![]() ![]() White: 3:02 Black: 4:16 Now a king move to d6, f6 or f7 would claim 43.g4? Throwing away the win. 11.Re1 11.Nc6ġ2.d5? White overlooks something, and so does Black. 8.Bxf3 Qb5ĩ.b3?! Too cautious! 9.0-0 10.c4 Qa6 This is no picnic, but it lets Black off a hook. 7.Bxf3N Adding the two bishops to White's plus column. 3.Nf6 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.0-0 Be7 The less ambitious approach doesn't approach at all, and lets White gets space, maybe the two bishops, and the usual opening advantage from a fairly safe pawn on d4 vs. But more, White keeps open c-pawn possibilities, both c2-c3 to guard a pawn on d4, and c2-c4 to get that pawn also working in the center. Mechanics' December TNM (5.17), ġ.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 A switchup on the usual. A great battle! 0-1 (4) Jonah Busch (Kondsaga) (1934) - Mateo Hansen (mateosh) (1687) 35.c5 e4+ 36.Ke3 Kf7 37.Rxe4 trading into a clear technical loss, but anything else was worse 37.Bxe4 38.Kxe4 Rxc5 39.Kf3 Rc4 40.h3 Two pawns up for Gadir in a rook endging is automatic. Material is even but the White rook on h4 can't get out of the bad situation. The black bishop is powerful and so Black controls the action. The alternative 25.Rxa2 Gadir now has a winning initiative. The action is all on the queenside near the white king. 20.Bb3 Rb8?! 21.Rd4! Bf5?Ģ2.Rh4? 22.Rxb3! 23.Qxb3 Be6 This inspired exchange sacrifice gives Black the advantage. 11.0-0-0! Bb7 12.Qd2 Bxe5 13.Bxa7 Ra8 14.Qe3 0-0 15.Qxe5 Rxa7 16.Kb1? 16.d6 17.Qe3 Qa8! suddenly Black is getting good play for the pawn with the open files on the queenside 18.Bc4?! 18.Bxg2 19.Rhg1 Be4 Now Black holds an edge with the compact pawn structure and queenside attacking chances. Is it enough? The players seem to have different opinions as Gadir is happy with the black side. White has won a pawn but Black has open lines for compensation. Mechanics' December TNM (6.1), ġ.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Kyron likes the white side of this position 8.Nd5 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Qxd5 Rb8 (3) FM Kyron Griffith (KyronGriffith) (2470) - GM Gadir Guseinov (GGuseinov) (2600) Here are some games from rounds 5&6, annotated by GM Nick de Firmian. To watch the coverage of round 5&6, please click here: Also chasing at 4.5/6 are FM Kyrn Griffith and Ashik Uzzaman. Of these 3 players, Walder has not played Gadir, so we look for that matchup next week. The battle for 2nd and 3rd is tight however, with 3 players at 5/6 including NM Kireet Panuganti, IM Elliott Winslow, and NM Michael Walder. He has 6/6 going into next weeks last two rounds. GM Gadir Guseinov continued his perfect run in the December TNM, defeating two of his strongest opposition in IM Elliott Winslow and FM Kyron Griffith. Mechanics' Institute November Tuesday Night Marathon Report ![]() Your participation in our events and classes, membership, and engagement through our streams have helped sustain us through this difficult time, and we look forward to an amazing year of chess in 2021! Thank you all for your continued support of the Mechanics' Institute. We want to wish everyone a very safe and happy holiday next week! We will take a break from the newsletter next week in observance of the holidays, but we will be back on Januwith a tournament recap of the conclusion of the December Tuesday Night Marathon and other chess happenings. Mechanics' Thursday Night Marathon Report. ![]() DecemBy Abel Talamantez Table of Contents
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