British Chess Championships Torquay 2002
| Malcolm Pein Reports:
Round 6 3rd August 2002 IM Matthew Turner dispatched top seed Krishnan Sasikiran of India after falling for a fiendish trap Round 6 of the Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships. Turner's tricks are legendary and Sasikiran perhaps lacked knowledge of his opponent's style. You also might say that his pawn grab showed either naivity or arrogance as Turner will be a GM shortly as his title is expected to be ratified at the next Fide Congress and is unlikely to give away a pawn so simply. As one of his fellow competitors put it "Sasikiran probably prepared all morning but Matthew does not have many openings, he just had a round of golf before the game. All he needs is a good night's sleep and then you have to watch out for the tricks". Turner surprised everyone by playing a main line against the Queen's Indian Defence but the position was level when he left a pawn en prise. Without much thought Sasikiran took the pawn and fell into a two-move trap that won rook for knight and left Turner with an easily won endgame. There was no break away at the top of the field, Jon Speelman was struggling against Nick Pert who built up a big space advantage but managed to steer the game into a drawn rook and pawn endgame a pawn down. Peter Wells missed a second opportunity to take the sole lead but decided to agree a draw against Dibyendu Barua in a greatly advantageous position when short of time. 15 year old Humpy Koneru is also in the leading group after outplaying Mark Hebden. Turner,M (2519) - Sasikiran,K (2650) [E12] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 e6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 h6 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.e3N This seems new. [ 11.f3 Rc8 ( 11...Qe7 12.e4 0-0-0 13.Be3 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qh4+ 15.Bf2 Qg5 16.Rc1 c6 17.Be3 Qxe5 18.Bd4 Qg5 19.Bxg7 Rhg8 20.Bd4 f5 21.Be3 Qh5 22.exf5 exf5 23.Bf4 Nc5 24.Kf2 Ne6 25.Qe5 Nxf4 26.Qxf4 Qg6 27.Rg1 Qf6 28.Rc2 Rd4 29.Qe3 f4 30.Qb3 Rgd8 31.g3 Rd2+ 32.Be2 Ba6 33.Re1 Qe7 34.Kf1 Bxe2+ 35.Kg1 Rxc2 36.Qxc2 Qe3+ 37.Kg2 Qxf3+ 38.Kh3 Qh5+ 39.Kg2 f3+ 40.Kh1 Qd5 0-1 Petrosian,A-Mikhalchishin,A/Pavlodar 1987/EXT 97 (40)) 12.e4 0-0 13.Rd1 Nf6 14.Be3 c6 15.g3 Qe7 16.Nd3 