Monday 3 June 2019

Newmarket - Day Three

WON in round four when my opponent, a 1567 junior, blundered an exchange and a pawn in a position that was at least equal for him.
In the fifth and final round I reached the following position as Black against Chris Davison (2048):
White to make his 24th move
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24.Bxe4?
White needed to bail out with 24.Qxe7, allowing a perpetual by 24...Qf2+ etc (there is no mate).
24...Rxe4 25.Qg3?
After this, White ends up in an eternal pin. It was better to give up a pawn by 25.Nc3, although after 25...Qxf4+ 26.Qg3 Qxg3+ 27.Kxg3 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Kf8, Black has excellent winning chances.
25...Rae8
White can never free himself. The game continued:
26.Qxe3 Rxe3 27.Rd2 c5 28.Kg2 d4 29.Kf2 Bb5 30.b4!?
This is best, according to Stockfish10, but clearly hopeless.
30...cxb4 31.Nxd4 Rxe1 32.Nxb5 a5 (0-1, 59 moves)
My final score of +3=1-1 saw me gain 30.8 elo (and £60 prize money).


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