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3 otb tournament games of the weekend

I played 3 otb tournament games I would like to share, altogether 3 inaccuracies. :D
It is a local championship, my opponents were a bit weaker. Let's get started!

ACPL 17, 0/0/0

In the "Pirc" game what was the plan if 6 ... c5? Including a6 stops the Bb5+ lines, so would it be d5 to try to take advantage of black not having Na6-c7 any more?
In the Pirc game I had black. I think in most lines the moves a2-a4 and a7-a6 rather favour black. Here it is basically a Pirc main line with an inserted pair of moves, this is a bit strange.

Austrian Attack with Bb5+ is ruled out which is confimed in "The Modern Tiger" where a2-a4 gehts a ?! dubious, so countering with c7-c5 is equally ok. The author "Tiger" literally doesn't see a bonus for white. He says something like "I don't know and I don't care about white. Ask them!". By the way , actually he suggests 5. ... Nc6! after a4?! beside the more usual c7-c5.
PS: actually it was wrong though playing for the direct win of a piece with ...e5-e4. I was lucky!

The final rounds 4+5 will take place on Saturday. Let‘s see if I am able to defend the title of „Bezirkseinzelmeister“. Actually I am qualified for all the higher tournaments so it is basically training in my home-town. :D
Actually I won the tournament today despite a loss in the 5th and last round.

This was played in round 4 - do you like my 2.d3 and 3.d4? :D

(actually, probably best according to my sources)

stockfish likes 3 d4 but .... why not do 2d4 directly? I think so you lose initiative and and black is comfortable
Black probably won‘t play the inferior 2. ... Nc6 after 2. d4 ...

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