Road to the Grandmaster title - March GM round 6 - Queen Sacrifice
In the 6th round of the First Saturday Grandmaster Tournament I played against the young Hungarian FIDE master Tibor Bodi. His FIDE rating is 2380.
Before the game I prepared a lot against his possible 1.e4 move. I was happy about my preparation and ready for the game. When he made his first move1.Nf3 I tough we will play a game which I like even more than the 1.e4 lines.
He played the Reti opening and I playe the d5-c6 setup to block the bishop.
His Qb3-e3 looked strange, but 1st I thought maybe I fall in a trick, but Qd8 defended the e7 bishop and then I could castle.
In a few moves I misjudged the power of the e2-e4 break to exchange pawns to open up the position for the bishops. He misplayed it and I was able to blockade on d5 and I was happy again.
Then I made a risky decision to win his d4 pawn but allowing an other pawn break with b4-b5.
I missed an interesting queen sacrifice, but I was lucky, because my defense was good enough.
We went to an endgame where He got a rook for a knight and pawn, but the pawns were all on the kingside and I could build up a blockade to draw the game.
Rank after Round 6
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 8 | GM | Varga Zoltan | HUN | 2432 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 13,50 | 10 | 8,2 | |
| 2 | 10 | IM | Krstulovic Alex | HUN | 2347 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 10,50 | 20 | 28,4 | |
| 3 | 6 | FM | Velikanov Alexander | USA | 2328 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 9,00 | 20 | 23,4 | |
| 4 | 7 | GM | Pacher Milan | SVK | 2415 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 9,75 | 10 | -3,3 | |
| 5 | 9 | GM | Nagy Gabor | HUN | 2516 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 9,00 | 10 | -12,5 | |
| 6 | 4 | IM | Turzo Attila | HUN | 2302 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 8,50 | 10 | 10,2 | |
| 7 | 2 | IM | Spalir Jernej | SLO | 2390 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 7,25 | 10 | -0,5 | |
| 8 | 3 | FM | Bodi Tibor | HUN | 2380 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 6,00 | 20 | -6,4 | |
| 9 | 5 | FM | Karacsonyi Gellert | HUN | 2321 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 5,50 | 20 | 6,0 | |
| 10 | 1 | FM | Hess Max | GER | 2441 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 3,00 | 10 | -27,8 |
