Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 18:06:05 01/07/04
Best Result Ever by a Scottish Chess Player in Hastings
source:http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1404
This last round game against the highly regarded GM Epishin clinches the tie for
first place.
[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rowson,J"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[ECO "E36"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c6 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Be5 O-O 10. h3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 g6 12. O-O-O b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14.
Bxb5 Bb7 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Qa4 Rc5 17. g4 Ng7 18. Kb1 a6 19. Be2 Qc7 20. f4
Rb8 21. Na2 {
[d]1r4k1/1bq1bpnp/p3p1p1/2rpP3/Q2N1PP1/P3P2P/NP2B3/1K1R3R b - - 0 21
It's hard for me to assess what went wrong here for black after thethis postion
, but I believe most programs would say is black has a slight advantage here...
21...Bc8 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Nb4 a5 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 {
[d] 1rb3k1/1q3pnp/4p1p1/p1bpP3/QN1N1PP1/P3P2P/1P2B3/1K5R w - - 0 25
in just a few moves, the momentum has shifted to white, with the outside passer
duo .... the move 35...Bb5?! appears to seal the loss for black,
25. Qxa5 Bb6 26. Qa4 g5 27. Qd1 gxf4 28. exf4 Bd7 29. Qd2 Ba5 30. Rc1 h6 31. Rc5
Bxb4 32. axb4 Qxb4 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Rb4 35. Rd3 Bb5 36. Nxb5 Rxb5 37. Rd4
Rb8 38. b4 Ne8 39. Kb2 Kf8 40. b5 Ke7 41. Ra4 Nc7 42. h4 Rb7 43. g5 h5 44. Ra5
d4 45. Bc4 Ne8 46. Kb3 Ng7 47. Bd3 Nf5 48. Bxf5 exf5 49. Kc4 Rd7 50. Kd3 Rd5 51.
Ra7+ Ke6 52. Kc4 Rd8 53. Ra6+ Ke7 54. Rd6 Rc8+ 55. Kb4 Rc1 56. Rxd4 Rh1 57. b6
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