Justus William's beautiful USCL game last night against Craig Jones. I was watching when 16. e5 was played and I was just awestruck.
Justus Williams - Craig Jones
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7 13.b4 Bxd4%2B 14.Qxd4 Qb6 15.Qxb6 Nxb6 16.e5 dxe5 17.b5 Be8 18.c5 Nd7 19.Nd5 e6 20.Ne7%2B Kg7 21.c6 bxc6 22.bxc6 Nb6 23.c7 Bd7 24.Rfd1 Ba4 25.Rd6 Kf6 26.Rxb6 Kxe7 27.Rb7 Rfc8 28.Ba6 Bd7 29.Rb3 Rf8 30.Bb7 Rae8 31.Ra3 f5 32.Rxa7 Kf6 33.a4 Bc8 34.a5 Bxb7 35.Rxb7 Ra8 36.a6 Rfc8 37.a7 Ke7 38.Rb8 Kd7 39.Rxa8 Rxa8 40.c8Q 1-0
12 comments:
Impressive!
was e5 part of preparation or found at the board?
The impressive thing about 16.e5! is that it's part of a plan that isn't fully executed until the end of the game. He thinks in paragraphs.
He has the courage to play "a pawn down" with his passed pawn. Whereas the average John Q. Chessplayer is probably thinking to themselves "How the *&(#$ am I going to _save_ my passed pawn!"
It takes a lot of guts to rely on tactics, and a lot of us come up short in instances where a position _has_ to rely on tactics.
He has the tactical toolset to pull this feat off.
18..Nd7 looks like "the last move of the game." as they say.
After 19.Ne5, on some level I have to think that Justus understood that he controlled the light-squares. Look at Black's light squared bishop from this point on, it's basically a spectator, running around and out of the game, it's as if Black is a piece down from this point on.
Very nice. I certainly learned something from it. :-)
I didn't like 12...Nd7. I think he should have played 14...Nf6.
Fantastic game! Enjoyed it very much
Wow! What a game! Hey, Liz, what are some chess books on openings you'd recommend to kids in about the 800-1200 range? Any suggestions?
Don't think kids rated 800-1200 should be studying opening books..
I think Coakley is coming out with an opening book soon. That's the only one I would recommend. It's very hard for kids to read opening books.
@LinuxGuy: "at some level"? Yes, the 2265 level. Silly grown-up.
Elizabeth, do you have the book Mastering Chess Strategy, by Johan Hellsten? Because the position before 16. e5 is exactly the same - even the move numbers are right - as Example 153, Razuvaev-Honfi, Cienfuegos 1976, and Williams-Jones follows it until Black's 27th move. That's awesome.
Rick Massimo
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