Friday 21 February 2020

Doncaster

AM top seed in the U171 section of Doncaster Congress, which began this evening.
There are five rounds over three days, with a time control of 100 minutes plus a 10-second increment.
White to make his 31st move in John Cawston (155) - Spanton (170)
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31.Rxd5! exd5+ 32.Kxd5
Black is busted.
The game continued:
32...b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Nd2!?
Even stronger is 34.Na5, but the text seems good enough.
34...Re8
Stockfish10 and Komodo10 for a while like 34...Kg7!?, but soon find 35.Ne4, eg 35...Ke8 36.h4 (there is no need to rush, but 36.Nc5 is also good)  Ke8 37.Nf6+ Kf8 38.Kc6 etc.
35.f3 Re5+ 36.Kc6 Re2 37.Ne4+ Ke5 38.d7 Rc2+ 39.Nc5 Rd2 40.Kc7 Rc2 41.b4 1-0

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