Studing the course and going through the lesson on sacrifices. Normally, when we sacrifice we are talking about high worth pieces. However, in this game, I was hoping the opponent would take the bait at move 29, and take my offered pawn. He eventually took the pawn and then realised his Queen was now trapped. I am Bene449, playing white. https://lichess.org/mYanA8IA/black

I'm wondering if other older folks here have a similar experience to my own. I'm 67, retired, and have plenty of time for improving chess. Time, yes, but here I am before 4 am, not sleeping. I often feel tired. With fatigue comes lack of focus. I often feel not up to playing well. Yet I don't seem to be completely physically deteriorating. I can do fifty pushups in one set. Anyway, here I am, in the wee hours, wondering if anyone else is in a similar situation.

I started to learn chess from scratch by watching Robert Ramirez on YouTube. I consider him and Igor Smirnoff to be my favourite YouTubers. Apart from the big names like Gothamchess, do you follow anyone who is less welllknown but you consider to have a good way of teaching chess?

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