Nigel Short vs Gawain Jones (2012)

Nigel Short vs Gawain Jones
Bunratty Masters (2012) · Sicilian Defense: Snyder Variation (B20) · 1/2-1/2

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Feb-19-12		luzhin: Short's long-term rook sac 22.Nxd5+! is courageous as well as brilliant, especially as he would have seen he could get a favourable Rook ending with the simple 22.Nxe4 Bxb2+ 23.Kxb2 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Qe5+ 25.c3 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Qxe4 27.Rxe4. It seems he missed a win with 40.Qxe6, but as that would have involved his King being chased half-way across the board, it's hardly surprising that short of time he avoided it. Perhaps the last chance to win would have been to play 52.cxb5

Feb-20-12		OrigamiArtist: 29.Bf5 wins too but Short was quite low on time. Jones will probably be quite pleased to have escaped again due to the opponent's time pressure - he was also losing to Lawrence Trent earlier in the tournament.

Feb-20-12		Penguincw: Wonderful game. Things already started to get interesting after 2.b3, only the 8th most popular move in the database in the Sicilian (after 2.f3, 2.c3, 2.c3, 2.d4, 2.f4, 2.e2 and 2.d3). Then, 4.f3 was only played in E Levushkina vs M Seps, 2010 where in that game 4...d6 was played. So, 4...g7 (see diagram 1) is a novelty. After 6.e6 black wastes time bringing the knight back, so I think 6...f6 is best. I can see 7.exd7+ xd7 8.c4 but after 8...b6, that bishop can't be on that diagonal much longer. Lastly, 40.e3 seems a little too passive. Why just defend the rook? Why not play 40.xe6 (see diagram 3) to defend the rook, grab a pawn, and have some play against the black king? Diagram 1 click for larger view Diagram 2 click for larger view Diagram 3 click for larger view

Feb-22-12		pericles of athens: What if white plays 4. e5?

Feb-22-12		pawn to QB4: 4...Nd5 apparently. Only a few games in the database; White's tried various obvious 5th moves with no great success. I thought this was a good punch up in the line: E Safarli vs I Kurnosov, 2008

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