I have been playing the 2021 US Amateur Team West ONLINE - National Championship as part of the team Winners 2021. This is a 2-days tournament in the format of g60+10 seconds increment. OUr average team rating is 1899.5, so we are in the 1800+ section. Here is the team -
- NM Sriram Krishnakumar (2192)
- Jaisuraj Kaleeswaran (2086)
- Ashik Uzzaman (1940)
- Jaidev Kaleeswaran (1380)
Game 1: Team Winners 2021 vs Tonight We're Gonna Checkmate Like It's 1989
White: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1799
Black: NM Christopher Chabris (2226) / chess.com rating 2326
Date: 30th January 2021
Result: Drawn (1/2 - 1/2)
I missed a completely winning rook endgame with 2 pawns up by making a last-minute blunder although I had plenty of time in my clock while my opponent had few seconds only. The blunder was move#44; instead of g4 I needed to play h6.
Game 2: Team Winners 2021 vs Chess Cookies
White: Lisa Sun (1708) / chess.com rating 1426
Black: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1810
Date: 30th January 2021
Result: Black won (0 - 1)
Game 3: Team Winners 2021 vs CHECKMATE ASAP - XCELL CHESS CLU
White: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1838
Black: Sricharan Pullela (1889) / chess.com rating 2020
Date: 30th January 2021
Result: White won (1 - 0)
I particularly liked my middle game combination of sacrificing a rook that my opponent couldn't afford to take. Check out move#20.
Game 4: Team Winners 2021 vs CHECKMATE ASAP - Queen Rules
White: Felix Liu (1922) / chess.com rating 2096
Black: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1839
Date: 31st January 2021
Result: White won (1 - 0)
Game 5: Team Winners 2021 vs Pawn-Z-Scheme
White: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1838
Black: Mateo Hansen (1687) / chess.com rating 1615
Date: 31st January 2021
Result: White won (1 - 0)
Game 6: Team Winners 2021 vs Riveting Rooks
White: Kristian Clemens (1997) / chess.com rating 1831
Black: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1838
Date: 31st January 2021
Result: Black won (0 - 1)
