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.

FM Lyell,Mark

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

Meszaros,Gyula (2255) - Lyell,Mark (2238)

Dutch 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 [A80]

Big Slick IM (6), 27.06.2013

Position 1
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?

White to Play

51...a4