THERE was very little that was beautiful in the rest of my tournament, which finished today.
I drew with a 1723 in the Friday evening game, beat a 1591 and drew with a 1790 on Saturday, and lost today to a 1740.
My final score of +2=2-2 (plus a default win), ie four points out of seven, was very poor, considering I was the fourth seed.
Showing posts with label Bamberg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bamberg. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 May 2018
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Beautiful Bamberg (part two)
TODAY was a double-round day - or, at least, was supposed to be.
In the morning I beat a junior with a German rating of 1500 (no Fide). He played a Veresov, and in the post-mortem we both thought I had probably been better from an early stage.
But my analysis engines (Stockfish9 and Komodo9) rate White as winning, or at least much better, for much of the opening.
Massively behind on development, I was reduced to making vague threats against White's king.
White is much better after a consolidating move such as 15.Kb1 or 15.a3.
Instead, PS played 15.Qb5?, one point being that 15...Rxd4?? loses on the spot to 16.Qe8+.
But I played 15...Qxb5, which wins a pawn after 16.Nxb5 Rd5 17.Nc3 Rxf5.
My afternoon opponent failed to show, perhaps put off by a hailstorm followed by torrential rain that fell for about half an hour around the start time.
That gave me more time to admire the beauties of Bamberg.
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| The playing venue is a priests' seminary on the outskirts of Bamberg |
But my analysis engines (Stockfish9 and Komodo9) rate White as winning, or at least much better, for much of the opening.
Massively behind on development, I was reduced to making vague threats against White's king.
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| White to make his 15th move in Pawel Strawa (1500) - Spanton (1878), Bamberg U1900 round 2 |
Instead, PS played 15.Qb5?, one point being that 15...Rxd4?? loses on the spot to 16.Qe8+.
But I played 15...Qxb5, which wins a pawn after 16.Nxb5 Rd5 17.Nc3 Rxf5.
My afternoon opponent failed to show, perhaps put off by a hailstorm followed by torrential rain that fell for about half an hour around the start time.
That gave me more time to admire the beauties of Bamberg.
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| River-view of Bamberg's former town hall |
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Beautiful Bamberg
AM playing at a special congress to mark the 150th anniversary of the chess club in Bamberg, Upper Franconia, which is in the north of Bavaria.
Much of the town centre is a Unesco world heritage site.
It is very beautiful, but unfortunately there was nothing beautiful about my performance in round one of the U1900 tournament.
I was winning for most of the game against a player with a Fide rating of 1638. Admittedly, his German rating is a more respectable 1755, but that was no reason for me to blunder a piece and, with it, the game.
Much of the town centre is a Unesco world heritage site.
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| Bamberg's old town hall |
I was winning for most of the game against a player with a Fide rating of 1638. Admittedly, his German rating is a more respectable 1755, but that was no reason for me to blunder a piece and, with it, the game.
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