♟️ Amsterdam? Hivechess Season 20 ♟️

So far I have missed 2 rounds in Season 20, but I can tell you that isn't going to stop me from trying to get at least to the top 5. If there is one thing that I have learned from Chess then that is to never give up. Today I'm going to be bringing you one of the craziest tactics that I have managed to find in a while, but before we do that let me explain my title. Amsterdam is not an opening hehe however it is the location where I played Round 5 from....a bit overdue I know :(

The game was played against my brother and I was beserking so ofc I was quite happy to find something beautiful...since usually because I know how my brother plays and he knows how I play we end up having boring games.

Here is the position where the sacrifice must occur:

White is most definitely going to lose in this position as seen by the evaluation of -96.0, and so a couple of moves later white resigns.

Another spicy fun game was played against @justfavour. I really enjoyed playing a different type of game this time. There was just a lot going on, and everything felt unfinished and complicated. These are exactly the types of games that I want to play, but a bit more on that later.

In the end I was having to much fun that I forgot about the one-move checkmate and ultimately lost the game. It is what it is :D

The last thing that I would like to talk about is my current performance....ngl it's quick horrible at the moment, and not only feel my performance is bad but thankfully I can also see it in my Lichess account.

This kind of rating drop-off does look scary, but this is not the first rating drop that I have experienced....and I know exactly where it comes from. It comes from my studies, over the last 6 months I had to study a lot and this is not the first time that after my exams I have seen a significant drop in my rating. On the other hand, I have not really been playing the game seriously for a while now, I would more or less call it casual play since I've got a couple of other things to focus on atm.