Picture 1 - My opponent Stian Valle from the chess club Akademisk. Rating 1237
Picture 2 - From "Gamlebyen". Military barracks from the 1780's. (And my barracks in 1983).
Game 4. A very tricky opponent
Last year in Bergen, we played one game each day for 9 consecutive days. In Oslo, where the Norwegian Chess Championship is being held next year, we do the same thing. Unfortunately, here in Fredrikstad we only play for 8 days, and that off course means one day with a double round. This morning I had my first defeat. And I wasn't feeling very cheerful, before my second match.
My opponent was Stian Valle from the chess club Akademisk. He had a rating of 1237, and was the highest rated player in class 4. Not exactly who I wanted to meet. He could tell me that he had played in the last 10 championship tournaments. The downside is that he definately had routine on his side. The good thing, for me, is that he wasn't neccessarily up and coming.
I got a pawn very early in the game, and I was able to hold on to it. He had a tremendous attack on my castled position, but what sets him apart from others I have played, is the way he musters an attack and at the same time keeps setting up these traps for me. I had to thread carefully the whole game.
1237, Stian Valle, Akademisk, White, 0
0000, Gaute Michel Ferstad, Black, 1
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