Tactics from my November 2025 Games

At the end of November, I played in two tournaments at Marshall:

• Marshall 2025 Amateur Championship (U2100) (Lichess Study)
• Marshall "Black Friday" Action (Lichess Study)

Here are some tactics (and variations) from those games. Enjoy!

"Keep the Game Going"

Had I found it, this move would have at least kept the game going (at disadvantage black):

Deathblow

...Unfortunately, I missed the previous tactic - and this deathblow came a few moves later:

White to Play

Missed Win #1 (Variation)

Fortunately, my opponent didn't find this combination!

Missed Win #2 (Variation)

A few moves later in the same game, I missed this outright win (I was under time pressure, ok?)

Develop Your Pieces!

A cautionary tale:

@noahlz 2, Jobava 0

Two of my wins from this set were against Jobava London. Here is a winning tactic from one of the games:

Epilogue

Although I only won 3 of 10 games played, the games I did win were all upsets. So, happily my live rating is up to 1350 USCF. For now, I'm sitting on that for a bit so it gets published - and then back to more tournaments later this month and next year!