Leo's Chess Games #01

By Leo Gura - December 12, 2024

I’ve been playing a lot of chess lately.

I don’t play classical chess. I prefer Fischer Random since the games are much more unique and creative.

My rating at Fisher Random is around 1600. I would like to reach 2000. Best human in the world at Fischer Random is 2800, Hikaru Nakamura.

Here’s an interesting game I played recently against a 1600-rated bot. I had the white pieces.

Move 28 is where it got really tricky. I had to take like 20 minutes to crunch that one move because one inaccuracy would have cost me the game. Even though black was down a lot of material, black’s position was so rock-solid around the king that it was hard to see how to break it open. Black’s king was impossible to reach and all his pieces were guarding each other and his double bishops were threatening all my passing pawns. It was an unusual game as I was pushing 4-6 passed pawns! My strategy was to flood the zone with pawns. Don’t underestimate the power of pawns.

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