[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R0mANtic-MAN"]
[Black "trailertv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1382"]
[BlackElo "1267"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,59,11,30,43,-93,42,27,51,-3,4,-41,-21,-48,-2,-95,-63,-81,0,-88,-104,
-221,-201,-256,-169,-266,-258,-283,-304,-543,-256,-589,-167,-77,-156,-7,-103,
-418,-106,-259,-87,-301,-51,-251,-58,-489,-444,-525,-693,-538,-520,-531,-491,
-548,-443,-646,468,374,501,453,490,521]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3
Nf6 5. c3 e5 6. Be3 e4 7. c4 Qd7 8. Ng5 h6 {While attacking opponent's piece,
be sure you don't help your opponent. Check if the piece can attack or capture
something.} 9. Nh3 exd3 10. a3 Ng4 11. Nd2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bc5 13. Qf3 O-O 14. b4
Be7 15. O-O-O Bf6 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Bxd3 Qe7 18. Nc5 Qf6 19. Qe4 g6 20. Rhf1 Bb2+
21. Kb1 Qc3 22. Nf4 Qxa3 23. Nxg6 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Nxb4+ 25. Kd2 Bc3+ 26. Ke2 Qb2+
27. Kf3 Bd7 (27... fxg6+ 28. Kg3 Be5+ 29. Kh4 Bf5) 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Qh7+ Kf6
30. Nd5+ {R0mANtic-MAN won on time} 1-0

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "silvestresaezgalindo1946"]
[Black "Satanyahuthedevil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "919"]
[BlackElo "1096"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 Qb6 4. Bxb8 Rxb8 5. b3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qc6 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. a3 Qa6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bc5 12. Qd2 Qb4 13. Qc2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. e3 O-O 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Nge2 Bc6 18. O-O a6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Bd6 {
Instead of "where do I move my pieces?" ask "can I attack or capture my
opponent?"} 21. Qc3 (21. Bxa6) (21. Bxh7+) 21... Qh4 22. g3 Qh3 23. Nf4 Bxf4
24. exf4 d4 25. Qe1 Qg2# {0-1 Black wins.} 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "roho_irianto12"]
[Black "VedantBhosale12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1203"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,58,20,1,-36,-7,31,-52,-33,-68,-56,-95,-78,-70,-72,-100,-108,-170,-156,
-151,-127,-127,-125,-199,-103,-197,-132,-172,-98,-246,-206,-276,-287,-302,-190,
-508,-298,-531,-525,-551,-513,-603,-592,-520,-597,-601,-449,-319,-457,-476,
-428,-486,-258,-456,-400,-1128,-520,-29987,-29988,-29999,-29999]} 1. c3 e5 2.
e3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Qb3 a6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. Qd3 e4 9. Qc2
O-O 10. d4 Qe7 11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 Bg4 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. h3 {Offense is the
best defense. Don't retreat automatically.} Bg3+ (14... Bh5 $2 15. O-O) (14...
