Road to the Grandmaster title - March GM round 1 - Counter-moves
In the 1st round I played against Slovakian Grandmaster Milan Pacher.
I played the London system. He replied with the e6, Bd6, Qc7 setup. In my last tournament game in that system I got a winning position, but lost in the time-trouble.
Today I decided to watch my clock and avoid time trouble.
After a few inaccuracies, I got a small attack. I calculated a piece sacrifice, but missed his counter-move and he could sacrifice his queen for 2 knights and a rook. He converted his advantage very well.
So calculation is still a weakness which I need to work on a lot to overcome.
In the next 2 games I will play the 2 other Grandmasters of the tourney. I wish I can play better tomorrow against Grandmaster Zoltán Varga.
Today's game:
Rank after Round 1
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 6 | FM | Velikanov Alexander | USA | 2328 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 20 | 9,8 | |
| 7 | GM | Pacher Milan | SVK | 2415 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 10 | 3,5 | ||
| 8 | GM | Varga Zoltan | HUN | 2432 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 10 | 4,3 | ||
| 10 | IM | Krstulovic Alex | HUN | 2347 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 20 | 12,6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | IM | Spalir Jernej | SLO | 2390 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 10 | 1,7 | |
| 9 | GM | Nagy Gabor | HUN | 2516 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 10 | -1,7 | ||
| 7 | 1 | FM | Hess Max | GER | 2441 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 10 | -6,3 | |
| 3 | FM | Bodi Tibor | HUN | 2380 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 20 | -8,6 | ||
| 4 | IM | Turzo Attila | HUN | 2302 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 10 | -3,5 | ||
| 5 | FM | Karacsonyi Gellert | HUN | 2321 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 20 | -9,8 |
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