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Geoff Chandler

Popped along to catch up with what has been happening.

Daughter gave birth to 3rd Grandson on Friday morning.
(A grandson born on APril Fool's Day - brilliant).

Bought a couple of books from reduced section.
Some classics in there for £1 and £3.

News that Calum McQueen had beaten John Shaw greeted
me as soon as I entered the hall.

Good Game. Snap shots.

C.McQueen - J. Shaw. Edinburgh Premier 2011

After 8...b5

John boiling up the game with a pawn sac to unsettle
White whose King is 3 moves from castling.

After 28...Bc8

John has tossed in another pawn and now has everything pointing
at the King. An uncomfortable position for White when facing a GM.

The moment the boy grew up.

31.hxg4 Qh4+ and Qf2+ is a perpetual.
A draw in round 1 v a GM is a creditable result.
No shame there... and Calum must have seen this postion coming...

After 32...Qxe3

White shunned the draw and landed here.
White to Play. What would you do?

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. f3 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf2 b5 9. Nxb5 c6
10. Nc3 d5 11. e3 Ba6 12. fxe4 fxe4 13. Be2 Bd6 14. O-O Qc7 15. h3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bg3
17. b3 Nbd7 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. Ng4 Rae8 20. cxd5 Nxg4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Bxg4 Nf6 23. Be6+ Kh8
24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. d5 Qd6 26. Rc1 Qe5 27. Bg4 h5 28. Be2 Bc8 29. Be1 Ng4 30. Bxg3 Qxg3 31. Bxg4 hxg4
32. Nxe4 Qxe3 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Qxg4 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Qg1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kf4 Qf1+ 38. Ke5 Qf8
39. d6 Qe8+ 40. Kd4 Rc8 41. Ng5 g6 42. Nf7+ Kg7 43. d7 Rd8 44. Nxd8 Qxd8 45. Qe6 Qh4+ 46.Kd5 Kh6
47. Kc6 Qd8 48. Qe3+ Kh7 49. Qd4 Kg8 50. Qxa7 Kf7 51. Qc7 Qa8+ 52. Qb7 Qd8 53. Qc8 Qf6+ 54. Kb7 Qe7 1-0

"...he played well, very well indeed.": John Shaw.

JR · King Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 447 Location: Edinburgh

Thanks for the update Geoff! I don't think this is such a big shock anymore, McQueen has been playing very well recently, nice game 8..b5 was a very un-Shaw like move.

Geoff Chandler · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:42 pm Post subject:

Hi J.

Agreed Calum is going through a fine spell, but he is quite chuffed,
he gave me the score of the game.
Your first GM victory is always memorable.

Agree b5 is the kind of thing I would play but John knows what he is doing
and against another opponent it would have had that unsettling effect.

I think I would have allowed the perpetual (and pray he takes it
although he is a piece down), The postion before the exchange sac
is awkward for White and it does appear that allowing the King
to be booted up the board is the way to go.

The idea of seeing my King getting hunted down on a semi open
board by a rabid GM would not have appealed.

AMcHarg · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:42 pm Post subject:

An excellent result! Cool

sigrun · King Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 307 Location: Europa

Congratulations ! Will that encourage you to play abroad?
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