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11th March 2007         

GM Michael Adams

Michael Adams Simultaneous Display

Simul Photos

List of Competitors Playing

Games

Michael Adams v James Woodruff

Mickey Adams Profile

The weather was fine and sunny as the British No 1 arrived in Bristol's Broadmead Shopping Centre to take on many players from the Bristol League.  Playing well over 30 players under the marquee Mickey Adams won most of his games but had to concede one game due to blundering a Rook.

Amongst the lucky ones that managed Draws were Nigel Wilcox and Humphrey Andolo from Downend chess Club and Andy Pickering from Clifton Chess Club and Graham Wilkinson of Clevedon.  I tested out Mickey in a Schliemann variation of the Spanish and should have got at least a Draw until he found the only move to salvage the game putting his Queen on Prise to steer the game his way. 

A selection of photos can be viewed above as we prepare a cd which will contain hopefully all the games and over a 100 photos of the event.

Chris Beaumont's Blindfold event attracted many onlookers as he did what many would find impossible.  Tyson Mordue and Megan Owens took on members of the public on large outdoor sets as a build up to the simul.

Dave Tipper

Many thanks go to the Event Organiser Pete Saunders & his wife who have put in a tremendous amount of effort to ensure the event was a success

Jack Rudd  6/9 Hastings Masters

 Hastings Masters  Dec 2006 - Jan 2007

Jack Rudd scored an impressive 6/9 in the Hastings Masters which included a win against Ukranian GM Valerij Neverov in Round 2.  GM Neverov won the Hastings Masters last year and finished joint first in this years event on 7/9 only losing to Jack.

In Round 8 Jack Rudd played Australian IM John Paul Wallace, chess journalist and coach from Sydney and threw caution to the wind sacrificed his Rook on a1 and launched into a 19th century-style attack as described on the Hastings Chess Website Hastings Chess Website and is one of the games entered for the brilliancy prize. After JP Wallace played Qc5 allowing Nc7+, Jack's attack entered overdrive taking pieces for a past time.

Draws against GM Colin McNab & IM Andrew Greet in the final round finished of an impressive display.

Jack's Games can be downloaded or played through online below.

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Download 388 games Rd 1-8      Cbv     Pgn