Hampshire
Chess
Association
Round Four
Out of the 32 players in the Open, only 16 decided to play in the 4th round Therefore this was a good opportunity for the players on 2½ points to join Tony Corkett (who had a bye) in the lead. The four players on 2½ were Michael Yeo, Bill Purkiss, Dominic Tunks and A.Chahine.
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Bill's game against Michael was following a Michael Adams - Jeron Piket game from 1992. Michael was the first to vary and Bill drifted into a uncomfortable position. This got worse, when a bad move meant that Bill lost a piece, although he had some compensation. But in the position below, Bill has just played 24.f3 which allowed Michael to reply 24..Nxf3. The knight obviously cannot be taken and soon after this happened Bill resigned and Michael Yeo joined Tony Corkett on 3½ out of 4.
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If you are interested to see how Michael Adams played this position ... Adams,M (2590) - Piket,J (2615) [C74] Cannes Team g/60 Cannes (5), 1992 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.0–0 Bd3 8.Re1 Be7 9.Bc2 Bxc2 10.Qxc2 Nf6 11.d4 Qd7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Be3 0–0–0 14.Nbd2 Rhe8 15.Rad1 Qd3 16.Qxd3 Rxd3 17.Nc4 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Bf8 19.Kf1 b5 20.Ncd2 e4 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Ng4 23.Ke2 g6 24.h3 Nh6 25.Nf1 Nf5 26.Ne3 Nxd4+ 27.Rxd4 Bg7 28.Rd1 c6 29.h4 Re5 30.g4 a5 31.g5 a4 32.a3 Kc7 33.Rd2 Re7 34.Ng2 Be5 35.Ne3 Bg7 36.Rd1 Re5 37.Ng4 Rf5 38.Ke3 Rf3+ 39.Kxe4 Rh3 40.Nf6 Rxh4+ 41.f4 Kc8 42.Rd6 Bf8 43.Rd2 h6 44.Ke5 hxg5 45.fxg5 Bc5 46.Ne4 Be7 47.Rg2 Kd7 48.Nf6+ Kc7 49.Ke6 Bc5 50.Kf7 Be3 51.Kxg6 Kd6 52.Ng4 Bc1 53.Kf6 Rh3 54.g6 Rf3+ 55.Kg7 Rf4 56.Kh7 1–0 |
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The other game between A.Chahine and Dominic was a real struggle, with both players having a virtually winning position at one stage or another. In the end Dominic was victorious and joined the other two players in the lead.
One more game from this round, shows that three games in a day is sometimes one to many. Ian Cary, playing with Black against Khaled Esmat sacrificed a piece for three pawns early in the game. Black's Queenside pawns could become dangerous later in the game (although I still think White is much better).
But Ian has just castled and allows Khaled to play 13.Bxf6, picking up the Bishop with check (Ian probably missed that it was check, as otherwise the Rook on a1 can be taken.
So, going into Sunday morning, three players shared the lead on 3½ points, but there was still a lot more action to happen .. |
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