The Bird almost rules! After a wild struggle, I force the draw against GM Paragua (and congratulations to him, as he took clear first in the tournament!) . Unfortunately, as Fritz and my wife told me, in fact, despite having R and 2 pawns for my two pieces, Black is actually much worse after 23.Bxe6! [...]
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 6:08 pm
Tagged with: Bird's Opening, Daniel Naroditsky, GM Invitational Chess Tournament, IM Tim Taylor, IM Timothy Taylor, Jimmy Quon Memorial, Mark Paragua, Metropolitan Chess Club, Ruy Lopez Opening, Tim Taylor, Timo
After obtaining a clear advantage in the opening, I fail to find a clear path to victory–then begin to drift in time pressure, and finally, blunder horribly with 32.Qc7, losing, when Fritz still gives White plus equals with 32.Kh1. [Event "Jimmy Quon Memorial"] [Site "Los Angeles"] [Date "2011.01.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Taylor, Timothy"] [Black "Adamson, [...]
Here I beat IM Amanov in straight forward attacking style–finishing with the stylish Bishop sac on g6! [Event "Jimmy Quon Memorial"] [Site "Los Angeles"] [Date "2011.01.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Taylor, Timothy"] [Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2011.01.19"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "9"] [SourceDate "2006.12.31"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. [...]
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 8:54 am
Tagged with: GM Invitational Chess Tournament, GM Invitational tournament, IM Tim Taylor, IM Timothy Taylor, Jimmy Quon Memorial, Los Angeles Chess, Mackenzie Molner, Metropolitan Chess Club, Queen's Gambit Declined, Tim Taylor, Two Knights Defense, Zhanibek Amanov
Tim will be playing in Metropolitan Chess Club GM Norm Invitational Tournament starting January 19 through January 23. Some or all games will be relayed on chess.com with 10 minute delay. We will try to post games that he plays here every night, and also give short live updates via twitter. Players that are participating [...]
Posted by ChessQueenLiz at 10:01 pm
Tagged with: Alessandro Steinfl, chess.com, Daniel Naroditsky, Dejan Bojkov, GM, GM Invitational Chess Tournament, GM Norms, Grand Master, IM, International Master, Jacek Stopa, Los Angeles Chess, Mackensie Molner, Mark Paragua, Melikset Khachiyan, Metropolitan Chess Club, Robby Adamson, Timothy Taylor, Zhanibek Amanov
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