Avila, out of Guam playing at the internet chess club, plays aggressively if not sometimes recklessly. His style is well suited to blitz chess where fortune often favors the brave as David Bronstein repeats a few times in his famous Zurich international tournament book. I will never forget when Dmitry Gurevich got the opportunity to play against Bronstein, who Gurevich idolized as child, at the National Open in Las Vegas directed by Bill Snead who was a computer programmer from Amarillo, Texas. Gurevich got ground down by Texas legend Joe Bradford in grueling Rook and Pawn ending where big Joe demonstrated Karpovian boa constrictor technique! Dmitry was constantly repeating in the post mortem that the ending had to be drawn which is old truth whispered by the worshipers of Caissia about such endings!
The fork trick is likely more common in late middle games and endings, but in this case it presented itself seven moves into a French Defense where the Pacific Islander played d4 which permits the shocking Queen captures d4 pawn which wins a pawn due to Nc2 forking the Lady and the Monarch!
White played the surprisingly weak 1. e4 e6 2.c4 against the French defense apparently trying to prevent the French signature move d5.
Ross Hatfield or HatfieldRoss playing at the internet chess club, out of the United Kingdom has a horrible WiFi connection. He will beg you to abort rather than improve his internet connection. I just wait for him to disconnect or resign.
ReplyDeleteI think Hatfiled is from Oxfordshire and works as a Deli Clerk at a wholesale place. Go Wahconah Wildcats!!
DeleteChristopher Dubreuil of France is a gentleman and scholar. Met him at European tournament and lost his email!!
DeleteAre you talking about coin collector Joe Bradford who is a muslim ethics advisor is Houston, Texas. Great well rounded guy. Did not know he was a chess player. He probably knows David John and his father who is tournament director in that area I think.
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