Comments on: Amersham Open: Part 2 http://www.gingergm.com/2009/06/15/amersham-open-part-2/ Chess Grandmaster Simon Williams Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:40:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hans http://www.gingergm.com/2009/06/15/amersham-open-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Hans Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:17:48 +0000 http://www.gingergm.com/?p=764#comment-106 Hi Simon, The translation of your analyses are now published at http://desdemitorre.zoomblog.com and http://www.ajedrezchileno.cl/ in Chile. But I guess you will enjoy more your picture under "news" at the nice Spanish website http://www.zonadeajedrez.com/ Enjoy the Bigslick Tourney and I wish you good luck with the bets! Cheers, Hans. Hi Simon,

The translation of your analyses are now published at http://desdemitorre.zoomblog.com and http://www.ajedrezchileno.cl/ in Chile.

But I guess you will enjoy more your picture under “news” at the nice Spanish website http://www.zonadeajedrez.com/

Enjoy the Bigslick Tourney and I wish you good luck with the bets!

Cheers,
Hans.

]]> By: Sean http://www.gingergm.com/2009/06/15/amersham-open-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Sean Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:30:58 +0000 http://www.gingergm.com/?p=764#comment-104 Keith, 60-1? Can I get a few quid on?? Keith,

60-1? Can I get a few quid on??

]]> By: Keith http://www.gingergm.com/2009/06/15/amersham-open-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Keith Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:54:43 +0000 http://www.gingergm.com/?p=764#comment-99 Hi Si, err..how about Gorm 2:1 on (1.5 in Betfair parlance),and me 60:1 - seems about right to me Hi Si, err..how about Gorm 2:1 on (1.5 in Betfair parlance),and me 60:1 – seems about right to me

]]> By: simon http://www.gingergm.com/2009/06/15/amersham-open-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-96 simon Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:59:36 +0000 http://www.gingergm.com/?p=764#comment-96 Hi Hans Yeah thats fine. It would be great if he could mention somewhere that the analyses came from www.gingergm.com! Ok cheers, Simon. Hi Hans
Yeah thats fine. It would be great if he could mention somewhere that the analyses came from http://www.gingergm.com! Ok cheers, Simon.

]]> By: Hans http://www.gingergm.com/2009/06/15/amersham-open-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Hans Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:32:39 +0000 http://www.gingergm.com/?p=764#comment-93 Hi Simon, There is a chilean friend of mine, who is a strong player and also a well known chess author, who liked very much our game. He asked me to translate your analyses to publish them in Spanish on his blog (http://desdemitorre.zoomblog.com) and also in his regular chess columns published at http://www.ajedrezchileno.cl/ (Chile) and http://www.zonadeajedrez.com/ (Spain). He writes there under the name "chessman". Would you be so kind to allow this? Cheers, Hans. Hi Simon,

There is a chilean friend of mine, who is a strong player and also a well known chess author, who liked very much our game. He asked me to translate your analyses to publish them in Spanish on his blog (http://desdemitorre.zoomblog.com) and also in his regular chess columns published at http://www.ajedrezchileno.cl/ (Chile) and http://www.zonadeajedrez.com/ (Spain). He writes there under the name “chessman”.

Would you be so kind to allow this? Cheers, Hans.

]]> By: simon http://www.gingergm.com/2009/06/15/amersham-open-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-90 simon Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:07:38 +0000 http://www.gingergm.com/?p=764#comment-90 Yeah Keith you did the buisness as well, I am bit lucky I got that win in the morning before I played you. I am about to put the odds up for the Big Slick GM event what would you offer? How about something like the following... Keith 3/1 Simon Ansell, Gudmundar Kjartansson 5/1 Danny Gormally 6/1 Luis Galego, Alex Cherniaev 7/1 Jack Rudd 8/1 Bob Eames, Alexei Slavin 13/1 Peter Poobalasingham 50/1 A bit debatable I know... Yeah Keith you did the buisness as well, I am bit lucky I got that win in the morning before I played you. I am about to put the odds up for the Big Slick GM event what would you offer? How about something like the following…
Keith 3/1
Simon Ansell, Gudmundar Kjartansson 5/1
Danny Gormally 6/1
Luis Galego, Alex Cherniaev 7/1
Jack Rudd 8/1
Bob Eames, Alexei Slavin 13/1
Peter Poobalasingham 50/1
A bit debatable I know…

