A victory against a very dubious gambit in the Slav came much easier than expected. In the next round, though, I have faced an FM and got completely outplayed in the opening and in the middlegame. Didn’t make it to an endgame.
2019 Senta Open, Round 6, 07/22/2019, I. Pajzer (2041) vs S. Tomic (1910), Slav
Round 7, 07/23/2019, S. Tomic (1910) vs Z. Simony (2176), Sicilian, Hyperaccelerated Dragon
Game 1: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4
5. e4 b5 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. a4 a6
9. axb5 cxb5 10. d5 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8
13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Qe1 Bb4 15. Rd1 Rxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe1
17. Rfxe1 Nd7 18. Nh4 g6 19. f4 Rd8 20. Bf3 Kg7
21. Ng3 Nc5 22. Re7 Nd3 23. Rd2 Bc8 24. h3 Qd6
25. Re4 Nxf4 26. Bg4 Nd3 27. Re3 Qxd5 28. Bxc8 Rxc8
29. Ne4 Qd4 30. Rde2 Ne5 31. g4 Rc6 32. Kh2 Qb6
33. Ng2 Qc7 34. Kg1 Nd3 35. h4 Re6 36. h5 Qb6
37. Kh2 Qc7+ 38. Kh1 Nf4 39. h6+ Kxh6 40. Rf2 Nxg2
41. Rxg2 Qf4 42. Rh3+ Kg7 0 – 1
Game 2: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 b6 4. d4 cxd4
5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Qd1 Bg7 8. a3 O-O
9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Rc8
13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nde5 15. f4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Na5
17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nb3 19. Qd3 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Qd7
21. Nd5 f6 22. b3 e6 23. Ne3 Qc6 24. a4 f5
25. exf5 gxf5 26. Re1 Rce8 27. Kh2 Rf7 28. Re2 Rg7
29. Nc2 e5 30. Qxf5 exf4 31. Nd4 0 – 1
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