The joy of drawing an IM (pl see the previous post) was short lived as I was pitted against the top seed Grand Master R R Laxman (elo rating 2503) in the 3rd round. Though, the GM won against me, I derived some satisfaction in opening the game with a Gambit (just to convince myself that I am not over awed by the credentials of my opponent); giving a check and managing equal material for major part of the game. I even offered draw at move 29 which was politely declined by the GM. He put me in a mating net 5 moves later.
Round 3: Date : 11.07.2010 Time 3:00 pm
Madhusoodana Bhat (1959) Vs GM R R Laxman (2503)
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4. ed5 fe4 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bd7 Nbd7
7. d4 Bb4 8. Bf4 Nd5 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qe7 Ke7 11. Bd2 Bc3 12. bc3 N7b6
13 Nf3 f6 14. Kf2 Kd7 15. Rhe1 Nc4 16. Rb1 b6 17. Kd2 c6 18. Kd3 b5
19. Nh5 Rhe8 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nh4 N5b6 22.Nf3 Na4 23. Bc1 Re1 24. Ne1 Rae8
25. Nf3 a6 26.Rb4 Nab6 27 Rb1 a5 28. Rb4 Kd6 29.Rb1(=) Kd5 30.Rb3 a4
31.Rb4 a3 32.Ng1? Re1! 33. Nd2 Rd1+ 0-1
1 comment:
looked up the mangalore tournament on one of my news feeds, then checked your site. vienna gambit??!! i have not played for a long time, only comment from my own days withe the vienna : 8. qf3 instead of BF4 would have been interesting. sujith.
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