I haven't been posting much recently, but I wanted to kick off the new correspondence championship cycle with some tactics from the last one.
It was fun to play--even more with the variance at the end to give me the final round. Thanks to everyone for playing--I learned a lot from these games. One thing that surprised me was the importance of the openings.
In order of difficulty:
I may never defeat a stronger opponent in correspondence chess:
wlrs-Sholar, round 1
White to move.
Sholar-Ajezz, round 2
Already highlighted here...but worth repeating. White castles and then...
Sholar-hamstergang, round 2
Black to move--can this endgame be saved?
Precise play by wlrs as White, round 3
What is the correct assessment of ...Bf6 here?
Noir_Desir-Sholar, round 3