Now converted so 4th= with Salem, Shirov (who salvaged an unlikely draw) and So.Keith Arkell wrote:David's Bishop and pawn is winning against Melkumyan's 3 pawns. Should he convert then it will be a nice +11 ELO points and 4th =
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Those of us who have never really known how to play against that Nc3, Bf4 stuff, now have a ready made game to recall. Playing in some order c5, d5, Nc6, Nf6, g6, Bg7, O-O is easy enough and seen in lots of openings. That c5-c4 can be really strong against O-O-O is the revelation.Tim Harding wrote: Bachmann's approach (going for all-out mating attack from early in the opening) was completely wrong for a game against such an opponent. Mark Hebden will be thinking "there but for fortune..."
There was a spectacular Hebden - Fernandez game a while back, but in that game Fernandez took on h6 and played Ng4 hitting the Queen, whilst Hebden had played dxc5 allowing .. d4 .
It might not work against Hebden himself, but a straightforward classic setup may well be a weapon against some of his lower rated imitators.
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Actually, after some research, I see Hebden has usually played not 0-0-0 but e2-e3, so avoiding the precise fate that befell Bachmann,
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Common theme in the Classical French of courseRoger de Coverly wrote: That c5-c4 can be really strong against O-O-O is the revelation.
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https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=418811Jonathan Rogers wrote:I think so, yesRichard Bates wrote:I presume that today's good win finally secures Alan Merry the rating for his IM title?
http://englishchess.org.uk/Juniors/alan-merry-im/