Gibraltar 2014

[IM Jack Rudd]

More King's Indian hackery:

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014 "] [Site "The Caleta Hotel - Gibraltar"] [Date "2014.01.31"] [Round "4.124"] [White "Beadle, John R"] [Black "Bjorn, Lasse E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [BlackElo "1879"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2014.01.28"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Nf3 f5 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. h3 h6 11. O-O f4 12. Bd2 g5 13. Nh2 h5 14. f3 Ng6 15. Be1 Bh6 16. b4 Rf7 17. Bf2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qd7 19. Kg2 g4 20. fxg4 f3+ 21. Bxf3 Nf4+ 22. Kg3 h4+ 23. Kxh4 Bg5+ 24. Kg3 N6h5+ 25. gxh5 Qxh3# 0-1

[Barry Sandercock]

Jack Rudd had a quick win in the Challengers this morning ! How did it happen ?

[Carl Hibbard]

Jack Rudd had a quick win in the Challengers this morning ! How did it happen ?

Instant resignation due to sheer force of will?

[IM Jack Rudd]

Getting your pieces off the back rank? You don't need to do that to win:

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014 "] [Site "The Caleta Hotel - Gibraltar"] [Date "2014.02.01"] [Round "5.106"] [White "Bjorn, Lasse E"] [Black "Suez-Panama, Gilles"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1879"] [BlackElo "2071"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2014.01.28"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Ba5 9. e5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne7 11. Ng5 Nd5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bh5 f5 15. Nd6 Bc8 16. Kh1 a5 17. g4 Qh4 18. Rg1 fxg4 19. Qg6 Ne7 20. Qxg4 Qxg4 21. Rxg4 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Bxh6 Ra7 24. Bg6 Rxf2 25. Rag1 c5 26. Bxg7 Bb7+ 27. Be4 Bxe4+ 28. Rxe4 Rxg7 29. dxc5 Nc6 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rg4+ Kf7 32. h4 Nxe5 33. Rg5 Nf3 0-1

[Barry Sandercock]

Another quick win by Jack Rudd this morning. ( took a little longer than yesterday )

[John Moore]

I am enjoying the live games although I would rather not have to endure the tweets on the right hand side of the page - particularly those posted by a chap called Brian!

[Reg Clucas]

I am enjoying the live games although I would rather not have to endure the tweets on the right hand side of the page - particularly those posted by a chap called Brian!

Me too. I have taken to resizing the window so the irritating Twitter feed doesn't appear.

[Simon Brown]

Entertaining game from Jack today. Not often you win as black in 46 moves without touching the a8 rook, with his other remaining piece joining the action on move 37, when his king was on c3.

[Phil Neatherway]

A stunning game between Kamsky and Ivanchuk today.

[Ihor Lewyk]

I like the pairing they've given to Sophie Milliet. Has she drawn it yet?

[LawrenceCooper]

I like the pairing they've given to Sophie Milliet. Has she drawn it yet?

Drawn in 27 moves after a threefold claim. A marathon compared to board one

[IM Jack Rudd]

Today's puzzle: why did black resign in the final position?

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014 "] [Site "The Caleta Hotel - Gibraltar"] [Date "2014.02.05"] [Round "9.111"] [White "Holleland, Sigve"] [Black "Andersen, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1812"] [BlackElo "1941"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2014.01.28"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Ne5 Rg8 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qc2 Be7 13. f3 Qb6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Kb8 20. Nc5 Re8 21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 g5 25. Bg6 Red8 26. Rhe1 Qa5 27. b3 Rxd4 28. Qe2 Bf5+ 29. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 30. Ka1 Rd2 31. Qe7 Qf2 32. Qa3 Qd4+ 33. Kb1 Qd3+ 34. Ka1 Rxg2 35. Rc4 Rxh2 36. Rec1 Rd2 37. Qe7 Qe2 38. Qf6 Rxa2+ 39. Kb1 Rad2 40. R4c2 1-0

[Brendan O'Gorman]

The threat of Qxd8+ looks ominous.

[Alex Holowczak]

Why can't Black play Qe3, with threats of Qxb3+?

[PeterFarr]

Why can't Black play Qe3, with threats of Qxb3+?

Or other Q moves.

I'm guessing Black actually picked up the rook and d2 intending to take on c2, then noticed Qxd8 mate as Brendan said, and finally realized too late that any other move by that rook loses.