Wednesday I played the final round of the Late Fall Swiss in Waukesha.
I thought that my game went very well, but as it turns out I blundered late and gave up half a point, only to get lucky that my opponent missed it as well.
First, here is the game. Play through it, then we’ll talk about games like this for a moment.
So let’s talk about games like this. I outrated my opponent by 360 points or so. I’ve been told that you should never bother looking at games like this or showing them because, duh, lower rated player, etc.
Yet if you actually take the time to look through a game like this and annotate it sincerely it becomes clear that sometimes you win games like this simply because you weren’t punished for your mistakes. FM Alex Betaneli once gave a lecture at the Southwest Chess Club where he made the point that you need to look through wins as well to see what you are missing.
You will find that in your wins as well as your losses.
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott