Road to the Grandmaster title - Game 25 - A nice attack in the Slav defense
I am playing in the First Saturday Grandmaster tournament in Budapest, Hungary.
Yesterday I played with Grandmaster Zlatko Ilincic from Serbia.
I used the Slav defense and he decided to play a slow development to gain space in the queenside.
I opened and won space in the center and my pieces were focused on his king.
In 2 moments I could sacrifice a pieces for great compensation and probably winning material in the long run, but I could not calculate and played the safe option.
The position became blocked and decided to keep the tension:
Ranking crosstable after Round 7
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2491 | HUN | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5,5 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 4 | |||
| 2 | IM | Priasmoro Novendra | 2472 | INA | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 3 | |||
| 3 | GM | Aczel Gergely | 2542 | HUN | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | CM | Nguyen Van Thanh | 2358 | VIE | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4,5 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 3 | |||
| 5 | GM | Kosic Dragan | 2500 | MNE | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 2 | |||
| 6 | FM | Krstulovic Alex | 2351 | HUN | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2,5 | 2,5 | 1,5 | 1 | |||
| 7 | IM | Turzo Attila | 2302 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 1,0 | 1 | |||
| 8 | GM | Ilincic Zlatko | 2412 | SRB | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2,5 | 2,5 | 0,5 | 1 | |||
| 9 | FM | Gungl Theo | 2369 | GER | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 2,0 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Damjanovic Vuk | 2270 | SRB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1,0 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 0 |
Tomorrow I will play with a young talented International Master from Indonesia, who made a Grandmaster norm in the last month in Budapest: Priasmoro Novendra
You can watch the preparation for my games LIVE on twitch at https://twitch.tv/attilaturzo
Thank you for your support!
Have a great day! See you soon!
