@anli 21 July 2021 more from that month

Yet another good game of chess with a dear friend of mine. Read this post in GERMAN and ENGLISH and find communities on https://read.cash/@anli/sports-report-on-a-slow-chess-match-en-de-sportreportage-zu-einem-langsamen-schachspiel-664ca187 The lesson: Expect the unexpected I loved the opening of this game. As most of the times with chess 960 there is variety to be expected. https://www.chess.com/game/daily/345442391 At 5.Rxf5 I felt a tense momentum, because I miscalculated my Rook defense (5) against the Knight and Bishop threat (3). When I saw it happen I prioritized my Rook over this poor Pawn and went on with revenge in mind. The advancement looks even more interesting. Both of us often build complex knots with those artful chess policies and pieces. At 9.Bf3 I commented in our chat: "9. By wondering: Why is the Knight f5 actually no longer covered? It only took a moment until I asked myself: Who did the Bishop from e4 actually cover?" And then came the revenge! You can not foresee these moments. That's what I love about chess. Especially about slow online chess where I can stick around with the pieces all day long without my opponent watching before I make a decision. Immediately afterwards I took a look at the diagonal b7/g2. However, I refrained from my first impulse to move my queen there, as I feared the bishop on g3. (Queen, forbear the bishop!) When my opponent built up pressure on my Rook with 11.e4, he confessed in the chat that he hadn't noticed the pressure on his Rook before. But so the pressure was balanced out and discharged in a battle without any notable successes - except for the one of being able to better conquer the scorched earth. Did I mention how chess often depicts political and sociological contexts? That is exactly what it does. With 14.c5 I then prepared a campaign for my Queen, who I had previously spared, and won further material with her to put the King under direct pressure. It took until 20.Bf2 that I received the offer to get a safe square for the Bishop g1, but overlooked it! Instead I opened up the chance for my opponent to pin that Bishop to my own Queen. (Queen, forbear the bishop!) Then it went on with a lot of fiddling. But that's what I love about chess, especially slow online chess. But see for yourself. PS: In the 28th move, I would have liked to have puzzled and fought vigorously once again. But I don't want to tell you about that here, so as not to deprive you of the fun of watching the game yourself from move 20 at the latest. Follow my Chess post trail via https://noise.cash/post/l77609q6 #Chess