In the opening round of the ongoing Gibraltar Chess Tournament (https://www.gibchess.com/) Grandmaster Gawain Jones
Gawain Jones (photo Steil-Antoni)
uncorked a TN against his much lower rated opponent, IM Nurgyul Salimova of Bulgaria,
after these common moves had been played:
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 (4 Nf3 is the usual, and best, move, according to Stockfish) h6 5. Bd3 (Stockfish would have played 5. g4, the most often played move) 5…Bxd3
How would you capture the prelate? Ask yourself, “How would Capablanca have captured?” Until GM Jones popped the cork with 6 cxd3 the only move previously played by the best had been 6 Qxd3. Maybe the GM was attempting to do the “dipsy-doodle” against his much lower rated opponent rather than treating his opponent with the respect she deserved. If so, the maneuver backfired.
of the Netherlands tied for first with GM Gawain Jones,
from England, at the recently completed, record breaking 25th anniversary of the Bunratty Masters.
There is a reason the Bunratty Masters, commonly known as “best weekender in the world.”
Where else does one see Chess players sitting at the board with a pint?
When the beer flows freely so does the Chess!
There was yet another ridiculous speed “playoff” after the event ended between the two players who tied for first, which was won by Sergey, who was declared the “winner.”
Gawain held a pawn down ending versus GM Nigel Short in the final round, while Sergey could have taken clear first if he had won his pawn up game against GM Mark Hebden.
Tiviakov, Sergey vs Hebden, Mark
Bunratty Masters 2018 last round
There is only one move to retain the advantage. Tiviakov did not find it…
39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. b4 axb4 41. Rxb4 Rxe5 ½-½
Tiviakov, having played this variation an astounding 71 times according to 365Chess.com, must be the world’s leading exponent of the Wormald attack (for information on Wormald see 3974. The Steinitz-Wormald-MacDonnell controversy, at Edward Winter’s excellent Chess Notes – http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter15.html). Having played the variation ‘only’ 27 times, Bukhuti Gurgenidze is lags behind in second place.
who played at the Atlanta Chess Center while visiting his sister, and I were standing outside the House of Pain and he said, “You are very lucky to have this place.”
Chess : Black destroys white in 15 moves in Ruy Lopez | Brilliant attack by Black (Wormald attack)
The World human Chess Champion from Norway, Magnus ‘Roland’ Carlsen,
made what he called a “crude” blunder in playing his 17th move, pawn to g4, against fellow British Grandmaster Gawain Jones
in the 8th round of the 80th Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament. The move lost a piece, certain death against any Grandmaster, even one rated almost 200 points less on th Elo scale. Ordinarily a Grandmaster will resign to another Grandmaster after dropping a piece, but Magnus showed absolutely no respect
for his opponent by continuing the game. GM Jones began showing why he deserved no respect by playing like a patzer after receiving the “gift.” He proved World Champion Emanuel Lasker
correct when he said, “The hardest game to win is a won game.”
I give the game for the record:
Magnus ‘The Headless Machine Gunner’ Carlsen vs Gawain ‘Another Round’ Jones
To his credit GM Jones did consent to be interviewed before heading to the pub.
“Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” as written by David Eric Lindell and Warren Zevon….
Roland was a warrior
From the Land of the Midnight Sun
With a Thompson Gun for hire
Fighting to be done
The deal was made in Denmark
On a dark and stormy day
So he set out for Biafra
To join the bloody fray
Through ’66 and 7
They fought the Congo War
With their fingers on their triggers
Knee-deep in gore
The days and nights they battled
The Bantu to their Knees
They killed to earn their living
And to help out the Congolese
Roland the Thompson Gunner
Roland the Thompson Gunner
His comrades fought beside him
Van Owen and the rest
But of all the Thompson Gunners
Roland was the best
So the CIA decided
They wanted Roland dead
That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen
Blew off Roland’s Head
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
Time Time Time for another week of war
Norway’s bravest son
Time stands still for Roland til he evens up the score
They can still see his headless body
Stalking through the night
In the muzzle flash of Roland’s Thompson Gun
In the muzzle flash of Roland’s Thompson Gun
Roland searched the continent
For the man who’d done him in
He found him in Mombassa
In a bar room drinkin’ Gin
Roland aimed his Thompson Gun
He didn’t say a word
But he blew Van Owen’s body
From there to Johanasburg.
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
Talkin about the man
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
The eternal Thompson Gunner
Still wanderin through the night
Now it’s ten years later
But he still keeps up the fight
In Ireland, In Lebanon
In Palastine and Berkley
Patty Hurst
Heard the burst
Of Roland’s Thompson Gun
And bought it.
Armchair Warrior 