tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66483603762262215032024-03-13T07:41:57.620-07:00Carolina Cobras BlogCraig Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201353130011956389noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-52118784067869009922010-10-16T20:48:00.001-07:002010-10-17T03:19:11.096-07:00Time Matters!<p></p><!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:relyonvml/> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> 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style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Being paired to play against the very strong, yet untitled(!) Jorge Sammour-Hasbun on Week 8 of the US Chess League 2010 was both a challenge and an opportunity for me.<span style=""> </span>Jorge resume is awesome (Dos Hermanas, anyone?) and his exploits in the chess board are well known.<span style=""> </span>Mine?<span style=""> </span>Don’t bother. Arriving late also did not bode well for me.<span style=""> </span>But play we must, so here we go …</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:13.5pt;" >Sammour-Hasbun,Jorge (2603) - Agner,Carlito (2251) [E86]<br />USCL Carolina vs Boston Internet Chess Club (8), 13.10.2010</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a name="zeroAnchor"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >1.d4</span></u></b></a><span style=""></span><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > (1:29:53)</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >I was expecting 1.e4.<span style=""> </span>Luckily, before leaving home, I thought, what if he opens 1.d4?<span style=""> </span>So I hastily looked in at newinchess.com and found that Jorge likes the Saemisch treatment of the King’s Indian Defense.<span style=""> </span>I remembered the famous Karpov-Kasparov, Linares 1993 game when all the White pieces ended in the back-rank at one point, so I looked it up and that became my inspiration.<span style=""> </span>My main idea for the game was to make it complicated enough so that chances for mistakes are ever present.<span style=""> </span>I also decided to include the times on the notation to show the effect of it to our play.<span style=""> </span>So we blitzed out the following moves …</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >1. … Nf6</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > (1:24:11)</span></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >The time deficit of 5 minutes was due to me being late.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >2.c4</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > </span></b><a><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >g6</span></b></a><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">3.Nc3</span></u> <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Bg7</span></u> <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">4.e4</span></u> <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">d6</span></u> <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">5.f3</span></u> </span></b><a><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >0-0</span></b></a><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >6.Nge2 </span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(1:29:28) Here, I thought, not 6. Be3?<span style=""> </span>Maybe he was trying to do some transposition, so ..<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >6. … Nbd7</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > (1:24:17) After a minute and 25 seconds look.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >7.Be3 </span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(1:27:32) Ahh .. here we go, back to the path.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">7. … e5 </span></u>(1:24:33) I have more time than I started!<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">8.Qd2</span></u> (1:19:51) It took Jorge 8 minutes for this move.<span style=""> </span>This is still theory so, I wondered what the hold up was.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">8. …c6 </span></u>(1:23:10) A minute think to make sure still on track.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">9.0-0-0</span></u> (1:19:29) Ok, no Karpov-Kasparov Linares, 1993, as White played 9. Rd1 on that game.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >9. …a6 </span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(1:22:39).</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > </span></b></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyB3LRBjI/AAAAAAAACME/miOje9IdFJQ/s1600/Game0_74-703647.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyB3LRBjI/AAAAAAAACME/miOje9IdFJQ/s320/Game0_74-703647.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528856868867343922" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > </span></u></b><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">10.Kb1? </span></u>(33:29)<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >The question mark is for the time spent on the move. This took 46 minutes and 30 seconds! I don’t know what was going on. <span style=""> </span>One thing was that, I was making my moves pretty fast up to this point because I was still in my little preparation, so I think, and this is a guess, Jorge must be thinking I had something prepared specially for him at this juncture.<span style=""> </span>But, really, I just wanted to get out of the opening with a playable middle game!<span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">10. …b5</span></u> (1:10:39). I took a 12 minute think here to decide what to do after 10. … b5. </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >In a game where castling is on opposite sides, the game is a race to the King! So, Forward, March!<span style=""> </span>This is still part of the standard line I looked up.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >11.Nc1</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > (32:53)</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >As expected.<span style=""> </span>Now I had to decide what to do next.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >11. … b4</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > <span style=""> </span>(1:05:06)<span style=""> </span>I spent six minutes here.<span style=""> </span>This was not an easy decision, but a practical one.<span style=""> </span>After 11. Nc1, White is now ready to take on e5 again (dxe5) and if Nxe5 as planned, simply take on d6 as the c4 is not hanging anymore.<span style=""> </span>I looked at Qe7, Re8, and Rb8, but considered all three as not active enough for black. <span style=""> </span>In Shirov-Kasparov, Dortmund, 1992, Kasparov went 11. …exd4 12. Bxd4 Re8 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ne5, with a nice pressure on the queenside. <span style=""> </span>11. … exd4 is the most popular line.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">12.Na4</span></u> (29:47)<span style=""> </span>Three minutes given up here. The other option is 12. N3e2 Qc7 13. Nb3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5 with a roughly equal game.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >12. …exd4 </span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(1:02:00)<br /></span></b></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyCLZRBeI/AAAAAAAACMM/csfpoe3GJuQ/s1600/Game0_75-704624.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyCLZRBeI/AAAAAAAACMM/csfpoe3GJuQ/s320/Game0_75-704624.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528856874294773218" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Three minutes spent here.<span style=""> </span>With the c3 knight out of the way, I wanted to get a clear diagonal for my g7 bishop.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span>13.Bxd4</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Qa5</span></u> <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">14.b3</span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Another line here is</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Now, I have the open a1-h8 diagonal.<span style=""> </span>Question is, with the white bishop at d4, can I get control of it?<span style=""> </span>But first things first, so …<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">14. ….Bb7</span></u> (54:22) Six minutes used.<span style=""> </span>Developing and threatening to open the center with d5.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >15.c5!</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > (11:59)</span></b></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyCVcgv6I/AAAAAAAACMU/kTarvlLA1Co/s1600/Game0_76-705360.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyCVcgv6I/AAAAAAAACMU/kTarvlLA1Co/s320/Game0_76-705360.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528856876992741282" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > Seventeen precious minutes used.<span style=""> </span>Getting critical on time.<span style=""> </span>I thought this was a good move.<span style=""> </span>White sacrifices a pawn to get a good post for the white-squared bishop, and it also stops my plan dead on its tracks.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > </span></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >15. …Nxc5 </span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(50:12)<span style=""> </span>Four minutes used.<span style=""> </span>Asking White the question, which piece to trade?<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">16.Bxc5</span></u> (10:02) Another 2 minutes used up.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >16. … dxc5</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">17.Bc4</span></u></span></b></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyCmI4jlI/AAAAAAAACMc/-NdN7dKmUmw/s1600/Game0_77-706318.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyCmI4jlI/AAAAAAAACMc/-NdN7dKmUmw/s320/Game0_77-706318.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528856881473818194" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Here I paused to re-assess the situation.<span style=""> </span>White has finally the developed the bishop, but it costed him a pawn and the guardian of that LONG DIAGONAL.