After some radio silence expect a flurry of posts. I am escaping the winter for some chess in Malaysia and France. But before leaving why not warm up a bit? The Peninsula Open offered the perfect opportunity.Since I was a teenager I regularly wrote “Solomon” on my scoresheet. Today, for the first time, the initial was different. Anthony, like his dad Steven, seems to like endings. Black got a playable position but missed a couple of tic tacs.
Many years ago Tony crushed me badly in an open tournament. Today he allowed me too much space on the Kingside, where his King was 🙂
I got the round time wrong for this game. I arrived just on forfeit time but George was not even thinking of claiming a win, he had come to play! We had a fierce tactical fight which I thought I had negotiated perfectly…until my engine slapped me in the face. On move 28 black has a mate in 4. My lucky day.
Next round 10am tomorrow. I’ll have to watch checks tomorrow.
Sweet dreams,
Alex
Thanks for sharing your games Aleks. While you are away overseas, will the Doubleroo Academy be running as usual?