GM Jules Moussard won the Pall Mall Masters blitz in London with 7/10 and lost one game, this one: GM Luke J McShane (2594) beat Moussard (2637) in 34 moves in round 4.
Moussard had 22 seconds for 25...Rb8. Stockfish wanted 25...Bb1. It counted a small edge for Black before (−0.49) and a win for White after (+3.76), and 26.Qe5, its first choice, came straight back. 26...Qxb4 took a pawn and 27.Qxf5 took the bishop.
McShane finished the rapid sixth, on 2/10, and the blitz on 4/10.
Go back to 25...Rb8, give yourself 22 seconds, and find 25...Bb1. Then play it on against the engine.
- White
- GM Luke J McShane, 2594
- Black
- GM Jules Moussard, 2637
- Result
- 1–0 in 34 moves
- Opening
- Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Szén Variation · B44
- Event
- 2026 Army and Navy Club Pall Mall Masters, 2026 Army and Navy Club Pall Mall Masters - Super Blitz, Round 4 · The Army & Navy Club, 36 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JN
- Key move: {0}
- 25...Rb8
- Engine’s choice
- 25...Bb1