<span style=""> </span>I thought here, black must be okay.<span style=""> </span>Now how to proceed?<span style=""> </span>Okay, take the open file … <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">17. …Rad8 </span></u>(49:04).<span style=""> </span>As the sequence was forced beforehand, I already planned 17. … Rad8, thus I used up only 1 minute and 46 seconds for this move.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Proving the richness of the position, my friend Fritz here finds 17. … Nd5! 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Rad8 with a complicated game ending to equal after 20. Bxf7 Kf7 21. Qf4 Bf6 22. Qc4 Kg7 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 Bc8 25. N1d3 Bf5 .<span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">18.Qg5!</span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >White is finding the most active continuations now.<span style=""> </span>He threatens to take on c5 and the knight at a4 is suddenly a menace at c5.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">18. …Nd7</span></u> (44:32)<span style=""> </span>Five minutes spent here.<span style=""> </span>The other option I thought about was 18. … Nd5 19.<span style=""> </span>exd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 but I could not find the continuation after this.<span style=""> </span>Fritz later showed 20. … h6!<span style=""> </span>21.<span style=""> </span>Bxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23.<span style=""> </span>Nxc5 Bc8 with an equal evaluation.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >19.Nd3 </span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(6:16)<span style=""> </span>Three minutes used up.<span style=""> </span>The time is getting critical and the position is still complicated.<span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >19. … Bc8 </span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(38:15)<span style=""><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyDB-uUCI/AAAAAAAACMk/pIFgxpeyCJs/s1600/Game0_78-708007.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyDB-uUCI/AAAAAAAACMk/pIFgxpeyCJs/s320/Game0_78-708007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528856888947396642" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span>I used 6:47 here to redeploy my bishop stuck on the queenside. <span style=""> </span>A funny looking position for my Bishop and Rook, both are looking at the shiny backside of my Knight.<span style=""> </span>I did not have a nice feeling of my game at this point.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > </span></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >20.h4 </span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(2:39)! Four minutes and seven seconds used.<span style=""> </span>Very critical on the time!<span style=""> </span>My thought here is that ‘Here he comes.<span style=""> </span>And my pieces are still stuck in the muddy queenside!’.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">20. … Qc7</span></u> (32:33)<span style=""> </span>Six minutes used.<span style=""> </span>Time to regroup in aid of the king!<span style=""> </span>I cannot push the queen out with h6, as he simply takes on g6.<span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">21.h5 </span></u>(1:10)! 1:59 used.<span style=""> </span>How long can he keep this up?</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">21. …gxh5??</span></u> (26:52). With enough time, I blundered.<span style=""> </span>21.<span style=""> </span>… h6! 22. Qg6 Kh8! and black is ok.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >22.Qxh5 </span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(0:36) Thirty six seconds left for him.<span style=""> </span>The time-pressure now made him miss<span style=""> </span>22. Rxh5! Which Fritzie evaluated as winning for White.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">23. …h6</span></u> <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">23.Naxc5</span></u> <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Nxc5</span></u> <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">24.Nxc5</span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >And here Black missed 24. Qxc5 with advantage, again, due to the time pressure. <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">24. …Qf4</span></u> (25:20).<span style=""> </span>I had seen 24. … Qf4 earlier so I did not bother to check again.<span style=""> </span>24… Rd1 25. Rd1, Qg3! and Black can claim a little advantage.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >25.Nd3 </span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(0:54).<span style=""> </span>Using the increment, White is able to increase his time available.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">25. … Qe3?</span></u> <span style=""> </span>(24:25) Again, to the time pressure, I made this move after 1 minute and 25 seconds deliberation.<span style=""> </span>25.<span style=""> </span>… Qf6 26. e5 Qf5 27.<span style=""> </span>Kc1 c5 28. Qf5<span style=""> </span>Bc5 Black is still in the game.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">26.Rhe1</span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >26. Ne5! Be6 27 Be6 fxe6 28 Qg6 +-</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >26. …Qd4</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > (20:54).<span style=""><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyDFNyynI/AAAAAAAACMs/irf7X7AnU04/s1600/Game0_79-708685.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyDFNyynI/AAAAAAAACMs/irf7X7AnU04/s320/Game0_79-708685.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528856889815911026" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""></span>Four minutes used after realizing I should have played 25. …Qf6 instead. </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >27.e5</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > <span style=""> </span>(1:23) And White is winning already.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">27. …Qc3 </span></u>(18:39) I was not happy with my position here.<span style=""> </span>27. … a5 and Black has to find 28. f4 with still a winning edge.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >28.Rc1</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Qd4<span style=""> </span></span></u>(14:13).<span style=""> </span>Another four minutes wasted in disgust.<span style=""> </span>28. … Qd2 29. Rc2 Qg5 30. Qg5 hg5 ends up with White still having the advantage.<span style=""> </span>I rejected it offhand as I wanted to keep the Queens on the board to keep my chances alive.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">29.Nxb4 </span></u>(2:16).<span style=""> </span>Playing mainly the increment in the five moves, White was able to increase his available time to 2 minutes and 16 seconds!<span style=""> </span>Also winning for white is 29. Re4 Qb6 <span style=""> </span>30. Nxb4.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">29. …Qf4</span></u> (14:20)<span style=""> </span>Played quickly.<span style=""> </span>This led to<span style=""> </span>…<span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">30.Nxc6? </span></u>(1:58). Having given himself some time, White took a breather and made the most obvious move.<span style=""> </span>But this gives away the winning advantage.<span style=""> </span>He had to find 30. g3! Bf5 <span style=""> </span>31. Nc2<span style=""> </span>Bc2<span style=""> </span>32.<span style=""> </span>Rc2 Qg3 33.<span style=""> </span>Qh1 Kh8 with a complicated game but still the advantage toWhite.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">30. … Bf5! </span></u>(6:49)<span style=""> </span><br /></span></b></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyDy64i6I/AAAAAAAACM0/XSx-J1IrjnE/s1600/Game0_80-710847.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyDy64i6I/AAAAAAAACM0/XSx-J1IrjnE/s320/Game0_80-710847.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528856902084627362" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Eight minutes spent finding this only move to get<span style=""> </span>back to equality!<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">31.Kb2 </span></u>(2:06) <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Qd2+ </span></u>(3:09)<span style=""> </span>Four minutes used up.<span style=""> </span>We are now both in time pressure!<span style=""> </span>Also possible is 31. … Bxe5 leading to the same line next.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">32.Ka3</span></u> (2:08) <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Bxe5! </span></u><br /></span></b></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyDy6Q4yI/AAAAAAAACM8/ZGf5s49F91I/s1600/Game0_81-711545.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyDy6Q4yI/AAAAAAAACM8/ZGf5s49F91I/s320/Game0_81-711545.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528856902082028322" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(1:55) The exclamation is for the surprise and aesthetic value. I liked this move.<span style=""> </span>Pieces are hanging everywhere.<span style=""> </span>But with exact play, this is just good for equality.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > </span></u></b><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">33.Rxe5? </span></u>(0:37).<span style=""> </span>Cracking in time pressure. White took 2:01 minutes. The correct move is 33. Qxf5 which leads to perpetual after 33. … Qb2 34.<span style=""> </span>Ka4 Qa2<span style=""> </span>35.<span style=""> </span>Kb4<span style=""> </span>Qd2<span style=""> </span>36.<span style=""> </span>Ka4.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span></span></b><a><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >33. …Qxc1+</span></b></a> <b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(2:04). </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">34.Ka4</span></u> (0:45) <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Bd7 </span></u>(2:24).<span style=""> </span>Now black is claiming a slight advantage.