This annotation is meant to show the effect of competitive situation on my approach to the games in team play. *** Competitive situation was as follows: in (penultimate) round 8 of the 2nd league Centar championship we were hosts to the only remaining rival for the 1st place (the only position that leads to the upper rank of competition). We held the top of the table with the same number of points, but they had slightly better tiebreak criteria (which changes every round, depending on other results). The team that wins this match would have a huge advantage before last round. *** Usually in team play draw is a good result, but in this kind of match it is even more so. Losses are bad, because they 'count for double' so to speak. This does not mean that aggressive play is bad, but no extreme risks should be taken (speculative sacrifices etc.). *** My preparation for games involves analysing possible opponents' games from the database and: 1. trying to find weaknesses in their repertoire 2. trying to find weaknesses in their play 3. trying to figure out their way of thinking and approach to the game *** I had prepared for 2 opponents: - Against the first I played only 1 game as White, had a winning position but couldn't convert it so the game was a draw. He plays several different opening systems so it was pretty hard to prepare for him. - Against the second (the one I played in this game) I played 2 games with Black, scoring 1,5 points. He always played the same move and pretty much the same systems, so I didn't spend too much time preparing for him. *** Final note: This game has an interesting ending, so if you are not interested in positional aspects of the middlegame you can skip to somewhere around move 35-40.