George Trundle Memorial Round 6

Jul12
2018 Written by Alex

Auckland is not only a water but also a garden city. We thought we would check out Kiwi fauna today with a visit to the zoo. First a little walk around the lake.

The birdlife is extremely friendly. This could be due to the fact that people feed them. As soon as you arrive, ducks, swans, seagulls, pigeons etc, come over to see if you have any food on offer. We came unprepared.

This goose was particularly forward and patient but left disappointed.

Cute is not the word for this scene. Mind you, don’t threaten the chicks whatever you do. These Swans are huge with large claws and a bony beak.

Weird stone sculptures are dotted around the lake as well.

Some kind of pretty waterfowl.

And finally a tiny Japanese garden.

When we finally made it to the zoo, we only had about 45 minutes to spare and decided to leave it until tomorrow.

Round 6

Well, there is no way I could have guessed 6.a4 so its good I didn’t spend the morning preparing. My first instinct was to answer a5, which is probably the most sensible move. But no, I had to punish Alexei for his audacity and came up with the super creative plan of Rb8 and b5. After 10.d5 my position looked like one of the pigeons from the park had just walked over it. I managed to complicate it a bit and got a nice piece sac in with 31…Nf4. Alexei was now short on time and failed to find the best way, although by now he was searching for equality. He didn’t find it and by the time-control, I was a pawn up with a safer King. I overestimated my position, expecting it to win itself and after swapping rooks, the evaluation was 00.00

A relief and a disappointment.

Tomorrow I play Vishal with white…after a visit to the zoo. That way neither of us can prepare 🙂

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