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span></span></b><a><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >35.Qg6+</span></b></a> <b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(0:49) </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >35.<span style=""> </span>Rc5 and black is still claiming a slight advantage after 35. … Qf4.</span></b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span></span></b><a><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >35. …Kh8</span></b></a><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">36.Qf6+</span></u> (1:05) <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Kg8</span></u> (2:39).<br /></span></b></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyEKBhNNI/AAAAAAAACNE/v8u26AcBBq0/s1600/Game0_82-712163.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyEKBhNNI/AAAAAAAACNE/v8u26AcBBq0/s320/Game0_82-712163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528856908286473426" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >36. … Kh7 37. Rh5 Bc6 38. Qc6 with a roughly equal game.<span style=""> </span>Black is the exchange up but his pawns are not so good. </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >37.Bxf7+??</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > (1:19). Just a total blunder.<span style=""> </span>37. Qg6 Kh8 38. Qf6 and I had to find Kh7 in my own time pressure.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Also , 37. Rh5! Bc6+ 38. Qc6+ Kg7 39. Rh4 with rough equality again.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >But as been said before, the player who makes the second to the last mistake wins!</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >37. …Rxf7</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > (3:08)</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >38.Qxd8+</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > (0:56) <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Kg7</span></u> (2:50)<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">39.Ka5</span></u> (0:48) <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Qxc6 </span></u>(2:27)<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >And Black is a piece up, with no chances for perpetual for White.<u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);"></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span></span></b><a><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >40.f4</span></b></a> <b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >(0:38) <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Qc3+</span></u> (0:54)</span></b></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyEY1_SBI/AAAAAAAACNM/c9gUGGkYHeM/s1600/Game0_83-712948.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyEY1_SBI/AAAAAAAACNM/c9gUGGkYHeM/s320/Game0_83-712948.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528856912264644626" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style=""> </span><u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">41.Kb6</span></u> (0:35) <u><span style="color: rgb(183, 8, 1);">Qb4+</span></u> (1:00)</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Leading to checkmate so … </span></b></p><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" > </span></b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyESE6caI/AAAAAAAACNU/Y0LHYQB8fVk/s1600/Game0_84-713685.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TLpyESE6caI/AAAAAAAACNU/Y0LHYQB8fVk/s320/Game0_84-713685.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528856910448193954" border="0" /></a><br /><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >0-1<br /><br /></span></b><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Carlito Agner</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> 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My opponent, IM Julio Sadorra, is a very strong IM with two GM norms. My preparation indicated that he excelled in complicated positions. So I steered away from 1.e4 and played 1.c4. I was hoping to see Julio repeat the opening moves from his game against Warren Harper. But no such luck. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Julio lived up to my expectations with regard to playing style. We entered complications quickly and I was unable to rest. Each move felt like a game ending combination was about to happen. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;">The internal struggle for me was exhausting. Chess principles, the Drawback concept, and my intuition were just not in harmony. Let us look at the game:</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;"> The opening moves were played quickly which indicated we were both happy.<br /><a href="http://www.uschessleague.com/games/simpsonsadorra10.htm"> (To see the game, click here)</a><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style=""><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1.c4</span></span></a> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">e</span></a><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2.g3</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">d5</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3.Bg2</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nf6</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4.Nf3</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">c5</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">5.d4</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Be7</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6.0-0</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">0-0</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">7.Qc2</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nc6</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">8.Rd1</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nb4</span></a></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;">I felt comfortable when black began to attack my queen with 8…Nb4, because I believed that my forces would be pulled forward and I would get the better of the maneuvers. 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Problematic isn’t it. I concluded that I can’t be worse because the knight is trapped and materially speaking once I capture the knight I will have more than enough compensation. But why capture the knight? Surely there must be better. 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51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;">However, bad habits die hard. Playing down a rook did take a toll on my nerves but what really started to affect me were my desires. I wanted everything; the knight on a1, the rook on a8, promoting my pawns, etc… I could feel the strain from calculating line after line. I simply couldn’t relax and let the drawback concept guide me.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">13…Qc7</span> and the drawback was clear that the Queen on c7 was going to allow my Bishop to develop with Tempo. But I didn’t want to give up my beautiful passed c-pawn. Emotionally I just didn’t want that to be the reality and thus the beginning of my inability to listen to the position. My desires were simply getting out of control.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;">OK<span style="font-weight: bold;"> 14.b4</span> was me satisfying my desire to hold my pawn but after 14…Nc2 the edge may belong to black. I am not convinced and my confidence centered on my belief that the knight was trapped on c2 with no way out.<span style=""> </span>My hope was that my pawns would just prove to be too much. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">14….a5</span> and White is back in the driver’s seat.<span style=""> </span><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Ok, <span style="font-weight: bold;">15.Bf4</span> and the drawback to the Queen on c7 becomes a reality.<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">15....Qa7</span> The Q goes to a7 and my mind is filled with ideas.<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Calculations, calculations, what is the drawback of Qa7? My knight can go to c6 and fork the queen and the Bishop on e7! </span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;">I must be winning and my emotions are going wild, but I need to work out the details.I am now breaking down and I just can’t keep analyzing all the lines. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">16. 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style="font-size:100%;"> 16.Nd4 , Black to move</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 16…Bd7 </span>and the drawback is obvious, my pawn simply advances to c6 with tempo.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;"> Now look at what I missed after <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">17.c6 Bc8 18.c7 Bd7 </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Just take a moment and ask yourself what is the drawback to this move. 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I am simply shocked that the answer to the drawback of 18…Bd7 is simply its existence on the square. The Bishop can be taken and just look at what could have happened!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">19 Qd7!! Nd7 20. Nc6 ab4! </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> (if black tries to move his queen Ne7 and Ba8 just wins ) </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">21. Na7 Ra7 22.Nb5! </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">and black has to play like a 3100 rated computer to keep from losing. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >( 22... Rxa2 23. Rxd7 g5 24. Bd2 Nb3 25. Be3 Ra1+ 26. Bf1 Na5 27. Rxe7 b3 28. Bd4 Rd1 29. Rd7 Nc6 30. e3 b2 31. Na3 Nxd4 32. exd4 Rc1 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Ba6 g4 35. Bb7 Kf6 36. h4 gxh3+ 37. 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Reevaluating the moves just didn’t<span style=""> </span>happen.<span style=""> </span>My calculations followed the line: </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a><span style="">19.Bc6</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a><span style="">axb4</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> 20.Bxd7 bxc3 21.Nc6 Qc5 22.Nxe7+ Qxc7 23.c8 (Q) Rfxc8 24.Bxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxa1 with a very playable game. