Javier Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Speelman's column this week features two annotated games. One, a victory by Michael Adams and the other a surprising loss by GM Van Wely against Gawain Jones with the line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.f4 (Grand Prix attack). Well worth a read. Michael Adams became the winner of the 5th Howard Staunton Memorial Chess Tournament in London's Simpson's-in-the-Strand last Saturday, after withstanding a sustained effort by Ivan Sokolov to catch him. I left you last week with Adams and Loek Van Wely first equal, a point clear of Ivan Sokolov. Chess players are sociable beings and the Dutch reportedly had quite a night of it before the penultimate round last Friday. With the rounds starting at 2pm, this normally wouldn't have mattered and indeed Sokolov ploughed on, inveigling me into time trouble in a very complicated middlegame and then striking ruthlessly when the right moment came. However Van Wely, Black against ... Read the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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