Trapped in the Scotch opening against Woman-FIDE Master Boglarka Erdos
In round 10 of the Vezerkepzo Spring International Master tourney I played with Woman-FIDE-Master Boglarka Erdos from Hungary.
I played the modern h4 line in the Scotch opening, which She replied with a5, Ba6 to attack on the a6-f1 diagonal. After my c2-c4 She attacked with the rare Qc5 move.
I played the usual b3 move to defend the c4 pawn and prepare the Bb2 developing move.
I quickly checked the Qd4 move which attacks the a1 rook, but I though after Bb2 the queen need to go back and white is much better. I forgot the strong countermove Bb4 check, which forces Nd2, which blocks the 2nd rank so my b2 bishop will be lost.
After Qd4 I lost the rook and 2 pawns for a knight and She won the game with good technique:
Rank after Round 9
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Neverov, Valeriy | UKR | 2414 | 7,5 | 32,5 | 34,00 | |
| 2 | 3 | IM | Krizsany, Laszlo | HUN | 2347 | 6,5 | 33,5 | 30,00 | |
| 3 | 2 | GM | Varga, Zoltan | HUN | 2384 | 6 | 34,5 | 29,50 | |
| 4 | 6 | FM | Pham, Tran Gia Phuc | VIE | 2238 | 6 | 33 | 23,50 | |
| 5 | 4 | IM | To, Nhat Minh | HUN | 2342 | 5,5 | 35 | 25,25 | |
| 6 | 12 | Otawa, Yuto | JPN | 2160 | 4,5 | 30 | 16,25 | ||
| 7 | 10 | Turcsanyi, Vince Gergo | HUN | 2202 | 4 | 33,5 | 17,25 | ||
| 8 | 8 | FM | Xie, Felix | NZL | 2227 | 4 | 32 | 17,25 | |
| 9 | 16 | Laddha, Yash Jayesh | USA | 2067 | 4 | 29,5 | 13,75 | ||
| 10 | 7 | FM | Zentai, Peter | HUN | 2238 | 4 | 26,5 | 14,75 | |
| 11 | 13 | WIM | Pandey, Srishti | IND | 2156 | 4 | 26,5 | 14,50 | |
| 12 | 5 | IM | Turzo, Attila | HUN | 2288 | 3,5 | 35 | 14,75 | |
| 13 | 11 | Gandhi, Anish | IND | 2187 | 3,5 | 31 | 12,00 | ||
| 14 | 15 | AIM | Szalay-Ocsak, Bank | HUN | 2133 | 3,5 | 26,5 | 13,25 | |
| 15 | 9 | Karamsetty, Jeevan | USA | 2206 | 3 | 27 | 10,00 | ||
| 16 | 14 | WFM | Erdos, Boglarka | HUN | 2139 | 2,5 | 27 | 9,00 |
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