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:100%;">But the text somehow looked better to me. 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mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> </a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.uschessleague.com/games/simpsonsadorra10.htm">Simpson,Ron (2330) - Sadorra,Julio (2471)</a><br />USCL Dallas vs Carolina, 9/27/2010</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <a name="zeroAnchor"></a><a style="font-weight: normal;"><span style=""><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1.c4</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">e6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2.g3</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">d5</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3.Bg2</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nf6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4.Nf3</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">c5</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">5.d4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Be7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6.0-0</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">0-0</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">7.Qc2</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nc6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">8.Rd1</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nb4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">9.Qb3</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">dxc4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">10.Qxc4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">b5</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">11.Qxb5</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nc2</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">12.Nc3</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nxa1</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">13.dxc5</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Qc7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">14.b4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">a5</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">15.Bf4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Qa7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">16.Nd4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bd7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">17.c6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bc8</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">18.c7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bd7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">19.Bc6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">axb4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">20.Na4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Qxa4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">21.Qxa4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rxa4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">22.Bxd7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nxd7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">23.Nc6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bf6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">24.Rxd7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rxa2</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">25.Bd6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Re8</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">26.Bxb4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rc2</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">27.Be7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bxe7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">28.Rd8</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bxd8</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">29.c8Q</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rf8</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">30.Qd7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bf6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">31.e4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bc3</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">32.Qd6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ra8</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">33.Qd7</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rf8</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">34.Qd6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">g6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">35.Qd3</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ra8</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">36.e5</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Be1</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">37.Ne7+</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kf8</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">38.Qf3</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bxf2+</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">39.Kf1</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rb8</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">40.Qf6</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rb1+</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">41.Kg2</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bg1+</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">42.Kh3</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rxh2+</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">43.Kg4</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">h5+</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >White resigns<span style=""> 0-1</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Ron Simpson<br /></span></span></p> <p class="mobile-photo" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TKO5oNv4DzI/AAAAAAAACKk/aGh4Kh-_vGI/s1600/Game0_63-704768.jpg"><br /></a></span></p><div style="font-family: georgia;"> </div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-76036068395632338862010-09-25T07:10:00.001-07:002010-09-27T16:46:32.076-07:00Wow! GM Maurice Ashley's Drawback concept strikes again.<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b> </b>In week five in the USCL again I faced another opponent who is about 200 rating points higher than me. Beating GM Gulko was a dream come true, but then I am must be living the dream with my win against IM Dmitry Schneider (2520)! Checkout my game with Dmitry. </p><h3 style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Schneider, Dmitry - Simpson, Ron <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>9/20/2010</span></span><br /><i> </i></h3> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rb8 </b><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I am playing with the black pieces and the opening is classified as the Sicilian Dragon, specifically the Chinese Dragon variation. The signature move of the variation is 10...Rb8. Black's plan is well known in that the intent of Rb8 is to push the b-pawn and white's general plan is to attack black's Kingside, typically with the h-pawn.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4Cz1Y_52I/AAAAAAAACI8/lla1qwx4Dew/s1600/Game0_50-723301.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4Cz1Y_52I/AAAAAAAACI8/lla1qwx4Dew/s320/Game0_50-723301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520853282731321186" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">White played 11.g4 and from what I know of the history of these positions, timing is everything. The side that breaks through first usually wins. I concluded the drawback to g4 was that it directly weakened the f-pawn, but more importantly it was too slow. Well the next couple of moves would determine the middle game fight. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />11.g4 b5 </b><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Black now has the initiative and the pressure is on white to find the drawback in 11...b5. I concluded that the drawback to b5 was the pawn itself. Could white prove to be better if the pawn was captured? But the drawback to capturing the pawn would be that black's forces would come together nicely along the b-file and the a1-h8 diagonal. What is now very interesting is that the concept of the drawback inherent in each move extends to greater considerations within the position. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />12.Nxc6 Bxc6<br /></b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The exchange of knights appears to be consistent with 11.g4, in that my knight on c6 no longer exists and thus, the natural Ne5, hitting the weak f-pawn doesn't exist for me. Also this knight usually is required to counter the potential of white's Bishops, specifically the light squared Bishop. However, one of the drawbacks to the exchange of knight is that my light squared Bishop was forced to a better square. Also, White must now find a good square for the Bishop on c4. But whichever square the Bishop moves to a drawback can most certainly be found. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />13.Bd5 </b><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And the drawback is that after 13...b4 the knight must move back to either b1 or e2 and white's position just comes undone. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />13...b4 14.Ne2 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qa5 16.Kb1 Rb5 </b> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4C0P4KUqI/AAAAAAAACJE/H_CbOlHOdM4/s1600/Game0_51-724297.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4C0P4KUqI/AAAAAAAACJE/H_CbOlHOdM4/s320/Game0_51-724297.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520853289841349282" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> The resultant position is very difficult to play for white. Almost all of the black pieces are coordinating against the white King. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />17.c4 bxc3 18.Nxc3 Rb4 </b><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Moving the rook to b4 in order to add influence to the d4 square, a square which the knight was just influencing, provides possible tactics. