02 Apr '07 16:15>
I went to a W/end tournament in Cork (great place) which was very enjoyable despite fact I didn't quite play good enough.
I drew on Friday night with Black – played the dragon to his e4
I won all 3 games Saturday - 2 Grob's with White and another dragon.
On Sunday morning there was just 2 players with 4 from 4 so they played each other on board 1. There were 3 of us on 3.5. I played against 1 of them and won again with the dragon. The other player with 3.5 lost so the results on board 1,2 and 3 left one player with 5, one with 4.5 (me) and several with 4.
So for the last round I was playing on board 1 needing to win game to win tournament and the 400 euro. All he needed was a draw. Unfortunately for me he had also already played with Black 3 times so one of us would have to play with black pieces for 4th time. It was me.
Played KID against his d4 and was holding my own. He wasn’t risking much cos he only needed draw. Tried to push for a win, made small positional mistake with my Queen followed swiftly by missing a tactic and he won a piece. Because he was short of time I played on a while a piece down trying to swindle a draw with a perpetual check. He played out win well though and didn’t make any mistakes I could see so resigned when he exchanged off my Queen. Oh well, another one bites the dust!
I have no engine for analysis. Can anyone have a look at this and see where it all went wrong (before the obvious 30…Bxc6 blunder!)
I suspect that 27…f6 wasn’t the best plan. Perhaps cxd5 with central attack would have been better? I also think 28…Bxf6 was weak. If I’d recaptured with Queen I would have minded the e6 square. I don’t think his attack was all that strong before I gave him a piece! Who was ahead after his 27. Qh4 - I'd say it was fairly even
Help appreciated.
Cork Congress
Round 6 – Board 1
1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 g6
3 Nc3 Bg7
4 e4 d6
5 f3 0-0
6 Be3 Re8
7 Qd2 Nbd7
8 0-0-0 e5
9 d5 a6
10 Bd3 b6
11 Ne2 Nc5
12 g4 Nxd3+
13 Qxd3 Nd7
14 Qd2 Nc5
15 Kb1 Bd7
16 h4 b5
17 cxb5 axb5
18 Nc1 b4
19 Ne2 Qe7
20 Bxc5 dxc5
21 b3 Bf8
22 g5 Red8
23 h5 Bb5
24 hxg6 hxg6
25 Ng3 c6
26 Qh2 Bg7
27 Qh4 f6?!
28 gxf6 Bxf6?
29 Qg4 Qg7
30 dxc6 Bxc6??
31 Qe6+ Qf7
32 Qxc6 Rxd1
33 Rxd1 Qf8
34 Rd6 Kg7
35 Rxf6 Qxf6
36 Qxa8 Qxf3
37 Qb7+ Kh6
38 Nge2 g5
39 Qc6+ Kh5
40 Qe8+ Kh4
41 Qh8+ Kg4
42 Qxe5 Qe3
43 Qf5+ Kh4
44 e5 g4
45 Nf4 Kg3
46 Nce2+ Kf2
47 Nd5+ Qf3
48 Qxf3 gxf3
49 Nef4 Kg3
50 Nfd3 resigns…
I drew on Friday night with Black – played the dragon to his e4
I won all 3 games Saturday - 2 Grob's with White and another dragon.
On Sunday morning there was just 2 players with 4 from 4 so they played each other on board 1. There were 3 of us on 3.5. I played against 1 of them and won again with the dragon. The other player with 3.5 lost so the results on board 1,2 and 3 left one player with 5, one with 4.5 (me) and several with 4.
So for the last round I was playing on board 1 needing to win game to win tournament and the 400 euro. All he needed was a draw. Unfortunately for me he had also already played with Black 3 times so one of us would have to play with black pieces for 4th time. It was me.
Played KID against his d4 and was holding my own. He wasn’t risking much cos he only needed draw. Tried to push for a win, made small positional mistake with my Queen followed swiftly by missing a tactic and he won a piece. Because he was short of time I played on a while a piece down trying to swindle a draw with a perpetual check. He played out win well though and didn’t make any mistakes I could see so resigned when he exchanged off my Queen. Oh well, another one bites the dust!
I have no engine for analysis. Can anyone have a look at this and see where it all went wrong (before the obvious 30…Bxc6 blunder!)
I suspect that 27…f6 wasn’t the best plan. Perhaps cxd5 with central attack would have been better? I also think 28…Bxf6 was weak. If I’d recaptured with Queen I would have minded the e6 square. I don’t think his attack was all that strong before I gave him a piece! Who was ahead after his 27. Qh4 - I'd say it was fairly even
Help appreciated.
Cork Congress
Round 6 – Board 1
1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 g6
3 Nc3 Bg7
4 e4 d6
5 f3 0-0
6 Be3 Re8
7 Qd2 Nbd7
8 0-0-0 e5
9 d5 a6
10 Bd3 b6
11 Ne2 Nc5
12 g4 Nxd3+
13 Qxd3 Nd7
14 Qd2 Nc5
15 Kb1 Bd7
16 h4 b5
17 cxb5 axb5
18 Nc1 b4
19 Ne2 Qe7
20 Bxc5 dxc5
21 b3 Bf8
22 g5 Red8
23 h5 Bb5
24 hxg6 hxg6
25 Ng3 c6
26 Qh2 Bg7
27 Qh4 f6?!
28 gxf6 Bxf6?
29 Qg4 Qg7
30 dxc6 Bxc6??
31 Qe6+ Qf7
32 Qxc6 Rxd1
33 Rxd1 Qf8
34 Rd6 Kg7
35 Rxf6 Qxf6
36 Qxa8 Qxf3
37 Qb7+ Kh6
38 Nge2 g5
39 Qc6+ Kh5
40 Qe8+ Kh4
41 Qh8+ Kg4
42 Qxe5 Qe3
43 Qf5+ Kh4
44 e5 g4
45 Nf4 Kg3
46 Nce2+ Kf2
47 Nd5+ Qf3
48 Qxf3 gxf3
49 Nef4 Kg3
50 Nfd3 resigns…