zenpawn's chessblog » Joshua Friedel http://www.zenpawn.com/chessblog my chess blog Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:08:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.zenpawn.com/chessblog http://www.zenpawn.com/images/favicon.ico zenpawn's chessblog Hoogoveen Open 2009 http://www.zenpawn.com/chessblog/2009/10/hoogoveen-open-2009/ http://www.zenpawn.com/chessblog/2009/10/hoogoveen-open-2009/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:07:20 +0000 zenpawn http://www.zenpawn.com/chessblog/?p=167 Our man, (once) hometown hero, Josh Friedel is currently playing the Open Section at Hoogoveen in The Netherlands. The last few rounds have been rough, but he recovered nicely today with this miniature:

 
And a few rounds before that, he had this even shorter and far more spectacular game. As you play it out, really slow down at move 16 and on to appreciate the ideas and lines behind the moves. And, did you honestly see that last move coming?! Wow. Good stuff.


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