Games from Rd. 4 Tal Memorial

March 26, 2021 by Rohan Pyne

[Event “Tal Memorial”]
[Date “2021.03.24”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Tom Maguire”]
[Black “Martin Post”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A67”]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Nc4 Nbd7 15.
Qb3 Rb8 16. Kh1 b6 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. Rae1 Ba8 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nxd5 21. Nd6
Rxe5 22. Nxf7 Rxe1 23. Bxe1 N7f6 24. Bg3 Qxf7 25. Bxb8 Qb7 26. Rxf6 Qxb8 27.
Nxd5 Qe5 28. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event “Tal Memorial”]
[Date “2021.03.24”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Mark C Stokes”]
[Black “Max Phillips”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B50”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Re1 h6
9. Bd2 Nc6 10. c3 O-O 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. a4 Ba6 13. d4 Rc8 14. d5 Na5 15. Qc2 e5
16. b3 c4 17. b4 Nb3 18. Ra2 Qd7 19. h3 Nh5 20. Nh4 Qe7 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Nf3 Rc7
23. Nbd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Bg7 25. g4 Nf6 26. Nh2 g5 27. Nf1 Bc8 28. Ng3 Kh8 29.
Nf5 Bxf5 30. gxf5 Nh5 31. a5 b5 32. h4 Nf4 33. Bf3 Kh7 34. Kf1 Bf6 35. hxg5
Bxg5 36. Bxf4 Bxf4 37. Qd1 ( 37. Qc2)37… Rg8 38. Ke2 Qg5 39. Ra1 Rcc8 40. Rg1
Qxg1 41. Qxg1 Rxg1 42. Rxg1 Rg8 43. Rg4 Rg5 44. Rxg5 1/2-1/2