Biel International July 2015
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:51 pm
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Biel International July 2015
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Re: Biel Internation July 2015
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:02 pm
Adams-Navara looks like a draw with opposite coloured Bishops.
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:17 pm
Not too sure - Mickey might be winning now
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:20 pm
Yes. Well played by Adams. He is winning now.
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:18 pm
Richard Rapport playing a Kings Gambit against Michael Adams today. Risky !?
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:17 pm
Scary position after move 21...Re8. Even though White's king has no pawn cover left, the computer engines only give Black a small edge, presumably as there are some tactics that favour White somewhere.
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:28 pm
Something big landing on g7 for starters 
Looks exceedingly scary for both sides. Sacrificing g2 in the opening really was a bit of an amazing idea, maybe it had some predecessors.
Looks exceedingly scary for both sides. Sacrificing g2 in the opening really was a bit of an amazing idea, maybe it had some predecessors.Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:15 pm
26...Re2+ wasn't the best move. Seems it will end in perpetual now. 
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:30 pm
Yes. Rapport has played well, maybe that sort of opening suits his style.
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:20 pm
Given that its the Kings Gambit, probablyMartinCarpenter wrote:Something big landing on g7 for starters
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:31 am
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:42 pm
Normally I like to watch the games on the tournament website, but really not a fan of the game viewer they're using for this one. Unless I'm missing a trick its really quite awkward to play through the game from the beginning to where they are up to.
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:49 pm
ChessBomb is the best website for playing the games through, also computer assessments and comments (!) Michael Adams game looks difficult (move 24) at the moment.
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:54 pm
Looks like Mickey missed 19...Qh5 when playing 17.Nxe5 (the obvious alternative of 19...Bxe3+ slightly favours White). That is the only thing I can think of there for what happened. Is that likely, that Mickey would miss something like that?
Re: Biel International July 2015
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:00 pm
A priori I dunno. Given the fairly confident conclusion that he didn't mean to reach the current position (which might be survivable I suppose), you'd imagine it has to be likely