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />19.Bh6 </b><br /><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4C0REMO7I/AAAAAAAACJM/R99eHH2Mef8/s1600/Game0_52-725630.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4C0REMO7I/AAAAAAAACJM/R99eHH2Mef8/s320/Game0_52-725630.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520853290160241586" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I thought for a long time at this point because I really wanted to play Ne4. I found myself indulged in that old method of "if then statements" and with very little clarity at the end. In fact I believe white would simply be better after Nxe4 accepting the sacrifice. So, what's the drawback to 19.Bh6 and the answer is again timing! I can simply attack the b-pawn more times than white can defend it. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />19...Rfb8 20.Bxg7 Qa3 21.Ka1 Rxb2 22.Qc1 Kxg7 </b><br /><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4C0tf3M3I/AAAAAAAACJU/J6BMimOSKtQ/s1600/Game0_53-726356.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4C0tf3M3I/AAAAAAAACJU/J6BMimOSKtQ/s320/Game0_53-726356.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520853297792496498" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The rest of the game centered on exploiting white's weaknesses without getting into trouble. </span><br /><br /><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">23.Rd4</b><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The drawback is that the rook is not protected and thus I can use it to regroup. </span><br /><br /><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">23...Qc5 24.Rd3 Qf2 25.h4 Rc2 26.Qa3 Nd7 27.Ne4 Qe2<br /></b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The drawback of the knight moving to e4 was that it allowed my Queen to improve its position to e2. The e2 square was once controlled by the knight at c3. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></b><br /><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4C1HH5rTI/AAAAAAAACJk/D4VpL9JMCyE/s1600/Game0_55-727919.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4C1HH5rTI/AAAAAAAACJk/D4VpL9JMCyE/s320/Game0_55-727919.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520853304671317298" border="0" /></a></p> <b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">28.h5 Rxa2+ 29.Qxa2 Qxd3 30.h6+ Kg8 31.Rc1 </b><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">No need to grab pawns. Black is up two pawns with lots of good pressure. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />31...Qd4+ 32.Nc3 Nc5 33.Rc2 Rb6 34.Rb2 Qxc3 0-1<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ron Simpson</span><br /></b><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4Cz1Y_52I/AAAAAAAACI8/lla1qwx4Dew/s1600/Game0_50-723301.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4C0P4KUqI/AAAAAAAACJE/H_CbOlHOdM4/s1600/Game0_51-724297.jpg"><br /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4C0REMO7I/AAAAAAAACJM/R99eHH2Mef8/s1600/Game0_52-725630.jpg"><br /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="mobile-photo"><a 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International Grand Master Boris Gulko has an ELO rating of about 2535, making him the # 25 among active chess players in the US and the 520th-highest rated active player in the world with a peak rating of 2644 in 2000, according to Wikipedia.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I did my normal preparation of collecting and reviewing recent games played by my opponent looking for trends, weaknesses, etc. But I soon realized that this type of preparation wasn't going to give me much of an advantage. What I needed to focus on was improving my ability to play good moves and controlling my history of playing risky & overly aggressive moves.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">So, the night before the game I watched GM Maurice Ashley's new DVD; Secret to Chess. Now Maurice and I are very good friends and the concept behind identifying the weaknesses or flaws in each move is a topic we have conversed over many times. Critiquing moves is something that every chess player does and I would bet that Kotov's model of determining candidate moves in a "tree of analysis" is the standard. But it wasn't until I watched the DVD that Maurice's concept of the "Drawback" inherent in each move began to really make sense. Identifying the "Drawback" is a great way to begin any analysis. Knowing how, when, or even if you should exploit the weakness is another thing. But I can assure you that good moves and ideas will magically appear in your thoughts and your chess performance will improve.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Let's look at my game against GM Boris Gulko and my interpretation of Maurice's "Drawback" concept.</span><br /><br />The opening played is identified as the Sicilian Kan.</p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><b> 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Nc3 d6 8.a4 </b> </p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: center; font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzVfoiY4UI/AAAAAAAACH8/P9bzQK9625k/s1600/Game0_43-786074.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzVfoiY4UI/AAAAAAAACH8/P9bzQK9625k/s320/Game0_43-786074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520521982683701570" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" >The opening moves and their order are beyond my ability to apply the "Drawback" concept and are best left for the theoreticians to explain. 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51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="EN">I thought it very interesting that even though the b6 square was now occupied with the b-pawn the square was still weak.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" ><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" > </span>But now the Bishop moved away from the c8-h3 diagonal and the g7 square was weakened earlier, so 10.Qg4 seemed to be the move to play. Basically the "Drawback" in the moves was guiding me along. This isn't to say that I was void of going through the analysis of the moves and their consequences. In fact I used my time accordingly, but I spent much of it trying to verify my observations instead of just gathering information based on the "tree of analysis" model. 10.... Bf6 surprised me in that I just didn't believe the Bishop belonged on that square. The "Drawback" behind Bf6 was that the d6 pawn appeared very weak and moves eleven to thirteen were based on the weak d6 square. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><br /><br />10.Qg4 Bf6 11.Rd1 Nd7 12.Qg3 Qc7 13.0-0 Ne7</b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" > </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: center; font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzVgWwJ4BI/AAAAAAAACIM/9nOSgwBDZJc/s1600/Game0_45-789026.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzVgWwJ4BI/AAAAAAAACIM/9nOSgwBDZJc/s320/Game0_45-789026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520521995089469458" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" >The above position was very difficult for me because my natural inclination was to play 14.Bb5 and let the complications begin. I spent much of my time working out the details to this move and my emotions were building. I was becoming frustrated in fighting with my intuitive compulsion to play with abandonment. I eventually settled down emotionally and the accumulative information I acquired from looking at the drawbacks in each move compelled me to play 14. Bf4. This move doesn't look so difficult now. But during the game it was one of the hardest moves for me to find. The game continued with the natural move of Ne5 and my Bb5 works moves works nicely. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><br /><br />14.Bf4 Ne5 15.Bb5+</b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" > </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: center; font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzVgzsomzI/AAAAAAAACIU/UD5QZ_yivqw/s1600/Game0_46-791075.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzVgzsomzI/AAAAAAAACIU/UD5QZ_yivqw/s320/Game0_46-791075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520522002859334450" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" >Black simply played 15....N7c6 and again my inclination was to continue with aggressive moves like 16.Nd4. But this time my thoughts weren't supported with much emotion and regrouping my Bishops seemed best. The drawback with the Knight moves were that now they are stepping on each other and their scope is limited. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><br /><br />15...N7c6 16.Be2 0-0 17.Rd2 Rac8 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Be3 Nb4 20.f4 Nd7<br /></b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" > </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: center; font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzVhbzwtzI/AAAAAAAACIc/M9HnKCY5P0A/s1600/Game0_47-793297.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzVhbzwtzI/AAAAAAAACIc/M9HnKCY5P0A/s320/Game0_47-793297.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520522013626644274" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" >The above position was another difficult position for me. I wanted to do something against his Kingside. My thoughts centered on transferring my knight on b3 to f3 via d4. Again I was getting rapped up in what I wanted to do and not focusing on the drawbacks in the position. So, why not take the d-pawn?<br /><br /></span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;">21.Rxd6 Nxc2 22.Bf2 Nb4 23.e5 Be7 24.R6d2 Nc5 25.Nd4 Ne4</b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" > </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: center; font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzVh42acAI/AAAAAAAACIk/JKwKwRSvxEo/s1600/Game0_48-794749.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzVh42acAI/AAAAAAAACIk/JKwKwRSvxEo/s320/Game0_48-794749.