I had no idea what to do from here. I ended up giving away two pawns and resigned because being down a pawn that late in the game is difficult to come back. mentioned I keep my rooks passive which was a problem here too. I cheered myself up with a smoked salmon sandwich! #food

I think black thought they had me in a jam because they were going to make a queen. If I tried to block it, the bishop would take my rook. Black did not see that from this position I want black to make a queen. Black did make a queen and I took it, where black responded by taking my rook and I took black's rook. In the end, black traded me their pawn and rook for my rook. Thanks for the free pawn! I celebrated with a croissant! #food

I have no idea what to make of this game. It is my rook versus black's knight and pawn but my pawn structure is a disaster. Black's pawn structure is nicer. Black should be able to gobble up my pawns since they would be too hard to defend. If black did not resign, I think black could have grinded a win. I celebrated with red snapper teriyaki over rice! #food

I put white in a jam. White has to use the queen to block my A pawn from promoting to another queen but my B pawn will slowly be moving up the board to get promoted. White can take my B pawn because I will not trade my rook for the bishop, but I will move my rook to the 1st rank and win white's queen. I celebrated with spaghetti with meat sauce! food

I did not see my defeat coming at all. I was so confident in my defense. Black took my pawn which I did not care about so I took the bishop and then got checkmated. I cheered myself up with a chocolate cheesecake! #food

I was able to push my pawn to the point where white could not stop my promotion. I celebrated with some s'mores! #chess #food

White blundered the rook. I could have taken it with my pawn but I missed it and moved my queen instead. I did win the game so I celebrated with baked manicotti! #food

I had checkmate in 1. I thought black would push the G pawn and force my knight away. Black could grab my B pawn and I cannot recapture or I would lose my rook. I got lucky and celebrated with a strawberry milkshake! #food

After a series of rapid trades, black did not notice my queen was pointed right at black's rook. Black took my knight and I got a free rook. Black did what I used to be guilty of, which I call the Video Game Mode. It is not a real term but I use that term when I kept thinking this was a video game that required an immediate response. I would forget that this game can be slowed down and I was allowed to think over my options. My knight had no safe squares if black moved the rook. I would have to

Black's knight on D4 was annoying me so I decided to take it with my knight. Black surprised me by not recapturing with the E5 pawn. I got a free knight! I ended up winning the game because that was not the only free piece of the game. I celebrate with grilled octopus! #food #octopus