Friday, 13 April 2018

Polishing my crystal ball

There is a thread on one of the Australia chess forums about Australian players who have played World Champions. David Smerdon did it at the last Chess Olympiad (drawing with Magnus Carlsen), although I believe that future/past World Champions count as well.
Based on his devastating win in the 2018 Grenke Open (8/9), I'm peering into my crystal ball and suggesting that German IM Vincent Keymer may one day be part of that list. And if he is, then this is an early entry for an addition to the OZ v WC list.


Keymer,Vincent (2408) - Chibnall,Alana (1906) [A00]
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar (1.124), 23.01.2018

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. e4 e5 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Ne8 11. d5 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 c5 14. Ne6 Rf7 15. Bd2 Nf8 16. Ne4 Qa6 17. N4g5 Re7 18. Qc2 h6 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. Qxf5+ Rf6 23. Qe4 Rb8 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Kg8 26. Raf1 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Qb6 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Bc3 1-0

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