Friday, 25 November 2011

Two from Julius and Richard

Here are two more games from the recent Oban Congress, the first is another well annotated game from Julius and the second is another from Richard. I think these really are wonderful games and show the high standard of both these players.


Oban Open,
Julius , Schwartz (1876) vs. Alan, Grant (2173)
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
abcdefgh
0
(white to move)
1.d4Nf6
2.c4e6
3.Nc3Bb4
4.e3b6
5.Bd3Bb7
6.f3c5
7.a3Bxc3+
8.bxc3Nc6
9.Ne2e5
10.d5Na5
11.Ng3Ba6
12.Qa4O-O
13.e4d6
14.Nf5Ne8
15.O-Og6
16.Nh6+Kh8
17.f4f6
18.Ng4h5
19.Nh6Kg7
20.g4Kxh6
21.gxh5Kg7
22.Ra2gxh5
23.fxe5dxe5
24.Rg2+Kf7
25.Be2Rh8
26.Rg5Nd6
27.Bxh5+Kf8
28.Rxe5Kg7
29.Re6Rxh5
30.Rexf6Qxf6
31.Rxf6Kxf6
32.Qd7Rg8+
33.Kh1Nxe4
34.Qe6+Kg7
35.Qxe4Rgh8
 


And now for Richards game, no annotations, a man of few words but he lets the pieces do the talking!:


Oban Open,
Richard Birkett (1999) vs. Iain Swan (2139)
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
abcdefgh
0
(white to move)
1.e4c5
2.Nc3e6
3.Nf3a6
4.Be2b5
5.O-OBb7
6.d3d6
7.a4b4
8.Nb1Nc6
9.Re1Nf6
10.Nbd2Be7
11.Nc4d5
12.exd5exd5
13.Ne3g6
14.d4O-O
15.dxc5Bxc5
16.b3Re8
17.Bd3Ne4
18.Ng4h5
19.Bg5Qb6
20.Rxe4hxg4
21.Rxg4Bxf2+
22.Kf1Bc8
23.Rf4Be3
24.Rh4Bxg5
25.Nxg5Qe3
26.Nf3Ne5
27.Nxe5Rxe5
28.Qc1a5
29.Qxe3Rxe3
30.Kf2Re5
31.Re1Rxe1
32.Kxe1Be6
33.Kd2Rc8
34.Ke3Kg7
35.Rf4Rc3
36.Kd4Rc7
37.Ke5Rc3
38.Rf2Rc6
39.h4Rc8
40.g3Rc3
41.Rd2Rc6
42.Rg2f6+
43.Kd4Rc3
44.Re2Kf7
45.Re3Rc6
46.Re1Rc3
47.Bxg6+Kxg6
48.Rxe6Rxg3
49.h5+Kf7
50.Rd6Rg2
51.Rxd5Ke6
52.Rxa5Rxc2
53.Rb5Ra2
54.a5f5
55.h6Kf6