Puerto Rico goes back to the Top
Photos: 1- C.T. Jonathan Barreto 1st Place 2- Richard Sayat 2nd Place 3- Joseph Brown 3rd Place.
It took me approximately a month and a half to go back and taste the first place. During this period of time the National Master from Kosovo Bekim Sejdiu had being dominating the Afghanistan league without problems. In this occasion he could not play due to illness and we only had one master at the tournament. This helped me a lot to go back to the top. This was a very intensive tournament. My hardest game was against the National Master from Macedonia Jordan Stoilkovoski. My plan was to go to an ending with at least an equal position. The differences in rating were approximately 275 points. This being a very big game for me, if I beat him or if I have a draw I will earn rating points. We were playing 25 minutes with 15 seconds of increment for each player. All the games in the tournament were for professional rating. Let’s see the game:
Jonathan Barreto (1742) - Jordan Stoilkovoski (2018) [D05]
June Closed (2), 12.06.2008
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7.a3 b5 8. c4 bxc4 9. bxc4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxa3 16. Ra1 Be7 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Ba7 Qxd2 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Bxa6 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Rfc1 g6 23. Bf1 Rb2 24. Rab1 Ra2 25. Ra1 Rb2 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Ne4 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. g3 Nd2 30. Bg2 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Bf6 32. Rb5 Be4 33. Rb4 Bd5 34. Rf4 Ne1 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. Kg1 Nd3 37. Ra4 Nc5 38.Ra5 Be7 39. Kf1 Kf6 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. g4 h5 42. h3 h4 43. f3 Ke5 44. Ra7 Kf6 45.g5+ Ke6 46. f4 Nd7 47. Ra8 f6 48. Ra6+ Bd6 49. gxf6 Nxf6 50. Kf3 Kf7 51. Rxd6 Ke7 52. Ra6 (52. Rxf6 Kxf6 53. Kg4) 52... Kf7 53. Ra8 Kg7 54. Ke2 Ne4 55. Rd8 Kf6 56. Kf3 Nd2+ 57. Kg4 Nc4 58. Kf3 Nd2+ 59. Ke2 Ne4 60. Rh8 Ng3+ 61. Kf3 Nf5 62. Rd8 Ke6 63. Re8+ Kf7 64. Re5 Ne7 65. Rxe7+ Kxe7 66. Kg4 Kf6 67. Kxh4 Kf5 68. Kg3 Ke4 69. Kf2 d4 70. exd4 Kxd4 71. Kf3 Kd5 72. Kg4 Ke6 73. Kg5 Kf7
74.Kg4 ?? Here I made the worst mistake of the game, I should play this move wining the game (74. Kh6 Kf6 75. h4 Kf7 76. Kh7 Kf6 77. Kg8 Ke6 78. Kg7 Kf5 79. Kf7 1-0) Here booth players had less than 30 seconds in our clocks. 74.Kf6 75. h4 Kf7 76. Kf3 Ke7 77. Ke3 Kf6 78. Ke4 Ke6 79. Kf3 Kf7 80. Kg3 Kg7 81.Kg4 Kf6 82. Kf3 Kg7 83. Ke3 Kf6 84. Ke4 Ke6 85. Ke3 Kf6 1/2-1/2
