This was tough. To play, to recover from, and to show you guys.
A bad game. No other way to put it. Didn’t get my prep in, messed up the opening we did end up playing, somehow survived a -5 position just to give it away only 3 moves later. And finally, looked for tricks in a hopeless position.
Tomic S. (1970) – Molina F. (2178)
Prins Sicilian
Città di Arco Open A 2021, Round 5
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Qe3 Bb4 17. Qxe5+ Kf8 18. Be3 Rd5 19. Qf4 Qb5 20. Kf2 Bxc3 21. Bc5+ Rxc5 22. bxc3 Qe2+ 23. Kg1 Qe5 24. Qd2 Rc8 25. f4 Qc7 26. h3 Bb7 27. Rd1 Ne4 28. Qe3 Qb6 29. Nd4 Rxc3 30. Qe1 g6 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Qh4 Qf6 33. Qg4 h5 34. Qd7 Qxf4+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh2 Qg3+ 37. Kg1 Nc5 38. Ne6+ Nxe6 39. Qxb7 Qe3+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kh2 Qg3+ 43. Kg1 Rd8 44. Rf1 Ng5 45. Qb2 Qe3+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Kg1 Qd4+ 48. Rf2 Ne4
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