This is from the second round of the WORLD OPEN RAPID tournament that was played at the FIDE Online Arena on April 6th 2015. I started the tournament with a win but on this second round I got a tougher opponent, who it turns out I could have won if I seen the opportunities that arose after 13...Nd5?? or later after the move 16...Rb8??. Of course I was not able to take those chances and slowly drifted towards a loss.
Today I was able to climb back towards 2200 unexpectedly at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club as one of my opponents decided to stop making moves all together. My rating jumped from 2180 to 2196 due to that win on time. I am not sure what happened there because it seems that my opponent has logged back in after over a week being offline. I did sent my opponent a move reminder and waited over 24 hours for him to come online and make his move, but eventually I had to claim the win on time. I was probably quite lost in that position, so he should have won the game but time is also a deciding factor in games like these. Until Monday, my fellow chess enthusiasts! Next week this blog will have its 900th analysed chess game!
Game number two. This was played with 10 minute time controls and it was sort of warmup for the continuation of the 100 game match with 15 minute time controls.
Game number three. After two years or so break, my friend and I continued the 100 game match with 15 minute time controls. Due to the long break the difference in my play style and strength did change during that time and maybe there was some change in the strength of my opponent as well but maybe not so much in the way he plays chess. He did lead the series when we paused the match after 20 games in 2013 10.5 - 9.5 if I recall correctly. So with the loss I suffered in the game below, Tomi managed to increase his lead. Now the score was 11.5 - 9.5 in Tomi's favor.
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