An absolutely mental attacking game in the Pirc in which every move mattered and which could have ended in all three results until the very end.
IV Croatian League, Rd. 8, 09/22/2019, Hašk Mladost vs ŠK Odra, Bo. 2
Tomić S. (1901) vs Maravić S. (2117), Pirc
1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. Qd2 c5
5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Rc1 Nf6
9. f3 Bd7 10. Nge2 b5 11. g4 Rc8 12. Ng3 h5
13. g5 Nh7 14. h4 O-O 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5
17. d5 Nd4 18. Bg2 b4 19. Nce2 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Qa5
21. Qd2 Nxe2 22. Nxe2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nc1 f4
25. Bf2 e4 26. d6 e3 27. Qd5+ Qxd5 28. Bxd5+ Kh8
29. Bg1 Be5 30. Nd3 Bxd6 31. Bf3 Bb5 32. Nc1 Be5
33. Rh2 Rc8 34. Kd1 a5 35. Rc2 Rd8+ 36. Ke1 Ba4
37. Nb3 Be8 38. Nxa5 Bg6 39. Rc6 Nf8 40. Nc4 Bb8
41. Bxh5 Bxh5 42. Rh6+ Kg7 43. Rxh5 Re8 44. Rh6 Ng6
45. b3 Bc7 46. Kf1 Re4 47. Ke1 Bb8 48. Kf1 Ba7
49. Ke1 f3 50. Bh2 e2 51. Bg3 f2+ 0 – 1
My yesterday’s league game did not go well, but I have to say I enjoyed it a lot, and am not ashamed to have lost because I played aggressively against a stronger opponent and was not afraid.
I was white, even though I’d spent a week preparing for the black pieces on board three. One of our teammates couldn’t make it to the game so we all went a board up. So without knowing what my opponent was going to play, I played e4. He played the Pirc, and I went for the same setup I used to win against an FM, a very aggressive f3, Nge2, g4 idea, which puts black on the back foot.
And then I messed it up. I messed up the move order and allowed him to get out of harms way by castling. Even so, I was still winning almost, +2. But then I messed up in the most critical position and basically allowed him to turn things around after that one blunder. A very instructive, aggressive, tactical game. I hope you learn from it!
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