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520522021422395394" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" >The clock was now becoming an issue and I believe we were both feeling the pressure. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><br /><br />26.Nxe4 Bxe4 27.Qe3 Bb7 28.f5 Bd5 29.Qg3 Kh8 30.Bg4 Bg5 31.Be3 Bxe3+ 32.Qxe3</b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" > </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: center; font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzViI_MLDI/AAAAAAAACIs/nC1QbIdUikI/s1600/Game0_49-796620.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzViI_MLDI/AAAAAAAACIs/nC1QbIdUikI/s320/Game0_49-796620.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520522025754176562" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" >We moved fairly quickly from move twenty-six on. The above position is very difficult to play and when under time pressure even more difficult. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><br /><br />32...exf5 33.Nxf5 h5 34.Qg5 Qxe5 35.Qxh5+ Kg8 36.Nh6+ </b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" >Black resigns </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;" >In all this was a wonderful game for me and I am truly grateful to have won. I believe Maurice is really onto something wonderful and I can't wait to apply his "Drawback" concept again and again. I have been playing tournament chess for about thirty seven years and I reached a peak rating of 2427 USCF by using many conventional methods. I am very excited with this "Drawback" concept and I encourage all serious chess players to add this DVD to your study material. Believe me you will see an improvement in your chess performance.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Ron Simpson</span><br /></span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzVh42acAI/AAAAAAAACIk/JKwKwRSvxEo/s1600/Game0_48-794749.jpg"><br /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJzViI_MLDI/AAAAAAAACIs/nC1QbIdUikI/s1600/Game0_49-796620.jpg"><br /></a></p><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"> </div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-67793913645817551392010-08-27T08:42:00.000-07:002010-09-27T21:14:37.439-07:00Week 1 - 2010 Braylovsky,Greg - Jones,Craig<h3 style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Braylovsky,Gregory (2434) - Jones,Craig (2286) [A46]<br />USCL Manhattan vs Carolina Internet Chess Club (1), 25.08.2010<br /><i> </i></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">1.Nf3 </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I expected e4. My thoughts, brief as they were, now expected 2c4 and maybe a symmetrical English of some sort. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">1...Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Bg5 c5 </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">[3...h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.e4 A common way of playing that has been popular in the past. Black parks the bishops in the bank and deals with Whites spatial edge. ] </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">4.e3 h6 </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">I just couldn’t remember the assessment of 4..Qb6 5.nbd2 Qb2 6 Bd3 though I knew Black was fine there I was annoyed at myself for not being more familiar with this basic line. After thinking for awhile I decided to throw in 4..h6 reasoning that 5Bf6 wouldn’t be as good since white has already played e3 and Black should be totally comfortable with the Bishop pair and white not having grabbed as much space as the previous line. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nbd2 </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">What would you play as black here? The database shows that black has played the same, apparently correct, move here 83 percent of the time! The computer overwhelmingly likes this move as well. It never crossed my mind. What do you think it is? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">6...d5 </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Though this move is fine 6..cd4! is correct now maybe someone can explain to me why that is? It must be related to the softening of the dark squares. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">7.Ne5!N </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Black now has a big decision. Waste time on a6 preventing the seemingly annoying Bb5+ or just hand castling. It was totally unclear to me which was correct. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">7...Bd6 </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">I opt for the latter. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">8.Bb5+ Kf8 9.Ndf3 g6 10.c3 Kg7 11.h4! </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8EOl5yI/AAAAAAAACJs/lvo3wjpOd2E/s1600/Game0_56-792179.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8EOl5yI/AAAAAAAACJs/lvo3wjpOd2E/s320/Game0_56-792179.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520860021222926114" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Braylovsky decides to burn both our bridges! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">11...a6 12.Bd3 Nd7 </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">I couldn’t decide between this and Nc6. 12..Nc6 maybe more dynamic but this is totally playable. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">13.Ng4 Qe7 14.h5! f5! 15.Nge5 Bxe5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 g5 18.g4 d4! </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Played fairly quickly I felt immediate disruption was needed. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">19.Qd2 Rd8 20.0–0–0 b5 </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Obvious but good, black must hurry. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">21.Rhg1! </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Very good white lines up on g5 immediately. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">21...c4 22.Bf1 d3 23.f4 Bb7?</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8S8m6tI/AAAAAAAACJ0/gLwPfBOLTOI/s1600/Game0_57-793257.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8S8m6tI/AAAAAAAACJ0/gLwPfBOLTOI/s320/Game0_57-793257.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520860025174026962" border="0" /></a></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I felt I had been outplayed and was "desperate". As it turns out the game has been very well up until this point, at least according to the computer. The position is unclear with chances for both sides. I knew the correct idea was to get in b4 as fast as possible so why didn’t I play the correct 23..rb8! and get moving right away I don’t know. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">24.Bg2 Rab8 25.gxf5 exf5 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.Bxb7 Rxb7 28.e4 </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">after both sides playing the early part of the game so well the errors start to mount. White has much better with Rdf1 or Qg2 maintaining a nice edge. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">28...Kh6? </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">[28...f4! Black misses his chance. 29.Qxf4 Kh6!÷] </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">29.exf5 b4 30.cxb4 a5 31.Rde1? </span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8okdjzI/AAAAAAAACJ8/iaJi5l6irVY/s1600/Game0_58-793960.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8okdjzI/AAAAAAAACJ8/iaJi5l6irVY/s320/Game0_58-793960.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520860030978330418" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Amazingly this loses. I was in time pressure and looked at the correct 31...c3 32bc ab 33 f6 Qc5 but thought Qg5 was just winning thinking the pawn was still at f5 not f6 in my analysis. What is correct? 31 Qg2 seems strong and seems to lead to a white edge but it’s very messy. [31.Qg2! apparently wins but is very difficult to see the follow up. 31...Rc7™ 32.Qe4 c3 (32...Qxb4 33.f6 Rg8 34.e6+-) 33.f6 cxb2+ 34.Kxb2 Rc2+ (34...Qxb4+ 35.Qxb4 axb4 36.e6 Rc2+ 37.Kb1 Ra8 38.f7 Re2 39.Rgf1 b3) 35.Kb1 Qf7 36.Qg6+ Qxg6 37.hxg6 Kxg6 38.Rxd3 Rxd3 39.Kxc2+-] </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">31...Rg8? </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Now White is winning again!! [31...c3!!–+ Wins!! 32.bxc3 axb4 33.f6 (33.c4 b3 34.a4 Qa3+ 35.Kb1 Kh7–+; 33.Kd1 bxc3–+) 33...Qc5 34.f7 (34.Qxg5+ I had calculated this line and thought I was mated literally in this position. Of course Kh7 and white soon runs out of checks and black wins. 34...Kh7 35.Qg6+ (35.Qg2 d2+ 36.Kb1 dxe1Q+ 37.Rxe1 Rdb8 38.c4 b3 39.a4 Qa3 40.Qb2 Qxa4 41.f7) 35...Kh8) 34...Kh7–+] </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">32.f6! Qe6 </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">I thought I had very good chances here during the game, Braylovsky thought for a long time and I expected f6 I just couldnt decide where to put the queen once he played it. Qf7,Qc7, Qe6 etc all looked reasonable but the reality is Im dead lost but not knowing that may have helped? [32...Qxb4 33.Qxb4 axb4 34.e6 c3 35.Re5 b3 36.axb3+-; 32...Qf7 33.Rgf1!+-] </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">33.b5? </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Oops, now we go back the other way again. [33.bxa5! c3 (33...Qd5 34.a6 Rc7 35.Kb1+-) 34.bxc3 Qc4 35.f7 Rxf7 36.Rg3+-] </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">33...c3? </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">And back again!..Ugh Black misses Rb5This is however, the next to last mistake. [33...Rxb5! 34.f7 Qxf7 35.Rgf1 Qd5 36.Rf6+ Kh7 37.Qf2 d2+ 38.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 39.Kxd2 Rxb2+ 40.Kc3 Rb7 41.Kxc4 g4 42.e6 Rg5 And black seems to hold. 43.e7 Rb4+ 44.Kd3 Rd5+] </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">34.bxc3 Qc4 </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">White to move and win. 4 moves will do it. Kb2,Kb1,Rg5 or f7 all seem to do the trick. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">35.e6?? </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">[35.Kb2 Rxb5+ 36.Ka1 a4 37.e6 a3 38.f7 Rgb8 39.Rxg5] </span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8kIj0BI/AAAAAAAACKE/564J4ocuPcQ/s1600/Game0_59-794758.