Hello. Today I was able to join the Hivechess S17 Rnd 10 tournament. A few days before, I practiced with some 3 min blitz games to prepare myself. My strategy for this is to just stay solid and avoid mistakes.
In my first game I played Black vs rosmarly. In the below position White had a winning combination but not easy to see in blitz.
Nxc6! gives White a +2 advantage. White had the advantage throughout but I found a win after a few moves leading the the position below.
Rxd4! wins outright.
Second game. I played White against tortyllan who always play berserk so he has less time.
I had a winning position but let it slip away and I lost.
Bxc5 is winning but I missed the proper continuation and lost.
Game 3. I played Black against mypathtofire. I had the advantage in the opening after my opponent made a blunder.
Nxe5 wins a pawn.
Game 4. I played White against agreste. Similar to game 3, I had the advantage in the opening.
axb5 cxb5 Bxb5+ wins.
Game 5. I played White against tortyllan again. This time I took advantage of my lead in time and won.
Game 6. I played Black against RicardoFox. My opponent blundered and gave me the win.
Nc2 wins.
Game 7. I played White against migmag. He failed to make a move and gifted me the win.
Game 8. I played Black against eniolw. He played better and I eventually blundered.
Game 9. Third game with White against tortyllan. Similar to my second game with him I just took advantage of my lead in time and won.
Game 10. I played Black against migmag. He played aggressively but blundered with b5?
Bxa3+ Kd1 Nf2+ wins.
Game 11. Fourth game with White against tortyllan. I won again as he keeps playing in berserk mode.
Game 12. I played Black against @stayoutoftherz . In the position below he blundered with Qd3 allowing Qxh4+
Qxh4+ wins.
Qxe1+ Bxe1 Ne2+ wins but I missed this :)
Game 13. I played White against eniolw. He didn't make a move and gifted me with a win.
Game 14. Rematch with rosmarly which he won.
I was pleasantly surprised that I made 2nd place. It was a fun tournament and really grateful to the organizers for making this happen. Thank you!
