Carpe Diem

Another typical Simian loss... "A lack of desire really to go into concrete variations thoroughly, a vague wandering about...".



At move 24 what more could you possibly want from a French Defence? Only the coup de grace requires a little calculation which I failed to do. It's so winning, why bother taking the Bishop and letting the pawn run rampant? I have so many mating ideas brewing!

This is what Chess is all about, seizing the opportunity when it presents itself. That is achieved by coolly analysing variations.

25. e6 is an excellent practical move - it gives the opponent the maximum opportunity to go wrong, which is exactly what I chose to do. With plenty of time left, I needed only to calculate a few lines from each of the candidate moves to clarify the situation.

I'd best get off and practice doing that now, then.