The risk of playing it safe
It's very annoying to spoil good positions due to oversights in time-trouble. Oliver Reeh's practical advice: if you learn to increase your degree of concentration, you can save valuable energy and time!
1.d4 d6 2.g3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c4 c5 5.d5 b5 6.cxb5 a6 7.bxa6 Nf6 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Bg2 Bf5 10.0-0 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bh3 Bxf3 13.exf3 Nxa6 14.Re1 Ra7 15.a3 Nc7 16.Bf1 Qd7 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.b3 Qf5 19.Bd3 Qxd5 20.Rxe7 Bf6 21.Re1 Qc6 22.f4 d5 23.f5 Nb5 24.Qg4 Nd4 25.Bf4 Rd8 26.Be5 h5 27.Qd1 Bxe5 28.Rxe5 Qf6 29.f4 Nc6 30.Re1 Rxa3 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Kh1 Ra2 33.Re2 Rxe2 34.Qxe2 Nd4 35.Qe3 Kg7 36.Ra1 Rd7 37.Ra6 Re7 38.Qd2 Re6 39.Ra7+ Re7 40.Ra6 Ne6 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Serarols Mabras,B | 2218 | Suarez Garcia,C | 2463 | 0–1 | 2017 | A41 | 82nd ESP-ch Men 2017 | 6 |
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