Well, part of getting excited about chess again has been joining a training program at Chess Dojo. This is a site run by some titled players (one of whom has a PhD in philosophy). One aspect of this playing slow games. This can be done in a variety of ways but they also have online tournaments where you play with other members. I played my first game this last Sunday.
https://lichess.org/mXrSXPu39oM4
The game was a pretty uneventful draw. I thought I had an advantage in the endgame because he has isolated c and a pawns and my king is more active, but I wasn't able to make anything of it. It seems like he might even be winning in the final position since he has gained the opposition between the kings and I will be forced to abandon one side or the other if he wants to go for it. He told me afterwards the end position was a dead draw. Not sure if that is his opinion, analysis, or if he checked with a computer. Anyways, it was my first slow chess game in over a year so a draw is not a bad result.
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