Lockdown Summer Tournament: weeks 10 - 11
I enjoy the setup of a board and the studying of positions in a game lasting a couple of hours. But its so easy not to focus and to miss possibe moves.
My game against Michael Sheerin is an example of mistake followed by mistake - I cover some of the game at the end of this report.
Its good to see the Irish Chess Union running their Championships face to face - They have restricted their numbers to 30 and have special rules for playing at a distance - for more details see - https://www.icu.ie/articles/906
For games, standings and live action ; https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/irish-championship-2020
| Week10 | |||||||
| Rating | White | lichess userId | Score | Rating | Black | lichess userId | |
| 1614 | Michael Sheerin | RDWRER | 0 - 1 | 1642 | Mark Newman | ishi100 | https://lichess.org/mr30VnOh |
| 1377 | Chris Armstrong | pcmorphy | 1 - 0 | 1400 | john Sweeney | Johnsweeney | https://lichess.org/ab7JoUBI |
| 1259 | Adrian Dornford-Smith | Dornford | 1 - 0 | 895 | Paul Anderson | Number_8 | https://lichess.org/PPAKY7Kp |
| 1200 | Joseph Gunning | Josephgun | 0 - 1 | 961 | Michael Hood | michaelhood | https://lichess.org/GoiFBeqa |
| 1053 | Kyle Milligan | pinallwizard | 1 - 0 | 1000 | David Corr | MrScrumps | https://lichess.org/7LlGsz23 |
| Week11 | |||||||
| Rating | White | lichess userId | Score | Rating | Black | lichess userId | |
| 961 | Michael Hood | michaelhood | 1 - 0 | 1377 | Chris Armstrong | pcmorphy | https://lichess.org/qxyeOiFN |
| 1400 | john Sweeney | Johnsweeney | 0 - 1 | 1645 | Robert Lavery | Yreval | https://lichess.org/tueDGdRI |
| 1614 | Michael Sheerin | RDWRER | 1 - 0 | 1259 | Adrian Dornford-Smith | Dornford | https://lichess.org/jkz6KUL4 |
| 1000 | David Corr | MrScrumps | 1 - 0 | 1215 | Bernard McGahan | jtsdad | https://lichess.org/Pauq5VZG |
| 1200 | Joseph Gunning | Josephgun | 1 - 0 | 895 | Paul Anderson | Number_8 | https://lichess.org/NlHQOUKX |
With 11 weeks completed and 112 games played. Who to watch? We have several players unbeaten. Michael Mckimm is on full points with 5 out of 5. Andrew Todd has only dropped 1/2 point and Michael Hood only loosing one game and drawing a second with 83.3%.
| Rating | Name | lichess user | Score | Played | % | |
| 1 | 1600 | Cathal Keany | Ckeany | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| 2 | 1192 | Michael Mckimm | Meitnerium | 5 | 5 | 100.00 |
| 3 | 1370 | Andrew Todd | Toddy-Aberdeen | 6.5 | 7 | 92.86 |
| 4 | 961 | Michael Hood | michaelhood | 7.5 | 9 | 83.33 |
| 1 | 1645 | Robert Lavery | Yreval | 7 | 9 | 77.78 |
| 2 | 1642 | Mark Newman | ishi100 | 6 | 8 | 75.00 |
| 3 | 1000 | David Corr | MrScrumps | 4 | 6 | 66.67 |
| 4 | 1053 | Kyle Milligan | pinallwizard | 3 | 6 | 50.00 |
| 5 | 1200 | Joseph Gunning | Josephgun | 4.5 | 10 | 45.00 |
| 6 | 1259 | Adrian Dornford-Smith | Dornford | 3.5 | 9 | 38.89 |
| 7 | 1215 | Bernard McGahan | jtsdad | 2 | 6 | 33.33 |
| 8 | 1377 | Chris Armstrong | pcmorphy | 2.5 | 8 | 31.25 |
| 9 | 1614 | Michael Sheerin | RDWRER | 1 | 4 | 25.00 |
| 10 | 895 | Paul Anderson | Number_8 | 2 | 9 | 22.22 |
| 11 | 1218 | Stephen Cullen | steviec44 | 0.5 | 4 | 12.50 |
| 12 | 1464 | Richard Gould | nir8888 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 13 | 1400 | john Sweeney | Johnsweeney | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| 14 | 1245 | Chris Dorrian | faunorcival | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 15 | 1241 | Vincent O'Brien | V_blunders | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 20 | 640 | George Gamble | ChessGeorge13 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 |
| 112 |
My game in week 10 was against Michael Sheerin - after the opening I had lost a rook but with alot of luck and some mistakes on both sides - I was lucky (apologies to Michael) to win.
I was Black and played the Benko.
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The Benko. Does White take?
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White at this point can thwart the main line by not taking the second pawn. Michael plays Nc3. I take the b5 Pawn. Michael pushes e4 (which gets a ?!) I push the b Pawn hitting the Knight and then Nb5. I played d6 to stop White playing d6. |
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White has played Bishop c4 and now pushed e5. I start to worry the White Knight and Bishop support the pawn push. I must take e5 and then unexpected - d6 I decide I must take - but e5 is looking like a square that White is after and my Rook is undefended - something I really only realise too late.... |
I should have played Ra5 earlier. But now too late. There's alot going on. Bxf6 and Nc7+ was threatened hence Na6. But now I loose either the Rook or the Bishop - I just thought oh Dear....(but a little stronger worded) Thought if i can get active prior to the White Rooks get into play maybe theres a very faint hope! To facilitate castling I moved Be7 and sacrificed the Rook - surely loosing but trying to go out in style! |
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Queen took the Rook and I castled and then attacked the Queen. White Castled Queen side which was a blunder. The King being exposed. At this point I think I got the order wrong - but attacked the Queen with the Rook before pusing e4. |
e4 and White retreated his Knight - the Bishop swap was recommended. At this point I suddenly saw Bxb2+ and White cant really take as Qd5+ followed by Bxd5 leads to a winning attack. White plays nicely Kb1. |
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The bishop moves to safety. Rooking at Ra3 to hit the Queen. White develops a piece and still ignores the Bxb7 maybe hoping for threats on f7. |
The Rook move allows the Ra3 which in turn allows Bxf7+. Then Kg7, 25 Qe6 Bc8 26 Qd5 followed by a push e3 opening up the diagonal on the King - the recommended move is Qxf7 winning back a Bishop. white plays Nc4 woops Bishop and Rook forked. Black plays Bf5+ and White mistakenly puts his King in the corner - and it will only take a cheque to threaten mate. |
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Queen to e7 putting pressure on the long diagonal a1-h8. |
Michael makes the mistake of taking the Rook allowing Qf6+ followed by mate. Recommended Qe5+ and Queens are exchanged. 30 Qe5+ Qxe5 31. Nxe5 The End of a game with lots of complications but lots of mistakes. A lesson to be more focused! |
