This game was played in the first round of a tournament called Maximum ! at Chess.com. The tournament is currently on its second round. So far it has lasted over 3 years and it will likely last many more months. I played on group 4 and I was 5th in the final standings of the group with 13.5 points. It meant that I did not advance to the second round. My opponent in this game, ArcaniusDK, was on last place in the final standings of the group and alas could not get any points. Maybe the most important moment of this game was seen when my opponent played 9.h3.
The move 9.h3 weakened the pawn on g3 and it would have allowed me to play Nh5 and attack the pawn on g3 and maybe invited the move Kf2 in reply. That being said, it probably was not the correct move to make. 9...c4 is the engine's recommendation at depth 32 and Black should have a winning advantage. I played 9...b6 in the game, which was a good move, but not even close to being the strongest option. I made an inaccurate move on move 11 that gave my opponent better chances to hold the game.
ArcaniusDK then played the obvious and best move 12.Kh2, which protected the pawn on h3 in a sufficient way. Then I moved my pawn to d4 and my opponent replied with 13.e4. The move was a bit inaccurate, but nowhere close to being the losing move. However, after I took on e3 with my pawn, ArcaniusDK resigned, which was a bit premature in my opinion.
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