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8kIj0BI/AAAAAAAACKE/564J4ocuPcQ/s320/Game0_59-794758.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520860029787557906" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">35...Qxb5!–+ 36.Qg2<br /><br /></span></span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I83MfyMI/AAAAAAAACKM/QEMdrBmB9rI/s1600/Game0_60-795931.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I83MfyMI/AAAAAAAACKM/QEMdrBmB9rI/s320/Game0_60-795931.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520860034904344770" border="0" /></a></span></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">d2+!<br /><br />37.Kxd2 Rd8+ 38.Ke3 Qd3+ 39.Kf2 Rb2+ 0–1</span></span> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8EOl5yI/AAAAAAAACJs/lvo3wjpOd2E/s1600/Game0_56-792179.jpg"><br /></a></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8S8m6tI/AAAAAAAACJ0/gLwPfBOLTOI/s1600/Game0_57-793257.jpg"><br /></a></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8okdjzI/AAAAAAAACJ8/iaJi5l6irVY/s1600/Game0_58-793960.jpg"><br /></a></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I8kIj0BI/AAAAAAAACKE/564J4ocuPcQ/s1600/Game0_59-794758.jpg"><br /></a></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/TJ4I83MfyMI/AAAAAAAACKM/QEMdrBmB9rI/s1600/Game0_60-795931.jpg"><br /></a></span></p><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-37153554267251238612009-11-10T18:46:00.000-08:002009-11-10T18:57:04.880-08:00Jonathan Schroer - 2009<h3><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">With the departure of Lev Milman, Jonathan had the unenviable task of playing board one and up every single game. He held his own against some of the top players in the US.</span></span><br /></h3><h3><br /></h3><h3><br /></h3><h3>Smith,Bryan (2467) - Schroer,Jonathan [C91]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (10), 04.11.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Na5 11.dxe5 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 dxe5 13.Bc2 Nc4 14.Bc1 Nd7 15.Rd1 Nd6 16.Nd2 Bg5 17.Nf1 Bxc1 18.Raxc1 Qf6 19.Qxf6 Nxf6 20.f3 Rfd8 21.Ne3 Kf8 22.Kf2 h5 23.Bb3 Rab8 24.Ke2 Nfe8 25.Rd5 f6 26.Rcd1 c6 27.R5d2 g6 28.c4 Ke7 29.cxb5 axb5 30.Rc2 Rdc8 31.Rdc1 Kd7 32.Rd2 Ke7 33.Rdc2 Kd7 34.g3 Rc7 35.Ng2 Ng7 36.Ke3 Re8 37.Rd2 Ne6 38.Nh4 Nd4 39.Nxg6 c5 40.Bd5 c4 41.f4 Kc8 42.fxe5 fxe5 43.Nxe5 N4f5+ 44.exf5 Rxe5+ 45.Kd4 Re8 46.Be6+ Kb7 47.Ke5 Nf7+ 48.Kf4 Nd8 49.Bd5+ Kb6 50.a4 Rf8 51.axb5 Kxb5 52.Rdc2 Rc5 53.Bxc4+ Kb4 54.Bd3 Ne6+ 55.Ke3 Re5+ 56.Kd2 Ng5 57.Rc4+ Ka5 58.Rc5+ Rxc5 59.Rxc5+ Kb4 60.Rb5+ Ka4 61.b3+ Ka3 62.Kc3 Rc8+ 63.Bc4 Ne4+ 64.Kd4 Nd6 65.Ra5+ Kb2 66.Rd5 1-0</p> <h3> Schneider,Dm (2483) - Schroer,Jonathan [C77]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (9), 26.10.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.Nf1 b5 9.Bb3 d5 10.Qe2 Be6 11.Ng3 a5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.0-0 a4 14.Bc2 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Ne4 Re8 17.d4 Qd5 18.Ned2 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Qxf5 20.Rfe1 g5 21.Qe4 Qxe4 22.Nxe4 g4 23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Ra6 25.g3 f3 26.h3 h5 27.Nd2 Bg5 28.Nf1 Rae6 29.Rad1 Rxe5 30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.Rd4 f5 33.c4 Kf7 34.Rd7+ Ke6 35.Rxc7 f4 36.Rc6+ Kf5 37.cxb5 Rxb5 38.Rc4 Rxb2 39.Rxa4 Rb1 40.Ra5+ Kf6 41.Ra6+ Kf7 42.gxf4 Bf6 43.Rd6 Be7 44.Rd5 Rc1 45.a4 Bc5 46.Rd3 Ke6 47.a5 Kf5 48.a6 Kxf4 49.Rd7 Ra1 50.Rf7+ Ke4 51.Rg7 Kf5 52.Rf7+ Kg6 53.Rf4 Kg5 54.Rc4 Bb6 55.Rc3 Rxa6 56.Nd2 Ra1+ 57.Kh2 Bxf2 58.Nxf3+ gxf3 59.Rxf3 Bd4 60.Rb3 Kg4 61.Rg3+ Kf4 62.Rg8 Be5 63.Kg2 Ra2+ 64.Kh1 Kf3 65.Rg2 Ra1+ 66.Rg1 Ra8 67.Rf1+ Kg3 68.Rg1+ Kh3 69.Rd1 Ra4 70.Kg1 Ra2 71.Kf1 Kg3 72.Rd3+ Kf4 73.Rb3 Ke4 74.Kg1 Bd4+ 75.Kf1 Be3 76.Ke1 Rc2 77.Kd1 Rc8 78.Ke2 Rc2+ 79.Kd1 Rh2 80.Ke1 Rh8 81.Ke2 Bd4 82.Kd2 Rh2+ 83.Kd1 Kd5 84.Ke1 Kc4 85.Rf3 Ra2 86.Kf1 Kd5 87.Rb3 Ke4 88.Ke1 Be3 89.Kd1 Kd4 90.Ke1 Bg5 91.Kf1 Ke4 92.Ke1 Be3 93.Kd1 Rd2+ 94.Kc1 Kd4 95.Kb1 Bg5 96.Rb2 Rd1+ 97.Kc2 Rc1+ 98.Kb3 Rc8 99.Rg2 Be3 100.Rc2 Rb8+ 101.Ka4 Kd5 102.Ka3 Bc5+ 103.Ka2 Bd4 104.Ka3 Ke4 105.Ka4 Kd3 106.Rc6 Bc3 107.Rd6+ Kc4 108.Rc6+ Kd4 109.Rc7 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2</p> <h3> Charbonneau,P (2509) - Schroer,Jonathan [C49]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (8), 21.10.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bd2 c5 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.d5 Nf4 14.Bf1 h6 15.g3 Ng6 16.h4 Nf6 17.Nh2 Re8 18.c4 Nh7 19.Bd3 Bd7 20.a4 a5 21.Ng4 Bxg4 22.Qxg4 Nf6 23.Qf3 Nd7 24.Reb1 b6 25.Bf1 Rab8 26.Bh3 Qd8 27.Rb5 Qf6 28.Qg4 Ngf8 29.Ra3 Kh7 30.Qh5 Qe7 31.Rf3 Kg8 32.Rfb3 Nf6 33.Qf3 N6d7 34.Rb1 Red8 35.Kg2 Re8 36.Kh2 Red8 37.R5b3 Re8 38.Bf5 Red8 39.Qg2 Re8 40.Qh3 Red8 41.Kg2 Re8 42.Rh1 Nf6 43.h5 N6d7 44.Qg4 Nf6 45.Qe2 N6d7 46.Rhb1 Red8 47.f4 Re8 48.Rf1 Nf6 49.Qf3 N6d7 50.Bc3 Red8 51.Rf2 Re8 52.Rb1 Red8 53.Rbf1 Re8 54.Re1 Red8 55.Ref1 Re8 56.Bxd7 Nxd7 57.fxe5 dxe5 58.Qxf7+ Qxf7 59.Rxf7 Rbd8 60.R7f5 Re7 61.g4 Rde8 62.Bd2 Nf6 63.Rxf6 gxf6 64.Rxf6 Rf8 65.Rxb6 Rg7 66.Bxh6 Rxg4+ 67.Kh3 Rxe4 68.Rg6+ Kf7 69.Bxf8 Kxf8 70.Rg4 Re1 71.Kh4 e4 72.Kg3 e3 73.Re4 Rc1 74.Rxe3 Rxc2 75.Re4 Kg7 76.Kf4 Ra2 77.Ke5 Rxa4 78.d6 Ra1 79.Kd5 a4 80.Kxc5 a3 81.Re3 a2 82.Re2 Kf7 83.h6 Kg6 84.Rd2 Rd1 85.Rxd1 1-0</p> <h3> Schroer,Jonathan - Stopa,Ja (2471) [D13]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (7), 12.10.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Nh5 8.Bg5 Qb6 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Qxb2 13.Nb5 Qb4+ 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.e4 dxe4 16.Bxe4 Bg7 17.0-0 0-0 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.Rfe1 g4 20.Nh4 Qg5 21.Qe2 a6 22.Bxc6 Bxc6 23.Nc7 Rac8 24.Rc5 Qf6 25.d5 Rxc7 26.dxc6 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 bxc6 28.Qxg4 c5 29.Qc4 Qc3 30.Rc1 Qxc4 31.Rxc4 Rc8 32.Nf3 Kf8 33.Nd2 Bd4 34.Kf1 Ke7 35.Ke2 e5 36.g4 Rg8 37.f3 Rg6 38.Ra4 Rc6 39.Kd3 Kf6 40.Ne4+ Ke6 41.Kc4 f5 42.gxf5+ Kxf5 43.Kd5 Rg6 44.g3 Rb6 45.Ra5 h5 46.Nd6+ Kg5 47.Ne4+ Kf5 48.Nd6+ Kg5 49.Ne4+ Kf5 1/2-1/2</p> <h3> Schroer,Jonathan - Perelshteyn,E (2534) [D91]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (6), 07.10.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 Re8 11.b4 c6 12.0-0 a6 13.a4 a5 14.b5 Bf8 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.Nd3 Nd7 17.Bf3 Nf6 18.Re1 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nc5 f5 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Rb1 Ra7 23.Qb3+ Rf7 24.Qb6 Qf6 25.Qxa5 h5 26.Rb6 Bc7 27.Qb4 Bxb6 28.Qxb6 h4 29.h3 g5 30.a5 f4 31.N3xe4 Qg6 32.f3 Bf5 33.a6 Ra8 34.exf4 gxf4 35.Kh2 Rg7 36.Re2 Kh8 37.Ra2 Rag8 38.Qb2 Bxh3 39.Kxh3 Qf5+ 40.Kh2 h3 41.gxh3 Qxh3+ 42.Kxh3 Rh7# 0-1</p> <h3> Becerra Rivero,J (2557) - Schroer,Jonathan [C88]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (5), 28.09.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.d4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.e5 Ne8 11.c3 dxc3 12.Nxc3 d6 13.Bd5 Rb8 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Ba7 Ra8 16.Bxb7 Rxa7 17.Bc6 dxe5 18.Rxe5 Qd6 19.Rxe7 Qxc6 20.Qd5 Qb6 21.Ne4 Nf6 22.Qc5 Qxc5 23.Nxc5 Rd8 24.h3 a5 25.a4 bxa4 26.Rxa4 Nd5 27.Rd4 Raa8 28.Re1 c6 29.Rc1 Nb4 30.Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.Nb7 Rd2 32.Nxa5 Rxb2 1/2-1/2</p> <h3> Schroer,Jonathan - Vovsha,E (2484) [A41]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (4), 23.09.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 Nd7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.0-0 Ngf6 8.d5 0-0 9.Be3 c6 10.Qb3 cxd5 11.cxd5 Qa5 12.Qxb7 Rfb8 13.Qc6 Ne5 14.Qa6 Qxa6 15.Bxa6 Rxb2 16.Rab1 Rc2 17.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18.Rxc1 Ned7 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Rb8 21.Rc8+ Rxc8 22.Bxc8 Nc5 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Ba6 g5 25.Kf1 Bd4 26.Ke2 Kg7 27.g3 g4 28.Bc8 h5 29.h3 gxh3 30.Bxh3 c4 31.f4 c3 32.e5 Bf2 33.d6 exd6 34.exd6 Bxg3 35.d7 Bh4 36.Kd3 Bf6 37.Bf5 h4 38.a4 Kf8 39.d8Q+ Bxd8 40.Kxc3 Bc7 41.Kd4 Bxf4 42.Ke4 Bg3 43.a5 Ke7 44.Kf3 Kf6 45.Bh3 Ke5 46.Bf1 f5 47.a6 Kd4 48.Bh3 Ke5 49.Bf1 Be1 50.Bh3 Ba5 51.Bf1 Bc7 52.Bh3 Bd6 53.Bf1 Kd4 54.Bh3 Ke5 55.Bf1 Kd4 56.Bh3 f4 57.Bf1 Kc3 58.Ke2 Kc2 59.Kf3 Kd2 60.Bh3 Ke1 61.Bg2 Kd2 62.Bh3 Kd3 63.Bf1+ Kd4 64.Bh3 1/2-1/2</p> <h3> Schroer,Jonathan - Benjamin,Joe (2575) [E62]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (3), 14.09.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.Qd2 e6 12.Qe3 d5 13.Bh3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 f5 15.Qd3 Nd7 16.f3 a5 17.Kh1 Qg5 18.Bg2 Qh5 19.Qe3 Rfe8 20.Qd3 Nf6 21.e4 dxe4 22.fxe4 Rad8 23.Rad1 c5 24.Bf3 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Ng4 26.Qe2 Rf8 27.Bf3 Rxf3 28.Rxf3 Nxh2 29.Kg2 Qxf3+ 30.Qxf3 Nxf3 31.Kxf3 b6 32.Ke4 cxd4 33.Rd3 e5 34.c5 bxc5 35.Bxa5 Ra8 36.Bb6 Rxa2 37.Bxc5 Re2+ 38.Kf3 Re1 39.Kf2 Rc1 40.b4 e4 41.Ra3 e3+ 42.Ke2 Rc2+ 43.Ke1 Be5 44.Ra8+ Kf7 45.Rf8+ Ke6 46.Re8+ Kd5 0-1</p> <h3> Perelshteyn,Eugene (2534) - Schroer,Jonathan [D15]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (2), 09.09.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5 9.dxe5 Nfd7 10.f4 Nxc5 11.b4 Na4 12.Nxa4 Bxb4+ 13.Ke2 bxa4 14.Qxa4 Be7 15.Rb1 0-0 16.Rg1 Qc8 17.Qc2 Nd7 18.h4 Qc7 19.h5 Nc5 20.f5 Ne4 21.f6 Qxe5 22.Rxg7+ Kh8 23.fxe7 Rfb8 24.Rxb8+ Rxb8 25.Rxf7 Qxh5+ 26.Rf3 Ng5 27.Qf5 Qxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Nxf3 29.Kxf3 Kg7 30.Bh3 Kf7 31.Ba3 Rb7 32.Kf4 1-0</p> <h3> Schroer,Jonathan - Kritz,L (2589) [D13]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (1), 31.08.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Nh5 8.Be5 f6 9.Bg3 e5 10.e3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Be6 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.a3 Rd8 14.Na4 Bg4 15.Be2 e4 16.Ng1 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Na5 18.Qc2 Nc4 19.Nf4 b5 20.Nc3 Nb6 21.Ng6 Rg8 22.Nxf8 Kxf8 23.Rxh7 Kf7 24.Qe2 Rc8 25.Qh5+ Kf8 26.Ne2 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 Qc8 28.Qd1 Nc4 29.Qc2 Kf7 30.Ne2 Rh8 31.Rxh8 Qxh8 32.Nf4 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 g5 34.Nxd5 Qxg2 35.b3 Qf3+ 36.Ke1 Qh1+ 37.Ke2 Qh5+ 38.Ke1 Qh1+ 39.Ke2 Qf3+ 40.Ke1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2</p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com212tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-68819470700258496522009-11-06T07:44:00.000-08:002009-11-10T20:08:21.162-08:00Oleg Zaikov - 2009Oleg's lifetime Cobras record speaks for itself.