Wednesday, 19 June 2019

Play poorly but win, or play badly and lose

When luck is running with you, you can get away with poor play. For the first half of 2019 I've been quite fortunate in that I've escaped from some poor positions to either draw or even win games I probably shouldn't have. This run of luck came to and end last night when my poor play met with suitable punishment. While the game finished with a blunder (I actually missed why 20...Bg6 needed to be played before 20...Nxe5) I was still worse if I had played it in the correct order.


Grcic,Milan - Press,Shaun [D11]
Autumn Leaves, 18.06.2019

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qe3+ Kd8 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Kc7 12. Bd2 Rae8 13. Rfc1 Kb8 14. b4 Ne4 15. Be1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bh5 18. a4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ng4 20. e3 Nxe5 21. Qf5 1-0

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