An Adult Competitors Journey Towards 2200
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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A friend has been trying to talk me into playing in the lichess 45/45 league. I’ve been playing some 15+15 games to establish my classical rating and I just finished this one.
Overall I am pleased with the game, though you will see that there are many areas in which I could improve here.
I’m curious what the readers think…
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Chris Wainscott
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First a tactic from the game you’re about to see.
Can White take the bishop hanging on g4? The answer is at the very bottom of this post.
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Chris Wainscott
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Answer: No! After 20.Qxg4?? Black mates in three with 20…Qxf2+ 21.Kh1 Qe1+ 22.Bf1 Qxf1#
Starting today and proceeding for the next several days the game of the day will be a bit different.
These games are taken from the Gelfand-Svidler rapid match at the 2nd Gedeon Japhet tournament from 2014.
What makes them different is that the players gave in depth interviews about each game. So I will give not only the games, but the YouTube videos of the interviews as well!
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Chris Wainscott
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I’ve been looking at some various positions that I might want to play. I’ve been thinking about playing the mainline Marshall instead of playing anti-Marshall setups as White.
So I was looking at this position:
Here the main move for White is by far 17.Nd2. It’s almost universal. I was looking at a different move which I am working on, but I then started asking myself, why not 17.Bd1 in this position? Doesn’t that force the light squared bishops off?
So I was trying to determine the consequences of giving up the light squared bishop for White. Then I turned the engine on. The engine shows that there is a brutal tactical refutation after 17.Bd1.
Have a look. The solution appears at the end of the post.
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Chris Wainscott
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Solution: 17…Rxe3 18.fxe3 Bxg3. Here everything wins. Feel free to analyze all of the lines with or without an engine.
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He’s done it! With this hold Korchnoi wins yet another Candidates Match, this time at the age of 60.
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Chris Wainscott
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Korchnoi again takes the lead. Can he hold on?
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And with this semi-lifeless effort we head to a rapid playoff.
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Chris Wainscott
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Chris Wainscott
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Yesterday at the Czech Open in Pardubice Tom Polgar-Shutzman managed a nice win over Russian GM Semen Dvoirys!
As you may have guessed by the name, Tom is a part of the famous Polgar family. He is Susan’s son.
I met Tom earlier this year at the USATN where I roomed with him. He was one of the nicest people you could ever meet.
During the few days that we hung out we talked a lot about chess and goals and he made it clear to me that his goal was to ensure that the Polgar family gained another GM.
So far he’s having a nice tournament with a 2453 performance rating going 3.5-2.5 through the first six rounds.
Here’s his game against Dvoirys.
Tomorrow he plays Ukrainian FM Yevgeniy Roshka. I’ll keep an eye on the last three rounds and you should too!
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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