My second game against ACM MystOdyssey and my second win. This game was the fifth challenge game after the last tournament game I have played at the FIDE Online Arena and out of those five games I managed to win four and drew one, so no losses at that point in time! The game started to go wrong for MystOdyssey when my opponent played 13...Bc5. While I was already up a pawn, it was only after 13...Bc5 that my opponent lost the compensation for the material. I continued correctly with the move 14.Bxc5 and after my opponent took back with the knight, I should have played 15.a4 and I could have kept my extra pawn.
In the game I played 15.Nf3, which gave the initiative to my opponent starting with the move 15...b5. After that the compensation for the material should be quite clear. The next bad decision was seen on the board when MystOdyssey chose to take my knight on e2 with the bishop on move 20. MystOdyssey should have kept the pin on my knight, because it would have tied my pieces a bit. After the trade on e2, I do not really have any problems anymore. MystOdyssey then made a huge blunder and played 21...Qxd5?? My next move could have ended the game, had I played 22.Ne7+ that is and won the queen. It would have been a good point in time for my opponent to resign.
Once upon a time I might have been very embarrassed to show this game and especially this moment of the game when I played 22.Nxb4, instead of the simply winning 22.Ne7+, but these days it is just funny to me how bad moves I have played and I am not bothered at all with sharing these moments. MystOdyssey then moved the queen to e5 and then I made a huge blunder and took the a-pawn with my knight. The problem with the move was found by my opponent because MystOdyssey played 23...Qd6 and trapped my knight.
While I had two pawns for the knight at that point, it was nowhere near enough of a compensation and I should have been quite lost. I did not resign and thought that maybe I can get some counterplay going with my queenside pawns. For quite some time my position did not become significantly better, but on move 34 MystOdyssey made the mistake I had been waiting for, my opponent played 34...Nxe1.
Taking the rook with the knight was a horrible idea because it gave me precious time to push my a-pawn up the board without the fear of getting checked. When my pawn reached a7, it was me who had a winning advantage. I did not let my opponent back into the game and won the game a few moves later.
Game number two. This one was played in a team match called OCD and the Realm Rematch! It was played on 53 boards between ♞KNIGHTS of the REALM♞ and Obsessive Chess Disorder!! I played on board 10 for OCD and I faced International Master Bakr Hafez. The match ended with a score 48.5 - 57.5 in favor of OCD!! While I may have been in some trouble before, it was only after the move 20.Bd3 that the draw started to slip away from my grasp.
The game continued with the moves 20...b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.Ne2 Bxd3 23.cxd3 d5. My opponent did not play the most accurate moves and he gave me a chance to hold the draw with accurate play, had I replied correctly to the move 23...d5 that is. I should have played 24.f4, but I chose the move 24.Rc1 instead. I wanted to try to control the c-file, but this was not the best idea in that position. The final nail in my coffin was the move 29.Bh2, after which the game was hopelessly lost.
I continued my struggle for some time, but I resigned after 42...Re2 because at that point I had to admit that there is no way I can draw this game anymore.
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