Sizzle Tuesday

What a Scorcher!!!  The weather is certainly hot - what a great summer we are having!  There was a lot of really good chess tonight - Suffolk ChessKid's are either immune to the heat of have really good fans...

One player who played really well tonight was AbleLopsidedGiraffe - his performance tonight probably deserved 2 to 3 points - and yet he fell short.  Chess does that - some nights you can play badly and still gather some points, and other times, you can play really well and somehow it just does not go your way.  So - well played AbleLopsidedGiraffe.
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The Results...​

Great moves, Bad moves and Missed moves...
I bet when you play a game of chess, the moves you remember most are the big blunders and the great moves.  Blunders are annoying and happen to everyone and everyone knows to try and avoid them.  We remember great moves because, well, they are great moves and don't happen all the time - so they are difficult to find, but they may win you a game.  But - missed moves...

I watched a few games tonight, and I saw a some really good players miss really good opportunities... One player lost a game when he had had two opportunities to force checkmate only a few moves before resigning due to a lack of time, and also being behind.  Another player missed forking his opponents' rooks, not just once, but twice - he still managed to win, but he had a much harder time winning than he should have done.

What is the lesson? - We all know blunders are annoying, and winning moves are great, but - make your life easier by taking an opportunity if it comes your way - it is not the brilliant moves that win games, but if you can make every move a little better, you will win far more games and your grade will soar...

Link to tonight's games...
If you have a ChessKid login, you can see the full results and all the games from tonight here:  https://www.chesskid.com/tournament/open-sizzle-tuesday-78091/results