Saturday, 25 June 2016

You can only take one of them

The 2016 Gold Coast Open is being held this weekend, with the first round already run and done. By the time you read this it may be too late to book flights and accommodation, but you can still follow the event online. The top four boards from the top section are being shown here, and with three rounds tomorrow, you are pretty much guaranteed 12 straight hours of chess.
One of the featured games tonight saw IM Brodie McClymont destroy Henry Slater-Jones Najdorf Sicilian. As with many games in this opening, Whites lead in development lead to a number of sacrifices. In fact McClymont had a couple of pieces en-pris at times, reminding me of the old adage "you can only capture one of them". Once Blacks's centre collapsed, McClymont brought up the heavy pieces, and that was all she wrote.

McClymont,Brodie - Slater-Jones,Henry [B86]
Gold Coast Open, 24.06.2016

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. g4 Nc6 9. g5 Ng8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd4 f6 12. h4 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. O-O-O fxg5 16. Nxd5 gxf4 17. Qxg7 Bf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxd7+ Kf8 20. Rhg1 Re8 21. Qd6+ Kf7 22. Rd4 Ne7 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rg7+ Kxg7 25. Qxe6 Ng6 26. Rd7+ 1-0

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