After starting the tournament horribly, in rounds 4 and 5 I had to win. I faced two low rated opponents which made the situation much worse – you have to win and cannot afford a mistake, and when you do win you get almost nothing for it.
2019 Senta Open, Round 4, 07/21/2019, Z. Bacsa (1738) vs S. Tomic (1910), Quiet Slav
Round 5, 07/22/2019, S. Tomic (1910) vs G. Olajos (1567), Sicilian, Prins Variation
Game 1: 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4
5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Bd6
9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. c5 Bb8 12. Rc1 Re8
13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Qe7
17. b4 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. O-O c5 20. Bc3 Bc7
21. Qb2 Ra8 22. Rfd1 Ra7 23. Rc2 Rea8 24. Ra1 Ra4
25. Be1 Qd8 26. Qc1 Nxe5 27. Nd2 Nd3 28. Qb1 Nxb4
29. Rc3 Be5 30. Nf3 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Nc6 32. Qb2 d4
33. exd4 cxd4 34. Bd2 Qd6 0 – 1
Game 2: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nc6 8. Be3 b6
9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qd2 h6 12. Be2 O-O
13. O-O Qc7 14. Nd5 Qb7 15. Rc2 Rfd8 16. Rfc1 Kh7
17. a3 Rd7 18. Bd3 Nh5 19. f4 f6 20. f5 Bf7
21. g3 Bd8 22. Qf2 g5 23. fxg6+ Bxg6 24. Nd2 Rf7
25. g4 Ng7 26. Nf3 Ne7 27. Bxh6 Kxh6 28. Qh4+ Nh5
29. gxh5 Bxh5 30. Nxf6 Rxf6 31. Qg5+ Kh7 32. Qxf6 Ng6
33. Ng5+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35. Rg2 Qc7 36. Rf1 Qc5+
37. Kh1 Nf4 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Qh7# 1 – 0
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