Edited post because the game replayer …… up and I haven’t found a good replacement yet. I’ve added some pictures and pasted the pgn.
Since this is my last day at this hotel I thought I should check out the swimming pool. Very relaxing I must say. Perhaps I should have gone for a swim before the game ?
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Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017 ...
Edited post because the game replayer …… up and I haven’t found a good replacement yet. I’ve added some pictures and pasted the pgn.
Since this is my last day at this hotel I thought I should check out the swimming pool. Very relaxing I must say. Perhaps I should have gone for a swim before the game ?
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Max Illingworth wins the 2014 Austral...
Max Illingworth beat 13-year-old Anton Smirnov to take the title. It was an exciting game. The report, games and photos can all be found on the official site.
I had a relatively early draw. Being black and facing a promising junior, I didn’t burn any bridges and when offered a draw in an ending that is still not clear to me I a [...]
Australian Championship round 10
There is only good news today, well from a certain perspective. I thought I would give the Ponziani a whirl today and I can’t complain too much about my opening and am sure that 22.b4 would have posed black some challenges. Instead I lost pawns but surprisingly Stockfish tells me that I was worse but not actually lost. Somewhat surpris [...]
Australian Chess Championship round 9
Well today was one blunder too many. My first inaccuracy came on move 21. It would have been better to retreat the Knight to g8 so as to be able to defend f5 from e7. I didn’t think it made a difference as I was intending to play 23….Nf6 anyway. I saw I win a rook but not that I get mated if I take it. I didn’t double chec [...]
Australian Chess Championship round 8
It has been raining or overcast until today so when we saw the sun shining in the morning we decided to do some sightseeing. The closest beach to us is about 15 minutes drive away. We drove we saw and David had some Zombie Guts. I just found out today that an ice cream goes by that name. He prefers it to the Zombie Snot. Apparently the snot [...]
Australian Championship round 7 + Lig...
Bobby Cheng added to his growing list of titles by winning the Australian Lightning Championship. GM Tu Huang Thong won the tournament with 9/11 and Anton Smirnov, Brodie McClymont and Bobby Cheng tied for 2-4th with 8.5/11. They then had a playoff which Bobby won by half a point from Brodie with Anton coming third.
David Liu ve [...]
Australian Chess Championship round 5...
Hippo to the rescue 🙂 This morning I faced my highest rated opponent so far and played my first decent game, without oversight or blunder, or rather none that I am aware of. I cannot use my engine {stockfish} anymore because my laptop keeps shutting down when I do. Time for a new one soon.Watch the dance of the knights. I guess 12.Ne1 allow [...]
Australian Chess Championship round 4
When it rains it pours. Gene has been a regular customer of mine but today he was not buying. I liked my position from the opening and tried to get too much out of the position. My first chance at a subatancial advantage came at move 12 when I should have played Bb5. This had occurred to me and I did not see a good reason for not playing it. [...]
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