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These are some of my favorite games I've played that have been published, which might give you a taste of my range of style:

-Here's the game (in blog form with my annotations) that was published in the Chess Life Magazine (March 2017 issue) and that won a brilliancy prize in the Eastern  Open. I sacrificed my queen for a bishop and knight, gaining long-term pressure as compensation. This pressure ultimately resulted in my pieces storming my opponent's position. This tweet features the magazine article itself.

.-My knight placed itself on the altar to be sacrificed...not once, not twice, but three times! When it is finally captured, it's too late; the white king is checkmated. 

-In the sharp Sicilian Dragon, I sacrificed a rook out of nowhere to pull my opponent's king into grave danger. My opponent was the highest rated player I had beaten at the time, with nearly a 2400 FIDE rating. After the combination, he found himself down a substantial amount of material and a king without a castle, at which point he threw in the towel.

-In another Dragon, I defeated a teen who went on to become a grandmaster a few years later. After some lengthy maneuvering, I sacrificed two pawns to open up fresh lines, then sacrificed my rook (twice) to enter the enemy position with devastating effect. The rook was taboo on both counts, and I simply emerged with an extra bishop and raging attack, prompting my opponent's resignation. (You'll probably get revenge on me one day, GM Erik Hansen, but I'll put up a good fight either way!) :)

-If you scroll down to game 11 (at the New York State Championship vs. E. Treger), this is one of the endgames that I am most proud of, preferring strong positional advantage over small material advantage, then using precise maneuvers to convert this positional advantage into a decisive material advantage, winning. 

-This is a blog I published about an instructive win in the English opening, where I use "prophylactic moves" to prevent enemy counterplay, then sacrifice my queen, get a new queen and sacrifice that one, too...but by then it's too late.

-And this is a game from which I draw much inspiration, from among my favorite chess players of all time, Jose Raul Capablanca, orchestrating a beautiful endgame. Capablanca's ability to turn the most minuscule of advantages into decisive wins is nothing short of awesome.

-This is a collection I'm compiling called "Best Chess Games Collection for the Rest of Us." It's open to all, comprised of games that have been submitted by anyone who came across my blog. So far, it includes 13 masterpieces from players of various ages and levels of experience. Submit yours, too! 

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