This was played on the second round of the Smaller Tournament. I advanced from the first round by winning group 4 with a half point difference to the player who finished second. Only the winner or winners of each group will advance from every round. I was able to get 6.5 points out of the possible 8, on round one. This second round has already gone worse than the previous round for me, as I have lost two games out of the five that have finished so far. My losses were against rudobrody, who is clearly the highest rated player of the group and he is also very likely to win the group and advance to the next round. The player who is currently second, _Henry_, has theoretical chances to tie rudobrody in points and in doing so would also be able to advance to the third round. I know for sure that I am not able to tie rudobrody anymore, because that would mean that I would have to win all my remaining games and he would need to lose the last game he has in progress. Which is very unlikely because his opponent has not been online in months...
When compared to the first game in this post, the first new move in this game was seen when I played 13...Nc4. In the first game andrei2015 played the move 13...Nc6. My novelty, when considering the games I have played in this variation, was not a good one. It would have been a step towards difficulties, had my opponent replied accurately. However, my move was not a clear mistake and only very precise play may have led to an advantage close to a clear advantage for my opponent. Rudobrody played the move 14.b3 and my opponent was only slightly better. 14.Nxc4 was the strongest move for my opponent. In reply to 14.b3 I played 14...Nb6, which caused me more trouble than I had experienced previously in the game. The position after 14.b3 can be seen below.
Rudobrody answered with the move 15.Bb2 and my opponent was very close to a clear advantage. My more significant downhill started with my 15th move exd4. Only decent move for me would have been 15...Nbd7. Rudobrody played a good move, 16.Rc1, in response to 15...exd4. With my 16th move Bb7 I went to a position that could not be salvaged anymore. I struggled on for a few moves, but when it came time to make my 20th move, I understood the futility of continuing my struggle and I resigned.
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