Bunratty Masters 2019, contd.

The report on the Bunratty Masters 2019 mentioned in the last post had only the 36 games that were available from live boards. The organizers have now made available the full set of 151 games (excellent job; I hope this policy catches on) and the report has been updated accordingly.

Since the event, many excellent photos have been made available: Ioana Miller took 57 photos of rounds 1-4 and 14 photos of rounds 5 & 6; Fiona Steil-Antoni took 128 photos of the event.

Artola Pola - Voiteanu, Bunratty Masters 2019

The diagram is from Artola Pola – Voiteanu, round 5.

White, possibly seeing that after capturing he will queen first, continued 53. Nxe3??, but after 53… Kxe3 54. h7 d2 55. h8=Q d1=Q+ 56. Kg5 Qg1+ the exchange of queens was forced and he was lost.

The right way was 53. Kg5! Nxc4 54. h7 d2 55. h8=Q d1=Q 56. Qa8+ or 56. Qh4+ (or even 56. Qe8+, to do it the hard way), drawing.

This entry was posted in Bunratty, Tournaments. Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply