... from the Staunton Memorial Chess Tournament that finished on Saturday in London, play through this one.
The nineteen-year-old new British Grandmaster Gawain Jones duffing over Loek Van Wely, one of the most dangerous players in the world on his day, with a great sacrificial attack.
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Rock 'n' roll.
Presumably van Wely thought he was doing just fine until move ten and then had a long and increasingly troubled think?
Alas by the time I got to Simpson's that afternoon, that particular game was already over...
This Bb5 stuff versus the Sicilian is more troubling than it looks I think.
As I mentioned in the comments to another post, I don't get 10. ...Ra7 at all. What's the point of it?
I'd assume the idea was to avoid having to capture on e4, which would now only develop White's knight to a good square but free up the c-pawn to harrass the bishop. It's the sort of move though that, when it's played, you know somebody's in trouble.
Kavalek explains the move 10...Ra7 here:
"A strange-looking rook move, but black wants to meet 11.Ne2 with 11...Qa8!"
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