Category Archives: Mark Lyell
Big Slick IM Rd6-FM Lyell(ENG)
Big Slick IM
Budapest resident FM Lyell,Mark 4.5/9 and IM Meszaros(HUN) 4/9. Merry(ENG) got an IM norm with 7.5/9.
Final Standings
Merry 7.5
Sarakauskas 7
House 4.5
Lyell 4.5
McClement 4.5
Olsarova 4.5
Meszaros 4
Rudd 4
Vogel 3
Bates 1.5
White won a pawn early in the game but the conversion phase produced an interesting sharp ending. Black has just attacked Nb3 with 51…a4 in the sharp NN-R ending. What do you recommend for white?
Jersey Masters 2013 Rd9-FM Lyell,M(ENG)
Round 9
Hebden,M (2518) – Lyell,M (2227)
QGA 7.Bb3[D27]
Jersey Masters 2013 St Clement Bay JCI (9), 10.03.2013
Position 1
Gibraltar Tradewise 2013
Here is Mark Lyell’s rd2 game. Lyell built up a fabulous position but unfortunately allows white to slip away.
Position 1
Black to Play
Gibraltar Tradewise 2013 Rd1
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Canadians at Gibratar Gibraltarchesscongress Pairings_results
3 Canadians are playing in the Masters group.
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| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | IM | Piasetski Leon | 2310 | CAN | 1 | 1 |
| 184 | Fairbairn Stephen | 2021 | CAN | 0 | 0 | |
| 208 | Agbabishvili Lali | 1954 | CAN | 0 | 0 |
Hungary
3 Hungarians led by GM Hoang are playing.
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| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | GM | Hoang Thanh Trang | 2469 | HUN | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | WGM | Rudolf Anna | 2312 | HUN | 1 | 1 |
| 213 | Lochte Szilvia | 1923 | HUN | 0 | 0 |
USA
5 Americans are playing led by the veteran GM Gata Kamsky.
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| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2740 | USA | ½ | 0.5 |
| 22 | GM | Ehlvest Jaan | 2603 | USA | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2491 | USA | 1 | 1 |
| 188 | Hutton Jack | 2017 | USA | ½ | 0.5 | |
| 225 | Kang Leo J | 1814 | USA | ½ | 0.5 |
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| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | GM | Adams Michael | 2725 | ENG | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2690 | ENG | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2632 | ENG | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | GM | Gordon Stephen J | 2533 | ENG | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | IM | Zhou Yang-Fan | 2439 | ENG | 1 | 1 |
| 60 | IM | Trent Lawrence | 2429 | ENG | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | IM | Houska Jovanka | 2416 | ENG | 1 | 1 |
| 73 | IM | Quillan Gary | 2398 | ENG | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | Chapman Terry P D | 2292 | ENG | 1 | 1 | |
| 113 | FM | Storey Charles H | 2245 | ENG | 1 | 1 |
| 118 | FM | Lyell Mark | 2235 | ENG | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | Spence David J | 2226 | ENG | ½ | 0.5 | |
| 135 | Jaunooby Ali R | 2178 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 139 | Byron Alan M | 2167 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 148 | CM | Walton Alan J | 2153 | ENG | 0 | 0 |
| 149 | Burrows Martin P | 2153 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 161 | Cawley Paul F | 2113 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 164 | Mckenna Jason P | 2110 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 174 | CM | Reuben Stewart | 2054 | ENG | 1 | 1 |
| 180 | Stewart Ashley | 2040 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 182 | WFM | Grigoryan Meri | 2025 | ENG | ½ | 0.5 |
| 183 | Hamer Martyn | 2025 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 190 | Spanton Tim R | 2017 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 191 | Hackner Oskar A | 2015 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 210 | Tranter Stephen | 1938 | ENG | ½ | 0.5 | |
| 214 | Openshaw David K | 1923 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 216 | Dennis Nigel W | 1904 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 223 | Wilson Matthew R | 1827 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 231 | Whatley Stephen A J | 1717 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 233 | Ramdewar Ishan | 1658 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 237 | Collins Andrew | 1638 | ENG | 0 | 0 | |
| 239 | Williamson Ian | 1602 | ENG | 0 | 0 |
e2e4 Brighton Open 2012-11 Results
Brighton Open e2e4 Brighton Nov 2012 Open
GMs Wells and Arkell shared first with 4.5/5 in the increasingly popular e2e4 weekend tournament series. FM Lyell got 3/5.
