Remembering CGM Adrian Hollis (02-viii-1940 26-ii-2013)

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Re: Remembering CGM Adrian Hollis (02-viii-1940 26-ii-2013)

Post by Neil Blackburn » Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:54 pm

John Upham wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:22 am
I forget to mention that followers of Ray Keene may be interested in comparing "his" annotations with those of Adrian Hollis in the Hartston-Hollis game.

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Re: Remembering CGM Adrian Hollis (02-viii-1940 26-ii-2013)

Post by Neil Blackburn » Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:56 pm

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Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:34 pm
I would like to have seen the Hollis v Moiseyev game. I wonder if it is available.
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Re: Remembering CGM Adrian Hollis (02-viii-1940 26-ii-2013)

Post by John Upham » Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:31 pm

JustinHorton wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:34 pm
I would like to have seen the Hollis v Moiseyev game. I wonder if it is available.
Your very reasonable request is my command.

The game is now within the article.
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Re: Remembering CGM Adrian Hollis (02-viii-1940 26-ii-2013)

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:54 pm

Obliged.
Ian Thompson wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 3:00 pm
JustinHorton wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:34 pm
I would like to have seen the Hollis v Moiseyev game. I wonder if it is available.
It is available. On its own it doesn't tell me much because, if Hollis saw the possibility of the sacrifice that was played, it's not obvious what he overlooked after that.
Is the answer to this going to be that Hollis on playing 37...Kg7 intended 38 Qa7+ Kg8 but overlooked 39. Qd7 (as given in the BCN notes) which seems to cover everything?
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Re: Remembering CGM Adrian Hollis (02-viii-1940 26-ii-2013)

Post by John Upham » Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:11 pm

JustinHorton wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:54 pm
Is the answer to this going to be that Hollis on playing 37...Kg7 intended 38 Qa7+ Kg8 but overlooked 39. Qd7 (as given in the BCN notes) which seems to cover everything?
I should clarify that I lifted the game from Chessbase Correspondence Database 2020 and my chessbase account automagically adds BCN as the annotator.
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