Rounds two and three from the Senta Open. The tournament started badly. In every sense of the word. I lost the first three games. And the defeats were well deserved. No excuses. I played badly and my opponents punished me.
2019 Senta Open, Round 2, 07/20/2019, Solymosi A. (2073) vs S. Tomic (1910), King’s Indian Attack
Round 3, 07/21/2019, S. Tomic (1910) vs S. Matkovic (1960), Sicilian, Prins Variation
Game 1: 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6
5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 cxd4
9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ Rxc6 12. Qa4 Bc5
13. Nc3 h6 14. b4 Bb6 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Rd6 O-O
17. Rxc6 bxc6 18. Bb2 c5 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. b5 Rd8
21. Rd1 Rd4 22. Qc2 Qd8 23. e3 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 c4
25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nb2 Qd5 27. Qxc4 Qd2 28. Qb3 Qe1+
29. Kg2 Qb1 30. Nc4 Qxb3 31. axb3 Kf8 32. e4 Bc5
33. f4 Ke8 34. Kf3 Kd7 35. Kg4 Kc7 36. f5 e5
37. Kh5 Bf8 38. Kg4 Bc5 39. Kf3 Kb7 40. Ke2 Bb4
41. Kd3 Bc5 42. Nb2 Kc7 43. Kc4 Kd6 44. Nd3 Be3
45. Nb4 Bb6 46. Nd5 Bd8 47. Kb4 h5 48. h3 Kd7
49. Kc5 Kc8 50. Kc6 Kb8 51. Kd7 1 – 0
Game 2: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. f3 a6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O
9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O d5 12. cxd5 exd5
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5
17. Rad1 Re8 18. Kf2 Bxb2 19. Rxd5 Be6 20. Ra5 Bc3
21. Ra4 a5 22. a3 Bb3 23. Rh4 Bf6 24. Rg4 h5
25. Re4 Rxe4 26. fxe4 Be7 27. Ra1 a4 28. Bd4 Rc8
29. Kf3 Rc2 30. g3 Be6 31. Bb5 Bg5 32. Bf2 Bf6
33. Re1 Ra2 34. Bc5 Bg5 35. Be2 Bd2 36. Rd1 Bg4+
37. Kf2 Bxe2 38. Rb1 0 – 1
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