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Best rating in rapid!

Best rating in rapid!

gkefaliakos
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I just won a 1900 rapid player and got my best rating in rapid until now... just 1000 more to reach Magnus... LOL grin

It is interesting that a 1900 player chose Philidor's defense against 1. e4. Despite this I did not get a great advantage from the opening. In the middlegame my opponent even got the advantage at some point, but both sides did some mistakes and I was the one to exploit them and gain 3 pawns advantage.

In the end I had a strong tactic "sacrificing my queen" as his rook was overloaded. In reality, I made him exchange queens and just won a full rook!!! And then my good opponent resigned!

Note: On move 24 I offered my opponent a queen for his 2 rooks which I like to play when I have an advantage... My opponent did not accept it, but it would be best for him as my advantage would be close to +1. My move was a mistake according to Stockfish despite being the third best move, because best was to move a rook and control the d-file forcing my opponent to exchange rooks and play an endgame being 2 pawns down.