Round 2: Cracking under the pressure
Yesterday I spent too much time on analyzing the 1st round game and writing the blog post, so I did have very little time for preparing to my game.
I played with Kazbek Primbatov from Kazakhstan. He is in a good form. Before this tourney He played int he Budapest Spring festival and makde 4,5 out of 9 against 7 International and 2 Grandmasters and gained 40 rating points.
He played a line which I did not prepare before the game, just looked it briefly last week, but the game showed it was not enough deep.
On move 7 I already forgot the move order and got an unfamiliar position. I allowed him to build up a blockade and a strong knight on c5 and my queenside pieces were undeveloped.
In the middlegame I managed to slowly build up my position and live under the pressure.
He made a break in the center which gave me the chance to exchange queens and equalize, but I missed Nb5 which put me again under the pressure.
I played anoter 10 good defensive move and it was again equal objectively, but I was under the pressure in time trouble and I missed an active knight move with a checkmate treat which costed me material and one more mistake the game.
There were 2 positive things about this game:
1. I was able to play under big pressure and equalize 2 times and cracked only in the time toruble. This also gives me a tast, use better my time. This is true for everyhting in my life. I want to do better time management.
2. I dealt much better with the lose than before. Most of the other times when I lost a game I went quickly out of the tournament hall and I did not analyse the game with my opponent. This time when I felt I will lose I said myself to change this habit and I was able to do it.
A Great victory over myself! This way I can learn also from my opponents.
The game:
| Round 2 on 2017/04/02 at 14.30 | |||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 10 | 2401 | GM | Ilincic Zlatko | 1 - 0 | FM | Rydstrom Tom | 2313 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 2267 | IM | Nemeth Zoltan | ½ - ½ | Zlatin Alexander | 2195 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 8 | 2249 | FM | Lyell Mark | ½ - ½ | FM | Stigar Petter | 2235 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 9 | 2277 | WFM | Terbe Julianna | 1 - 0 | Hill Alistair | 2209 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 2330 | IM | Turzo Attila | 0 - 1 | Primbetov Kazbek | 2297 | 2 | |||
Standing after round 2:
| Rank | Name | Country | Rating | Points | Rating +/- | |
| 1 | Primbetov Kazbek | KAZ | 2297 | 1,5 | 10,4 | |
| 2 | WFM | Terbe Julianna | HUN | 2277 | 1,5 | 8,8 |
| 3 | Zlatin Alexander | ISR | 2195 | 1,5 | 30,4 | |
| FM | Lyell Mark | ENG | 2249 | 1,5 | 8,4 | |
| 5 | FM | Stigar Petter | NOR | 2235 | 1 | 1,2 |
| IM | Nemeth Zoltan | HUN | 2267 | 1 | -1,4 | |
| 7 | IM | Turzo Attila | HUN | 2330 | 1 | 0,5 |
| 8 | GM | Ilincic Zlatko | SRB | 2401 | 1 | -2,2 |
| 9 | Hill Alistair | ENG | 2209 | 0 | -17 | |
| FM | Rydstrom Tom | SWE | 2313 | 0 | -20,8 |
Pairing:
| Round 3 on 2017/04/03 at 14.30 | |||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 2297 | Primbetov Kazbek | GM | Ilincic Zlatko | 2401 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 2209 | Hill Alistair | IM | Turzo Attila | 2330 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | 2235 | FM | Stigar Petter | WFM | Terbe Julianna | 2277 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 2195 | Zlatin Alexander | FM | Lyell Mark | 2249 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 2313 | FM | Rydstrom Tom | IM | Nemeth Zoltan | 2267 | 7 | |||
I will play with the young english player Alistair Hill
He got his international rating 4 years ago and his peak rating was last year at 2264.
He lost the first 2 games, so I am sure he will give his best to get his first point.
He was able to win against a Grandmaster and get a draw against a 2701 rated grandmaster in sharp, attacking positions.
He starts with 1.Nf3 or 1.d4
I plan to play the slav and get a solid position and play for an endgame.
