An overdose of chess

Sometimes there are no international chess events, then three all turn up at the same time (apologies for such an old joke). Currently running over this weekend is the World Blitz and Rapid, the Isle of Man International, and Millionaire Chess from Las Vegas. Each of these events has attracted a strong field, which is a little surprising as there was the potential for at least one event to suffer from the clash.
Each event is headlined by some big names with lots of the World's top 10 in action. Nakamura, Caruana and So have all headed to Las Vegas, while Carlsen and Anand are in Berlin for the Rapid. For the Isle of Man, a number of top English players are taking part, including Michael Adams, Nigel Short and Gawain Jones.
Adam's had a very quick win early in the tournament, when his opponent missed a couple of strong knight moves. Resignation as early has move 8 would have been justified but the game went on for a little longer.


Adams,Michael (2742) - Merry,Alan B (2335) [B01]
PokerStars IoM Masters Douglas ENG (5.12), 07.10.2015

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Nb5 Qb6 9. Nd6+ Kd8 10. Nxf5 Qxb2 11. Qd1 e6 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. Bd3 Qxa2 15. Nf3 Qd5 16. O-O Kc8 17. Ne5 Qxd4 18. Nxf7 Rg8 19. Ng5 e5 20. Bf5+ Nfd7 21. Be6 Rh8 22. Nf5 1-0