Politiken Cup 2014
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Politiken Cup 2014
In Round 1, Tim Rogers who is a v.solid player, faced Richard Rapport in the match-up of a lifetime. The game:
Whoopsy do!
Whoopsy do!
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Ah, that old trick. Never understood why so many people fall into that trap. What time control was it played at?
EDIT: 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game + 30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move.
EDIT: 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game + 30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move.
Re: Politiken Cup 2014
I have to admit that I have been caught with that one, in a 30 min game. I don't play the Caro these days though.
When white plays Qe2 he has to be trying to set up this mate, I can see no other possible justification for the move. If black is aware of the trap then he comes out of the opening with a very good game.
When white plays Qe2 he has to be trying to set up this mate, I can see no other possible justification for the move. If black is aware of the trap then he comes out of the opening with a very good game.
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Re: Politiken Cup 2014
It's because Nd7 is such a normal move to Caro players, that it's played on auto-pilot.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: Never understood why so many people fall into that trap.
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The more "usual" version of this is 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 de4 4 Ne4 Nd7 5 Qe2 Ngf6 6 Nd6 mate. At least one IM has fallen for it in "classical" chess IIRC.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
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"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
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Dharshan Kumaran fell for this once when he was already a very strong player. Pretty sure it was at the Lloyds Bank Masters, might have been a slightly different position.
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IIRC he did that with White in the not dissimilar line of the Budapest where Black "hangs" his bishop?
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Yeah that sounds right, I was there but my memory is not what it used to be and understandably he wasn't exactly boasting about it 1988/89, something like that.
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Round 4 pairings:
6. 29. England IM Jovanka Houska - 6. Israel GM Maxim Rodshtein
7. 7. England GM Gawain C B Jones - 20. Sverige GM Jonny Hector
6. 29. England IM Jovanka Houska - 6. Israel GM Maxim Rodshtein
7. 7. England GM Gawain C B Jones - 20. Sverige GM Jonny Hector
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Very nice game; hopefully he will get the leader Bu Xianghzi with white in the next round..
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That's a nice game by Gawain. Possibly taking inspiration from his second (Richard Palliser) who has written a book on the Torre.