10-14 22-17 9-13

[Michael Holmes]

[Event "2009 IL 10-14 22-17 9-13"]
[Date ""]
[Black "Gary Ellison"]
[White "Michael Holmes"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. 10-14 22-17 2. 9-13 17x10 3. 7x14 25-22 4. 6-10 22-18 5. 11-15 18x9 6. 5x14 29-25 7. 3-7
25-22 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 23-18 10. 8-11 27-23 11. 17-21 18-14 12. 4-8 14-10 13. 7x14
22-17 14. 13x22 26x10 15. 11-16 24-20 16. 16-19 23x16 17. 12x19 20-16 18. 15-18 16-12 19.
8-11 10-7 20. 11-16 7-3 21. 1-6 3-8 22. 16-20 8-11 23. 18-22 32-27 0-1

The 7-14 jump loses as most masters know.
Gary challenged me on this after the round was over and thought there must be a draw. However, several lines were played showing a loss on all of them. After the loss it was standard textbook-win from there.

[Event "2009 IL 10-14 22-17 9-13"]
[Date ""]
[Black "Michael Holmes"]
[White "Gary Ellison"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 10-14 22-17 2. 9-13 17x10 3. 6x15 24-19 {A}4. 15x24 28x19 5. 1-6 25-22 6. 7-10 29-25 7. 3-7
22-18 8. 11-15 18x11 9. 8x24 27x20 10. 4-8 25-22 11. 8-11 32-28 12. 6-9 23-19 13. 9-14
20-16 14. 11x20 19-15 15. 10x19 22-17 16. 13x22 26x3 17. 19-23 28-24 18. 20x27 31x24 19.
12-16 24-19 20. 16-20 19-16 21. 20-24 3-8 22. 24-27 30-25 23. 27-31 25-22 24. 31-27 22-18
25. 27-24 16-11 26. 23-26 18-14 27. 26-31 21-17 28. 31-26 14-10 1/2-1/2

A. If this line can win against the world champion then it is good enough and strong enough to play against other masters.

But on this game I had no chance of scoring and I had to be careful at several junctures.
This was a well played game by Gary.

[tommyc]

Hi Michael.

There isnt much to be had in the 2419 attack (g2)after 1-6 altho Alex did lose it to Ron WCM 2005 AFTER 2318 AND 1116?? ...6-9 ALSO LOOKS DODGY HERE TOO WITH 7-10 LOOKING THE BIZZ/