Keep a column going for 30 years and you start to establish a few traditions along the way. Such as: When the temperature rises, the games should get shorter.
There’s plenty of August news out there to cover — the 123rd running of the U.S. Open has just gotten underway in Grand Rapids, Michigan, while the FIDE World Cup knockout tournament, with slots in the men’s and women’s candidates tournament up for grabs, also is just getting started in Baku, Azerbaijan, with former world champ Magnus Carlsen and U.S. GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So all among the favorites.
Our first two examples come from last month’s U.S. junior and senior championships, showing how a momentary lack of vigilance can lead to disaster. California junior IM Josiah Stearman, his kingside already looking a little iffy, practically waved the red flag in front of Texas IM Justin Wang in their Caro-Kann with 10. h4 h5? , inviting the devastating 11. Bxg6! fxg6 12. Qxg6+ Kh8 13. Qxh5+ Kg8 14. Bh6, and White gets three pawns for the piece and a raging attack. By 21. Rhh3 Rg7 22.
Already in scramble mode, White misses yet another trick up Black’s sleeve: 23. Nf1? Rxf3! 24. gxf3 Nxc1, and Black will win a piece for a pawn after 25. Rxc1 Qg4+; Shabalov resigned. Another ill-advised pawn grab does in another top player when veteran Polish star GM Michal Krasenkow snaps up an “undefended” d-pawn just nine moves into a pretty tame Grunfeld Defense line. The punishment from Greek GM Stelios Halkias is quick: 9. Qxh6 Nxd4? 10. 0-0-0! , and now on 10…c5 11. e3, the pinned knight is lost. Krasenkow called it quits.
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