Playing White was young local talent Eli Gallamoy: with his Queen under attack how does the 11 year old continue the game?
White to Play The game continued
a very nice finish
I have already mentioned the fantastic London Chess Festival, held last weekend in glorious sunshine. One of the highlights was a Blitz challenge match between chess prodigies 12 year old Shreyas Royal, playing in Trafalgar Square and 10 year old Tani Adewumi playing from his home in New York
Both players were fantastic, Shreyas undoubtedly had more pressure, with a noisy crowd urging him on, in fact he declined a draw by repetition to give the thousands watching a more exciting game
Here is our Game of the Week
White: Royal, Shreyas Black: Adewumi, Tani
UK v USA Blitz Challenge – Trafalgar Square 18th July
Our last puzzle was played well over 100 years ago, to bring us bang up to date here is a puzzle from a game played this week.
Playing White was young local talent Eli Gallamoy: with his Queen under attack how does the 11 year old continue the game?
White to Play
Did you find the superb combination?
White to play
Using forcing moves we saw the brilliant
and whatever Black plays next White will play Bf4 mate
Over 6000 people attended the brilliant Chess Festival held last weekend in Trafalgar Square. The weather was scorching (32c) and everyone there, including yours truly, had a magnificent day.
It was wonderful to see many families at the event. With plenty of chess orientated things to do, from watching theatrical re-enactments of classic historical games to playing blitz against other chess fans and for those lucky enough, a chance to play in a simul against a host of GMs including Michael Adams and Gawain Jones
All in all a fabulous day and one I hope will herald the return to over the board chess for us all
