This week starts with a game that was played in a team match between LullabyVisca and ΙRANIAN. This 95 board match has only two games left to finish and the current score in the match is 93 - 95 in favor of ΙRANIAN. I played on board 16 for LullabyVisca and won both of my games against afshar_khan. We need to win the remaining two games in order to tie the match, however, as this match has featured some players, who have a cheater badge next to their username, our team has 5 of them and ΙRANIAN has 6, the current score should be changed on the boards where those players were. Both players on board 1 have that badge and the score was 0 - 2 in favor of ΙRANIAN, so that should be changed to 1 - 1. On board 8, the score is 1 - 1, but due to the fact that the ΙRANIAN player has that badge, it should be changed 2 - 0 in our favor. On board 10 the score is 1 - 1, but it should be changed to 0 - 2 for ΙRANIAN, because our board 10 has that badge. On board 14, the score is correct, because the player who cheated lost both games on time. On board 18 the score is 2 - 0 in our favor but should be changed the other way around, on board 20 the score is 0 - 2 in favor of ΙRANIAN, but should be changed to 2 - 0 in our favor. Then on board 30, the score is already correct due to the same fact as on board 14. On board 31, the score is 2 - 0 in our favor, but should be changed to 0 - 2, on board 42 the score is 1.5 - 0.5 in our favor, but it should be changed to 0 - 2 in favor of ΙRANIAN. On board 94, the score is 0 - 2 in favor of ΙRANIAN, but should be changed to 2 - 0 in our favor. After all the changes, the score would be 92 - 96 in favor of ΙRANIAN. In case that score in the match is changed, then we have already lost the match.
The game below did go in a logical way up to the move 9...Bxd4 in my opinion. Then my opponent played a mysterious looking move 10.Rb1. If I were to answer by playing Bxc3, then my opponent could play bxc3 and the rook would be in a good square, but the problem with that is that I was not going to play Bxc3 because that move would only help afshar_khan. I replied to 10.Rb1 with c6 in order to control the square d5, so that the knight could not safely jump there. After the first twelve moves had been played, I started to think that I have good chances in this game. The game was probably quite even at this point in time. The first mistake of the game was played by my opponent on move 16, when he played h3. I can't remember if I considered Bxh3, maybe I have considered it, but was not sure about the consequences, so I did not play it. Now it seems like an obvious move to play. It would have won a pawn because taking the bishop is not a good idea in view of 16...Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qxh3+ 18.Kg1 Nxg3 19.Nxg3 Qxg3 and I would have been up two pawns. The queen can't be taken because the pawn on f2 is pinned by the bishop on b6. It was the best chance so far to gain an advantage in the game. The game continuation leads to a more even position.
On my 19th move I was not sure about the best plan and ended up playing a bad move because of it. I should have played 19...Kh7 instead of 19...d5. Afshar_khan was not able to find the best move, so the position became even once again. Then on move 21, my opponent blundered and I am able to take advantage of that blunder, at least at first. The move 21.Bc2 has the idea of d4+ in some positions, but after 21...f5 that check is no longer there and the bishop might not be so well placed on c2. It was better to play Re1, so that I am quite forced to play a defensive move like Bc7 or f6. After 22.a3, I had a great possibility to play f4 and if d4+, then play e4 and I would have a really good position. However, the game continued to be played in my favor until I made the move 27...e4. I did play some bad moves earlier that lessened my advantage, but after 27...e4, the game was brought fully into balance. My opponent went astray immediately after 27...e4 and played 28.Nf1. After that my opponent's position deteriorated and I should have been in a winning position until I played 49...Kf6 and my opponent could have been able to hold the draw with accurate moves. However, my opponent blundered with 50.g4 and I could have had a winning position again, had I played 50...Bxa3. The move Bxa3 was something that I thought about during the game, but I did not play it because I thought that I did not get a chance to play it in favorable circumstances. I did not think far enough and accurately enough unfortunately, because that would have easily won the game had I understood that the bishop can't be taken because either the pawn will promote or I am able to win some material. Instead of the easily winning continuation I went for the move 50...Kg6 and the position is about even again had my opponent replied accurately that is. Afshar_khan blundered with 51.Nh2 and I was again given the chance to play Bxa3 with an easy win to follow, but I did not see how easily it wins and played 51...a5 that should be enough to win the game, but I was making things unnecessarily difficult for me.
Finally I thought that I had seen a way to improve my position and go for the win with 54...e2, but again I was wrong and this should only be good enough for a draw. Again on that move, I should have played Ba3. It is shameful that I could not find it to be winning even though I considered the move already some moves earlier... The final losing move came when my opponent played 60.fxg4, after that move I did not blunder my advantage away, but instead I was able to maintain it to the end.
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