Round 2 - EUTender Master Tourney - Slav defense
In round 2 of the EUTender Master Tourney I played the Slav defense against International Master David Horvath. He played the solid Bd3 move against Bf5 to offer the exchange and soon offered me a draw. I decided to play on in a little worse position and soon I could get some air with c6-c5 break. The position was still better for him, but I got activity and after a few too soft moves I got a nice combination to win a pawn. He still had a nice way to get enough compensation, but he did not find it. Then I had a chance to keep the activity wirh the extra pawn, but I missed it and we went to an rook endgame where he had an active rook to save the game.
You can solve a few exercises from the game:
You can replay the game with my notes:
Rank after Round 2
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | n | w-we | K | rtg+/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Pogany, Zsombor | HUN | 2181 | 1,5 | 1,00 | 0 | 2 | 0,46 | 20 | 9,2 | ||
| 9 | FM | Nemeth, Zalan | IRL | 2258 | 1,5 | 1,00 | 0 | 2 | 0,58 | 20 | 11,6 | ||
| 3 | 5 | FM | Miszler, Levente | HUN | 2291 | 1,5 | 0,75 | 0 | 2 | 0,31 | 20 | 6,2 | |
| 10 | IM | Horvath, David | HUN | 2299 | 1,5 | 0,75 | 0 | 2 | 0,28 | 10 | 2,8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | FM | Zentai, Peter | HUN | 2269 | 1 | 1,25 | 0,5 | 2 | -0,21 | 20 | -4,2 | |
| 8 | Gumanny, Evgeny | ISR | 2130 | 1 | 1,25 | 0,5 | 2 | 0,26 | 20 | 5,2 | |||
| 7 | 6 | IM | Turzo, Attila | HUN | 2248 | 0,5 | 0,75 | 0 | 2 | -0,37 | 10 | -3,7 | |
| 7 | Szakmary, Domonkos | HUN | 2199 | 0,5 | 0,75 | 0 | 2 | -0,40 | 40 | -16 | |||
| 9 | 1 | FM | Ammar, Sedrani | UAE | 2190 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 0,5 | 2 | -0,19 | 20 | -3,8 | |
| 2 | IM | Paschall, William | USA | 2304 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 0,5 | 2 | -0,72 | 10 | -7,2 |
In round 3 I will play with Domonkos Szakmary.
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