Saturday, 4 August 2018

Body talk


Position after 38. Qb2-d4??


I'm in the Czech Republic, playing in the Prague Summer Open: I won in the first round last night, not without a large slice of good fortune. The game itself was not very good (visible here if you must).

Having wasted tempi on a grand scale as well as advantages of material and position, I then bucked up, turned down a draw offer I had no objective reason to refuse and played some good moves before arriving at the following position, in which I am winning after White's 38th, prior to which I was no worse.

Anyway it's a funny thing, but after she played her thirty-eighth, which wasn't the move I expected and after which I had about ninety seconds on the clock (thirty second increments, time control and an extra half-hour at move forty) although I have an easy win I am not totally sure I would have seen it. But there was something strange about her reaction just after she played her move - something so small that I can't even be sure it was there, but maybe was a slight hesitation, a slight uncertainty, something that seemed to say oh - have I missed something?.

So I looked for something and took no time at all to find it. But, you know, maybe a poker face gets her a draw.

3 comments:

akiralx said...

..Qe1+ Kh2 Rd5 - ouch.

Anonymous said...

Hi Justin, I have the 1994 LBM Bulletin if you are still interested.

PG

ejh said...

Thanks very much. My query has however been resolved!