Road to the Grandmaster title - Game 22 - Activity in the rook endgame
Yesterday I played the young talented German player Theo Gungl.
I played the Chebanenlo Slav. He won space with the c5 variation and got an advantage. I need to sacrifice a pawn to keep the game going. He could win the game if played more patiently, but instead went to a rook endgame with an extra pawn, where my king became very active and after a few mistakes, I sacrificed one more pawn and got a winning position, but I missed his brilliant defense, by going to a rook and pawn versus queen fortress which gave him the draw:
Rank after Round 5 in the First Saturday GM section, 2-12 March
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 5 | IM | Kantor Gergely | HUN | 2491 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3,10 | 0,90 | 10 | 9,0 | |
| 2 | 3 | GM | Aczel Gergely | HUN | 2542 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3,68 | 0,32 | 10 | 3,2 | |
| 3 | 10 | CM | Nguyen Van Thanh | VIE | 2358 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 5 | 3,5 | 2,11 | 1,39 | 20 | 27,8 | |
| 4 | 7 | IM | Priasmoro Novendra | INA | 2472 | 3,0 | 0,5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2,81 | 0,19 | 10 | 1,9 | |
| 5 | 8 | GM | Kosic Dragan | MNE | 2500 | 3,0 | 0,5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2,79 | 0,21 | 10 | 2,1 | |
| 6 | 6 | GM | Ilincic Zlatko | SRB | 2412 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2,46 | -0,46 | 10 | -4,6 | |
| 7 | 4 | FM | Gungl Theo | GER | 2369 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 0 | 5 | 1,5 | 2,44 | -0,94 | 20 | -18,8 | |
| 8 | 9 | Damjanovic Vuk | SRB | 2270 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1,06 | -0,06 | 40 | -2,4 | ||
| 9 | 1 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | HUN | 2351 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2,09 | -1,09 | 20 | -21,8 | |
| 2 | IM | Turzo Attila | HUN | 2302 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1,46 | -0,46 | 10 | -4,6 |
The next opponent is Vuk Damjanovic, a 12 year old very strong talent from Serbia, who just won 200 rating points in the last few months:
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