunders and him getting a pawn promotion. Lost to time, though he would have gotten me in checkmate pretty soon after. (229) down to (212).
19. youssefbenkhalifa1: I was black and again Queen's Gambit was used on me. This time my Albin counter was better - surprising what that lone central pawn can do! After annihilating most of the enemy he either disconnected by accident or rage quit. Either way, that's still a win for me. (212) back up to (229).
20. MittensnettiMittens: I was white and Queen's Gambit coupled with rampaging knight (that they could have easily killed but missed the opening) put them on the backfoot very early on, so much so that two draws were offered! I let my opponents time burn a little while deciding to decline that. Ultimately they resigned, and I won without losing a single piece! (229) up to (245).
Yeah, that's not going to happen too often.
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