3rd Jurassic Rapidplay, Axmouth

[IM Jack Rudd]

https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr1276018 ... 4&SNode=S0

Winner: Jack Rudd 5/6
2nd=: Rami Talab, Jon Underwood 4½
GP (seeds 7-12): Frank Pittman, Joe Forty 3½
GP (seeds 13-18): Toby Ralph 4

I won this game en route:

[Event "Jurassic Rapidplay"] [Place "Axmouth"] [Round "2.1"] [Date "2025.10.18"] [White "Alderson, Michael"] [Black "Rudd, Jack"] [Result "0-1"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 d5 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.e4 e5 10.Qe2 Be6 11.exd5 Bxd5 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Qe7 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Rad8 17.Rad1 f6 18.h3 Rd7 19.Rxd7 Qxd7 20.Qe2 Rd8 21.Qc4+ Qd5 22.Qxd5+ Rxd5 23.Re1 Kf7 24.Kf1 Ke6 25.Ke2 Ne7 26.Rd1 Ra5 27.a3 Nd5 28.g3 Rb5 29.Rd2 Nb6 30.Kd3 Rd5+ 31.Kc2 Nc4 32.Rxd5 Kxd5 33.Nd2 b5 34.b3 Nxa3+ 35.Kb2 b4 36.cxb4 Nb5 37.Kc2 f5 38.Kd3 g6 39.Nc4 Nd4 40.Kc3 g5 41.Nd2 h5 42.Kd3 e4+ 43.Kc3 Ne2+ 44.Kc2 h4 45.gxh4 gxh4 46.Nc4 f4 0-1

[Mike Alderson]

Thanks Jack, I'd overlooked that ...b4 gave your knight an escape square, but of course it was awful for me anyway.
A great little tournament in a beautiful part of the country. Many thanks to Paul, Jon and everyone else involved.