The following games were blitz games played on [lichess.org](http://www.lichess.org) in the past few weeks. I decided to annotate and share them because they show some of my continued progress (and regression) over the past few weeks. I continue to read, study, and play as much as possible, so I hope that these games reflect *some* improvement in my overall play style.
The first game is a very nice win with some cool tactical elements. There were moments where I felt like I just got lucky, but others where I felt like concrete principles were starting to sink in for me.
This next game is a devastating loss. It is no good for a chess player to only share his/her winning games. As [Chess Coach](http://www.chess-coach.net) likes to say: *losing is learning*. Well, this is a *painful* loss, so check it out: