Mr Hundred Per Cent

Nigel Short has distinguished himself by scoring 100 per cent, winning all six games, in the Bunratty tournament which finished towards the end of last month in Ireland. Anyone who has competed in a chess tournament of almost any strength will realise how hard it is to win all the games.
In Short’s case he played consistently solid yet aggressive classical chess and in the process defeated two grandmasters, Peter Wells and Alexander Baburin, the victim of this week’s game.
 
Next year sees Bunratty’s silver jubilee and they are hoping to attract as many previous winners as possible. Nigel will surely be high on the list.
 
Short-Baburin: Bunratty Masters 2017, Slav Defence
 
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Qc2 dxc4 5 Qxc4 Bg4 6 Nc3 Bxf3 7 gxf3 g6 Via a circuitous route a position from a main line Grünfeld Defence has appeared on the board. However, by committing himself to an early … c6, Black has arrived at a seriously passive sub-variation of an otherwise active defence.