Very nice!
My first OTB game against a Slovenian GM, Jure Škoberne!
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Oct 12, 2013
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#3
Holy smokes, playing a GM OTB!? You have more nerves than me. I should think win or lose that I would feel some pride in your shoes. Your game would be easy to correct and I believe the next time you will fair much better. Well done.
Thank you! Yes, I believe the next step is to postpone the blunder to move 25. :-)
Oct 13, 2013
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#5
Yeah, it is nice to play against a GM.
C6 instead of c5 is a move that is quite common in the Pirc defense - and maybe for some reason better in this position.
13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Qc7 and you have a solid position in my humble opinion.
This particular GM gives me 10 minutes to 1 time odds OTB and trashes me any and everytime.
Here's Škoberne defending Black with B00 Fred against another GM (M. Šebenik as White, giving Black 3 to 1.5 time odds on account of the mandatory ridiculous fun opening):
These guys can play.
-Izmet
P. S. MSC, that was a very nice event in Idrija. Congrats!
Loek, I was thinking about that but I wasn't so sure about the e-pawn, so I rather blundered.
Jonas, thanks for coming, it was a nice surprise to see you there! And I agree, GMs are crazy indeed! 
Here is my game that I am still terribly ashamed of.
To be honest, you played much better game than me. And blundered 6 moves later.
Your first game vs. a titled player pits you against a GM? I can understand being nervous! I bet next time you will be calmer!
And a proof.
Dec 27, 2013
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#14
That is not a proof. If you were wearing a red helmet, then would that be a proof.
@NewArdweaden: instructive game, because it shows that a weak square that is once a weak square will likely stay a weak square. Losing from a GM is nothing to be ashamed of. Playing a GM is beautiful.
Dec 27, 2013
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#15
Which one are you? and don't say the one with the glasses or sitting by a chess board.
BryPin wrote:
Which one are you? and don't say the one with the glasses or sitting by a chess board.
He's the one!
GM Jure Skoberne
Haha, awesome times.
Yes, actually my first OTB game against a titled player.
#3 in Slovenia, GM Jure Škoberne came to Idrija (Pirc's home town) to celebrate 60th anniversary of Pirc's GM title. And Jure also played a simultaneous exhibition against 10 players, including myself.
Of course it was not the most brilliant game I've ever played because, you know... You have to count nervousness, "time trouble" too. But without excuses, here's my game, annotated:
Definitely a new experience. What I have learnt? That I don't know Catalan. So I played a kind of KID, which I have no idea how to play either.
GM Jure Škoberne won 10-0.