Last night I played the fourth and final round in one in one of my toughest tournaments. I was paired against two masters, on 2100 rated player and this final game against a very strong 1800 player. Having scored 1.5 points so far, even a loss would still provide me the strongest performance rating in an event and earn me the final 2nd Category Norm (for whatever that means).
As the game progressed I really enjoyed my position. It had a number of inblances, many to my liking. I had some good attacking lines and had activated most of my pieces. I had used that advantge to gain a really good attack on Black's king but then I failed at one thing, not "having a change of mind."
There reached a point in the game where I needed to convert the position to winning endgame but for some reason I looked at the move and then decided against it choosing a move that pretty much lost instantly. Maybe it just takes a few of these close games to remember that when it looks like your main ideas are no longer working that you need to step back and take a clean look at the board. Review what is infront of you now without taking considerations for the prevouse moves.
If I could have done that reset, if you will, I'm sure I would have found the correct move to make.
But my hat off to Aaron, he did well in teaching me a lesson that I hope not to forget.
| | (black to move) | 1. | d4 | e6 |
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| 2. | c4 | d5 |
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| 3. | Nc3 | Nf6 |
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| 4. | Nf3 | a6 |
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| 5. | e3 | Bd6 |
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| 6. | c5 | Be7 |
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| 7. | Ne5 | O-O |
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| 8. | Qc2 | c6 |
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| 9. | Bd3 | g6 |
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| 10. | Bd2 | Qc7 |
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| 11. | h4 | Bxc5 |
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| 12. | Nxg6 | fxg6 |
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| 13. | dxc5 | e5 |
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| 14. | h5 | gxh5 |
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| 15. | e4 | Be6 |
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| 16. | Bh6 | Rf7 |
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| 17. | exd5 | cxd5 |
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| 18. | Bxh7+ | Nxh7 |
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| 19. | Qg6+ | Kh8 |
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| 20. | Qxe6 | Nc6 |
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| 21. | Rxh5 | Nd4 |
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| 22. | Qg6 | Rg8 |
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| 23. | Qd3 | Rxg2 |
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