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| Black has just captured on e5 in Spanton (1923) - Nasarullah Sheikh (1788), St Albans U181 2018. How big is Black's advantage? |
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Black is winning, according to Stockfish12, but Komodo11.01 only gives Black the upper hand (+1.01 pawns).
31.f6+?!
The engines prefer 31.Ke2 Kf6 32.Kf3, but still with a large advantage for Black.
31...Kxf6 32.Bxh7 g6 33.Bg8 Kf5 34.Bf7?
It is better to slow Black's central advance with 34.f3.
34...e4+ 35.Kd2 g5 36.Be8 Kf4 37.Bg6 Bd6 38.h3 Kf3 39.Bf5 c5 40.b3 b6 41.Ke1 Bf4?
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42.Kf1?
After 42.Bg4+ Kg2 43.Bf5 Black can try 43...g4!? 44.Bxe4+ Kxh3 to free the king, but White seems to have decent drawing chances.
The game finished:
42...Bc1 43.a4 Bd2 44.Bg4+ Kf4 45.Ke2 Bc3 46.Bh5 d3+ 47.Kd1 Ke5 48.Bg4 Kd4 49.Bf5 Ke5 50.Bg4 Kf4 51.Bh5 e3 52.fxe3+ Kxe3 53.Bg6 Kd4 54.Bh5 Bb4 55.Kc1 Kc3 56.Bd1 Ba3+ 57.Kb1 Kd2 58.Bg4 Kc3 59.Bd1 bb2 60.Ka2 Kd2 61.Bg4 Kc1 62.Bf3 Bc3 0-1
Let us just say Black was lucky in the end.
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[Event "St Alban's Congress"]
[Site "St Columba's College"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spanton, Timothy"]
[Black "Sheikh, Nasarullah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "145"]
[ECO "C27"]
[EventDate "2018.04.14"]
[WhiteElo "163"]
1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Qxe5+ Qe7 6.Qxe7+ Bxe7 7.Be2 c6 ( 7...Nc6 8.Nd5 Nd4 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 Nxc2+ ) ( 7...b6 8.Nb5 ( 8.Nd5 Bd8 9.Nf3 ( 9.Bf3 Nc6 ) 9...O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Ne3 Bb7 ) ( 8.Bf3 Nc6 9.Bxc6 dxc6 10.d3 Bb7 11.Nge2 c5 12.O-O O-O-O ) ) 8.d4 Nf5 9.Nf3 Bf6 ( 9...d5 10.O-O O-O ) 10.Ne4 $1 Be7 11.Bf4 d5 12.Nc5 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxc5 14.O-O-O O-O 15.g4 Re8 16.Bf3 Nd7 17.Rhe1 Kf8 ( 17...Rxe1 18.Rxe1 Nf6 19.g5 Bxd4 20.gxf6 Be6 21.fxg7 Kxg7 22.Rg1+ Kf6 23.Bg5+ Ke5 24.Bh5 ) 18.Nf5 Re6 19.Ne3 Nf6 ( 19...Ne5 20.Be2 f6 ) 20.c4 d4 21.Nf5 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Bxf5 23.gxf5 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Kxe8 ( 24...Nxe8 25.Be5 f6 26.Bb8 ) 25.Kd2 Nd7 26.Kd3 f6 ( 26...Be7 27.Bg3 Bf6 28.b4 a5 29.bxa5 Nc5+ 30.Kc2 Kd7 ) 27.a3 a5 28.Bc7 Ke7 29.Be4 Ne5+ ( 29...Ba7 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 c5 32.Bxb7 cxb4 33.Bc6 b3 34.f3 g6 ) 30.Bxe5 fxe5 31.f6+ Kxf6 32.Bxh7 g6 33.Bg8 Kf5 34.Bf7 e4+ 35.Kd2 g5 36.Be8 Kf4 37.Bg6 Bd6 ( 37...g4 38.Ke1 d3 39.Bh5 Bd4 40.b3 Bxf2+ 41.Kxf2 e3+ 42.Ke1 Kf3 43.b4 d2+ 44.Kd1 axb4 45.axb4 e2+ 46.Kxd2 Kf2 47.Bxg4 e1=Q+ ) 38.h3 Kf3 39.Bf5 c5 ( 39...e3+ 40.fxe3 dxe3+ ) 40.b3 b6 ( 40...Bh2 41.Ke1 Bg1 42.Bg4+ Kg2 ) 41.Ke1 Bf4 42.Kf1 Bc1 43.a4 Bd2 44.Bg4+ Kf4 45.Ke2 Bc3 46.Bh5 d3+ 47.Kd1 Ke5 48.Bg4 Kd4 49.Bf5 Ke5 50.Bg4 Kf4 51.Bh5 e3 ( 51...Bb4 52.Bg4 Ke5 53.Bh5 Kd4 54.Kc1 ) 52.fxe3+ Kxe3 53.Bg6 Kd4 54.Bh5 Bb4 55.Kc1 Kc3 56.Bd1 Ba3+ 57.Kb1 Kd2 58.Bg4 Kc3 59.Bd1 Bb2 60.Ka2 Kd2 61.Bg4 Kc1 62.Bf3 Bc3 0-1
Maybe! But you didn't need to be: my score in that tournament was +1=1-3 for an elo-equivalent performance of 1690.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there will be a St Albans next year ...
Over the board chess, I think might not be possible for another 6 months - if not more.
ReplyDeleteLot of online chess is going on nowadays...
By the way you were much better than me in that tournament.
====standings====
28 Spanton, Timothy 163 2:L 12:L 30:L 31:D 0:W
29 Jaufarally, Mohammud 112 5:L 0:W 11:L 19:L 26:L
30 Sheikh, Nasarullah 145 21:L 11:L 28:W 23:L 17:L
I guess it all depends on how quickly the vaccines are rolled out and how soon infection rates fall. At least the British could go ahead if six months proves a good prediction ...
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