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See that Gawain got done over by some kid graded 2390 today. This kid, I see, has already beaten Kasimdzhanov this season so he might be quite useful.

Since "The Kid" has a rating of 2400+ FIDE whilst still some months short of his 16th birthday, would one bet against him being a GM before his 18th...?

For those wondering, the link is:

http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/

It was board 3 of SG Solingen vs Hamburg, and Gawain Jones (ENG, Black) lost to Rasmus Svane (GER, White):

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=4657101

The game is pretty impressive, a sacrifice to open up the Black king and mate in 10 at the end.

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2012/2013"] [Date "2013.02.02"] [Round "7.3"] [Board "3"] [White "Svane, Rasmus"] [Black "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteClock "00:33:53"] [BlackClock "00:07:19"] [WhiteElo "2394"] [BlackElo "2641"] [WhiteClub "Hamburger SK"] [BlackClub "SG Solingen"] [PlyCount "77"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nf7 15. Qb3 Bh6 16. O-O-O Bf4 17. f3 Kg7 18. Bd3 Rh8 19. Ne2 Be3 20. Bb1 Bh6 21. Qc3 a6 22. Rdf1 b5 23. f4 b4 24. Qg3 exf4 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Rxh4 27. Rxh4 g5 28. Rh7+ Kxh7 29. e5+ Kg8 30. Qh2 dxe5 31. Bg6 Ra7 32. Ne4 f5 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Bxf7 Rxf7 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxe5+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. d6+ Kd7 39. Nxc5+ 1-0

McShane, Gordon and Howell won. Don't think any other England players were playing.

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2012/2013"] [Date "2013.02.02"] [Round "7.1"] [Board "1"] [White "Buhmann, Rainer"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteClock "00:29:34"] [BlackClock "00:44:10"] [WhiteElo "2584"] [BlackElo "2713"] [WhiteClub "SV 1930 Hockenheim"] [BlackClub "Werder Bremen"] [PlyCount "98"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 b5 4. cxb5 cxb5 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O e6 8. a4 bxa4 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nxa4 Nb4 11. Bb1 a5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. e4 O-O 14. Re1 d6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Rxa2 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Bd3 Nf6 21. Ra3 h6 22. Qe2 Qb6 23. h3 d5 24. e5 Ne4 25. Rea1 Bc6 26. b3 Nc3 27. Qd2 Bd7 28. Kh2 Kf8 29. Qe1 Qb4 30. Qe3 Nd1 31. Qe2 Nc3 32. Qe3 Kg8 33. g4 Ne4 34. g5 h5 35. g6 fxg6 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Ng5 Rc3 38. Qxe4 Rf8 39. R1a2 Rf5 40. h4 Bc6 41. d5 Bxd5 42. Qxb4 axb4 43. Ra7 Rf4 44. f3 Rxh4+ 45. Kg1 Rxf3 46. Nxf3 Bxf3 47. R2a6 Bd5 48. Rd6 Bxb3 49. Rdd7 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2012/2013"] [Date "2013.02.02"] [Round "7.2"] [Board "2"] [White "Jansa, Vlastimil"] [Black "Howell, David W L"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteClock "00:13:59"] [BlackClock "00:28:09"] [WhiteElo "2451"] [BlackElo "2634"] [WhiteClub "SC Forchheim"] [BlackClub "SG Trier 1877"] [PlyCount "90"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 c6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. d3 Re8 17. Qd1 c5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. c3 d5 20. Bf4 Nd8 21. Qh5 Qc6 22. b3 b5 23. Rd1 Ne6 24. Bd2 a5 25. Re1 Rd8 26. f4 c4 27. d4 cxb3 28. axb3 g6 29. Qh4 Re8 30. Qf6 Qd7 31. f5 Ng7 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Qa6 a4 34. bxa4 bxa4 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Bf4 f6 37. h4 Kh7 38. Kf2 Ng7 39. Qxf6 Qa7 40. g4 a3 41. h5 g5 42. Qg6+ Kg8 43. Bc1 a2 44. Bb2 Qb8 45. Qc2 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2012/2013"] [Date "2013.02.02"] [Round "7.6"] [Board "6"] [White "Heidrich, Manfred"] [Black "Gordon, Stephen J"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteClock "00:31:11"] [BlackClock "00:10:47"] [WhiteElo "2296"] [BlackElo "2556"] [WhiteClub "SC Forchheim"] [BlackClub "SG Trier 1877"] [PlyCount "116"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Rac1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxe5 17. dxe5 g6 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Red1 Nc5 20. Bb5 Qb7 21. Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qe4 23. Bxc5 Qxe2 24. Bxe2 Rxc5 25. Rd7 Rxe5 26. Kf1 Bc5 27. Rxa7 Rf5 28. f3 Rh5 29. h3 Rd5 30. Ke1 Bd6 31. Rb7 Bg3+ 32. Kf1 Ra5 33. Rxb6 Rxa2 34. Rb1 Rc2 35. c4 Kg7 36. Rd1 h5 37. Rd7 Kf6 38. Bd3 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rd2 40. Kf1 Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Rd2 42. Kf1 Rd1+ 43. Ke2 Re1+ 44. Kd2 Rg1 45. c5 Rxg2+ 46. Kd1 Rg1+ 47. Kc2 Bf4 48. Kb3 Rg3 49. Be4 Rxh3 50. c6 g5 51. c7 Bxc7 52. Rxc7 g4 53. Rc3 Ke5 54. Bb7 g3 55. Rc8 h4 56. Rg8 f5 57. Rg6 Kf4 58. Kc4 Rh1 0-1