First Two Rounds of Novi Sad Open | Road to GM, Games 76, 77

The first two games I played left me with mixed feelings. One good game which I should have won, but drew because I was afraid, and one extremely embarrassing defeat in my beloved Caro-Kann.

Novi Sad Open, 12. – 18. July 2019
Round 1: S. Tomic (1910) vs D. Mijatovic (2169), 07/12/2019, French Defense, Tarrasch
Round 2: S. Tejaswini (2191) vs S. Tomic (1910)

Game 1: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5
5. exd5 Qxd5 6. dxc5 Qxg2 7. Be4 Qg5 8. Nb3 Qe5
9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Bf3 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 a5 12. Be3 Nc6
13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nc3 a4 15. Nd2 a3 16. b4 Ba6
17. Nde4 Bc4 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. Rg1 g6 20. Rb1 Kd7
21. Bg5 Rhb8 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rg3 Ra4
25. c3 Be5 26. Rf3 f5 27. h3 Re8 28. Kd1 Bc7
29. Nb3 Re4 30. Kd2 Ra8 31. Nd4 Be5 32. Kd3 Re8
33. Rb3 Ra8 34. Nc2 Rc4 35. Kd2 f4 36. Rxa3 Rxa3
37. Nxa3 Re4 38. Nc2 g5 39. Rd3 Bb8 40. Nd4 h5
41. f3 Re8 42. Kd1 Be5 43. a4 Ra8 44. a5 Bxd4
45. Rxd4 Ke6 46. Rd2 Kf5 47. Rg2 Re8 48. Re2 Rf8
49. Ke1 g4 50. hxg4+ hxg4 51. fxg4+ Kxg4 52. Kf2 Rh8
53. Kg1 Kf3 54. Rf2+ Ke3 55. Kg2 Rf8 56. Rf3+ Ke2
57. Rf2+ Ke3 58. Rf3+ Ke4 59. Rh3 Rf6 ½ – ½

Game 2: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7
5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 Qxd4
9. N1f3 Bb4+ 10. c3 Bxc3+ 11. Kf1 Qc5 12. bxc3 Qxc3
13. Bb2 Qc5 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Qc2 g6
17. h4 Nfd5 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Nxh7 f6 20. Nxf8 fxe5
21. Bc5 Ne7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxg6 1 – 0

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