Picture 1, Marianne, my wife
Picture 2, in the Analyzing Room with Vidar, going over our game
Picture 2, in the Analyzing Room with Vidar, going over our game
Picture 3, Vidar Gjære, my opponent in game 9
GAME 9, the most important game played
My opponent and I spent much time together during the tournament. We analyzed games and talked about chess in general. I knew he liked to play the English Opening as white. The opening that gave me my only defeat in game 3. I also knew that he liked to play the Center Counter Game, also called the Scandinavian Defense as black if white moves e4 on his first move, which I off course do. I also knew that he had a tendency to make one bad mistake during some of his games. Anyway, for me this is the most important game of the tournament. Before this game, Vidar has 2nd place. I have 3rd place. Between us, with a draw, he keeps second place. So I need a victory. We both have 6.0 points. But at the table next to us, table 3, there are the only others with the same amount of points. So, their outcome can very well reflect our standing. I open with e4 and Vidar plays the Scandinavian Defense. Not knowing to much about openings and definately not this one, I am outside the book theory in no time. He attacks my castled position, but one of his moves comes just to sudden, without proper preperation. I stop him and he has no way to penetrate my pawns. After some back and forth moves he gives it one more shot, and sorry to say, he makes a mistake, loosing a whole piece. After that I consolidate and then prepare for my own attack and eventually check mate him after a very good defense on his part. (He ends up in 5th place overall).
0000 Gaute Michel Ferstad, Trondheim, White, 1
0000 Vidar Gjære, (No club), Black, 0
My opponent and I spent much time together during the tournament. We analyzed games and talked about chess in general. I knew he liked to play the English Opening as white. The opening that gave me my only defeat in game 3. I also knew that he liked to play the Center Counter Game, also called the Scandinavian Defense as black if white moves e4 on his first move, which I off course do. I also knew that he had a tendency to make one bad mistake during some of his games. Anyway, for me this is the most important game of the tournament. Before this game, Vidar has 2nd place. I have 3rd place. Between us, with a draw, he keeps second place. So I need a victory. We both have 6.0 points. But at the table next to us, table 3, there are the only others with the same amount of points. So, their outcome can very well reflect our standing. I open with e4 and Vidar plays the Scandinavian Defense. Not knowing to much about openings and definately not this one, I am outside the book theory in no time. He attacks my castled position, but one of his moves comes just to sudden, without proper preperation. I stop him and he has no way to penetrate my pawns. After some back and forth moves he gives it one more shot, and sorry to say, he makes a mistake, loosing a whole piece. After that I consolidate and then prepare for my own attack and eventually check mate him after a very good defense on his part. (He ends up in 5th place overall).
0000 Gaute Michel Ferstad, Trondheim, White, 1
0000 Vidar Gjære, (No club), Black, 0
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