Nd7 17.Ne5 Nf6 18.Qb3 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Bc4 Qc7 21.Kf2 c5 22.d5 exd5 23.Bxd5 Rfd8 24.Bxb7 Qxb7 25.Rd5 Qe7 26.Rhd1 Be5 27.f4 Bd4 28.Bxd4 Rxd5 29.Qxd5 Rd8 30.Qe5 Qxe5 31.fxe5 cxd4 32.Ke2 Re8 33.Rxd4 Rxe5 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.Rd7 Rb5 36.b4 a5 37.Rd5 Rxd5 38.exd5 Kg6 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.Kd3 Kf6 41.Kc4 Ke7 42.Kb5 Kd6 43.Kxa5 f5 44.Kb5 Kxd5 45.a4 g5 46.a5 Kd6 47.Kc4 Kc6 48.Kd4 Kb5 49.Ke5 f4 50.gxf4 gxf4 51.Kxf4 Kxa5 52.Kg4 Kb5 53.Kh5 Kc5 54.Kxh6 Kd6 55.Kg7 1-0 Gurevich,M-Adorjan,A/Akureyri 1988/CBM 08 (55). ] 11...0-0 12.Bb5 Nf6 13.Bc6 Nd5 14.Qc2 Bxc6 15.Nxc6 Qd7 16.Bg3 f5 17.0-0 f4 18.Bxf4 Nxf4 19.exf4 Rxf4 20.Rae1 Raf8 21.Re2 R8f6 22.g3 R4f5 23.Rc1 h5 24.Qe4 a6 25.Ne5 Qb5 26.Nc4 Bf8 27.Rec2 Qd5 28.Nd2 White sets his trap. 28...Rxf2 29.Qxd5 exd5 30.Ne4
Netting the exchange. Nominally black has level material but black will lose pawns here. 30...Rxc2 31.Nxf6+ gxf6 32.Rxc2 c5 33.Rf2 Kf7 34.Rf5 Ke6 35.Rxh5 White is now winning. 35...c4 36.Kf2 b5 37.Rh7 a5 38.Ra7 b4 39.Ra6+ Kf5 40.Kf3 c3 41.bxc3 bxc3 42.Rc6 Bxa3 43.Rxc3 Bb2 44.Rc5 Ke6 45.Rxa5 Bxd4 46.Ra6+ Kd7 47.Kf4 Be5+ 48.Kf5 d4 49.Ra3
1-0 Ward,C (2498) - Rowson,J (2545) [A24] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.Nge2 Bg7 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 c6 7.0-0 d6 8.d3 a6 9.h3 The Botvinnik system of the English has proved effective for white in some recent games. 9...b5 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.Rac1 [ 12.Kh2 Re8 13.Rab1 b4 14.Na4 Qa5 15.b3 d5 16.Qc2 Bb7 17.Rbd1 Rbd8 18.g4 h6 19.Ng3 Kh7 20.Rfe1 Bf8 21.Kg1 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Bxc5 25.Qe2 Rd7 26.Rf1 Bd4 27.Bxd4 Rxd4 28.f4 Qb6 29.Kh2 Qc7 30.Qf2 c5 31.Bxb7 Rxf4 32.Qe3 Rxf1 33.Rxf1 Qxb7 34.Qxc5 Qe7 35.Qc6 a5 36.Qd5 Kg7 37.Qxa5 Qd6 38.Qd5 Qxd5 39.cxd5 Rd8 40.Re1 Rxd5 41.Re4 Rxd3 42.Rxe5 1/2-1/2 Sher,M-Antonsen,M/Farum 1993/TD (42). ] 12...Re8 13.b3 Bb7 14.f4 Ba8 15.f5 d5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.exd5 b4 18.Ne4 Nxd5 19.Ba7 Rb7 20.Bf2 N7f6 21.Rc6 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 White is already in trouble. 22...gxf5 23.Bg2 [ 23.Bxf5 is no better.] 23...Rd7 24.Rxa6 e4 25.Nf4 Bb7 26.Nxd5 Bxa6 27.Nxb4 e3
