My opponent was a boy and I got White. He chose French, after his 9… Qe7 I felt that I will be better after the opening. Computer thinks that I was winning after breakthrough 12. f5, I considered it, but didn’t see anything forced.
23. Bc1 was a waiting move, I thought that I can’t get advantage on the queenside anymore. I got better after exchange on g3 and then decided to play Ba3 and occupy the “f” vertical. Computer considers 30… Qh5 a mistake and prefers Qc2.
When he played 36… Be8 I didn’t like moving my queen back, then suddenly realized that discovered check will be winning here. 37… Bxf7 was losing a bishop, but his 37… Rd7 lost a rook and he resigned.
It was a first round in the Thursday’s club. Due to the changes in the rules I played in the middle section. I had Black and we played Giuoco Piano. My plan after the opening was defined by the exchange on e6.
25. Rd2 was a big mistake. I saw that it was lost for White after 27… Nxh3+, taking on f2 with check after Kg2 or Kh1 and leaving his queen without defense.
It was first round of a new tournament and I got the same young guy I blundered to 3 weeks ago. This time I had White and played Moscow variation of Sicilian.
Soon it started to look like some variation of French defense. On move 14 I thought about playing Rfc1, but then decided that kingside attack was more promising and played Ng5. Still, I think I defended well and eventually we transferred into a rook endgame.
For some reason I decided to play aggressively, 36. g4 was a mistake. I didn’t like passive 41. Rh2, so decided to sacrifice the “h” pawn and activate my rook. I tried to organize some kind of perpetual , but didn’t see the idea of attacking e6 pawn from e7, which would really force a repetition or will give me that pawn. It would eventually lead to a position with him having a passed “f” pawn with pawns on “a”, “b” and “d” which was drawn.
Then suddenly he played 56… Kf7, blundering the “f” pawn. The position became completely equal, but I had to be careful after 63… Kc6, 64. Kc3 was losing.
Rolling Pawns 