Evaluation in the endgame against Grandmaster Zoltan Varga in the Slav defense
In round 8 of the Vezerkepzo Spring International Master tourney I played with Grandmaster Zoltan Varga from Hungary.
He made a pawn sacrifice and a weakening move in the same time in the opening.
I looked the way to use it, but misevaluated the position. I could play Ba6-c4 and b6-b5 to have a super strong bishop on c4.
He missed his chance to exchange pawns in the center, so I played c4 to win space and close it.
I got a big advantage on the kingside, but played too slow and gave him time for counterplay.
In one moment he could sacrifice a pawn and get a winning activity.
He kept the pawn, but then the position became equal.
We exchanged queens and looked like it will be equal.
In a critical moment I I otally misevaluated the position. I was thinking black is better, but it was much worse. I used the general idea: Bishop is better, when pawns are on both sides and black rook is active. I did not consider how active the white knight and king and how passive the black king and bishop.
So instead of going to an equal endgame I went to a losing one.
The position is already lost, but again I misevaluated the exchange: I was thinking in the rook endgame I have an active rook to attack white's pawns, but totally forgot about the cut off king and his active king and d-pawn. It worth more, than my rook.
Today I will play with the other lady of the tourney, Boglarka Erdos from Hungary.
Rank after Round 8
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Neverov, Valeriy | UKR | 2414 | 6,5 | 26,5 | 27,25 | |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Varga, Zoltan | HUN | 2384 | 5,5 | 27 | 24,75 | |
| 3 | 3 | IM | Krizsany, Laszlo | HUN | 2347 | 5,5 | 27 | 24,00 | |
| 4 | 4 | IM | To, Nhat Minh | HUN | 2342 | 5 | 28 | 21,50 | |
| 5 | 6 | FM | Pham, Tran Gia Phuc | VIE | 2238 | 5 | 27 | 17,75 | |
| 6 | 10 | Turcsanyi, Vince Gergo | HUN | 2202 | 4 | 25 | 15,50 | ||
| 7 | 8 | FM | Xie, Felix | NZL | 2227 | 4 | 24,5 | 14,75 | |
| 8 | 16 | Laddha, Yash Jayesh | USA | 2067 | 4 | 21 | 11,50 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Otawa, Yuto | JPN | 2160 | 4 | 21 | 10,50 | ||
| 10 | 5 | IM | Turzo, Attila | HUN | 2288 | 3,5 | 28,5 | 13,25 | |
| 11 | 11 | Gandhi, Anish | IND | 2187 | 3,5 | 24,5 | 10,50 | ||
| 12 | 7 | FM | Zentai, Peter | HUN | 2238 | 3,5 | 21,5 | 11,00 | |
| 13 | 13 | WIM | Pandey, Srishti | IND | 2156 | 3,5 | 20 | 9,75 | |
| 14 | 15 | AIM | Szalay-Ocsak, Bank | HUN | 2133 | 2,5 | 21,5 | 8,75 | |
| 15 | 9 | Karamsetty, Jeevan | USA | 2206 | 2,5 | 21 | 6,25 | ||
| 16 | 14 | WFM | Erdos, Boglarka | HUN | 2139 | 1,5 | 21 | 4,50 |
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