Today I have posted my over the board games again and the game below is one of those games. This game was played almost eight years ago at Hämeenlinna. This is the last round game I played in a weekend tournament there. On the first four rounds I had gathered 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, so I was able to get to 3 points with this draw. It was a slightly positive score and due to that my rating increased from 1691 to 1704. With 3 points I was on shared fourth place in the final standings, but due to tie-break, I was on 10th place in the final list of names in group B. My opponent also finished with 3 points, but was on 7th place in the final standings. There are still a lot of games to go through before I can get to my latest over the board efforts. I will go through all the games I have the moves written down in one way or the other in this blog sooner or later, but I think it will still take a long time to get to my latest games from all the sources. That being said, I am posting more games on weekly basis than I finish, so I will eventually get there.
My opponent went a bit astray immediately after he deviated from theoretical lines. 8...Bd6 is a small mistake and it was better to play 8...b6, 8...b5 or 8...c5. I was not up to the task of maintaining my small advantage, but instead played 9.b3, so that I could fianchetto my bishop. It was better to go for 9.e4 or 9.Re1. These are only minor improvements to the moves and I only had a very small advantage until my opponent, Jarmo, blundered with 12...dxc4. This was my best chance to get a clear advantage, but of course I was completely ignorant of my chance and just went for the move that merely equalised the material. I should have played 13.Ng5 instead of the less eventful move 13.Qxc4. I was only able to gain a small advantage during the rest of the game, but even that I threw away and draw was agreed upon after 23...Bd7.
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