Polar Capital Jersey Chess Festival 2016

[Adam Raoof]

The 2016 edition of the Festival has kicked off!

There will be live video and some board coverage, and plenty of photographs at the website;

http://www.jerseychessclub.com/the-pola ... ournament/

GMs Tiger Hillarp-Persson, Mark Hebden and Simon Williams are top seeds.

[LawrenceCooper]

A nice finish from Mark Hebden on board 2.

[Adam Raoof]

Thanks to Tim Dickinson's idiot guide to uploading games I think I have managed to upload Hebden's win to chess-results!

Live camera features Max French against Simon Williams.

[Adam Raoof]

Top seed Tiger drew on Board 1!

http://chess-results.com/partieSuche.as ... 96049&rd=1

[LawrenceCooper]

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... open/4/1/1

Jovanka leads with 3.5/4 after winning an entertaining king hunt game against Simon Williams.

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O Qb6+ 6. d4 Nh6 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Rd8 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Na4 Qd6 12. Nc5 Bc8 13. Kh1 b6 14. Na4 Bb7 15. Nc3 e6 16. Be3 f6 17. Nd3 Nc6 18. Bf2 Qe7 19. e3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Nf5 21. b3 Nd6 22. Rfc1 Qf7 23. g4 Ne7 24. Bg3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Nf2 f5 27. Bh4 Re8 28. Bf1 Nd5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Bb5 Qh5 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Bg3 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Nxe3 34. Nh3 Nc4 35. Qg2 Bxd4+ 36. Bf2+ Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 e3+ 38. Kg3 Nd2 39. Be1 Nf1+ 40. Kh4 Bf6+ 41. Kh5 Bf3+ 42. Kh6 Nxh2 43. Ng5 Bg7# 0-1

[IM Jack Rudd]

Oooh, a Worst Move On The Board. Of course, he's lost anyway.