British 2015 Round by Round

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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by benedgell » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:08 pm

Simon Ansell wrote:
benedgell wrote:David Howell seems to have a knack of dragging his opponents into mutual time scrambles to get to the time control.
Not sure there'll be a time scramble in this one, 19. dc6 Qc6 20. Nd5 looks horrible for Black.

Edit: not played, maybe Black is ok again now. I suppose you had to see the trick 19. dc6 Qc6 20. Nd5 Nc7 (only move, I think) 21. Bg7! (f4 first might be stronger), but it's not an especially difficult line.
After 21. Bxg7 Bxg7 what happens?
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by Simon Ansell » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:11 pm

benedgell wrote:
Simon Ansell wrote:
benedgell wrote:David Howell seems to have a knack of dragging his opponents into mutual time scrambles to get to the time control.
Not sure there'll be a time scramble in this one, 19. dc6 Qc6 20. Nd5 looks horrible for Black.

Edit: not played, maybe Black is ok again now. I suppose you had to see the trick 19. dc6 Qc6 20. Nd5 Nc7 (only move, I think) 21. Bg7! (f4 first might be stronger), but it's not an especially difficult line.
After 21. Bxg7 Bxg7 what happens?
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by benedgell » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:16 pm

Missed that the knight's hanging. Whoops! :oops:
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by MartinCarpenter » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:17 pm

The woodland animal further down is providing a fine example of how long the complications can sustain themselves in those positions. Online comp had Storey seemingly winning on move 40, but 40.. d5 was such a natural move. Back to hugely messy it seems.
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by benedgell » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:17 pm

David's time handling has cost him here. Qxh7 was almost as bad as my terrible analysis in this thread.
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by Simon Ansell » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:20 pm

benedgell wrote:David's time handling has cost him here. Qxh7 was almost as bad as my terrible analysis in this thread.
He'd lost control by then anyway, at least I don't see a decent move. 23...g5 was nice from Nick.
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by Mick Norris » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:21 pm



Chessbomb giving 24 Qf5 as better for white
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by Simon Ansell » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:22 pm

Mick Norris wrote:

Chessbomb giving 24 Qf5 as better for white
What's the idea after 24. Qf5 Rg8?
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by JustinHorton » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:23 pm

25. Qxh7
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by Mick Norris » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:26 pm

Simon Ansell wrote:What's the idea after 24. Qf5 Rg8?
It is only giving me 24 ...Nd4 sorry
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by Simon Ansell » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:27 pm

Mick Norris wrote:
Simon Ansell wrote:What's the idea after 24. Qf5 Rg8?
It is only giving me 24 ...Nd4 sorry
Must be 24 Qf5 Rg8 25. Rf3, but that's really unnatural and must be incredibly complicated, not surprised it wasn't played - 25... Nf4 is possible there for a start :)
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by benedgell » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:32 pm

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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by benedgell » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:34 pm

Now 26. Nxf4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 looks good for white?
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by Simon Ansell » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:39 pm

benedgell wrote:Now 26. Nxf4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 looks good for white?
Might well be, but good luck calculating that with one minute on your clock. That's after you've already found the ridiculous-looking Qf5 + Rf3 :)
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Re: British 2015 Round by Round

Post by Jonathan Bryant » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:43 pm

benedgell wrote:Think Flear- Gormally is going to end drawn.
Good call. Out of interest, at what point in the game did you say this. I was watching this game live and thought Flear could give Gormally a little tickle in the double rook ending but then was surprised by Rd7 instead of Rxc5. Did Glenn miss ... g5? Anyhoo, having stuffed up two winning double rook endings (actually managing to lose one two pawns up) last week, my judgement is not to be relied upon in these matters.

It’s too early to say it’s Gormally’s year just yet of course but he’s in a really good position. Already played Howell and Hawkins; ahead of his other nearest (elo rating) rivals; two whites to come ...
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