White to play!

Black is a 2200 player and his pawns are rolling so we need to react. 21. g4 hxg4 22.fxg4 Bxg4 23.Rdf1 (common themes: pawn sacrifice, open lines to the king, pins and effective use of the f5 square) Bh5 24. Nf5+ Kg8 25. Nxe7+ Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kg8 27. Qh6 1-0 My kind of holiday fun!

Black to play.

IM Marcel Peek - Vas Sladek, ICC blitz 3 0

Magnus won the final 1.5-0.5 to win the London Classic and Grand Tour. Congratulations.

From January I will play in the Vancouver Rapid Chess League for Caissa +3!