Rank Name Score Fed. Rating
1 GM Wells, Peter K 4.5 ENG 2488
2 GM Arkell, Keith C 4.5 ENG 2462
3 Jones, Steven A 4 ENG 1987
4 FM Sowray, Peter J 3.5 ENG 2362
5 FM Ledger, Dave J 3.5 ENG 2268
6 Player, Edmund C 3.5 ENG 2215
7 Seymour, Timothy P 3.5 ENG 2057
8 Kirk, Ezra 3 ENG 2258
9 FM Lyell, Mark 3 ENG 2194
10 Murphy, Hugh W 3 ENG 2152
11 Myall, Ivan J 3 ENG 2092
12 De Coverly, Roger D 3 ENG 2038
13 Prior, Stephen C V 3 ENG 1993
14 Boardman, Jeffrey 3 NZL 1990
15 Lim, Zhuo Ren 2.5 MAS 2183
16 Tozer, Philip A A 2.5 ENG 2179
17 Maullin, Robert E 2.5 ENG 2138
18 Skulte, Christopher 2.5 AUS 1969
19 McCarthy, Damian 2.5 ENG 1879
20 Anderson, John 2 ENG 2179
21 Coates, David H 2 ENG 2085
22 WIM Maroroa, Sue 2 ENG 2055
23 Harnett, Robert J 2 ENG 2018
24 WFM Norinkeviciute, Rasa 2 LTU 2010
25 Craft, Isaac 2 ENG 2005
26 Briggs, John Nicholas 2 ENG 1979
27 Kirk, Jason 2 FRA 1954
28 Payne, Matthew J 2 ENG 1952
29 Oyama, Akito 2 ENG 1866
30 Gupta, Arul 2 ENG 1730
31 Kouis, Marios 1.5 GRE 1851
32 Wood, Peter R 1 ENG 1947
33 Waters, Andrew 1 ENG 1918 *
34 Charpidou, Anna 1 GRE 1754
35 Lee, Shane 0.5 IRL 1842
36 Stone, Mark R 0 ENG 1615
Here is a key game between one of the winners GM Wells and Budapest resident FM Mark Lyell.
Wells,Peter K (2488) – Lyell,Mark (2194)
Queen’s Gambit Accepted(D26)
e2e4 Brighton Open Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, Eng (4), 11.11.2012
White played for queenside pressure with the IQP and black sacrificed an exchange rather than endure a passive defence.
Critical Position
White has big pressure going on the queenside but what’s next?
White to Play
FM Lyell(ENG) 4.5/9 at e2e4 Basingstoke Int Open 2012
Budapest resident FM Lyell(ENG) scored 4.5/9 at e2e4 Basingstoke Internatioal Open.
Ghasi,A clear first with 6.5/9. FM Lyell,M got 4.5/9.
1 Ghasi,A 2430 -1 +½ -1 +1 -½ +1 -½ +½ -½ 6.5/9
2 Arkell,K 2456 +1 -½ +1 -½ +½ +½ -½ -½ +½ 5.5/9
3 Ziska,H 2474 +1 -½ +1 -0 +1 -½ -½ +½ -½ 5.5/9
4 Hawkins,Jo 2511 +1 -½ +½ -½ +1 -½ +½ -½ +½ 5.5/9
5 Cobb,J 2423 +1 +½ -½ -1 +0 -½ +½ +½ -1 5.5/9
6 Hanley,C 2406 -½ +½ -1 +½ -1 +½ +½ -½ -½ 5.5/9
7 Eggleston,D 2337 -½ +1 -0 +1 -0 +1 +½ -½ +1 5.5/9
8 Player,E 2215 +0 -1 +½ -0 +½ -1 +½ -1 -1 5.5/9
15 Lyell,M(ENG) 2219 -0 +1 -1 +0 -0 +½ -0 +1 -1 4.5/9
e2e4 Basingstoke Int Open Basingstoke ENG (8.11), 31.10.2012
The situation on the kingside is rather tense. How should white secure his king?
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