BEAU CHESS - the post-work workings-out of a chess amateur

I begin this blog after getting back into league chess following many years' absence due to work. My post-job status also means I am able to play more tournament chess. My new club in London is Battersea and my first game for them is on Thursday September 14, 2017. I start with a Fide rating of 1858, an ECF grade of 169 (=1968 elo) and an ICCF correspondence rating of 2267. My current Fide is 1902, my ECF is 1913 and my ICCF is 2277.

Saturday 29 September 2018

Pretty Finish

MANAGED to pull off a pretty finish this morning against a Polish junior in the ninth and final round of the Czech Tour's Highlands Open in Trebic.

White has just played 24.Na4-b6 in Spanton (1923) - Szymon Skurniak (1763)

24...Rad8?
It takes Komodo9 something like two minutes to see what is wrong with this natural-looking move.
If SS had seen what was coming, he would have preferred 24...Bc6 25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.Nxa8 Rxa8, when White has decent drawing chances after 27.Rc4.
25.Nd5 Qd6 26.Nf6+ gxf6?
Slightly better is 26...Kh8 27.Rh4 gxf6 28.Qh6 Qd3 29.Qf6+, but White has an overwhelming attack.
27.Rg4+ Kh8 28.Qh6 Qb6+ 29.Kh1 1-0

BEAU CHESS - the post-work workings-out of a chess amateur

Saturday 29 September 2018

Pretty Finish

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