Today, Saturday, was the Saturday HiveChess S1R7 Arena Tournament. I was there, giving it my all.

Congratulations to the winners! It was a very tough and hard-fought battle. I fought until the very end. However, I still have a lot to learn, and I'm working hard.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHAMPIONS

At the start of the tournament, my first match was with @cositav, my beloved mother, whom I defeated in a fair and decisive battle. This battle is the one I'll be analyzing.

These were my battles today:

8 battles fought, 3 battles won, 5 battles lost, and I'm ranked 17th in the tournament. There were 23 players in total.

I hope I do better in the next tournament.

I'll recap my first battle win:

I started playing White. It was a game with many mistakes and bad decisions by both players, which ultimately gave me the win.

I'll list five mistakes I made after conducting an in-depth analysis thanks to the help of the website: https://lichess.org/yLdU5bRC/white#15, which provides a detailed analysis of moves. I used it to review and improve my games and how I could have played them better.

Five Mistakes in My First Game

1. Move 2. Qf3

I brought out the queen too early in the Qf3 position. The queen is a very important piece, and if we bring it out too early, we endanger it.

2. Move 3. c4

I made this very wrong move. I moved my pawn to the c4 position instead of making the Nc3 move by moving my knight.

3. Move 4. Nh3

I brought the knight to h3, a wrong move, and it didn't help me at all in the game. The best option was 4. cxd5. Capturing the pawn on d5 would have given me more options in the game.

4. Move 7. d6

This move isn't the most effective. The best option would have been to move the Knights or Bishops to attack and exert pressure.

5. Move 8. a4

Another move I made that didn't contribute anything to the game. The best move would have been to move my queen and capture the rook 8. Qxa8. I think if I had done that, the move would have ended faster.

What I learned from these mistakes in my game was to always protect my key pieces, attack to apply pressure, bring my pieces out to defend, and attack while applying pressure.

Even though I won this match, I know I need to practice my serves and defense more. I'll keep practicing for the next tournament and gain a little more experience.

I hope you like the post, and if you're interested, I'll be waiting for you at lichess.org to play a few games. You don't have to be an expert, just have the desire to play.

If you want to know more about the Hive Chess Community, here's a link to the Hive Chess Community. If you want to participate in tournaments, you can register at the following page: https://lichess.org/

And that's all for today's post. See you in the next one. Bye, bye.

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