Round 5 of the Caplin Hastings International Chess Congress featured the board 10 clash between one of England’s stronger Grandmasters, Danny Gormally (2508) and FM Harry Grieve (2299).
Harry is studying mathematics at St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge having previously been a pupil and member of the very strong chess team of Royal Grammar School, Guildford. He started his league chess with Fleet & Farnborough Chess Club (same as Simon Williams !) and then transferred his allegiance to the very strong Farnham chess club playing top board in many matches.
Harry has the possibility of making an International Master norm at the Hastings Masters and a win with the black pieces versus Danny Gormally will certainly help !
Here is their game :
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[Event “Hastings Masters 2019-2020”]
[Site “Hastings”]
[Date “2020.01.01”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Gormally, Danny”]
[Black “Grieve, Harry”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A80”]
[Annotator “British Chess News”]
[PlyCount “86”]
[EventDate “2019.12.28”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “9”]
[EventCountry “ENG”]
{[%evp 0,51,19,31,75,31,54,23,36,47,59,45,53,34,86,79,53,60,63,20,43,29,46,24,
44,33,50,65,60,50,44,61,51,51,83,68,47,-11,63,12,85,7,-17,-29,16,-24,22,41,69,
8,-6,1,61,25]} 1. d4 f5 {[%cal Gf5e4,Gg8f6]} 2. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5d8] The
Bogoljubov Variation, aimed as an anti e6 and anti-Classical Dutch line,
favoured by Tony Miles.} h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e3 (4. e4 $5 {is also critical : may
be more so ?} Rh7 5. Qh5+ Rf7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qg6 Nc6 8. Bxg5 fxe4 9. Ne5 Nxe5
10. dxe5 hxg5 11. exf6 exf6 $6 (11… e6) 12. Nc3 Bb4 $2 13. O-O-O $1 Bxc3 14.
Bc4 $18 {Gormally – Williams, EU Championship, Liverpool, 2006, 1-0, 19.}) 4…
Nf6 5. Bg3 (5. Be2 $5 Bg7 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Nc3) 5… d6 6. h4 $1 {Kasparov} Rg8 (
6… Bg7 7. hxg5 hxg5 8. Rxh8+ Bxh8 9. Nh3 $14 g4 $142 (9… Ne4 $143 $5 10.
Qh5+ Kd7 11. Bh4 $1 Bf6 12. Bxg5 $18) 10. Nf4 Ne4 11. Bh4 $14) (6… g4 {
McDonald} 7. Ne2 (7. Nc3 Nh5 8. Nge2)) 7. hxg5 hxg5 8. Nc3 (8. c4 $1 {
Kindermann} e6 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Qb3 $16) 8… e6 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. f3
{[%cal Ge3e4]} Bd7 12. e4 fxe4 (12… f4 $143 13. Bf2 $14) 13. fxe4 O-O-O 14.
d5 {Kasparov} (14. Kb1) (14. Bb5) 14… exd5 (14… Ne5) 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Nf3
$146 {[%cal Gf3e5]} (16. Qd4 Kb8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Bg7 19. Nh3 Nfd7 20. Kb1
$15) (16. Re1 Kb8 17. Kb1 Bg7 18. a3 Rh8 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nf3 {
Kasparov – Illescas Cordoba, Dos Hermanas, 1996, 1/2, 48.}) 16… Nxf3 (16…
Nfg4 17. Re1 Bg7 18. Nd4 Kb8) 17. gxf3 Kb8 18. Nb5 {White has ideas of saccing
on c7 or a7 so Black is more or less obliged to capture the knight.} Bxb5 19.
Bxb5 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5] aiming for c5} 20. Rhe1 (20. Bxd7) 20… Qf6 21. Re6 Qf7
(21… Qxf3 22. Re3 Qf6 23. Rf1 Qg7 24. Qe2 $14) 22. Kb1 Bg7 (22… Nc5 $142
23. Qe3 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Qe7) 23. Qe3 Be5 24. Bxd7 Bxg3 25. Re7 Bf2 $5 {critical
position} (25… Qf6 26. Rh1 Bf4 27. Qe1 $15) 26. Qe2 $143 (26. Qxa7+ $142 $1
Kxa7 27. Rxf7 Rdf8 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Rd3 $14) 26… Qf6 27. Bg4 {Stockfish 10
believes the position to be level.} Bb6 28. Rd3 {Is the start of a faulty plan
? Is White’s back rank too weak for this idea ?} Rh8 {of course !} 29. a3 a6
30. Rb3 $6 (30. Rd1 $1 {White should be happy to halve out.}) 30… Qd4 $1 {
Very strong centralisation still eyeing up b2 and g1} 31. Rd3 $2 {This must
simply be an oversight.} Rh1+ 32. Ka2 Qg1 $19 {and White is busted. So, what
did Danny miss ?} 33. Rd2 {There is no defence after this.} (33. Kb3 Qa1 34. c3
Bc5 35. Re8 Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Ka7) 33… Qa1+ 34. Kb3 Rb1 35. c3 Bc5 $1 {There is
nothing White can do.} 36. Kc4 Qa2+ 37. Kd3 Qxd5+ 38. Kc2 Qa2 39. Kd3 Qd5+ 40.
Kc2 Qa2 41. Kd3 Rc1 $1 {Is this the move Danny missed at move 31 ?} 42. Qe6 d5
{and mate in 14 according to Stockfish 10 !} 43. Rd7 {and Danny sportingly
allows Harry to deliver checkmate : Black’s first win with either colour
against a strong Grandmaster.} Qc4# 0-1
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Following this game Harry needs 2.5/4 to obtain his first IM norm : Good luck !
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