Short played Alekhine's Defence in round 3 (and won against Simon Fowler). I wonder if he'll play it against Adams? Alekhine's used to be quite popular twenty years ago, but I hardly ever see it nowadays.
Black could have gone 16 ..Qd7 or 16..g6 instead of playing Bc8 and then not picking the rook. He should rather have taken the rook rather than what he did.
Originally posted by Jie Black could have gone 16 ..Qd7 or 16..g6 instead of playing Bc8 and then not picking the rook. He should rather have taken the rook rather than what he did.
I'd like to know how David intended to continue if Black accepted the exchange sacrifice.
I've been playing the maneuver Ne2-g3-h5 or Ne2-g3-f5 in a lot of my blitz games recently. The knight really does exert a lot of pressure on a castled king on those squares and I'm looking forward to trying it in some serious games when the new season gets underway.
Originally posted by Fat Lady Short played Alekhine's Defence in round 3 (and won against Simon Fowler). I wonder if he'll play it against Adams? Alekhine's used to be quite popular twenty years ago, but I hardly ever see it nowadays.
No, Short played the French Defence. He's chosen a very interesting line which I thought was just bad for Black. However I've never seen 7. ... Nh6 before, so maybe he's worked out a way to make it playable for Black again!
Oh no! It looks like a forced draw after ten moves. What a disappointment. I though Short might have gone for a win with 9. ... g5
Originally posted by Fat Lady No, Short played the French Defence. He's chosen a very interesting line which I thought was just bad for Black. However I've never seen 7. ... Nh6 before, so maybe he's worked out a way to make it playable for Black again!
Oh no! It looks like a forced draw after ten moves. What a disappointment. I though Short might have gone for a win with 9. ... g5
Shows what i know, eh!
That was a rather pathetic attempt at a game of chess though. How often do we see the top 2 English/British players facing each other and this is what they offer up? ðŸ˜
I can testify that our Mr Tebb was undone in Round 8 by the shocking shirt gambit. The young Mr Eggleston sported a shirt so loud and tasteless that Tebb simply had no chance.
The problem with that is your opponent would be the one who would get to read the analysis, not you ! Maybe you could fox him by wearing a top with some faulty analysis printed on it ...
Early on in round one David Tebb versus a 2570 GM played 26 Nd4 where I can see his preference for knights comes from. (As Bxd5 is playable immediately).
A pathetic 13 move draw by Adams in the last round handed first place to Werle, who himself drew in 17 moves (he started the round 1/2 point clear of Adams). Short won very quickly to draw level with Adams.
European Chess International in Liverpool
17 Sep '08 11:58
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