Top 12 French League

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Matt Mackenzie
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:12 pm

52.....Rf5+ and 53......Re5?
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by Ian Thompson » Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:30 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote:52.....Rf5+ and 53......Re5?
Wrong.
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:42 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote:52.....Rf5+ and 53......Re5?
It's the correct idea, but the sequence of moves needs a little refining. You also have to refute White's defence.
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by Mike Truran » Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:52 pm

52......Rf5+ and 53......e2?

Be gentle with me if I've got it wrong.
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David Robertson

Re: Top 12 French League

Post by David Robertson » Sun Jun 07, 2015 10:19 pm

Right

So what should Almira have played, rendering the win trivial?
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sun Jun 07, 2015 11:15 pm

David Robertson wrote:Right

So what should Almira have played, rendering the win trivial?
It isn't trivial but she could have forced White to sacrifice her rook for the e-pawn. That leaves a position where White has a, b and c pawns against Rook and e pawn. Engines seem confident that Black is winning, but it could have been difficult in practice, particularly if Black was short of time.
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David Robertson

Re: Top 12 French League

Post by David Robertson » Mon Jun 08, 2015 11:29 am

It's fairly straightforward, isn't it?

Skripchenko should play 52 Rh1. Thereafter she drops the K to c4, plonks her R on e1, and shoves the a-pawn. In due course, a- and e-pawns get swapped; and the remaining e-pawn is no match for the united passers.

No time scramble involved here either: both players had fifteen minutes left
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:23 pm

Glenn looks poised to win a nice miniature: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 015/10/2/4
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:29 pm

Nice. Took me a bit too long to work out why 18...Bf8 doesn't work as a defence.
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by Barry Sandercock » Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:42 pm

Great game. Glenn must be on his London 1986 form !
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Jun 08, 2015 5:31 pm

A surprising turnaround in the Wesley So game.
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by LawrenceCooper » Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:10 pm

http://en.chessbase.com/post/one-round- ... y-clinched
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by Mick Norris » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:04 am

chess.com

from which
IM Paul Velten of Châlons-en-Champagne) scored his first GM norm in a remarkable and possibly unique way: he played Black in all nine games!
Any postings on here represent my personal views
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Brian Towers
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by Brian Towers » Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:38 pm

Mick Norris wrote:chess.com

from which
IM Paul Velten of Châlons-en-Champagne) scored his first GM norm in a remarkable and possibly unique way: he played Black in all nine games!
Well, that's his black repertoire sorted. Question is, will he remember what to do next time he has to play white?
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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Re: Top 12 French League

Post by Chris Rice » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:04 pm

Brian Towers wrote:
Mick Norris wrote:chess.com

from which
IM Paul Velten of Châlons-en-Champagne) scored his first GM norm in a remarkable and possibly unique way: he played Black in all nine games!
Well, that's his black repertoire sorted. Question is, will he remember what to do next time he has to play white?
1 e3 e5 2 e4
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