Playing Well Feels Good | Road to GM, Games 111, 112

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I had a terrible tournament score coming into the final three rounds. I had to do well. So I decided to play what I know best. To stick to my repertoire and leave nothing to chance!

2019 Lichtenrader Herbst, Berlin, Rd. 7, 10/18/2019, Bo. 42,
Aloush Ali (unrated) vs Stjepan Tomić (1910), Advance Caro-Kann

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6
5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Ne2 h6 7. Ng3 Bh7 8. Bd3 Bxd3
9. Qxd3 Ne7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. b3 c5 12. O-O cxd4
13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nb4 15. Qe2 Qxc2 16. Rfc1 Qxe2
17. Nxe2 Nc6 18. Ned4 Rc8 19. Ne2 Be7 20. a3 O-O
21. Ned4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 a6 23. b4 b5 24. g3 Bg5
25. Re1 Rc4 26. a4 Bd2 27. Reb1 Bxb4 28. axb5 axb5
29. Ra7 Nb8 30. Rb7 Nc6 31. Be3 Rb8 32. Rxb8+ Nxb8
33. Nd4 Nd7 34. f4 Bc5 35. Rd1 b4 36. Kg2 b3
37. Nxb3 Bxe3 38. Na5 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Bb6 40. Nb7 h5
41. g4 hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Rxh2 43. Rc1 g6 44. Nd6 Bc5
45. Ne8 Rb2 46. Kg5 Be7+ 47. Kg4 Rb8 48. Nd6 Bxd6
49. exd6 Rb6 50. Kg5 Kg7 51. f5 exf5 52. Kf4 Rxd6
53. Ke3 d4+ 54. Kf4 d3 55. Rd1 d2 0 – 1

2019 Lichtenrader Herbst, Berlin, Rd. 8, 10/19/2019, Bo. 33,
Stjepan Tomić (1910) vs Ruddat Judith (1939), Prins Sicilian, Hedgehog vs Maroczy Bind

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. f3 a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 Nbd7
9. Be2 Qc7 10. Qd2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rac1 O-O
13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Bf2 Qb8 16. Nc2 Nc5
17. Ne3 Bc6 18. Nc2 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qe1 Qc7
21. Bg3 Bd6 22. Nb4 Bxg3 23. Qxg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 d4
25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd5 d3 27. Ne7+ 1 – 0

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