The reason for this post is to correct a mistake of the past and therefore it does not bring new content to this blog. I went through some of my games that have recently ended and noticed a new opening variation. That in itself would not have broken the posting schedule I have. The problem with this one was that it resembled a line that I had already posted in the blog, so I looked through those games and noticed that the game below did not belong there, but instead under this new opening variation. Well, new to me that is. I have noticed similar things in the past and when I have run into them, I have corrected them as soon as I can. The reason why these mistakes even occur is that not all the sources where I look openings from have the same openings listed. The openings explorer at the new version of Chess.com helps a lot because it recognizes the openings even if you go through the moves in untheoretical order, which is a really helpful thing because my games almost never follow theoretical move orders.
This was played in a tournament called 2014 September Grand Seven Fourteen III at Red Hot Pawn. This is one of the tournaments there that I have chances to win still. Four other players are still in the fight with me, so it is still uclear who is going to win. I have only the fourth highest maximum possible score, so my chances are not as good for the top spot but as long as no one exceeds my maximum possible score, I still have some chances. With this game, I was able to tie my score against Luft. For a brief moment, I did give chances to my opponent to take the win but as he did not take advantage of my blunder, I was able to not only get back into the game but maintain my advantage to the end.
Game number two. The game below is the reason why this post was created in the first place. While I looked for the opening used in this game, it was similar enough to a variation I had previosly published, so I had to make sure there were no errors there and unfortunately there was one, so I corrected it as soon as I could. This game was played in a team match called GREECE_LOVERS vs Alexander Grischuk Chess Club. It was played on 25 boards and I played on board 3 for GREECE_LOVERS. In addition to this confidence boost of a win, I lost my other game against celeron. The match ended with a score of 17.5 - 32.5 in victory of Alexander Grischuk Chess Club. They were able to have higher higher rated players on most boards, so the result was not a huge surprise.
The first mistake of the game was played by Celeron on move 8, while Bg5 seems like a good move, it develops a piece with a tempo, it does not really suit into White's plan. It was better to play 8.Qb3 and increase pressure on f7. The starting point for celeron's downfall was this 8th move. The game did last a long time after that move, but I was always on the better side even though I did play some inaccuracies that could have cost me the win and I would have been forced to accept more drawish result. I think that it was a good idea by celeron to double my pawns on move 13, because it might have given him some counterplay. He decided to undouble those pawns immediately after that which I was happy to see, so that I do not have one less pawn weakness to worry about. He does end up getting my pawns doubled on the queenside, but that is not as bad of a weakness that the doubled pawns on the f-file would have been. I played well enough to keep the advantage on my side until I went a bit astray with the move 38...Kd6, which was maybe the only chance given to celeron to draw the game after the early blunder was made that enabled me to be on the better side of the board. Celeron was not able to take advantage of his chance, and I was able to play the rest of the game without any huge mistakes, enabling me to win the game on move 79 when my opponent decided it was pointless to carry on with the game.
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