My best 2025 real life games!

Hello everyone!

Welcome to my first ever post! I am Ben and I am a chess player from Canada. I have had games where I lost in embarssing ways, and I have had games where I versed masters, as well as brilliant games I have had defensive games, I have had postional games, and I have also had offensive/attacking games, so I simply want to share some of games, maybe to inspire others, or maybe for others to simply enjoy them!

Here is the first game I would like to share (I was white):

This game is quite exciting! Not only due to the fact that I had a 97% accuraccy, I also played a total of four brilliant moves. I am sure I will remember this game for a while espically Re8! I remember my chess friend was playing his game on the neighbouring board , and he was quite suprised when I played this move and he said that he did not even consider it after we talked. My opponent also had one minute on the clock after Re8! so the situation was indeed quite difficult to defend.

Here is the second game I would like to share (I was also white):

This game is notable becuase it without a win, I would have never got my first National Master norm, so I pressed on and on and waited for him to blunder and pounce on the opportunity. I like this game becuase it shows how I can convert endgames which are flat draws. Unfortatenly, on move 52, I blundered and played 52.Rh2?? with the right move being 52.Bg4! and then 53.Rf2! is winning for white. However, I got lucky, and he later blundered on move 58 and I played the quiet and deadly 59.Ke3! and the postion became dead lost.

The third game I would like to share

(I was also white):

This game is higlhy notable. Not only becuase of my opponent, but my ability to defend the attack (espically with the moves like Rd2! or Ree2! or Bb5+!). This was my only game against a International Master and also my only game at board one of the same tournament. Unfortatently, due to time pressure (I had ten minutes) and the fact that I was versing a international master, I later blundered on move 33 becuase I wanted a draw quite badly, which was indeed the result I got. At one point (move 41), my opponent had 10 seconds on his clock (in a 90+30 time control), so this game was a highly intense game and I will definitly remember it. Note that after Bb5, the only continuation to win is 22. Bb5+ Rxb5 23. Qc8+ Bd8 24. Ng7+ Ke7 25. Nxf5+ Kf6 26. Rxe6+ fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kg5 28. h4+ Qxh4 29. Nxh4 Bxd5+ which is absoultely insane!

The fourth game I would like to share (I was also white):

This game is quite notable (espically due to the accuracy) and was highly suprising. My opponent was around 1800 rated, so I was quite suprised to see him playing perfect until almost the end, with perfect opening prepration, and a perfect middlegame by both of us, I was quite worried that there would be a draw as it would drop my rating by a fair amount. My only saving grace was his time pressure, as by around move 45, he had only a minute left on his clock in a 90+30 time control. After a long game due to time pressure and a difficult postion, my opponent played 55.Re7, upon which I couldn't contain my emotion and immdately found the winning idea 56.Qb2+! and after that the conversion was smooth. The same opponent later told me that he drew a Fide Master in the same tournament which highly suprised me.

The last game I would like to share (I was black):

This game is also notable. My opponent was a Fide Master, and the game was quite sharp and interesting. Unfortatently, I did miss the winning line on move 20 (20.g5! 21.Bxg5 Nxd6! 22.Be7 Nxc4 and your up a pawn and winning, but I didn't want to give back the exchange), and I also did do a slip by playing 16.Na5?, white will be better after 19.Nxb6 Nc5 (which I thought was fine for me but...) 20.b4!! Rxb6 21.bxc5 Rc6 and white is +1. I also later messed up on move 25 by playing Na7?. The reason I played that was I thought that after the line played in the game, if 28.Nxc8, that I would be winning, but it is a draw. However, my opponent thought the same and I eveuntally converted smoothly. I also of course like my move 14.Qb8! which forces a queen trade as 15.Qxd7?? Rd8! and white's queen is trapped.

Overall, after returning to over the board chess after a big break for around 3 years, I am happy of my games, and I hope that this post can inspire people to return to over the board chess and have fun :)