I don’t think I have ever been this demoralized or discouraged during a tournament.
2019 Lichtenrader Herbst, Berlin, Rd. 5, 10/16/2019, Bo. 31,
Francois Yannick (1783) vs Stjepan Tomić (1910), Qd8 Scandinavian
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6
5. Bc4 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 e6
9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Rb8 11. Be2 Be7 12. Re1 Nb4
13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 O-O 15. Rad1 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Qd3 h6 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. c3 c6 20. Re3 Qc7
21. Qf5 Qc8 22. Nd7 Ne4 23. Rxe4 1 – 0
2019 Lichtenrader Herbst, Berlin, Rd. 6, 10/17/2019, Bo. 44,
Stjepan Tomić (1910) vs Gennaro Tedesco (1646), Semi-Slav
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6
5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3 O-O
9. a3 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. b4 b5 12. O-O Bd7
13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bb1 Ne8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd3 g6
17. Ne5 Nd6 18. f4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nc4 20. Ne2 Nb2
21. Qb3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc4 23. Nf4 Nd2 24. Qd3 Nxb1
25. Qxb1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc2 Bd7 28. Qc7 Qe8
29. Nd3 Qc8 30. Qxc8+ Bxc8 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Kf3 f5
33. exf6+ Kxf6 34. Ne5 h5 35. h4 Kf5 36. g3 g5
37. hxg5 Kxg5 38. Nf7+ Kf6 39. Nd6 Bd7 40. Kf4 Bc6
41. Nc8 Bd7 42. Nd6 Bc6 43. e4 dxe4 44. Nxe4+ Bxe4
45. Kxe4 Kf7 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. Ke4 Kf7
I really don’t want to talk about these games or how I felt during and after them too much. What came after is what matters. After a horrible “mid” tournament and a solid start, I managed to pull myself together and played well in the final three rounds, winning without any issues.
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