BRITISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS - THE GAMES

[Jonathan Rogers]

certainly Black for preference. Odd opening choice from Short - what exactly was he hoping for?

[John Moore]

White's space advantage must count for something.

[Jonathan Bryant]

Queens off. Don't like the look of White's queenside pawns.

I was thinking exactly the same.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

a3 is a bit of a problem at the moment. So White may end up defending an isolated c-pawn? Probably not what Nigel was looking for. Is this what's called a minority attack? 32...Nd6 possible?

[Jonathan Rogers]

White's space advantage must count for something.

Yes, he has to defend it! But it's quite tenable still, of course

[Paul Cooksey]

I've been having a poke around in chessbase, since I considered playing bf4 a few years ago. I can't see any super-GM games, or signs its innocuous reputation is being revised. Think it must have been intended for surprise value only. Adams didn't seem surprised, so guess it didn't work out.

[ThomasThorpe]

And a draw has been agreed

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Wonder who offered the draw? Presumably Nigel, and Mickey now gets a crack with White.

[John Moore]

Doubt that White was ever worse - but that would hardly have been what Nigel was looking for.

[Andrew Stone]

Could Mickey have tried Rba8 and if Nc7 Ra3?

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Presumably a short break, as the link for game 2 isn't working at the moment.

[Carl Hibbard]

Presumably a short break, as the link for game 2 isn't working at the moment.

I will post the moment Dave starts uploading to the server

[Andrew Stone]

I thought g3 stuff was the way to deal with the gf Caro these days

[Carl Hibbard]

Try it now

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Try it now

Thanks!