I won my semi-final match in the Knockout Plate against Julie Denning last night. Julie’s choice of defensive formation against the Sämisch was not the best; having chosen the quite reasonable 6…Nbd7, she should have followed up with 7…c5, which was John Nunn’s choice in his famous win against Alexander Beliavsky at Wijk aan Zee 1985.
I give the game below with some notes.