[Part of the Chess Campaign]
Thirty games down and while my number of victories are growing, the number of my wins by checkmate is very low. LOL. Guess I'm officially a clock warrior? Just goes to show if I play in a different setting (or just standard friendlies) I will most likely still be trounced as I have no end game. Who am I kidding, I'm still getting trounced regularly right now. :P
That's pretty cool actually.
31. RaronXD: had me on the ropes from his bishop's opening (I played black), but resigned after losing his queen to an unforced error. Victory - (319) up to (335).
32. johncdavid: I played white and used Queen's Gambit with a metric ton of errors, losing many of my pieces right away. LOL. Still "won" off the clock though! Victory - (336) up to (346).
33. ahmdkatab: I was white and screwed up the Queen's Gambit opening!? Yep. Anyway, I lost even more pieces right away to the point where I just messaged him "You might as well practice your checkmate". He got me with 8 seconds to spare. Loss (346) down to (335). Also my first friend request! Accepted!
34. Arunag_kundu: Used Queen's Gambit as white and he retired on move 5 after an early error let me take his queen. Win (335) up to (347).
35. Justin-jrp: Played black and lost to a queen/rook checkmate after his King's pawn opening. I really need to learn what to do with that. (347) down to (336).
36. Danjsho: I was white and Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD) let us both develop our armies well for a pretty standard battle which I won. He ran out of time before I could checkmate him. (336) up to (347).
37. gbuty: I played white with my usual QGD opening and got outplayed. While I definitely lost on the field, he lost to time. Victory for me (347) up to (354).
38. johnmegerwadea: Played white and QGA (Queen's Gambit Accepted) which should have given me the upper hand, except it didn't. Apparently these slightly stronger guys know how to counter it. I got wiped out! (354) down to (347)
39. Fyrex45: Just to drive the point home, I played white and QGA again - but I got smashed. Hrm, maybe I should learn a new opening? (347) down to (337).
40. adrianacosta5: Played white and before I could Queen's anything she tried to be cute with an early check that cost her queen. We then went through a battle of attrition until she realized she didn't have the time left to keep fighting and resigned. (337) up to (347).
According to the forums Blitz games aren't really the way to get better at chess if you're a beginner, but rather to play the 10 minute Rapid or even longer Classical. As I don't have all day to play chess, Rapid is probably where I should actually be at the moment. Maybe I'll give that a try next.
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