The game below was played in the first round of a tournament called 1800+ 7 Days. There are 64 players in this tournament, divided into eight player groups and three best players of each group will advance to the next round. I am currently on sixth place and me ending up in the top three is very unlikely at this time. I have finished six games so far, with a score of 3,5 out of 6 and I have eight games left. PaulPorsche (2362) is leading group #5 at the moment, the group I am in. He has gathered 9,5 points in ten games, so he is a clear favorite to win the group at the moment. The next two players in the standings are BigGStikman (2045) and skw123 (2129) and both have gathered 5,5 points in seven games. The ratings shown in the parentheses are their Online Chess ratings at the time I type this. Even though they have not secured their places on the next round, I think those three players are the most likely ones to continue to the second round from group #5. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in three, one mate in four and one mate in five today.
This paragraph and the ones that follow it have been added November 8th, 2016, unless otherwise stated. In my opinion the first move that started the downhill for CabassoG was 5...dxc4. The move is a mistake because I could take back on c4 with my bishop that still originated at f1. If the player who controls the black pieces wants to take on c4, then that player should take there only after the light-squared has moved. Due to the move played in the game, I got one extra move to develop my pieces. Even after that move the game might be salvageable for my opponent with accurate play. The position went more down the drain for CabassoG with my opponent's 6th move, Bd6 that he played in the diagram below.
I did miss the strongest reply, 7.e4, this time and played 7.O-O instead allowing my opponent to breathe a sigh of relief. I may have missed my chance to get a clear advantage on move on move 7, but at least I remained on the better side of the board. It was with my 9th move that the advantage tipped in favor of my opponent. In the position below I played 9.Be3.
CabassoG was able to play the most accurate reply, 9...exd4. I replied with 10.Nxd4 and opponent answered by playing 10...Nxd4. Unfortunately for CabassoG, my opponent's 10th move was a mistake that enabled me to get back into the game. When we reached the position below after my 14th move Qc2, CabassoG made the biggest mistake of the game up to that point. CabassoG played 14...Bb7, which could have been already the losing move.
I played a good enough move in response, but I missed the strongest move 15.e5. In the game I played 15.Rad1. Again my opponent took a wrong path though and after 15...Qc8 I should have been in a winning position. Once more I missed my chance, this time, however, I was not able to maintain an advantage, the move 16.Nd5 brought the position to equality. The game was rather evenly fought until CabassoG played 32...Qc5 in the position below.
While for a couple of moves I was able maintain the advantage, with my 35th move Rd8 all my gathered advantage disappeared. In order to maintain the best possible chance to win the game, I should have played 35.Re7 instead. CabassoG continued with the right idea at first, but then my opponent played 37...g5 in the position below.
It was the fatal mistake as it allowed a forced mate.
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