Playing Chess until I hit 2000: Day 144

#chess
This is day 144 of my journey to get to a rating of 2000 on chess.com.
In this game we play the Dutch Defense!
Happy to spot some solid attacking ideas here, although we made a few mistakes at points.
So far on the series:
92 wins 7 draws 74 losses
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Shout out to my channel members!
Thank You so much for supporting me:
Jofa3099, Alfonso López, André Rodrigues, Firionn

[@gaius68]

Interesting game - well played Owen and thanks for sharing!

[@Blunder_Man]

Thanks my friend Gaius!

[@poo934]

great videos man. thank you. was wondering where your accent comes from, sounds like a mix? also totally agree about the never resigning and going for stalemate!

[@Blunder_Man]

Glad to hear someone agrees haha, my accent is a mumble jumble of everything! Born in England, grew up in northern Ireland, lived in America for many years, and also south Korea with a lot of south African friends. Not really sure what my accent is, but it is what it is 😂😂😂

[@juliandeanmusic6746]

Just found your channel bro. Dig it!

[@Blunder_Man]

Wow! I'm glad the content is reaching new people! Thanks man!! :D

[@r0bz0rly]

nice one owen, built a good lead and didn't really let him back into it

[@Blunder_Man]

Thankfully he didn't spot the two blunders!

[@hillelking]

good job! he also played pretty bad . I would suggest you keep calculating even when youre in a good position and up material, especially when your clock has a few minutes more. Its so tempting to keep attacking, but i try to keep in mind a basic thumb rule while trying not to stray from it (maybe more in blitz/bullet but not in rapid) - I keep developing and make little moves if I dont have a clear path for my attack or a mating idea. It turned up well cause when you developed your knight to d2/e2 it actually was the best move.. Its amazing how sticking to basics, in real life like in chess, it yields best results Keep it up!!

[@Blunder_Man]

Great point hillelking! Yes, I'm a work on progress, but this feedback is slowly getting integrated into my games!

[@ThortheMerciless]

Nice play in the ending.

[@Blunder_Man]

Having no pressure on the clock definitely helped!

[@Shill360]

Your opponent took far too much time then made the right move and didnt follow up. Weird game, but another tick in the box.

[@Blunder_Man]

Yeah he thought forever and then only made the one, was kind of surprising, but it wasn't easy for him