Wednesday, March 21, 2012

European Championship 2012 - 2nd round

Before the second round I was not sure what to play. My opponent seemed to play the Slav as well as the King's Indian but today he started with d5 and then e6 so I went for a Catalan. Since I didn't prepare very deeply I ran into an unknown line and I made a few mistakes but my opponent wasn't always precise either so we had a balanced game. I was a pawn down but I controlled the a-file and e-file with my rooks. In the endgame I couldn't hold anymore and had to resign right before the time control. It was OK and tomorrow will be surely better.  :)

The sunny Plovdiv from our apartement

Jozsef made a draw against IM Batlag! Congrats!

The playing hall with my opponent FM Antal Tibor Kende on the left

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