Played the CCC #41 Plus Score today, took a bye in rd 2 and skipped the final round due to fatigue. Drew a 1660 player in rd 1 and lost to a 1905 player in rd 3. In rd 3 I played the King's Gambit from the white side for the first time in a tournament, I surprised myself by holding a slight edge throughout the middle game and even had a chance for a winning game but I missed the move, which I looked at but upon looking at my oppionent's reply I decided against it but after computer checking the line I needed to look one move further to find that I had a killer reply. When time got down to under 10 minutes I could no longer think long on any one move and this caused the usual problems of miscalculation and I blundered away a good game. Even though I have not played competitvely in 4 months I feel my chess studies are allowing me to improve and gain a deeper undestanding of this fascinating and complex game.
CCC #41, July 6, 2019, round 3.
J/A. Jarath -
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Qe2+ Qe7 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.d4 O-O-O 8.
Bxf4 Qb4+ 9.c3 Qa5 10.Nf3 Ngf6 11.O-O Qxd5 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qc4
Rhf8 15.Rae1 Nb6 16.Qb5 Nfd5 17.Ne5 a6 18.Qd3 f6 19.Nec4 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Qc6 21.
Nd2 h6 22.Qf5+ Kb8 23.Re6 Qd7 24.Rfe1 g5 25.g3 Ka7 26.c4? (the losing move, made in time trouble) Nf4 27.gxf4 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxd2 29.R6e2 Qd6 30.fxg5 hxg5 *
