Take that, Frenchy!

Click here to go through an annotated game I won against the French Sunday night (note it is a Java applet so it may take a minute to load, which is why I didn't put it directly on this page). I was happy with the game. Luckily, my opponent was kind enough to hand me an awful move near the end, and I was able to capitalize on this.

One thing that seems to be helping my game a little bit is not only trying to play with a plan, but playing as if my opponent is playing with a plan, and trying to figure out his plan on every move. While I didn't always respond to his plan in this game because I knew I could meet it anyway, it really seemed to help me stay on top of what was happening in this game. More than usual, anyway. This seems to be a useful enough thinking strategy that I should probably incorporate it into Chessplanner.