With Black to play, how would you save yourself?
After 56. Kf6, M. Nanavati - M. IllingworthWell, while you consider that, let's take a look at the round 1 encounter between Andrew Bird and the same junior, Max Illingworth. As we noted last week, Max maintains his giant-killing reputation by this time downing the defending champion. With brief annotations by Andrew.
NSW Ch 2006
Illingworth, Max
Bird, Andrew
D10
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 Nf6 7. Ng3 Ba6 8. Nf3 e6 9. Qc2 c3 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Qb6 12. bxc3 b3 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. Rb1 h5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nfd2 cxd4 18. Rxb3 Qc6 19. Rxb8+?! (19. Qxa6!! Qxa6 20. Rxb8+ Kd7 (20... Ke7 21. Ba3+) 21. Rxf8 Qxf1+ (21... Rxf8 22. Nc5+) 22. Kxf1 Rxf8 23. cxd4 +-) 19... Nxb8 20. cxd4 Qxa4 21. Nc4 Qd7 22. Qf3 Nc6 23. Ncd6+ Bxd6 24. Nxd6+ Kf8 25. Ba3 Kg8 26. Rb1 Nb6 27. Bc5 g6 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rxb6 Nd8 30. Rb8 Kh7 31. g3 Qe7 32. Qa8 Kg7 33. Nb7 Qb4 34. Nxd8 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 h4 36. Nxe6+ fxe6 37. Qa7+ 1-0
And here is the rest of Nanavati - Illingworth.
NSW Ch 2006
Nanavati, Minir
Illingworth, Max
B26
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6 O-O 9. h4 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 f6 11. Nge2 Nd4 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Ng1 h5 14. f3 Be6 15. Nce2 d5 16. c3 Ndc6 17. Nh3 Qd7 18. Nf2 d4 19. c4 a6 20. O-O b5 21. b3 Rfc8 22. f4 Kg7 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Qg5 Ng8 25. Kh2 Rf8 26. Ng1 Nh6 27. Nf3 Nf7 28. Qc1 Qe7 29. Nh3 Nh6 30. Nf2 Rf6 31. Kg1 Raf8 32. Ng5 Bd7 33. cxb5 axb5 34. a4 Nb4 35. Qd2 bxa4 36. bxa4 Ra6 37. Rfc1 Rxa4 38. Rxa4 Bxa4 39. Rxc5 Nc6 40. Qa2 Re8 41. Qc4 Bb3 42. Qc1 Nb8 43. Rc7 Nd7 44. Qc6 Rd8 45. Bh3 Ng4 46. Nxg4 hxg4 47. Bxg4 Qb4 48. Rxd7+ Rxd7 49. Qxd7+ Kf8 50. Ne6+ Bxe6 51. Bxe6 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qf2+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kg4 Qe2+ 55. Kg5 Qh5+ 56. Kf6 Qg5+!! 1/2-1/2
Nice save!
1 comment:
While 56.Qg5 is nice, the perpetual Qh8+/Qh5+ should work as well.
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