European Chess Club Cup

[Leonard Barden]

...and Gelfand resigns faced with mate or loss of his queen. Congratulations to Simon Williams on a great scalp, and may he experience a sales boom of his Dutch Defence publications!

[Jonathan Rogers]

Fantastic result, and he beat a 2600 yesterday too. International Director, take note!

What? Oh.

Selectors then.

Oh. Ok, selector ...

[John Cox]

Go Simon!

Bit harsh Leonard's observations on the commercial position, I feel! It's not like this is some weird opening Simon took up yesterday.

[Leonard Barden]

Go Simon!

Bit harsh Leonard's observations on the commercial position, I feel! It's not like this is some weird opening Simon took up yesterday.

If I won a nice game (alas, such occurrences are now long in the past) I wouldn't think it 'harsh' but a compliment if somebody wrote 'go buy the Guardian on Saturdays for Leonard's column'.

[David Robertson]

Hehe...I'm joyful.

Spent a long day pushing hard yards on reforms to the ECF. But this is why - support inspirational excellence!

Just a fabulous win by a decent bloke (over a decent bloke, I'd assume)

[John Cox]

>Just a fabulous win by a decent bloke (over a decent bloke, I'd assume)

Yes, I'm looking forward to hearing how Gelfand's fabled courtesy stood up to the occasion. I'd imagine a suggestion of a post-mortem would have been a fair test of his self-control.

[Jonathan Bryant]

I'd imagine a suggestion of a post-mortem would have been a fair test of his self-control.

They don't like it up 'em, as one of our leading philosohpers used to say.

If I a chuck my 2ps worth in about the opening, I'd say that it's definitely a Classical Dutch, albeit one that shifts into a Stonewall formation. The game itself was highly reminiscent of Dumitrache - Williams, Montpellier 2003 - a game that crops up in a few Dutch books.

[MikeTasker]

Here is the game from chessbomb can't find it on the official site.

[Event "European Chess Club Cup"][Site ""][Date "2012.10.14"][Round "1"][White "Gelfand, Boris"][Black "Williams, Simon K"][Result "0-1"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b4 a5 8. b5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Bb2 a4 11. Nfd2 d5 12. Na3 c6 13. Rab1 Bd7 14. Rfc1 Be8 15. Nf3 f4 16. Qd1 fxg3 17. hxg3 Bg6 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nb5 Bg5 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qe1 e3 24. f3 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Rf6 26. Kg2 Rh6 27. g4 Ne7 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Qg3 Rd8 30. Qe5 Qh4 31. Qg3 Qe7 32. Qe5 Rg6 33. c5 Rg5 34. Qxe3 h5 35. Nd6 hxg4 36. f4 Rh5 37. Qg3 Qf6 38. Qxg4 Rh6 39. f5 exf5 40. Nxf5 Rg6 41. Ne7+ Qxe7 42. Qxg6 Qxe2+ 43. Kh3 Rd5 0-1

37.Qg3 is a mistake in time trouble, 37.Rxb7 Qf6 38.c6 Rxd6 39.c7 Rc6 40. Rb8 Kf7 41.c8Q
Rxc8 42 Rxc8 unclear,is best according to Houdini
39.f5 loses (39.Kf3 apparently to keep going).
Great game from Simon.

btw Chesstv.com is doing very good live coverage of this event, although they sometimes
miss good games like this!

[MikeTasker]

Wow it does a board, could have some fun here, some more Houdini analysis.
[Event "European team championship 2012"] [Date "2012.10.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Gelfand Boris"] [Black "Williams Simon"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b4 a5 8. b5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Bb2 a4 11. Nfd2 d5 12. Na3 c6 13. Rab1 Bd7 14. Rfc1 Be8 15. Nf3 f4 16. Qd1 fxg3 17. hxg3 Bg6 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nb5 Bg5 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qe1 e3 24. f3 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Rf6 26. Kg2 Rh6 27. g4 Ne7?!(Ndx4! 28.Nxd4 Qf4 29.Qg1 Qxd4) 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Qg3 Rd8 30. Qe5 Qh4 31. Qg3 Qe7 32. Qe5 Rg6 33. c5 Rg5 34. Qxe3 h5 35. Nd6 hxg4 36. f4 Rh5 37. Qg3? (37.Rxb7 Qf6 38.c6 Rxd6 39.c7 Rc6 40. Rb8 Kf7 41.c8Q Rxc8 42.Rxc8 Qh4 unclear)Qf6 38. Qxg4 (38. Rxb7 Qg6!threatening Rxd6) Rh6 39.f5? (39.Kf3 -2) exf5 40.Nxf5 Rg6 41. Ne7+ Qxe7 42. Qxg6 Qxe2+ 43. Kh3 Rd5 0-1[*]

[IM Jack Rudd]

It doesn't do a board. I did a board, by putting the game between PGN tags.

[John Upham]

They don't like it up 'em, as one of our leading philosophers used to say.

[MikeTasker]

Came up on my Firefox, done a few edits should work now.

[LawrenceCooper]

http://chess-results.com/tnr82751.aspx?art=3&rd=6&lan=1 Nakamura is the player with the task of trying to stop Simon's winning run today.

[David Robertson]

For heaven's sake! Some of those 'club' teams could win the Olympiad

[Reg Clucas]

For heaven's sake! Some of those 'club' teams could win the Olympiad

I've been wondering about this. Do any of these so called 'club teams' actually play together in any other events apart from this one?