Monthly Archives: March 2009

In round 9 I lost to Erdos (2583 elo), then to Ruck (2558 elo) both from Hungary. These two games were quite long and difficult, mainly positional And in the last round I drew GM Sedlak (2592 elo). So I … Continue reading →

I won against GM Art.Minasian (2557 elo) in just 29 moves with a nice exchange sacrifice which couldnt be accepted due to checkmate in two moves So, I have 5 out of 8 so far. In the 9th round I … Continue reading →

Today I won a strange game vs Veleski Robert of MKD (2269 elo). We got to a slightly better position for me around move 15 and then he blundered a Q in one move… What a pity! The game was … Continue reading →

I drew GM Macieja (2607 elo) of Poland today. He had a very promising position after the opening but then got into strong time-pressure and I gained a strong initiative by sacrificing a pawn. around move 30-40 he found some … Continue reading →

Yesterday I drew GM Savchenko (2654 elo) in another fighting game. In early middlegame he sacrificed an exchange, I sacrificed a pawn in return on the next move and we got an unclear endgame. Later on I thought I was … Continue reading →

Today I am playing against GM Savchenko, Boris with elo 2654 with Black pieces. Hopefully, we will play an interesting game!

I lost the 3rd game to Russian GM Grachev with 2655 elo. We played 109 moves! The game was very interesting although not without mutual mistakes (Which game has no mistakes?! ). And today I won a crazy game against … Continue reading →

I won the second round against Serbian FM Igor Spiric, 2254 elo. The game again was very interesting, with mutual sacrifices. Hopefully, I will play a strong GM tomorrow! If you wish to know the news on the championship, log … Continue reading →