Worth knowing should you ever decide to enter one of my tournaments.JustinHorton wrote:it does remind me that I get irritated by scoresheets where the columns aren't a multiple of five
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I enjoyed watching Mickey Adams' rook ending from today (see after Black's 38th) but wondered whether it was won from the start? In particular, did White have to allow the swap of his b-pawn for Black's g-pawn, leaving his king distant from Black's remaining c-pawn?
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many thanksLawrenceCooper wrote:http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/r ... _17.htm#r1Joshua Gibbs wrote:Anyone know where I can see Anna Muzychuk's game from yesterday please?
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yeah i enjoyed it too though the people in the office space thought id lost my mind when I was watching itAngus French wrote:I enjoyed watching Mickey Adams' rook ending from today (see after Black's 38th) but wondered whether it was won from the start? In particular, did White have to allow the swap of his b-pawn for Black's g-pawn, leaving his king distant from Black's remaining c-pawn?
it reminded me and others of this game : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1126615
i dont reall understand engines but I *think* he did have to swap
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Do you think White erred in taking the bishop with the knight on move 38? OTOH, the outside passed pawn looks really scary for White (and good for Black), but what if White plays the rook to d3 and just sits there?Angus French wrote:I enjoyed watching Mickey Adams' rook ending from today (see after Black's 38th) but wondered whether it was won from the start? In particular, did White have to allow the swap of his b-pawn for Black's g-pawn, leaving his king distant from Black's remaining c-pawn?
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The stockfish at chessbomb points out the tactical problem. If 44. Kg1, then 41. .. Rb2Angus French wrote:In particular, did White have to allow the swap of his b-pawn for Black's g-pawn, leaving his king distant from Black's remaining c-pawn?
Some interesting opening ideas from Adams. If you elect to defend against 1. d4 with .. d5, you don't really want to be facing old Capablanca stuff that's very easy for White to play.
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Christopher Kreuzer wrote: Do you think White erred in taking the bishop with the knight on move 38? OTOH, the outside passed pawn looks really scary for White (and good for Black), but what if White plays the rook to d3 and just sits there?
chessbomb's stockfish reckons Re1 is 0.00. It's a lovely Knight on c4 and helps defend the b3 pawn by controlling b2 and a3. With the Rook on e1, annoying moves like Re6 may be possible.
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Indeed. And even in the rook endgame, the right move would have been to capture on b4 earlier and then (when Black plays h4) to play d5 and take the Black pawn on g4. It is not easy to play that sort of rook endgame, though.Roger de Coverly wrote: chessbomb's stockfish reckons Re1 is 0.00. It's a lovely Knight on c4 and helps defend the b3 pawn by controlling b2 and a3. With the Rook on e1, annoying moves like Re6 may be possible.
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We discussed the "last move number" and the position of the time control on scoresheets some time ago.JustinHorton wrote:but it does remind me that I get irritated by scoresheets where the columns aren't a multiple of five. Anybody else similarly afflicted?
http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... ts#p105223
The picture in the report on round 2 shows the Gibraltar scoresheets ending at move 68, with a logo in the way of going all the way to move 70. Alex McF suggested in the earlier thread that on a continuation sheet, you should start at move 9 as a proxy for 69.
4NCL sheets now end at move 70 with move 40 in bold.
In "How to Cheat at Chess", Hartston tells a story of how someone filled in a sheet in the manner of Ivanchuk with a gap or two. He then turned it to his advantage by allowing his non-scoring time pressured opponent to see his incorrect recording and the apparent arrival of move 40.
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Board 104 today is an interesting pairing:
104 131 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel 2339 0 0 Cramling Bellon Anna 1954 227
Isn’t that father vs daughter? I guess that doesn’t happen very often.
104 131 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel 2339 0 0 Cramling Bellon Anna 1954 227
Isn’t that father vs daughter? I guess that doesn’t happen very often.
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I suspect that has been quite common. I watched the late GM Leonid Shamkovich do this - he made 1.e4, e5 cover the first two lines, then carried on from there, so it was clearly pre-planned. He was facing an opponent who had been suffering from frightful time shortages, although he had a rating of about 1900, so it looked like overkill. I was later told that this tactic was taught to juniors in the Soviet Union.Roger de Coverly wrote: In "How to Cheat at Chess", Hartston tells a story of how someone filled in a sheet in the manner of Ivanchuk with a gap or two. He then turned it to his advantage by allowing his non-scoring time pressured opponent to see his incorrect recording and the apparent arrival of move 40.
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Paehtz vs. Paehtz is also possible at Gibraltar.Kevin Williamson wrote:Board 104 today is an interesting pairing:
104 131 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel 2339 0 0 Cramling Bellon Anna 1954 227
Isn’t that father vs daughter? I guess that doesn’t happen very often.
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The double-bishop sacrifice takes an early victim in round 3.
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Did the second bishop have to be taken? Is White better after say 13...f6 (or 13...f5)? I presume White still follows up with 14.Rf3. Actually, it looks like 14.Bh6 is a killer move there.