It’s always hard to play when you have to win. Playing in open tournaments means that you’ll probably be paired way up or way down, as I was in this game, putting me in a must-win situation. If I mess up and draw or lose, the tournament is almost certainly gonna go poorly since I’ll keep getting paired against lower rated opponents.
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I played very well up to a point. I got a close to a winning advantage and a strong attacking position and failed to convert it. Move by bad move, I let my opponent get away with it, first equalizing, and entering a dead draw endgame, and then even being better, after I’d made one mistake too many.
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Beber A. (1826) – Tomic S. (1981),
Vrsar Open 2024, Rd.1
Quiet Slav
1. Nf3 (1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5) 1… d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 (3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5) 3… Bf5 { [%csl Gb7] } 4. c4 c6 { [%csl Gc1][%cal Gd8c7] } 5. Nc3 (5. Nh4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 e6) 5… e6 6. Be2 (6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6) 6… h6 7. O-O Bd6 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 (11… dxe4 12. Ne1 { [%csl Gb4] } 12… a5 13. Bc3 Qg5 { [%cal Gf2f4] } 14. Qd2 (14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 Qe7 { [%csl Ge4][%cal Gd7f6,Gf6e4] }) 14… Bc7 15. f4 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qe7 17. Bd3) 12. Bc3 Qc7 (12… Bxf3 13. Bxf3 dxc4 14. g3 Qc7 15. a4 a5) 13. cxd5 (13. c5 Be7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Bf6 16. Nd2 Bh7 (16… Bg6 17. f4 { [%cal Gb4b5,Ge6e5] }) 17. f4) 13… exd5 (13… Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxh2+ 15. Kg2 Bd6 16. dxe6 fxe6) 14. h3 { [%cal Gd6h2,Ge4h1] } 14… Rfe8 (14… a5) 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Bf3 { [%cal Ga7a5] } 16… Nf6 (16… a5) 17. Nb3 { [%cal Gb3c5] } 17… Qe7 (17… b6) 18. Nc5 Rac8 19. b4 Bb8 { [%csl Gh2][%cal Ge7c7] } 20. Nd3 { [%cal Gd3e5] } 20… Ne4 { [%cal Gf7f6] } 21. Re1 Qh4 (21… Qc7 22. Nf4 (22. g3 Nxg3 23. fxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Bg2 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Re6 { [%cal Ge6g6] } 26. Qf5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Rf6) 22… Bf5 { [%cal Gg7g5] } 23. g3 g5 24. Nh5 { [%csl Gf6] } 24… Qd6 25. Bg4 Be6 { [%cal Gf7f5] }) 22. Qe2 Ng5 23. Ne5 Nxf3+ (23… h5 24. Red1 (24. Nxg6 fxg6 { [%cal Ge8f8] } 25. Bd2 Rf8 26. e4 Rxf3 (26… Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Qxh3 { [%csl Gf3] })) 24… Re6 25. g3 (25. a4 Rf6 26. b5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Qxh3 { [%cal Gg5f3] }) 25… Qxh3) 24. Qxf3 Bh5 (24… Re6 25. Qg4 Qe7) 25. Qf5 Bxe5 (25… f6 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qe4) 26. dxe5 Bg6 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Bd3 29. Bb2 Ra8 30. Rcd1 Bb5 (30… Bc4) 31. e4 dxe4 32. Rxe4 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Rf4 c5 35. Re4 Bc6 36. Re2 Ra4 37. f3 Raa8 38. Red2 Rac8 39. Rc1 Ba4 40. f4 Rc6 41. f5 c4 42. Re2 Rc7 43. Bc3 Rd7 44. Re4 b5 45. e6 fxe6 (45… Rd3 46. Bb4 Bd1) 46. fxe6 Rd1+ 47. Rxd1 Bxd1 48. e7 Kf7 49. Bb4 g5 (49… c3 50. Bxc3 Rxe7) 50. Kf2 (50. Rd4 Bc2 51. Kf2 c3 52. Ke2 Bg6 53. Kd1 c2+ 54. Kc1 { [%csl Gb5][%cal Gd4d5] } 54… Kg7 55. Rd5) 50… c3 51. Bxc3 (51. Ke1 c2 (51… Bc2) 52. Kd2 Kg6 53. Rd4 Kf6 54. Kc1 Kf7 55. Rd5 Bxg4 56. Kxc2 Be2 57. Kc3) 51… Rxe7 52. Rxe7+ Kxe7 53. Bg7 Bxg4 54. Bxh6 Kf6 55. Bf8 *
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