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Roger de Coverly
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by Roger de Coverly » Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:05 pm
Barry Sandercock wrote:ChessBomb is the best website for playing the games through, also computer assessments and comments (!) Michael Adams game looks difficult (move 24) at the moment.
Presumably he either missed that 19. .. Qh5 was possible or assumed that 20. g4 was a reply. It appears that 20. g4 can be met by 20. .. Bxg4.
Earlier in the opening, the natural 12. Nbd2 wasn't possible as by comparison to a normal Worall style Spanish, Black had both already Breyered the Knight and got Qc7 in, making c5xd4 a good reply to Nbd2. Usually in a Worall White plays d5 in similar positions, but that's with a Knight cut off on a5.
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Barry Sandercock
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by Barry Sandercock » Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:28 pm
Thanks for showing the diagrams, Roger.
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Christopher Kreuzer
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by Christopher Kreuzer » Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:35 pm
Roger de Coverly wrote:Presumably he either missed that 19. .. Qh5 was possible or assumed that 20. g4 was a reply. It appears that 20. g4 can be met by 20. .. Bxg4.
Thanks, Roger. What is the main line after 20...Bxg4?
EDIT: Doh! It is 20...Bxg4 21.hxg4 Qxg4+! For the same reasons as the original 19...Qh5 move.
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MartinCarpenter
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by MartinCarpenter » Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:50 pm
Clearly just having a very bad day given how he just lost
Hope he can recover for the next round.
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Roger de Coverly
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by Roger de Coverly » Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:55 pm
Christopher Kreuzer wrote:
EDIT: Doh! It is 20...Bxg4 21.hxg4 Qxg4+! For the same reasons as the original 19...Qh5 move.
A computer engine prefers to flick in 20. .. Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxg4 claiming the resulting position is a pawn better for Black than the immediate capture.
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Mick Norris
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by Mick Norris » Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:49 pm
Have a look at Navara today - he is white and his king has just reached h8 on move 30 of which 11 were moves by his king
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Christopher Kreuzer
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by Christopher Kreuzer » Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:16 pm
Mick Norris wrote:Have a look at Navara today - he is white and his king has just reached h8 on move 30 of which 11 were moves by his king
The king went via f1 and g1 as well. You would have thought Black would have had a mating net, but clearly not. Bizarre.
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Mick Norris
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by Mick Norris » Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:35 pm
Ok, not tried this before, but here goes
Edit - blimey, that was easy to do
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Matt Mackenzie
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by Matt Mackenzie » Thu Jul 23, 2015 8:16 pm
Shouldn't this thread be in the "International" section really?
Looking at Navara's game today, I was reminded of the claim by Steve Giddins during the Anand-Gelfand WC match that classical chess was basically played out - any takers for that now??
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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MartinCarpenter
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by MartinCarpenter » Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:24 am
There's live games involved too
That king even found time to make it back to the center again to win the ending! Adams obviously couldn't recover yesterday
Hopefully better luck today. He can't lose any game with white often, let alone two in a row.
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Mick Norris
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by Mick Norris » Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:10 am
Analysis of Navara's game
Chess Mind
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Barry Sandercock
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by Barry Sandercock » Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:16 pm
Michael Adams looks to be winning to day (move 27)
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LawrenceCooper
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by LawrenceCooper » Sat Jul 25, 2015 4:12 pm
Barry Sandercock wrote:Michael Adams looks to be winning to day (move 27)
Yes, a surprisingly comfortable win for black to return him to 50%.
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by LawrenceCooper » Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:08 pm
Followed by a 118 move win against Rapport in round 7 to take him to +1.
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Mick Norris
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by Mick Norris » Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:37 pm
1. Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2733 POL 4.5
2. David Navara 2724 CZE 4
Michael Adams 2740 ENG 4
4. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2731 FRA 3.5
5. Pavel Eljanov 2723 UKR 3
6. Richard Rapport 2671 HUN 2
Round 8
Pavel Eljanov - Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Michael Adams
Richard Rapport - David Navara
Round 9
Richard Rapport - Pavel Eljanov
David Navara - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Michael Adams - Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Round 10
Pavel Eljanov - Michael Adams
Radoslaw Wojtaszek - David Navara
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Richard Rapport
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