Blunders | Road to GM, Games 78, 79

Rounds three and four of Novi Sad. A very instructive victory in the Petrov, and a very instructive and crushing defeat in the Modern Slav.

Novi Sad Open, 12. – 18. July 2019
Round 3: S. Tomic (1910) vs A. Hartl (2143), Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack
Round 4: A. Zhukov (2087) vs S. Tomic (1910), Slav, Modern

Game 1: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4
5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7
9. O-O-O Re8 10. Bc4 c6 11. Rhe1 d5 12. Bd3 Nf8
13. c4 Bg4 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Kb1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qxf3
17. Qc3 Qh5 18. Rg1 Ne6 19. Bc4 Bf6 20. Qxf6 Qxd1+
21. Rxd1 gxf6 22. c3 Re7 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Rg3 b6
25. Rf3 Kg7 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rf3 Rd8 28. Rxf6 c5
29. Kc2 Rd6 30. a4 Kg7 31. Rf3 f6 32. Rg3+ Kf7
33. Bh6 f5 34. Bf4 Rd8 35. Bg5 Red7 36. Bxd8 Rxd8
37. Rh3 Rd6 38. Rxh7+ Kg6 39. Rxa7 Ng5 40. Ra6 Nf3
41. a5 Rd2+ 42. Kc1 Rxf2 43. axb6 1 – 0

Game 2: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4
5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7
9. Rd1 O-O 10. e3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Ne4
13. Nh4 Bxh4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. Nc3 Rfe8 16. e4 Bg6
17. Be3 Nb6 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. a4 Bb4 20. Na2 Bd6
21. a5 Nd7 22. a6 bxa6 23. e5 Be7 24. Bxc6 Red8
25. Qxa6 Nb6 26. Bb7 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bd3 28. Qxd3 Qxb7
29. Nc3 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Qc3 f6 32. f4 Kf7
33. Qc6 Qxc6 34. Rxc6 Rd7 35. f5 Rb7 36. fxe6+ Kg6
37. d5 Kf5 38. d6 Kxe6 39. dxe7+ Kxe7 40. Bc5+ 1 – 0

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