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Is anyone followin McKay-Arkell? What do you make of McKay's exchange sacrifice?

McKay's sacrifice seems to have given him a good game, but no doubt Arkell will turn it round in time.

Phil Neatherway wrote:Is anyone followin McKay-Arkell? What do you make of McKay's exchange sacrifice?

or double exchange sacrifice as it is now

Wonder if I get accused of heresy for admitting substantial doubt as to the health of blacks position It looks absolutely horrible and has for several moves. Maybe white will somehow run out bits to force a win with though.

David Sedgwick wrote:

John Moore wrote:... one of the winners is Boris Furman of Gibraltar fame!!

Can you elucidate? When did Boris Furman play in Gibraltar?

Sorry, David, I am obviously getting Furman mixed up with somebody else.

MartinCarpenter wrote:Wonder if I get accused of heresy for admitting substantial doubt as to the health of blacks position It looks absolutely horrible and has for several moves. Maybe white will somehow run out bits to force a win with though.

If White can find the right moves, he will win. Which is bad news for supporters of Keith, but would still be a British win. Most lines seem to end up with White regaining one of the exchanges and being several pawns up as well. Some difficult lines to calculate, though...

I think 24 Ng6 is a forced draw if he wants it?

Keith very short of time. I would guess it is a draw now, though.

EDIT: Oops. Should have kept quiet.

Round 4: 50+

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 8 GM Mohr Georg 2443 3 3 GM Nikolic Predrag 2603 1
2 2 GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2553 3 3 IM Bruno Fabio 2420 11
3 14 GM Bagaturov Giorgi 2397 3 3 GM Ivanov Alexander 2506 3
4 6 IM Bellia Fabrizio 2452 3 3 IM McKay Roderick M 2344 21
5 26 GM Malinin Vasily B. 2261 2½ 2½ GM Garcia Palermo Carlos 2446 7
6 12 IM Roselli Mailhe Bernardo 2409 2½ 2½ IM Berkovich Mark A 2372 17
7 4 GM Arkell Keith C 2499 2 2½ IM Shevelev Arkady 2284 25

24 16 IM Soylu Suat 2377 1½ 1½ Shaw Meyrick 2020 60

32 53 Hewson Brian Wr 2058 1 1 Murray Jim G. 1868 81

41 73 Phillips Owen S 1941 1 1 Zilbershtein Victor 1773 90

65+
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 7 GM Kupreichik Viktor D 2369 3 3 GM Vaisser Anatoly 2505 1
2 10 IM Birnboim Nathan 2360 3 3 GM Okhotnik Vladimir 2442 3
3 16 GM Pushkov Nikolai 2317 3 3 GM Vasiukov Evgeni 2392 5
4 2 IM Zhelnin Vladimir V 2469 2½ 3 IM Pritchett Craig W 2334 13

21 67 Reynolds D Ian W 2078 2 2 Wahlbom Magnus 2241 27
22 28 Kierzek Matthias 2234 2 2 Harding Tim D 2061 72

29 81 FM Jackson Oliver A 2035 2 2 FM Simon Padros Emilio 2188 37

35 89 Farrand Julian T 2018 2 2 Iudicello Giovanni 2151 47

44 110 Baeta Marcio Netto 1973 1½ 1½ CM Ashby Anthony C 2114 54

56 129 Lindblom Roar 1905 1½ 1½ Myall Ivan J 2049 76

Did Pritchett really miss a simple win with 26...Rxc6?

Roderick McKay has won. He is going very well. Still on 100%.

Pritchett is going to win anyway, another excellent result.

NickFaulks wrote:Did Pritchett really miss a simple win with 26...Rxc6?

Seemingly. Maybe a rook move transmitted wrong? The way his opponent threw away a draw later is strange as well.

Fantastic start for Craig and Roddy; the latter's play is perhaps reminiscent of Lucerne 1982? Obviously I wish my boys all the best in Reykjavik but I think this competition is more interesting.