The 2007 Illinois Open was probably my best tournament ever. Here is my highest rated win from that event: my round 5 game against Ilan Meerovich(2066). Against a much stronger opponent, it is a good strategy to try to take him out of his comfort zone. I accomplished this by playing the Albin, and sacrificing an additional pawn to cramp his position (…d3!)
yes he did because either black mates him or gets to the queening square first with a check which basically is game over
Hi,
good game by the way…
I was just wondering… why didn’t he take your Bishop with his Knight at 5:03 in the video.
and why did you feel safe moving your Bishop into D4 at 5:01 – when he could take you without sacrificing anything.
Nah, he’s gotten over it. I respect my opponent and I found his analysis was helpful, since I had not reviewed this game with a computer.
Although, I’m not sure why he is surprised that analysis on my channel would be bias towards me :-p
At 5:20 you say “so he develops his knight to the edge, which is sort of a warning sign in chess when you need to develop your pieces that way” However after Na3 Nf5 Nd4 Nd4 Rf2 Rd7 Nc2 it seems like white “untangled” himself, and deep shredder 11 agrees with me and says that the position is +-1.71.
At 8:25 after a5 pa5 c5 rd7 Ke6 Rd6 Kc7 a6! I think saves white and still keeps him in the game.
Interesting game Pullin. You played well for your rating, and I underestimated you. Thanks for the game.