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The dubious Bird ⎸Road to GM, Game 22

L. Vrljicak (1509 ELO) vs S. Tomic (1856 ELO), Bird Opening, Dutch Variation Split Chess Open, Round 2, 08/13/18 Round 2 of the tournament went well considering I almost had to forfeit the game because I was 29 minutes late (you resign after 30). I played a lower rated opponent. As I was trying to find my board and rushing to the table I saw the move f4 on the board and almost allowed my time to run out. I ended up playing 1...d5, the most common reply to the Bird opening. It was a sort of normal opening in which I went for as much activity as my opponent would allow. Luckily for me, he didn’t play correctly and I ended up getting a very favorable position very early on. I won a pawn tactically, had a passer on the second rank and didn’t have a hard time converting. A relief after thinking I was going to have to auto-resign!