Well, a couple of tough losses here...
https://lichess.org/74YHxokTVLra
https://lichess.org/iqOWRT71yw74
In the first game I didn't put up much resistance so it was fairly uneventful win for the opponent. This is because I really didn't believe his plan had merit so I continued moving my pieces to the king-side. Basically I thought there wasn't enough space for him to do anything, he was just working with two files. Secondly, I thought that because the pawns were balanced that there was nothing he could do but trade a few pawn leaving it symmetrical. But he proved me wrong. He showed that he could engineer a protected passed pawn and that the passed pawn I gained wasn't worth much and was easily captured.
The second one I played tonight. This was more of a heartbreaker. Basically I spotted a tactic that won a piece for a pawn in the opening. I then played to trade pieces since I was ahead in material. But the opponent to his credit didn't fold, dug deep and found a tactic of his own to win back his piece. The rest of the game was hard fought. I was able to mount some pressure against his king and queen with some pins that could turned into something if mishandled but the opponent kept his head and found a way through. Perhaps I didn't do the best. I got a bit worried about time pressure and my playing sped up. In the end his pawns won the game.
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