Playing chess until I hit 2000: Day 225

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This is day 225 of my journey to get to a rating of 2000 on chess.com.
Bit frustrated with my inability to beat these lads. First game was a classical dutch, the second was a Jobava. Eughhh....
So far on the series:
167 wins 21 draws 137 losses
Merch here:
blunderman.mys... --- European website
blunder-man.my... --- American website
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Shout out to my channel members!
Thank You so much for supporting me:
Jofa3099, Alfonso López, André Rodrigues, Firionn, Gonzalo Poblete, Levendlicht, Fe4r

[@GeorgeSmyth]

B-man - The opening is not the issue, so I wouldn't think about changing that up. My recommendation would be to switch to 10+5 or better yet 15+10. That would give you more time to think.
You also do what I have fallen into and am trying to climb out, which is only thinking about what I am doing and not spending adequate time thinking about what my opponent wants to do. That is why I am susceptible to forks and uneven exchanges.
Keep fighting through it - at this point it's just a mindset thing - I know, I'm there too.

[@Blunder_Man]

@@GeorgeSmyth thanks for the tips, yes... Need to work on this

[@Nick_Craddock]

You got this dude! Keep pushing back. Be cheering for you either way. No worries.

[@Blunder_Man]

Thanks brother! More games to watch when I lose I suppose haha

[@gaius68]

Hang in there Owen. They were interesting games so thanks for sharing. In the first game your opponent was playing the stonewall attack.

[@Blunder_Man]

It looked kinda like a stonewall, didn't know it was a thing with white! Nice!

[@alexbeteros3825]

LeBlunder James cannot be stopped

[@Blunder_Man]

Who is he

[@palette3748]

Maybe the woodpecker merhod again?!

[@Blunder_Man]

@@palette3748 I've started studying it again in my free time, which I don't have a lot of, but yes

[@immortily1673]

PUSH BACK THIS BRO

[@Blunder_Man]

@@immortily1673 okkkk

[@Yute01]

If you want to try some more openings, try playing Ruy Lopez, Colle, or Catalan systems. I play them a lot with white and find a great success with them. I also like the Slav defense but it's a tad bit more complicated from a positional standpoint with black.

[@Blunder_Man]

I'm not interested in e4 at the moment, but thanks haha

[@Yute01]

@Blunder_Man Play the Catalan with D4 then, one of my favorite openings. If you like the sicilian, learn the najdorf. If you wanna learn a setup with black that has less control for the center but quick development, Grunfeld is a great one. Analyze some of MVLs games for these.

[@Blunder_Man]

@@Yute01 good suggestions, thanks

[@blogattacker]

Besides the blunder in the very end, overall, that was well played endgame. Your opponent had to sacrifice his rook for your bishop just to equalize.

[@Blunder_Man]

Yeah I did feel like it was pretty solid overall, thanks brother!

[@howdoiremovethis]

Chin up son!

[@Blunder_Man]

Thanks big man!! Will do!

[@arnavgovil861]

Hey I also started playing the Dutch recently do you usually put the Queen on e8

[@Blunder_Man]

In the classical Dutch it is a very common move yes

[@arnavgovil861]

@@Blunder_Man thanks

[@Blunder_Man]

Yes sir

[@TheRosiebeam]

Anyone else's mobile app stop bringing uo the flag name of your opponent when you try click on it?

[@Blunder_Man]

Haven't noticed

[@SkverkChess]

18:28 how do you mark the square with different colors?

[@Blunder_Man]

Right click, also while holding control or alt or fn

[@snowboyben1978]

Tough

[@Blunder_Man]

Indeed

[@scottyoung2601]

STONEWALL

[@Blunder_Man]

So I've been told