SERBIA CHESS OPEN 2021. Day 5. Two rounds, only 1 point.

Hi everyone!

It is the 7th of July and first of all I'd like to wish my Mom WIM Irina Ostry a very Happy Birthday!!! She is rooting for me from Bishkek and not going to sleep till 2AM every day waiting for news about my games.

I was planning to publish this blog post yesterday evening, but felt really sad after the second game (which I lost). There was also a "bug incident" in my hotel room in the evening. I'll tell a few words about it a bit later in this post.

It was a busy day in terms of chess, since we had two rounds. I didn't go anywhere, didn't take any photos and mainly stayed in the hotel room to save some energy. 

The first game (Round 6) went very well. I played against a chess player from Serbia Bajic Petar (ELO 1874). It was one of those rare games where I sacrificed some material and almost checkmated my opponent (he resigned one move before the checkmate).

Masters Tournament Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr568080.aspx?lan=11&art=0&turdet=YES&flag=30

Amateurs Tournament Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr568081.aspx?lan=11&art=0&turdet=YES&flag=30

Link to the official website of the event: https://serbiachessopen.com/index.php/en/

Follow LIVE Masters Games here: https://www.chess.com/events/2021-serbia-chess-open-masters

Here is the game from Round 6:

In the Round 7 I played against Tomic Jelena from Bosnia and Herzegovina (ELO 1919). I had a very good opening and all chances to win the game. But something went wrong at some point... Here how it was:

Round 7: 

I think almost in all open tournaments I have games like this one - a game that leaves a feeling of disappointment... But what to do?! This is impossible to avoid. How do you deal with hurtful defeats?

Back at the hotel, after having some rest I decided to analyze my games and then "a bug incident" happened . I made a "blunder" and opened a window to let some fresh air in. The light from my room attracted local fauna and as you already understood I'm not a big fan of bugs, insects in general. But all ended well. After 1 hour or so the bug flew away and hopefully he will never come back (Pics are below).

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Thank you very much to everyone for reading and rooting for me. See you in my next blog post!