Tuesday, 10 November 2020

The perils of 1 hour chess

 Digging through my archives I cam across the following game from the 1999 Vikings Weekender. My memory of this game is a little hazy, but I do recall I was quite pleased to get a draw against Johnny Bolens (who regularly beat me up until then). However, what I can't remember if the draw was a result of the shortness of time, or simply because I chickened out. While the latter is more likely, the fact that the game was played with 60m followed by a 10 second increment may indicate that time was a factor.

 

Press,Shaun - Bolens,Johnny [A65]
Vikings Weekender (3), 11.12.1999

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 e6 4. e4 exd5 5. cxd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bb5+ Nfd7 8. f4 O-O 9. Nf3 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O Bf6 12. e5 Be7 13. Ne4 c4 14. Bb1 Re8 15. Nfg5 Nf8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Bf5 18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. Bxf5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 gxf5 21. Rf3 Qxd5 22. Be3 Re6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rg3+ Ng6 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Bxc5+ Qxc5 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

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