Ng3) 15. Kf1 Bh5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Qf6+ 18. Nf3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3
Qxf3+ 21. Kg1 Rae8 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bh4 24. Bd2 Re6 25. Rh2 Rg6+ 26. Kf3
Re8 27. Re2 Ree6 28. e4 Rg3+ 29. Kf4 Rf6# {0-1 Black wins.} 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tsunnami"]
[Black "Adarshradhamerimaayi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1140"]
[BlackElo "1135"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,28,19,0,23,-3,38,-7,-6,1,6,-26,52,-53,-78,-96,-90,-229,-129,-133,-154,
-226,-224,-175,-125,-650,-641,-1634,-1558,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6
3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd5 dxe3 8. Qe2 Be6 9. Qxe3 Nb4
10. Qb3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 {Play forcing moves, they limit your opponent's
options.} 12. Bc4 (12. Bb5+) 12... Qxc4 (12... Qe4+) (12... Qxg2) 13. Qxb7 Bb4+
14. Kd1 Rd8+ {0-1 Black wins.} 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mirzaev_081"]
[Black "gmkmdg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "921"]
[BlackElo "1055"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,46,25,28,27,0,10,-25,-2,-87,-128,-208,-226,-308,-153,-170,-50,-106,
-94,-230,-236,-244,-231,-544,-596,-29991,-29992,-29993,-378,-409,-206,-501,
-571,-930,-310,-282,-322,-328,-308,-372,-262,-525,-446,-464,-424,-461,-452,
-519,-522]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qh5 Qe7 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. Qf3 Nd4 6. Qc3 d6 7.
Ng5 Nd5 8. Bxd5 Qxg5 {Pawn moves create weak squares around.} 9. g3 c6 10. Bb3
Qh5 11. Qc4 Nf3+ 12. Kf1 Bh3+ 13. Ke2 Nxh2+ (13... Nh4+ 14. Ke1 Ng2+ 15. Kf1
Qd1#) 14. Ke1 Be6 15. Rxh2 Qxh2 16. Qf1 O-O-O 17. Bxe6+ fxe6 18. d3 d5 19. exd5
exd5 20. Bd2 e4 21. d4 Bd6 22. Nc3 Rhf8 23. Be3 Bxg3 {0-1 Black wins.} 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Basileseraf"]
[Black "wmgrobes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1084"]
[BlackElo "920"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,51,25,14,19,8,21,0,35,0,46,23,13,23,27,36,31,33,53,-18,87,-10,136,79,
-40,73,74,58,24,117,121,-64,163,157,13,140,151,82,36,83,796,675,29999,29998,
29999,826,877,762,1913,1980,29997,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. e3
Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Bd6 {don't fix what's not broken. Don't defend when
there's no danger.} 6. Bd3 Bxf4 7. exf4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. g3 b6
11. Qc2 g6 12. Rfe1 a5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qg5 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qd2 c5 17. Qh6
c4 18. Ng5 f5 19. exf6 Qd7 20. f7+ Kh8 21. fxe8=Q+ Qxe8 22. Bc2 Qe7 23. Bxg6
Bd7 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8# {1-0 White wins.} 1-0

