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Hi all, I played as black in round 2 of the Lichess London meetup! https://lichess.org/9l00XSv5#28 I felt exchanging queens was against the spirit of the opening. But I think d4 was wrong since there'…

Hi all, Thanks in advance for looking at the game. It's a French winawer and I was black. https://lichess.org/2YiT97Uk#21 I'm aware now that 15...Rxg5 is unsound. My plan could simply have been to pla…

thank you all! It seems dxc4 is indeed more of a fight.

Thanks in advance for looking at this. This is a club game in London. I was black and scraped a win, but white had strong attacking chances. https://lichess.org/B63KMloN#0 A semi slav, I won his dark …

A league match in London. I'm black. I made a blunder 26...Rc3 , but felt I could've done better still. I ended up having less than a minute without increment and blundered the game away.. How can I i…

thank you all!

I was black and won in an OTB game in London. I realize that: a) 12...Ne5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. 0-0-0 Nxe3 was much simpler. Gaining the bishop pair and creating an isolated pawn on e3. b) computer didn't l…

Some other ideas for black when white responds to the French with the King's Indian? https://lichess.org/onwWhWyT My idea is always to blockade the e-pawn by playing e5 myself so as to shut out the wh…

I was black in this game. I had a good position but had to offer draw because I had little time left. My main plan was to deliver a kingside attack and avoided the trading of pieces, since he played a…

@no_bullet_thanks sorry I made a silly mistake - I did intend to refer to you instead. Glad you pushed back, you're rightly offended.