Gawain Jones vs Loek van Wely (2007) Gawain's World

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Gawain Jones vs Loek van Wely
"Gawain's World" (game of the day Jun-28-2012)
Staunton Memorial (2007), London ENG, rd 10, Aug-17
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) · 1-0

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Given 14 times; par: 32 [what's this?]

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Jan-10-23		Refused: ok, that's cute. 25.Qxf8+ Kxf8 26.Rf1+ (Rf7 27.Rxf7+) Ke8 27. (28.)Rg8#

Jan-10-23		An Englishman: Good Evening: For me, the biggest puzzle consisted of this--how on earth did this position arise in an actual chess game?!

Jan-10-23		Mississaugan: No analysis yet from <chrisowen>?

Jan-10-23		King.Arthur.Brazil: Easy indeed: 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rf1+ Rf7 27. Rxf7+ Ke8 28. Rg8# (or 26... Ke8 27. Rg8# directly).

Jan-10-23		saturn2: 25.Rg7 wins but a bit more complicated. 25...Rxg7 26. Qxg7 and Qd7 next 25...Qb2 26.Qh5 and Qxd5 next

Jan-10-23		saturn2: Also wins 25.Qf6 Rxf6 27.Qxf6 followed by Qh8

Jan-10-23		agb2002: White is one pawn up. Black threatens Qxc2. The rook on f8 protects the back rank. Hence, 25.Qxf8+ Kxf8 26.Rf1+ Rf7 (26... Ke8 27.Rg8#) 27.Rxf7+ Ke8 28.Rg8#.

Jan-10-23		outplayer: GM's don't play like amateurs. They create strange positions full of tactics and fight for the initiative all the time.

Jan-10-23		outplayer: Van Wely was simply outplayed by Jones. A surprise for a super GM. He has accepted the pawn sacrifice losing control of the white squares and accelerating the development of the dangerous white's dark-squared bishop. The sacrifice of the bishop for a páwn provoking the impossiblity of white castling was natural, logic and strong. Black's king has stayed weak in the center and White's strategy proved to be right.

Jan-10-23		outplayer: Today I have fought with a player from Indonesia. He was white and sacrificed a bishop for a pawn but I forced the change of queens and my king was safe in the center. I was better in development and repelled the premature attack. According to Steinitz one has to attack when has the advantage. This is the case in this game by Jones.

Jan-10-23		outplayer: The grand prix attack is a nice way of fight against the sicilian. Jones was very agressive and was granted with the victory.

Jan-10-23		outplayer: Jones strategy remembers Polish opening and Larsen attack. Here's my game with similar idea.[Event "Live Chess - chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.01.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Rivair96"] [Black "ShoumicShahid"] [Result "1-0"] [TimeControl "600"] [WhiteElo "1729"] [BlackElo "1737"] [Termination "Rivair96 venceu por desistência"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bg4 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 1-0

Jan-10-23		Mayankk: I was wondering what was wrong with the simple 22 ... Rxe6, removing the dangerous e pawn instead of the evasive 22 ... Qa5. But possibly it loses to 22 ... Rxe6 23 Qh7 when Black doesn't have time to exchange one set of Rooks due to the 24 Qxg1 threat

Jan-10-23		outplayer: <Mayankk>, good comment.

Jan-10-23		outplayer: Fritz says that after 22.Qxh6 white advantage was more than 2 points.

Jan-10-23		outplayer: 22...Qa5 is a blunder. 22...Qd6 was better.

Jan-10-23		Chessius the Messius: Now look..

Jan-10-23		chrisowen: Gift dues baroque one it's wig duty z Qxf8 abracadabra mob bargain iota brash axiom jack cc it's aeon jive afford pod accomodate mob about lo at eg Qxf8 either?

Jan-10-23		AlicesKnight: Not too hard to see the mate in 3 or 4 starting Qxf8+. Elements of help-mate in the lead-up, as others have hinted.

Jan-10-23		Hercdon: Eeeeeeaaasssssssyyyyy!!!!

Jan-10-23		outplayer: Black's problems start with 10...Ra7??. Correct is 10...Qb6! with equality.

Jan-10-23		takebackok: Like the good old days, a true easy Tuesday

Jan-10-23		Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the strong British GM and Sicilian (Dragon) connaisseur Gawein Jones finally found the mate in 4 moves with the nice queen sacrifice 25.Qxf8+!,Kxf8 26.Rf1+,Rf7 (26.-,Ke8 27.Rg8#) 27.Rxf7+,Ke8 28.Rg8#. His compatriot GM John Nunn could add this game in his books "Beating the Sicilian".

Jan-10-23		Halldor: It took me too long. When I at last saw that three squares of the seventh rank were blocked for the black king, I immediately found the queen sac.

Jan-11-23		TheBish: I'm finally beginning to understand <chrisowen>. Should I be worried?

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