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My first win against a GM!

My first win against a GM!

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I was lucky enough to play a 6 game mini match against Jon Speelman on Lichess yesterday. Would you believe it, i actually got a win! 😀

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@marinkatomb said
I was lucky enough to play a 6 game mini match against Jon Speelman on Lichess yesterday. Would you believe it, i actually got a win! 😀
[pgn][Event "Rated Blitz game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/1j2TBSWV"]
[Date "2019.07.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jon_Speelman"]
[Black "marinkatomb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+14"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening " ...[text shortened]... 25.Bg5 Bxf3 26.Rhe1 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 R3b5 28.Bxe7 Qxe7 29.Rxc4 Qf6 30.Rc6 Rxb2 31.Rxb2 Qf1+ 0-1
[/pgn]
Congratulations! What were the time controls? Also, how did you wrangle a match with him?

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@sonhouse said
Congratulations! What were the time controls? Also, how did you wrangle a match with him?
The time control was 3min +2. I was just lucky i guess, he had just joined the site and was building a rating (still provisional when we played). I just happened to send a challenge at the right time and we were paired. I had chances to win other games as well, i won his queen in this one but then misplayed it as i was short on time..

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@Marinkatomb

Congratulations,nice game

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@Marinkatomb
Congratulations!

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@marinkatomb said
I was lucky enough to play a 6 game mini match against Jon Speelman on Lichess yesterday. Would you believe it, i actually got a win! 😀
Nice win.