The much anticipated Press v Press clash in the LFG Invitational ended in a victory for youth. I didn't help my cause by blundering a pawn in the opening, although I received enough compensation for it that it could have been described as a pawn sacrifice. Where I really went wrong was not connecting a couple of separate plans together, to form one cohesive strategy. I looked at ideas around winning the c5 pawn with Rc1 and attacking the king with moves like d6. It turns out that if I played 16.d6! Black can only stop Plan B by allowing me to execute Plan A. Instead I just focussed on Plan B (which fails on its own) and eventually gave away most of my pieces!
LFG --- (2), 04.08.2023
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Qa5+ 8. Qd2 Qxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Nxd5 10. e4 Nc7 11. Nc3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 f6 14. Bg3 Kf7 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nh4 f5 17. Be5 Rg8 18. Rae1 d6 19. Bg3 Nd7 20. b3 Nf6 21. Bc4 f4 22. Bxf4 g5 23. Nf3 gxf4 24. Ne5+ dxe5 25. d6+ 0-1
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