White to Move
White wins with the brilliant move g4!
Black can not defend against Rc8 mate and save his Queen
Just for a change we have two games of the week
The first is between 2 Indian young talents and the second game is from the Thanet All Play All League. In both games we see a fairly level opening followed by one player gradually getting the upper hand.
I find the pair of games instructive to watch how simple moves and gaining activity for the pieces can quickly lead to overwhelming positions.
In Game one we see a young IM take down his higher rated opponent
White: Ghosh Aronyak Black: Ab Gupta
Vidit Tour KO 2021
In game two we see a very nice win from the Thanet All Play All
White: John Hunt Black: Robert Starley
Thanet All Play All 2021
A confession, I haven’t watched much chess this week as I have been slightly under the weather for a few days.
So, for no good reason, other than not looking at any other games, I have chosen a game played by myself in the Thanet All Play All.
My opponent played the opening stage passively, and I quickly obtained an edge. His pieces were cramped and my attacking plan seemed obvious. However I played a couple of bad moves, including opposite side castling and the game looked to be favouring him. In turn he then missed a good move which allowed me to regain the advantage.
In no way a faultless display but quite exciting and hopefully instructional to see how both players managed to lose the thread having worked hard to achieve a better position
White: Mark Towlson Black: Trefor Owens
Thanet All Play All