The European Summer Chess Tour is a well known destination for Antipodean players, although Covid has restricted playing opportunities in the last few years. It does look like it is back to normal this year, and on young Canberran, FM Albert Winkelman, is giving it a go. He started with the Czech Open, before moving onto a GM event in Olomouc. Being the bottom seed in the GM group is always going to be a tough ask, and his current score of 1.5/6 doesn't reflect how close he was in some games.
While looking through the games I did spot one very nice attack by Jonasz Baum, where a rook sacrifice lead to a position where White had to walk the tight-rope to avoid a loss. He did for a while, but eventually blindered, and quickly lost.
Olomouc Chess Summer 2022 - A Olomouc (CZE), Hotel Flora (5.5), 16.08.2022
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O e5 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. f4 exd4 14. cxd4 Qe7 15. dxc5 Rd5 16. e4 Rxc5 17. Qb1 Rh5 18. Ng3 Rxh2 19. Kxh2 Ng4+ 20. Kg1 Qh4 21. Rf3 Nd4 22. Re3 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Be6 24. Qb2 Rd8 25. Be2 Nxe2 26. Qxe2 Nxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Bh3 29. Ke2 Bg4+ 0-1
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