
Rejkjavik Open, Rounds 4-6: I'm playing better!
I'm finally playing better chess! The results have also improved:
Round 4: (B) against Stefan Bergsson (2201) - draw
Round 5: (B) against Jonathan Pein (2184) - draw
Round 6: (W) against WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova (2275) - loss
Game 4 was a real highlight, a wild King's Indian defense. What I liked most about the game is that I played well after I was out of book early and in a tough position. I simply tried to create as much counterplay as I could, and it worked! Plenty of mistakes on both sides, but that's to be expected in such a game. Also, the game took 91 moves, so we were both exhausted at the end.
In game 6, I eventually was simply outplayed, my opponent just knew the pawn structures much better. Even though she played better than me, I did miss two chances to roughly equalize the game (at least to the computer), maybe that's just the power of having the white pieces.
At the time of writing, I did conclude Round 7, but I'll report on this and the two final rounds in my next update.