12-09-2013, 12:41 PM
Remember that this game was at Glasgow league time limit. After making 30 moves in slightly less than one hour there is a little over 15 minutes to finish the game. With a critical position on the board at move 40 both players will be short of time and taking short cuts with thinking processes.
Not sure how the really strong players approach would approach this situation but for me...…
For white’s 40th its very tempting to quickly play Nxh6+ and try to think in Black’s time and hope he chooses wrong square for the king.
What could take too much time is comparing that move with 40 f6 … another move that looks very strong. Seems best to play f6 rather quickly and then work out the win which surely is there – hopefully doing most calculations before Black replies.
42 Qd4 is the real blunder. Not one that Ian would normally make at any time limit.
Looks so simple now to play 42 Qxh7+ then 43 e7 and only after black’s next move work out which pawn promotes. Losing exchange on f2 square is trivial.
42 Qxd4 is surely due to time trouble. Given a few seconds to look round the board we would all realise that White has not sacc’d anything to reach this position. Swap queens then create two connected passed pawns on the seventh, they must be worth at least a rook & again try to think in opponent’s time.
Not sure how the really strong players approach would approach this situation but for me...…
For white’s 40th its very tempting to quickly play Nxh6+ and try to think in Black’s time and hope he chooses wrong square for the king.
What could take too much time is comparing that move with 40 f6 … another move that looks very strong. Seems best to play f6 rather quickly and then work out the win which surely is there – hopefully doing most calculations before Black replies.
42 Qd4 is the real blunder. Not one that Ian would normally make at any time limit.
Looks so simple now to play 42 Qxh7+ then 43 e7 and only after black’s next move work out which pawn promotes. Losing exchange on f2 square is trivial.
42 Qxd4 is surely due to time trouble. Given a few seconds to look round the board we would all realise that White has not sacc’d anything to reach this position. Swap queens then create two connected passed pawns on the seventh, they must be worth at least a rook & again try to think in opponent’s time.