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Preventing pawn breaks is hard work | Road to GM, Game 32 – ChessTerra.com

Preventing pawn breaks is hard work | Road to GM, Game 32

October 21, 2018 NHaselton Uncategorized

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M. Lisic (1644 ELO) vs S. Tomic (1866 ELO), King’s Indian Attack, Symmetrical
5th Cro. Chess League, rd. 8, 21/10/18

My team is advancing to a higher league next season! Today we played round 8 of the league and we have now definitely secured 1st place! Today we won 4.5 – 1.5 and played great games!
I faced a lower rated opponent on board 4, he was 200+ points lower rated, but the game was a blast nonetheless.

We played a hybrid Reti-King’s Indian Attack with both of our kingside bishops fianchettoed. The middlegame evolved around whether he can push through d4 or not, and thus break open the position to his advantage. At some point he managed, but I could have played more precisely to prevent that.

I took a long time to think in that critical position, but I’ve misjudged it and gave him a chance to get a superior position. It was very complex and, to my great relief, he failed to do so.

Soon after, I found a chance to win a pawn tactically, which my opponent had missed and I was a pawn up. He could have won it back after my second blunder of the game, which would have resulted in a very equal endgame, but he didn’t take the chance. He must have thought it was risky to do so.

After that, it was quite easy to convert the position and I ended up winning. Once again, a game I have to learn a lot from!

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