Concerning the game i submitted for the previous show (position after a3) I had a similar position twice before and played f5-f4. booth times. In thoose games I lost to higher rated opponets and both times i was told that f4 was a mistake. For this reason i concluded that f4 was a strategic error and i did not play it. I actally had almost the same postition in an earlier round in the same tournament and was told that f4 was a weakening move and that the pawns where much better on e5 and f5. As my opponent was higher rated i assumed he understood such things better than me and thus i "learned" that f4 was bad. In this game i had a game that was very lopsided on paper and thoose games are often hard to play, as this game shows. I played very poorly and i think i tried to punish him prematurely.
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