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Other than the cold halls which had no daylight or heating the venue was excellent. Not many were brave enough to remove their coats. That's just one gripe, and a cold playing environment is not unusual for a non-hotel hosted chess congress.
The café is a real attraction, sensible prices i.e. Coffee was 50p. Can of juice and Chips for lunch £1.50. A fair amount of choice too and bacon/egg rolls in the morning was a nice start to the days chess.
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80. Nd3 Nxh4 81. Nc5 g5 82. Nxa4 g4 83. Nc5 Kf5 84. Nxb3 g3 85. Nd4+ Ke4 86. Ne2 g2 87.
Kd2 Kf3 88. Kd3 Kf2 89. Kd2 Nf3+ 90. Kd3 g1=Q 91. Nxg1 Kxg1 92. Ke4 and in this winning position, Keti ran out of time (I had 4 seconds)
There was no increment last year as I distinctly remember having to play a position against Clement that was roughly -5 in my favour. I've never heard a reasonable argument against it - even getting 10 seconds after move 60 would work... Anyway that's my last word on the matter - I'm clearly in the minority as apparently 5+0 is now the best time control.
Didn't realise Neil's position was winning. Looking at the game last night made my eyes hurt!
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Thank you guys for joining in; can't remember last time some Scottish chess games were discussed on this board /
I haven't put these on the computer yet but I think it's quite clear and also rare to see so many late reversals at the top end. Alan - I am sure it was not fun to play for you in R5, I could sense the tension and it is commendable that neither of you backed down and agreed a draw which would have been perfectly reasonable at any point up to move 64? I guessed the result was determined by time given how little of it you both seemed to have when the pieces started dropping off.
Honestly I can hardly believe what happened to Neil - it looked to be heading to a study-like win but you have to admire Archibong's resiliency. I assume the won R+B v R was complete luck.
I have no sympthy for Mr Green now that I see he is regressing and playing this Barry Attack nonsense which has been the scurge of Scottish junior for so many years. :p Please stop it! [-x
For the non-partizan observer though it was all excelent entertainment.
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George it's a London System not Barry Attack!
If it's good enough for Carlsen...
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A draw made no sense for either of us but I had no choice in the matter. There is no way White can play for a win in that position. Even if it's objectively equal or only slightly worse for White (I haven't analysed it yet), it's horrible to play as there is absolutely no active plan and Black can just shuffle around forever and eventually think about doing something. Going for that structure was a ridiculous decision.
Study-like wins sound interesting, will check out Neil's game properly.
(The Barry is actually not bad if White follows it up aggressively with 0-0-0. Otherwise you're just left with a stupid knight on c3 and no pawn breaks.)
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andyburnett Wrote:JRedpath Wrote:George it's a London System not Barry Attack!
If it's good enough for Carlsen...
Round 5 was a London System Joe, but round 3 v Keti it was the Barry Attack