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "AshEl-uno"]
[Black "bru-uk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "919"]
[BlackElo "863"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,56,23,-15,9,11,33,-14,16,-46,-45,-60,-6,-54,-37,-49,-51,-60,-74,-144,
-96,-88,-93,-90,-78,-129,-85,-60,-66,-321,83,82,982,6,14,-372,-374,-423,-445,
-426,-391,-406,-435,-958,-890,-1533,-877,-1029,-957,-1011,-939,-1363,-1335,
-1384,-29990,-29997,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. fxe5
dxe5 5. Nf3 f6 6. e4 Ne7 7. Be2 O-O 8. d4 exd4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bc4
Re8 12. O-O cxd5 13. exd5 Qd6 14. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Nc6 {Don't trust your
opponent. They blunder often.} 16. Qh4 (16. dxc6+) 16... Ne5 17. Bf4 Qc5+ 18.
Rf2 Nxc4 19. Rc1 Qd4 20. Kh1 Bf5 21. Rd2 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Qxd2 23. Rf1 Bd3 24. Rg1
Be4 25. d6 Bxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Re1+ 27. Rg1 Qd5+ 28. Qe4 Qxe4# {0-1 Black wins.} 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Avinko"]
[Black "Valensija99"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "378"]
[BlackElo "604"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,42,22,17,-24,-5,14,-11,49,68,45,29,138,77,168,59,204,81,79,33,40,28,
-26,33,132,-32,-77,-208,-199,-243,-206,-282,-351,-551,-203,-325,-99,-146,-179,
-294,-218,-29997,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. f3 f6 4. e4 e6 5.
Nh3 g5 6. e5 Be7 7. exf6 Bxf6 8. f4 g4 9. Nf2 h5 {Development above all. Don't
get distracted.} 10. h3 g3 11. Nd3 h4 12. f5 Bxd4 13. Nf4 Bf2+ 14. Ke2 exf5 15.
Ng6 Rh7 16. Kd2 Rg7 17. Qh5 Qf6 18. Nf4+ Kf8 19. Ke2 Qe5+ 20. Be3 Qxe3+ 21. Kd1
Qe1# {0-1 Black wins.} 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "silvestresaezgalindo1946"]
[Black "nodana081220220026"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "921"]
[BlackElo "935"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,56,27,19,35,14,38,14,21,-1,21,14,19,40,6,0,43,15,73,128,47,33,11,-4,
20,-1,3,3,77,135,88,27,-32,-61,-1,-50,-54,-58,-60,0,-54,-220,-257,-241,-258,
-326,-233,-395,-321,-416,-299,-415,-442,-679,-677,-652,-698,-29999,-29999]} 1.
d4 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O b6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. a4 c6 8. c3 Ba6
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 c5 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ne4 {Don't move the same piece
twice in an opening.} 13. Nbd2 (13. Bd2) 13... f5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 d5 16.
b3 Nb4 17. Ba3 Nc2 18. Ra2 Nxa3 19. Rxa3 e5 20. Qb5 exd4 21. exd4 Bxd4 22. b4
axb4 23. Qxb4 Qf6 24. Qb1 Bc5 25. Rb3 Qd4 26. a5 Rxf2 27. Kh1 Rxf1+ 28. Nxf1
Qg1# {0-1 Black wins.} 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "alfieredelRe94"]
[Black "Insight2054"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "920"]
[BlackElo "981"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,48,13,27,63,123,71,72,33,78,95,98,147,69,140,133,199,179,186,139,155,
159,148,152,154,94,90,40,40,28,39,5,48,34,63,42,111,112,150,41,113,111,96,82,
90,-518,48,42,109,-72,-149]} 1. Nf3 e5 2. Nxe5 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bg4 5. d4
Bxf3 6. gxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nb4 Qd7 12.
a3 a5 13. Na2 Nf5 14. Nc3 Nh4 15. Qe2 Qf5 16. f4 Be7 17. e4 Qd7 18. Be3 Rb8 19.
Rb1 Ng6 20. f5 Nh4 21. d5 c5 {when opponent's knight is close, watch out for
forks.} 22. Qd2 Ng2+ (22... Nf3+) 23. Kd1 Nh4 {Anticipate Forks} 24. Bg5 Nf3
25. Qf4 Nxg5 26. Rg1 h6 27. Qe3 Bf6 28. h4 Bd4 29. Qg3 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Qxf5 31.
Qg2 Qh5+ 32. f3 Bxg1 33. Qxg1 Qxf3+ 34. Kc1 Qxe4 35. b3 a4 36. Kb2 axb3 37. Re1
bxc2+ 38. Kc1 Rb1+ {0-1 Black wins.} 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "xTheTank"]
[Black "morty1975"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,49,15,41,13,6,97,67,73,28,41,-10,-12,-47,-44,-39,-43,-53,-38,-40,-34,
-39,-28,16,-63,-64,-30,-47,-43,-16,-47,40,-33,-44,-36,-43,-86,-196,-32,-72,-70,
-71,-41,-106,-121,-59,-98,-239,-149,-81,-186,-418]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5
Nf6 4. d4 fxe4 5. Bc4 d5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Bh5+ g6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nxd7
Bxd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. h3 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 14. c4 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nc3 dxc4
17. Nxe4 Bg7 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qxc4 Bf5 20. Nc5 Rxd4 21. Qc1 Re8 22. Bf3 Rb4 {
When pieces attack each other, think longer to identify possible captures.} 23.
Rb1 Qb6 (23... Bxb1) 24. a3 Rxb2 25. Na4 Rxb1 26. Nxb6+ Kb8 27. Qxb1 Bxb1 28.
Rxb1 Ka7 29. Nc4 b5 30. Ne3 Be5 31. Bxc6 Rc8 32. Be4 a5 33. g3 h5 34. Bxg6 h4
35. Bf5 Rc3 36. Rxb5 hxg3 37. Rxe5 gxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Rc7 39. Rxa5+ {1-0 White
wins.} 1-0

