Monday 12 November 2018

Oh Dear, Oh Dear

THINGS went from bad to worse in Malta today when I lost in round two to an unrated player (albeit one with an ECF grade of 142).
White has just played 28.d4xe5 in Richard Boylan - Spanton (1940)
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28...dxe5??
I had to play 28...Qxe5, when 29.Qxd6 Qxe4 looks rather drawish. Stockfish9 certainly reckons so, although Komodo9 gives 30.Qd4 Kg6 31.Qd7 Re7 32.Qg4+ Kh7 33.Kh2 with what it assesses as being a slight edge for White.
At any rate that would have been much better than the game, which continued:
29.Qd7
Black has no defence. The remaining moves were:
29...Kg8 30.Qg4+ Qg5 31.Qxg5+ hxg5 32.Rd7 c5 33.bxc5 Ra8 34.Rxb7 Rxa5 35.c6 1-0

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