My best otb performance last night against Jim Graham, the secretary & current champion of Crawley Chess Club.
Jim was playing against 9 of us in the yearly club champion simul challenge. My game started at 20:00 & ended at about 22:45 & by the end of it I was knackered so God knows how Jim felt having played another 8!
I think he won 4, lost 2, drew against me & was about even in the other 2 which were still in progress when I left for bed 🙂
By the way, Jim’s otb ECF rating is 163 which equates to 2065 elo (163 x 5 + 1250) so I am well chuffed even though it was a simul.
[Event "Club Champion Simultaneous Challenge"]
[Site "Crawley Chess Club"]
[Date "18.09.2007"]
[Round "n/a"]
[White "J. Graham"]
[Black "S. Collyer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 O-O
8.c3 d6 9.a4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.axb5 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8
14.d3 Qd8 15.Rd1 b4 16.Bg5 bxc3 17.bxc3 h6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qxf6
gxf6 20.Nd2 Ne7 21.Nf3 Rb8 22.Bc4 c6 23.d4 d5 24.exd5 cxd5 25.dxc5
dxc4 26.Rd7 Kf8 27.Nd2 Rc8
1/2-1/2
Can anyone give me a Fritz evaluation of this position please?
It looks like a draw which white immediately accepted – perhaps so he could concentrate on the 2 other games still in progress!
Originally posted by ouwe belgjust a tip: usually, before accepting the draw, ask your opponent to make his move, and after that, think a bit: you are still allowed to accept the draw...who knows...one more move, a possible blunder...maybe your opponent would have not played g4...
After 3 minutes Fritz (without tablebases) says =(-0.19) 28.g4
I also ran a blundercheck on it.The only improvement it came up with was 14...,Qa1.
You guys played a strong game 🙂
Originally posted by ouwe belgGreat. Thanks for that.
After 3 minutes Fritz (without tablebases) says =(-0.19) 28.g4
I also ran a blundercheck on it.The only improvement it came up with was 14...,Qa1.
You guys played a strong game 🙂
I did consider 14...Qa1 but saw 15.Bg5! & thought "trouble" & I wanted to bolster the d-file & defend my Nf6.
I also remember taking all the time I could (until just as he got back to my board) considering 22...Rb2 getting into his position but was a bit pre-occupied with the center so played 22...c6 preparing ...d5.
Interestingly I think my board was the only 1.e4 he played (as far as I could see) he also played several 1.c4 & a few 1.d4's, muttering that he didn't want to give away his prep for the club championship!
After 1.e4...e5, 2.Nf3 I was tempted with 2...f5 but bottled it & went with the safer option.
-0.19 sounds like a draw to me, especially considering the soft underbelly that is my endgame technique 😉
Originally posted by vipiuOh yeah, I'd always wait for them to move if they're offering the draw.
just a tip: usually, before accepting the draw, ask your opponent to make his move, and after that, think a bit: you are still allowed to accept the draw...who knows...one more move, a possible blunder...maybe your opponent would have not played g4...
As soon as I played 27...Rc8 I looked at it & thought 1/2 1/2 was fair, said "I think this is drawn" & white offered his hand after about 10 seconds.
It's fascinating watching a strong player doing a simultaneous but rather worrying if your game is still ongoing after some others have finished & you only have a minute or so to analyse, compared to the 5-10 minutes per move earlier.