]]> By: simon http://www.gingergm.com/2009/06/15/amersham-open-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-89 simon Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:01:54 +0000 http://www.gingergm.com/?p=764#comment-89 Hi Hans, yeah it was an exciting game. I have to admit that I also did not really consider 32...Ra8. It looks illogical to swap the rook back from the g-file to the a-file but it looks like a strong move. A case of joint chess blindness being a good thing (for me!). Anyway look forward to meeting your team in division 1 at the next 4ncl! Hi Hans, yeah it was an exciting game. I have to admit that I also did not really consider 32…Ra8. It looks illogical to swap the rook back from the g-file to the a-file but it looks like a strong move. A case of joint chess blindness being a good thing (for me!). Anyway look forward to meeting your team in division 1 at the next 4ncl!

]]> By: Keith http://www.gingergm.com/2009/06/15/amersham-open-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Keith Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:39:22 +0000 http://www.gingergm.com/?p=764#comment-85 Yea nice one Si - Sean Hewitt had your perf as 2700+ and +12 Elo! I was happy with my 6/7 and 2 friendly, sun bathed,whiskey downing, time-outs :o) Yea nice one Si – Sean Hewitt had your perf as 2700+ and +12 Elo!
I was happy with my 6/7 and 2 friendly, sun bathed,whiskey downing, time-outs :o )

]]> By: Hans Richter http://www.gingergm.com/2009/06/15/amersham-open-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Hans Richter Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:17:50 +0000 http://www.gingergm.com/?p=764#comment-84 Nice analysis Simon. I would like to add just a few thoughts. First, it was rather unfortunate for me to play you in the afternoon, as your brain (and liver!) were probably fully recovered from your usual self-rewarding visits to the bar on the previous evening! Besides, it never crossed my mind that the magic “whisky under the sun" bribe might have worked as well! One unlucky point is that as an amateur player, I feel not forced to prepare for every single opponent using chessbase products, so when I sat down at the board before our utterly wild game, I was not aware you played the slightly offbeat 9.Bg3 a few times before! Worth mentioning are at least your games against IM Cosma at the French League and also against GM Gordon at Hastings! Anyway, my last book on the semi-slav does not even mention the move 9.Bg3, so I’m not sure I would have played the opening any better than I did... Regarding the variations you provide above for this rather rewarding game, I am happy I managed to force you to play your best chess all the way down. However, I feel you somehow failed to point out the strong spanner in the works 32... Ra8! A plausible continuation would be 33.Nxc3 Rxa1 34.Rxa1 bxc3 35.Qxc3 Qb5, which is probably even slightly better for Black. At any rate, such variation would have changed the trend of the game for good, but unfortunately redeploying the rook in such a way never crossed my mind. What do you think about this little move Simon? See you on 24th/25th October at Sunningdale, when our respective 4NCL teams must endure the “Division 1 welcome weekend”... Nice analysis Simon. I would like to add just a few thoughts. First, it was rather unfortunate for me to play you in the afternoon, as your brain (and liver!) were probably fully recovered from your usual self-rewarding visits to the bar on the previous evening! Besides, it never crossed my mind that the magic “whisky under the sun” bribe might have worked as well!

One unlucky point is that as an amateur player, I feel not forced to prepare for every single opponent using chessbase products, so when I sat down at the board before our utterly wild game, I was not aware you played the slightly offbeat 9.Bg3 a few times before! Worth mentioning are at least your games against IM Cosma at the French League and also against GM Gordon at Hastings! Anyway, my last book on the semi-slav does not even mention the move 9.Bg3, so I’m not sure I would have played the opening any better than I did…

Regarding the variations you provide above for this rather rewarding game, I am happy I managed to force you to play your best chess all the way down. However, I feel you somehow failed to point out the strong spanner in the works 32… Ra8! A plausible continuation would be 33.Nxc3 Rxa1 34.Rxa1 bxc3 35.Qxc3 Qb5, which is probably even slightly better for Black. At any rate, such variation would have changed the trend of the game for good, but unfortunately redeploying the rook in such a way never crossed my mind. What do you think about this little move Simon?

See you on 24th/25th October at Sunningdale, when our respective 4NCL teams must endure the “Division 1 welcome weekend”…

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