Even though I'm heading off to Europe early, my attempts at playing in a couple of lead up chess events will probably come to naught. One event I've always been keen to try is the Guernsey Open, and the organisers usually schedule it in the lead up to the Olympiad. Sadly (for me) this years event has just finished, so I guess I will have to miss out again.
The event was won by one of the coolest names in chess, Tiger Hillarp-Perssen. He scored 6.5/7, finishing ahead of Kevin Spraggett and Bojan Kurajica.
Here is the last round game where Tiger seems to win by simply doing very little, and allowing his opponent to overreach, before pouncing at the end.
Wallace,P (2259) - Hillarp-Perssen,T (2543) [B20]
34th Guernsey Chess Festival (7), 25.10.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.0-0 d6 8.a4 b6 9.f4 Nd7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Bd2 Ngf6 13.Rae1 h5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Ng4 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Rc8 18.Bf4 Bc5+ 19.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Be3 Qxe5 21.Qxe5 Ngxe5 22.Bxb6 Nxb6 23.Rxe5 Nc4 24.Rg5 g6 25.Ne4 Ke7 26.Rg3 Rhd8 27.Rb3 Rc7 28.Rc3 Rdc8 29.b3 Ne5 30.Rxc7+ Rxc7 31.c4 f5 32.Nd2 Nc6 33.Nf3 Rb7 34.Rb1 a5 35.Kf2 Rd7 36.Rb2 e5 37.Rd2 Rxd2+ 38.Nxd2 Kd6 39.Nf3 Kc5 40.Ke3 Kb4 41.Nh4 Kxb3 42.Nxg6 Kxa4 43.c5 Kb3 0-1
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