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ganesha50"]
[Black "GM_Antagonist88"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1145"]
[BlackElo "1081"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Na5 7. Ng5 Nxc4 8.
dxc4 d6 9. Nd5 Bg4 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qxg4 fxg5 {While attacking, avoid an
exchnage of queens} 12. Qxg5+ (12. Bxg5 Qc8 13. Qg3) 12... Kh8 13. Qxd8 Rc8 14.
c3 Rcxd8 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4 a5 17. b5 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. g4 Rf3 20. Kg2 Rxc3
21. Bg5 Rg8 22. Bf6+ Rg7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. f4 Rxc4 25. fxe5 Rxg4+ 26. Kh3 h5
27. e6 Re4 28. Rae1 Rxa4 29. e7 Ra3+ 30. Kg2 Ra2+ 31. Kh1 {1-0 White wins.} 1-0

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "silvestresaezgalindo1946"]
[Black "MRefaat1980"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "921"]
[BlackElo "885"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,83,16,23,20,7,17,58,9,12,4,-10,7,15,43,36,29,34,44,49,119,-82,73,34,
11,44,44,43,369,7,-15,4,28,-8,41,11,307,314,333,339,419,339,418,461,375,321,
144,383,387,294,527,427,518,298,550,484,491,487,526,588,627,513,931,649,930,
826,1511,1643,1727,1770,1866,1423,1632,1662,1496,1667,1972,1581,2111,2156,
29987,29988,29989,29990,29997,29998]} 1. d4 d5 2. e3 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 h6 5.
Nbd2 a6 6. c4 Be6 7. c5 Bf5 8. b4 b6 9. O-O bxc5 10. bxc5 e6 11. a4 Be7 12. a5
O-O 13. Ne5 {Anti-blunder check, before making your move, check if your
opponent can attack or capture something on your side of the board.} Nbd7 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Nf3 Qd8 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Ne5 Rb8 18. Nxc6 Qc7 19. Nxb8 Qxb8 20. c6
Qc7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxc6 24. Rac1 Qa4 25. Qxa6 Kh7 26. Ra1
Qc2 27. Qd6 Re8 28. a6 Ra8 29. a7 Qc8 30. Rfb1 Ne8 31. Qb4 Nc7 32. Qb7 Rxa7 33.
Qxc8 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Nb5 35. g3 Kg6 36. Ra5 Nd6 37. Qd7 Ne4 38. Ra7 Ng5 39. h4
Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Ne1+ 41. Kf1 Nf3 42. Qxf7+ {1-0 White wins.} 1-0

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "liliafedoryshyn"]
[Black "TURKIYE999"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "391"]
[BlackElo "584"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,40,23,12,41,-6,45,36,29,1,134,65,56,27,68,6,45,-18,54,39,94,94,157,
174,160,41,120,89,342,369,335,-87,321,315,346,-29993,280,-90,-100,-29997,
-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nd4 5. O-O Nxf3+
6. gxf3 Bb4 7. Qe2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 c6 9. d4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. dxe5 O-O-O 14. exf6 gxf6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4+ Qc6 {when up
material, trade pieces} 17. Qxf7 (17. Qxc6+ bxc6) 17... Qxf3 (17... Rhg8+ 18.
Kh1 Qxf3#) 18. Qe6+ Kb8 19. Bb2 Rhg8+ 20. Qg4 Rxg4# {0-1 Black wins.} 0-1

[Event "Example 23"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Springe, Werner"]
[Black "Gebhardt, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c6 4. e4 Qb6 {Sacrifice a pawn to develop faster.}
5. Nbd2 Qxb2 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Qb6 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nd7 11. c4
h6 12. Qxe6+ fxe6 13. Bg6# 1-0

[Event "Capablanca sim"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1920.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Coll, M..."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Bg4 4. Ne2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nd2 O-O 7. f3 Bh5 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nd5 10. c3 c6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. f4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Re8 14. Rae1 N5f6
15. Ng5 h6 {Sacrifice a piece to uncover his king.} 16. Nxf7 $1 Qc7 17. Qxe6
Bf8 18. Nxh6+ $1 Kh8 19. Qg8+ $3 Nxg8 20. Nf7# 1-0

