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European Individual Chess Championship 2021, Round 8
Top board saw a clash between the two players in the joint lead on 6 out of 7, Rauf Mamedov v Anton Demchenko. Round 6 had seen a top-board draw in 9 moves, but in the 8th round the players broke through the 10-move barrier and managed to get as far as White’s twelfth move before a draw was agreed.
England players’ results were as follows:
One vaguely gets the idea Gawain Jones is researching for a book on materially imbalanced games, of possibly materially imbalanced endings, as he seems to be steering his games down that avenue rather than trying to maximise his score in the tournament. Click here to play through the game Gawain Jones ½‑½ Jan Subelj.
The other two England players lost their games.
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