Ayr Congress Live

[Alan Jelfs]

There should be penalty points taken away from Mr Jelfs for that 16th move in r5! Booooooo

I think that one might sneak into Andy's online magazine though :p

I spent about 20 minutes at that point looking for a forced mate (Re5+ Nxe5 Qxe5+ looked promising) but couldn't see one .

Re5 Nxe5 Qd6#

Or just play a5 to cut off b4, then b6 Nxb6 Qd6 is unstoppable.

Saying all this, I can't exactly criticise with my tactics being appalling! Easier to see sat at home.

The "metal monster" does indeed say a5 is a mate in 5, with the Black Rooks ending up on d5 and e5!