09-08-2014, 01:42 PM
To help overcome Andy’s technical troubles, my daughter Elena is helping out by typing up his reports for posting.
Round 6 from Andy
Bo. 86 Monaco (MNC) Rtg - 66 Scotland (SCO) Rtg 1½:2½
31.1 GM Efimov, Igor 2408 - GM McNab, Colin A 2441 ½ - ½
31.2 FM Villegas, Pierre 2323 - IM Greet, Andrew N 2431 0 - 1
31.3 Nelis, Jean-Francois 2224 - GM Shaw, John 2419 0 - 1
31.4 Ribbegren, Karl Johan 2211 - FM Tate, Alan 2347 1 - 0
This was a nervy match where we just came good in the end.
Alan sacrificed his a & b pawns for not enough compensation and although he later had winning chances he did not take them.
John played the ultra-solid centre-counter with Qd8 and later broke out with e5 winning a pawn and soon the game.
Colin’s game was as predicted, a steady draw.
Andrew got a good opening but had to sacrifice the exchange to keep his pawns going forward. With a middlegame of Q+B+4 v Q+R+2 and both players down to the last minute, any result was possible. Andrew offered an exchange of queens which his opponent unwisely refused leading to a quick win.
With 8/12 we will get a strong team tomorrow.
Round 6 from Andy
Bo. 86 Monaco (MNC) Rtg - 66 Scotland (SCO) Rtg 1½:2½
31.1 GM Efimov, Igor 2408 - GM McNab, Colin A 2441 ½ - ½
31.2 FM Villegas, Pierre 2323 - IM Greet, Andrew N 2431 0 - 1
31.3 Nelis, Jean-Francois 2224 - GM Shaw, John 2419 0 - 1
31.4 Ribbegren, Karl Johan 2211 - FM Tate, Alan 2347 1 - 0
This was a nervy match where we just came good in the end.
Alan sacrificed his a & b pawns for not enough compensation and although he later had winning chances he did not take them.
John played the ultra-solid centre-counter with Qd8 and later broke out with e5 winning a pawn and soon the game.
Colin’s game was as predicted, a steady draw.
Andrew got a good opening but had to sacrifice the exchange to keep his pawns going forward. With a middlegame of Q+B+4 v Q+R+2 and both players down to the last minute, any result was possible. Andrew offered an exchange of queens which his opponent unwisely refused leading to a quick win.
With 8/12 we will get a strong team tomorrow.