Untitled Tuesday and Saturday recaps - March

The March recap was written by @dpnorman.
Apologies for the delay on the February recap, caused by weather and internet troubles.

Untitled Tuesday: March 5, 2019

The March edition of Untitled Tuesday was headlined by two players, both high-rated in the field, winning games in two different and surprising ways. One, despite being one of the strongest in the event, found himself in much worse or even lost positions and benefited from tactical awareness and a bit of luck. The other found himself in equal or otherwise seemingly dull endings and routinely outplayed the opposition to net full points. Little was decided when these two players clashed midway through the tournament, but the home stretch would produce many fascinating games, as well as a clear winner.

The first of these two players is Everyfishknows, whose name should be familiar to all members of this group as one of the most frequent and successful participants. Through four rounds in this tournament, Everyfishknows was on 4/4, but every round presented a new shock.

In his second game, Everyfishknows faced off against toons1983 and after the dust of the middlegame settled, a king-and-pawn ending appeared on the board. An annoying thing about king-and-pawn endings is that they can so easily transform into queen endings, and queen endings are complicated and difficult to calculate. In the following game, not only was a queen ending imminent, but there was nothing at all either side could do to stop the opponent's passed pawn.

With these two thoughts in mind, toons1983, who even had the better end of the queen ending in question, decided to gain as much time on the clock as possible and premove his pawn down the board. This alone was his untimely mistake. 

To read the rest of the recap, please go here: https://www.chess.com/news/view/untitled-tuesday-and-saturday-recaps-march

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