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Chess Grandmaster: Michael Adams and GM Nigel Short at Bunratty Masters Tournament 2012
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[Event "Bunratty Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2012.02.17"]
[EventDate "2012.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Orr"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Nd7
7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc2 a5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. b3 Nc5 11. a3 Bf5 12. Nd2
Qc8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. dxe4 f5 16. Qd3 Qe6
17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Qe4 Raf8 19. Ne1 a4 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. cxd5
Na5 22. bxa4 b6 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. a5 bxa5 25. a4 Bd6 26. Rb5 h6
27. Nb2 Na3 28. Rxa5 e4 29. Bf4 Rb8 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. Nd1 Nc4
32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. axb5 Rxd5 34. Kg2 Rxb5 35. f3 e3 36. f4 Nd2
37. Re1 Kf7 0-1
[Event "Bunratty Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[EventDate "2012.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Hebden"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "92"]
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Qc7 6. f4 a6
7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Qe1 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Qg3 b4
17. Nd1 a5 18. Ne3 a4 19. Nd2 Kh8 20. Ndc4 Nd4 21. Bxb7 Qxb7
22. Bg5 f6 23. Bh4 Nc5 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. c3 bxc3
27. bxc3 Ne4 28. Qf4 Ne2 29. Qg4 f5 30. Qh5 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bxh4
32. Qxh4 Qe7 33. Qe1 N2xc3 34. Rd3 Qg7 35. Nd6 Rg8 36. Qf1 h6
37. Nec4 Rb8 38. Nxe4 Nxe4 39. g3 Qb7 40. Kg1 Qa7+ 41. Kg2 Kg8
42. h4 Rc8 43. Ne3 Qb8 44. Nd1 Rc2+ 45. Kh3 Rxa2 46. Rd7 Qxg3#
0-1
[Event "Bunratty Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[EventDate "2012.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Andrei Istratescu"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3
Nbd7 7. h3 Qb6 8. Qe3 e5 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. g4 h6
12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O g5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Be3 Be7 16. Rfc1 Kf8
17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. c4 Re8
22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Rab1 h5 24. Ng3 h4 25. Nf5 Bd8 26. Be4 Bc8
27. Ne3 Rh6 28. b4 axb4 29. Rxb4 Rf6 30. Bf5 Ba6 31. Rcb1 Qc5
32. Qb2 Ke7 33. Qc2 Bc7 34. Nf1 Rh6 35. Nd2 Rg8 36. Ne4 Qa5
37. Qc1 f6 38. Be6 Rf8 39. Qc2 Ra8 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Nxg5 1-0
[Event "Bunratty Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[EventDate "2012.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Malcolm Pein"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. d3 e5 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5
Ne7 13. h3 Nd7 14. Ne1 c6 15. Nc2 d5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. cxd5
cxd5 18. Ba3 Nf6 19. Rb7 Re8 20. Qb1 Nc6 21. Rc1 Na5 22. Rb5
Rc8 23. Bc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 d4 25. Nb5 Nb3 26. Nb4 Nxc1 27. Rxc1
Qd7 28. Bc6 Qd8 29. Bxe8 Nxe8 30. h4 Nf6 31. Nc6 Qf8 32. Nxe5
Nd5 33. Nf3 Nc3 34. Nxc3 dxc3 35. d4 Bf5 36. e4 Bg4 37. Rxc3 Bxf3 38.
Rxf3 Bxd4 39. Qb3 Qe7 40. Qd5 1-0
[Event "Bunratty Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2012.02.17"]
[EventDate "2012.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Phillip Michael Short"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. Nbd2 c3 11. bxc3 Qc7
12. Nc4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. Nfe5 Bd7 15. Bf4 Nbd5 16. Ng6
Nxf4 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. gxf4 Rae8 19. d5 b5 20. d6 Qxc4
21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. Rd4 Rb8 23. Rxc4 Rb6 24. Bc6 Rd8 25. Bxd7
Nxd7 26. Nc6 Rc8 27. Rac1 f5 28. Ne5 1-0 â–ºSubscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq
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Bunratty
Joseph Mischyshyn [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Adams
By Paul Truong (Available online) [CC BY-SA 1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Nigel Short
By Frederic Friedel, www.chessbase.com (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
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