Wins the house. 28.Bxe3 Rxe3 29.Nxa6 Qb6 30.Kh1 Rexd3 31.Qe2 Qxa6 Black is now a whole rook up. 32.Qe8+ Bf8 33.Rxf5 Qg6 34.Rf4 Re7 35.Qc8 Re1+ 0-1 Round 6 Results Bd WHITE Result BLACK 1 PERT,Nicholas (4) ½ - ½ SPEELMAN,Jon (4) 2 BARUA,Dibyendu (4) ½ - ½ WELLS,Peter (4) 3 HARIKRISHNA,Pentala (3½) 1 - 0 RAMESH,R.B (4) 4 TURNER,Matthew J (3½) 1 - 0 SASIKIRAN,Krishnan (3½) 5 WARD,Chris G (3½) 0 - 1 ROWSON,Jonathan (3½) 6 SUMMERSCALE,Aaron (3½) 0 - 1 MCSHANE,Luke J (3½) 7 KUNTE,Abhijit (3½) ½ - ½ LALIC,Bogdan (3½) 8 KONERU,Humpy (3½) 1 - 0 HEBDEN,Mark (3½) 9 GANGULY,Sura Sekhar (3½) ½ - ½ HASLINGER,Stewart G (3½) 10 KNOTT,Simon JB (3) 0 - 1 GALLAGHER,Joseph G (3½) 11 EMMS,John M (3) 1 - 0 MUIR,Andrew J. (3) 12 FLEAR,Glenn C. (3) 0 - 1 EVANS-QUEK,Suan Shiau (3) 13 GORMALLY,Daniel (3) 1 - 0 MEENAKSHI,Subbaraman (3) 14 PERT,Richard (3) ½ - ½ SANDIPAN,Chandra (3) 15 LANE,Gary (3) 1 - 0 RUDD,Jack (3) 16 COLLINS,Sam (3) 1 - 0 WILLIAMS,Simon K (3) 17 BERRY,Neil M (3) 1 - 0 WOHL,Aleksander H (3) 18 LITTLEWOOD,Paul E. (3) 1 - 0 THIPSAY,Bhagyashree (3) 19 LEDGER,Dave J (3) ½ - ½ WALL,Gavin (3) 20 WILLMOTH,Robert (3) 0 - 1 LEE,Graham (3) 21 SIMPSON,James (2½) ½ - ½ VIJAYALAKSHMI,Subbara (2½) 22 MCDONALD,Neil (2½) 1 - 0 WOODWARD,Timothy (2½) 23 HUTCHINSON,Paul A. (2½) ½ - ½ SHERWIN,James (2½) 24 HANLEY,Craig (2½) 1 - 0 GHATE,Swati (2½) 25 DORRINGTON,Christophe (2½) ½ - ½ SOWRAY,Peter (2½) 26 DEVEREAUX,Maxim L (2½) ½ - ½ GRANT,Jonathan (2½) 27 SHAW,David A (2½) ½ - ½ TAN,Desmond (2½) 28 ADDISON,Bret C (2½) ½ - ½ RICHARDS,Heather (2½) 29 HUTCHINSON,Norman (2½) 0 - 1 D'COSTA,Lorin (2½) 30 MASON,Don (2) ½ - ½ THOMAS,Nicholas (2½) 31 JONES,Gawain C (2) ½ - ½ SARAVANAN,Venkatachal (2) 32 COX,John (2) 1 - 0 COOTE,Trevor D. (2) 33 JONES,Richard S. (2) ½ - ½ EAMES,Robert (2) 34 RAMSAWAMY,Aarthie (2) 1 - 0 MARTYN,Rafe (2) 35 WEBB,Laurence (2) 1 - 0 ASHTON,Adam (2) 36 SNAPE,Ian L (2) ½ - ½ BIGG,Andrew J (2) 37 WU,Li (2) 0 - 1 TRENT,Lawrence (2) 38 GOLDBERG,Jeff (2) ½ - ½ BUCKLEY,Simon (2) 39 HOWELL,David W (1½) 1 - 0 WHEELER,John F. (2) 40 DHAR-BARUA,Saheli (1½) ½ - ½ LYELL,Mark (1½) 41 EVANS-QUEK,Debbie (1½) 0 - 1 TAYLOR,Peter P. (1½) 42 TAYLOR,Robert M. (1½) ½ - ½ HARBORNE,Matthew J (1½) 43 MUTTON,Jonathan B (1½) 0 - 1 DOUGLAS,Timothy (1) 44 BURNETT,Jim (1) 1 - 0 GREGORY,Stephen J (1) 45 BUCKLEY,Melanie (1) ½ - ½ TATLOW,Stephen (1) 46 WHITE,Ian R. (½) 1 - 0 CHIRUKANDATH MANOJ,Ar (1) 47 TRUMAN,Richard G. (0) ½ - ½ MCMASTER,Richard (½) 48 NIXON,Thomas CM (2) ½ - ½ Bye Round 7 Pairings Bd WHITE Result BLACK 1 SPEELMAN,Jon (4½) - TURNER,Matthew J (4½) 2 WELLS,Peter (4½) - HARIKRISHNA,Pentala (4½) 3 ROWSON,Jonathan (4½) - KONERU,Humpy (4½) 4 MCSHANE,Luke J (4½) - PERT,Nicholas (4½) 5 GALLAGHER,Joseph G (4½) - BARUA,Dibyendu (4½) 6 HASLINGER,Stewart G (4) - EMMS,John M (4) 7 LALIC,Bogdan (4) - COLLINS,Sam (4) 8 LEE,Graham (4) - GORMALLY,Daniel (4) 9 RAMESH,R.B (4) - GANGULY,Sura Sekhar (4) 10 EVANS-QUEK,Suan Shiau (4) - KUNTE,Abhijit (4) 11 BERRY,Neil M (4) - LANE,Gary (4) 12 SANDIPAN,Chandra (3½) - LITTLEWOOD,Paul E. (4) 13 SASIKIRAN,Krishnan (3½) - PERT,Richard (3½) 14 HEBDEN,Mark (3½) - HANLEY,Craig (3½) 15 WALL,Gavin (3½) - SUMMERSCALE,Aaron (3½) 16 LEDGER,Dave J (3½) - WARD,Chris G (3½) 17 D'COSTA,Lorin (3½) - MCDONALD,Neil (3½) 18 THIPSAY,Bhagyashree (3) - FLEAR,Glenn C. (3) 19 WILLIAMS,Simon K (3) - WEBB,Laurence (3) 20 WOHL,Aleksander H (3) - HUTCHINSON,Paul A. (3) 21 VIJAYALAKSHMI,Subbara (3) - MEENAKSHI,Subbaraman (3) 22 THOMAS,Nicholas (3) - KNOTT,Simon JB (3) 23 SHERWIN,James (3) - ADDISON,Bret C (3) 24 SOWRAY,Peter (3) - SIMPSON,James (3) 25 RUDD,Jack (3) - DEVEREAUX,Maxim L (3) 26 TRENT,Lawrence (3) - COX,John (3) 27 MUIR,Andrew J. (3) - SHAW,David A (3) 28 TAN,Desmond (3) - DORRINGTON,Christophe (3) 29 GRANT,Jonathan (3) - RAMSAWAMY,Aarthie (3) 30 RICHARDS,Heather (3) - WILLMOTH,Robert (3) 31 SARAVANAN,Venkatachal (2½) - HOWELL,David W (2½) 32 EAMES,Robert (2½) - SNAPE,Ian L (2½) 33 TAYLOR,Peter P. (2½) - MASON,Don (2½) 34 BIGG,Andrew J (2½) - GOLDBERG,Jeff (2½) 35 BUCKLEY,Simon (2½) - NIXON,Thomas CM (2½) 36 WOODWARD,Timothy (2½) - JONES,Gawain C (2½) 37 GHATE,Swati (2½) - HUTCHINSON,Norman (2½) 38 MARTYN,Rafe (2) - JONES,Richard S. (2½) 39 LYELL,Mark (2) - WU,Li (2) 40 WHEELER,John F. (2) - DOUGLAS,Timothy (2) 41 COOTE,Trevor D. (2) - DHAR-BARUA,Saheli (2) 42 HARBORNE,Matthew J (2) - BURNETT,Jim (2) 43 ASHTON,Adam (2) - TAYLOR,Robert M. (2) 44 TATLOW,Stephen (1½) - MUTTON,Jonathan B (1½) 45 WHITE,Ian R. (1½) - BUCKLEY,Melanie (1½) 46 EVANS-QUEK,Debbie (1½) - TRUMAN,Richard G. (½) 47 GREGORY,Stephen J (1) - MCMASTER,Richard (1) 48 CHIRUKANDATH MANOJ,Ar (1) - Bye |
