In the first game I had the black pieces against an Evans' Gambit. I played a recommendation of GM Victor Bologan, but without having studied it to anything like a decent degree, and lost in 20 moves.
My second outing also ended in defat, but only after I missed a glorious chance to score an upset.
Position after 23...Nf5-d4 in Spanton (169) - Simon Randall (203) |
24.Bxd4 Bxd4
I now played the uninspired ...
25.g4?
... and after ...
25...hxg4
... compounded the error with ...
26.Qe1??
... completely missing ...
26...Kg7
I lost quickly, but it could have been so different if I had played 25.f5. If Black plays, similar to the game, 25...Kg7, White has 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.Rxf8 Kxf8 28.Rf1+ with a huge attack.
Komodo9 prefers the plausible-looking 25...Bf6, but the tactically-superior engine Stockfish8 gives 26.Nxf7+!, which both engines agree wins in all lines, eg 26...Rxf7 27.fxg6 Rg7 28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.Rf2, etc.
I am certainly not claiming I would have found all this over the board, but it is galling to have missed the strength of 25.f5.
Date..........Event............Colour...Grade...Opponent's Grade...Result
14/9/17.....CLL..............White.....169.........183............................L
26/10/17...CLL..............White.....169.........197............................L
1/11/17.....LL.................Black.....169.........158............................W
2/11/17.....CLL (Div2)..White.....169.........158............................W
15/11/17...LL.................Black.....169.........204............................L
16/11/17...CLL (Div2)...White....169.........203..............................L
Overall for Battersea I am +2=0-4 with a grading performance of 167.
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