An extremely complicated positional game that turned into a tactical mess played in round 3 of Lichtenrader Herbst 2019.
2019 Lichtenrader Herbst, Berlin, Rd. 3, 10/14/2019, Bo. 16,
Nohr Jonas (2124) vs Stjepan Tomić (1910), Semi-Slav, Meran
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6
5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6
9. Qe2 c5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. O-O c4 12. e4 Be7
13. a3 Rc8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4 h6 16. Bd2 Qb6
17. a4 b4 18. a5 Qd8 19. Ba4 Bc6 20. Rfc1 Bb5
21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Qe1 Qc7 23. h3 Ra8 24. Nh2 Nb8
25. b3 c3 26. Be3 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Qxa5 28. Ra1 Qb6
29. Ra2 f5 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Qe2 h5
33. Qd3 Kf7 34. Nf3 h4 35. Qe4 Nc6 36. Nxh4 Nce7
37. g3 f5 38. Qd3 f4 39. Bc1 Qb8 40. Nf3 fxg3
41. Ng5+ Ke8 42. fxg3 Kd7 43. Ra6 Rg8 44. h4 Nf5
45. Kh2 Qb7 46. Nxe6 Qb8 47. Nc5+ Ke8 48. Qe4+ Nfe7
49. Bg5 1 – 0
How do I describe the feeling after this game? Disgust probably. I felt like throwing up. Screaming for a while. Then running. Then running and screaming. There’s is nothing like losing a won position against a strong player. You feel as if the inside of your body itches. And it lasts until the next game. No escaping it.
So I tried to get my head back into the tournament despite having blundered a -10 position into a +10 position in one move. It was hard.
Still, the game was very instructive and interesting. I will spend a long time analyzing it because some of the mistakes we made were thematic and are a recurring pattern in d4 positions.
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