Last two games from the Senta Open. The first one is probably the biggest swindle I’ve ever managed. I faced an FM and he was completely winning, but… In the second game I missed a winning piece sacrifice and got punished severely.

2019 Senta Open, Round 8, 07/25/2019, O. Sirotanovic (2194) vs S. Tomic (1910), Semi-Slav
Round 9, 07/26/2019, S. Tomic (1910) vs M Soklovacki (1851), Sicilian, Closed

Game 1: 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6
5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3
9. Qxd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qf5 h6 12. Bf4 Re8
13. Rab1 Bb4 14. Rfc1 a6 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bc7
17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Ne5 Rad8
21. a4 Re7 22. b5 cxb5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxb5 Rc7
25. Rf1 Qa6 26. Rbb1 b5 27. Nd3 Rb8 28. Nb4 Qd6
29. Rb3 Rc4 30. Qb1 Rbc8 31. h3 g6 32. Nd3 Ne4
33. Ne5 Nd2 34. Nxc4 bxc4 35. Rb6 Qf8 36. Qb4 Nxf1
37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Kxf1 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. Kd2 Ra8
41. Kc3 Ra2 42. Rf6 Ke7 43. Rf3 f5 44. Kxc4 Ke6
45. g4 Ra4+ 46. Kb3 Ra8 47. gxf5+ gxf5 48. Rf4 Rc8
49. Rh4 Kd5 50. Rxh6 f4 51. Rh5+ Ke4 52. Re5+ Kd3
53. Kb4 Rc2 54. d5 Rxf2 55. d6 fxe3 56. Rd5+ Kc2
57. Rc5+ Kb2 58. Re5 Rd2 59. Kc5 e2 60. Kc6 Kc1
61. d7 Kd1 62. h4 e1=Q 63. Rxe1+ Kxe1 64. Kc7 Rc2+
65. Kd8 Rh2 66. Kc7 Rc2+ ½ – ½

Game 2: 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6
5. f4 d5 6. d3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. O-O c4+
9. Kh1 cxd3 10. cxd3 Ba6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne5 Bd6
13. Qg4 O-O 14. Nd7 Qd4 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Nxd5 cxd5
17. Rd1 Rc8 18. Rb1 Rc2 19. Bd2 Rxb2 20. Rbc1 Bb4
21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qe5 Rxa2 24. Rb1 Qa4
25. Qb8+ Kh7 26. Qxa7 Qc2 27. Rg1 Bxd3 28. Qxf7 Be4
29. h4 Bxg2+ 30. Kh2 Bf1+ 31. Kg3 0 – 1

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