<br /><br /><table style="text-align: left; width: 256px; height: 138px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stats as of Dec 2009</span><br /> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Rating<br /> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">2376<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">MVP Pts<br /> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">31.5<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Lifetime Score<br /> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">24.0/40 (60%)<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Performance Rating<br /> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2485</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />After a slow start this year, Oleg reeled off four straight victories and a cool 2700+ performance in the final rounds to help Carolina save face. Included in this run is his Week 7 Game of the Week versus Daniel Fernandez (2475). It took a game of the week by legend Boris Gulko to defeat Oleg in round 3. Oleg has been involved in a total of four "Game of the Weeks" in the 08' and 09' seasons.<br /><br />Oleg will be missed greatly and we all wish him the best in his future endeavors.<br /><br /><br /><h3> Zaikov,Oleg - Bartell,T [E70]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (10), 04.11.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.h3 c6 6.e5 Ne8 7.f4 d6 8.Nf3 Nc7 9.Be3 Nd7 10.c5 b6 11.cxd6 exd6 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bb3 Nb6 14.Ne4 d5 15.Nc5 Nc4 16.Bc1 f6 17.Bc2 fxe5 18.fxe5 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Rxf5 20.0-0 Qe7 21.Qc2 Raf8 22.b3 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Qxc5+ 24.Kh1 Rxf3 25.gxf3 Qd4 26.Bh6 Rf5 27.bxc4 Rh5 28.Qd2 Rxh3+ 29.Kg2 Qh4 30.Qf4 Qxh6 31.Qxh6 Rxh6 32.cxb5 Nxb5 33.Rab1 Kf7 34.a4 Nc3 35.Rb7+ Ke6 36.f4 c5 37.Rxa7 d4 38.f5+ Kxe5 39.f6 1-0</p> <h3> Zaikov,Oleg - Lapshun,Y [A44]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (9), 26.10.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Be2 a6 7.a4 Bg5 8.Bxg5 Qxg5 9.Nf3 Qxg2 10.Rg1 Qh3 11.Rxg7 Qh6 12.Rg3 Nf6 13.Nd2 Qxh2 14.Nc4 Ke7 15.Qd2 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Qh1+ 17.Bf1 Qxe4+ 18.Re3 Qd4 19.Qa5 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Qxa8 bxc4 22.Qb7 Kf6 23.c3 Qg4 24.Ra8 Qg8 25.Rxb8 Qxb8 26.Qxd7 Rf8 27.Bxc4 Kg7 28.Qf5 Rg8 29.Rf3 Qc7 30.Bb5 Qe7 31.Rg3+ Kh8 32.Bd3 Qh4 33.Qxf7 Rxg3 34.fxg3 Qxg3+ 35.Kd2 Qh2+ 36.Kc1 Qh6+ 37.Kc2 Qh2+ 38.Kb1 Qh6 39.Qxh7+ Qxh7 40.Bxh7 Kxh7 41.b4 e4 42.b5 e3 43.Kc2 1-0</p> <h3> Zaikov,Oleg - Krush,I [E07]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (8), 21.10.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.c4 e6 5.b3 Be7 6.Bb2 b6 7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 Bb7 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Rc8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Qc7 13.Rad1 Rcd8 14.Nc3 a6 15.Rfe1 Rfe8 16.Qc2 h6 17.Ne5 Bd6 18.Na4 c5 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Qc3 f6 22.Nxc5 Bxc5 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.b4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bf8 26.Bc1 e5 27.Be3 Rc8 28.c5 bxc5 29.bxc5 Qb5 30.h4 h5 31.Qd2 Qc6 32.Qe2 Qe6 33.Qxh5 Qxa2 34.Qf5 Rc6 35.Rd8 Qe6 36.Qb1 f5 37.Qb8 Qe7 38.Re8 Qf6 39.Bg5 Qf7 40.Be7 Kh7 41.Bxf8 f4 42.Re7 1-0</p> <h3> Fernandez,Dani - Zaikov,Oleg [B99]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (7), 12.10.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Be7 12.Qg3 b4 13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5 Kd8 15.Qe3 Nb6 16.Nf5 Nbxd5 17.Qd4 Bf8 18.Be4 Kc8 19.Nxg7 Nxe4 20.Ne8 Qc5 21.Qxh8 Ne3 22.Re2 Nc3 23.bxc3 bxc3 24.Nxd6+ Kc7 25.Nc4 Nxc4 26.Qxc3 Qa3+ 27.Qxa3 Bxa3+ 28.Kb1 Bf3 29.Rd8 Ra7 30.Re7+ Bxe7 31.Bxe7 Bxg2 32.Rd4 Kb6 33.Bb4 Kb5 34.c3 Rc7 0-1</p> <h3> Esserman,M - Zaikov,Oleg [C46]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (6), 07.10.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Nxd5 Nxd5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxg6+ Kd7 11.Bxd5 Nxd4 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Bf7 Qe5 14.0-0-0 c5 15.c3 Kc7 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Kb1 Bf5 18.Rc1+ Kd7 19.Qf6 Bg7 20.Be6+ 1-0</p> <h3> Zaikov,Oleg - Lugo,Bl [D44]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (5), 28.09.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4 10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.axb5 Bd6 13.Nxc4 Bb4 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Na5 Bxa5 16.Rxa5 Nd7 17.Be2 c5 18.d5 Nb6 19.dxe6 Bxg2 20.Rg1 h3 21.Na4 Qxe6 22.Qc3 0-0 23.Nxc5 Qf5 24.Ra1 Rfe8 25.Rd1 Nd5 26.Qg3+ Kh8 27.Qd3 Nf4 0-1</p> <h3> Schneider,Dmitry - Zaikov,Oleg [B80]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (4), 23.09.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 Bb7 9.Qd2 Nfd7 10.0-0-0 Nb6 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Rhe1 Rc8 15.Kb1 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Re3 b4 18.Ne2 h5 19.h3 hxg4 20.hxg4 Rh2 21.Rd3 e5 22.Rc1 a5 23.b3 Qe6 24.c4 bxc3 25.Rdxc3 f6 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Qxa5 fxg5 28.Qa8 Kd8 29.Nc3 d5 30.Nxd5 Qa6 31.Qxa6 Bxa6 32.Rd1 Be2 33.Rd2 Rh1+ 34.Kb2 Bxf3 35.Nb6+ Kc7 36.Nc4 Bb4 37.Rf2 Bxe4 38.Nxe5 Rb1# 0-1</p> <h3> Gulko,B - Zaikov,Oleg [A29]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (3), 14.09.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.0-0 Be7 8.a3 0-0 9.b4 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Ne4 f6 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.bxc5 Nd5 16.Qc2 Qd7 17.Kh2 a5 18.Rab1 a4 19.Ba1 Na5 20.e4 Ne7 21.d4 Bb3 22.Qc3 exd4 23.Nxd4 Nec6 24.Nxb3 Nxb3 25.Rfd1 Qe7 26.Rd5 Ra5 27.Rxb3 axb3 28.Qxb3 Qe6 29.Qxb7 Rxa3 30.Bb2 Rb8 31.Qxb8+ Nxb8 32.Bxa3 Qa6 33.Rd8+ Kf7 34.Bc1 Qb5 35.Be3 Na6 36.e5 Nb4 37.exf6 gxf6 38.Be4 Kg7 39.Bf5 c6 40.Be6 h5 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.Bf7 1-0</p> <h3> Zaikov,Oleg - Shmeliov,D [A70]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (2), 08.09.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 0-0 9.Bd3 Nh5 10.0-0 Nd7 11.Re1 Ne5 12.Be2 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Qh4 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.Be3 f5 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.Qd2 Rf7 18.Bf4 Bd4 19.Nb5 Bxh3 20.Nxd4 Rxf4 21.Ne6 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qg4+ 23.Kh2 Qh4+ 24.Kg2 Qg4+ 25.Kh2 Qh4+ 26.Kg2 1/2-1/2</p> <h3> Enkhbat,T - Zaikov,Oleg [A58]<br />USCL 2009 ICC INT (1), 02.09.2009<br /></h3> <p> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Rb1 0-0 11.0-0 Qa5 12.Bd2 Rfb8 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.b3 Qa3 15.Bc1 Qa5 16.Bd2 Qa3 17.Bc1 Qa5 18.Rd1 Ne8 19.Bd2 Qa3 20.Bc1 Qa5 21.Bb2 Nc7 22.a4 c4 23.b4 Qxb4 24.Nd4 Bb7 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.dxc6 Qa5 27.Nb5 Nxb5 28.axb5 c3 29.c7 Rc8 30.Bxa8 Nxa8 31.Bc1 Qxc7 32.Be3 Nb6 33.Bd4 Bxd4 34.Rxd4 e5 35.Rd3 d5 36.e3 Qc4 37.Rc1 d4 38.exd4 exd4 39.Rcd1 Qxb5 40.Rxd4 Kg7 41.Rc1 Rc5 42.Qd1 Nd5 43.Re4 h5 44.Qd4+ Kh7 45.Re5 c2 46.h4 Qc6 47.Qe4 Kh6 48.Re8 Qb5 49.Qe5 Nf6 50.Qf4+ Kg7 51.Rb8 Qe2 52.Rd8 Re5 53.Qd2 Ng4 54.Rxc2 Qf3 55.Rc3 Qf5 56.Qd4 Qb1+ 57.Kg2 Qb7+ 58.Rf3 Qe4 59.Qxe4 Rxe4 60.Rd2 Re7 61.Ra2 Rd7 62.Rfa3 Rb7 63.Ra7 Rb5 64.Re2 Rf5 65.f3 Nf6 66.Ree7 Nd5 67.Reb7 Ne3+ 68.Kf2 Nd1+ 69.Ke2 Nc3+ 70.Ke3 Nd5+ 71.Kf2 Nc3 72.Rd7 Ne4+ 73.Kg2 Nc5 74.Re7 Nd3 75.Rad7 Nc5 76.Ra7 Nd3 77.Ra3 Kf8 78.Re3 Ne5 79.Ra8+ Kg7 80.Ra7 Kg8 81.Rc3 Rf6 82.Ra5 Nd7 83.Rc7 Nf8 84.Ra8 Kg7 85.Rcc8 Nh7 86.Rh8 Rb6 87.Rag8+ Kh6 88.g4 Rb2+ 89.Kf1 1-0</p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-1904399931975570342009-10-09T20:24:00.000-07:002009-10-12T13:47:37.703-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/StOVwV4zNhI/AAAAAAAACD4/2LzgQkG89mo/s1600-h/flesh+wound.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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/></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-30098809782459324572009-09-15T12:34:00.000-07:002009-09-15T14:52:14.988-07:00Hyper-Accelerated Swiss Gambit<div><br /></div>With an 0-3 start, it would be easy for the Cobras to throw in the towel. But since no one on the team can speak Spanish, there has not yet been a cry for "No mas." Player/Manager Craig Jones held a closed door meeting after Monday's loss, and sources say he instructed his team that his "Hyper-Accelerated Swiss Gambit" strategy has worked to perfection, and that a "torrent of tactics and novelties" are about to be unleased on the league. So before the league writes off the defending Eastern League Champions, a closer look at sporting history and other international conflicts reveals that all is not lost.<br /><br />In 1982, not one but two NFL teams made the playoffs with a 4-5 record. Sure, the season was shortened due to strike, but there remains some chance that USCL Commissioner Greg Shahade may not be able to renew the USCL Players Association Collective Bargaining Agreement before the season ends. Or perhaps he will even adopt the ridiculous logic of Major League Baseball in 1981, which allowed the 50-53 Kansas City Royals into the playoffs due to their slightly-above mediocre second half record? With all this in mind, perhaps a couple of wins would be good enough to sneak Carolina into the post season. (And don't forget, in 2006, Carolina pulled out all the stops in posting a 4-6 regular season mark to get in, aided by FM Matt Hoekstra's fiber-optic freeze gun, which paralyzed his opponent's right hand in time pressure.)<br /><br />This season, the week two loss to longtime nemesis Boston hurt the team, dropping Carolina to 0-5-1 lifetime against the Blitz. But the Cobras can draw inspiration from France, who went 0-5-4 against the Huguenots, and that was before GM Maxime Vachier-Legrave had even learned to move the pieces.<br /><br />Ten years after the NFL's strike-shortened season, the San Diego Chargers made the playoffs after beginning 0-4. A year after that, in 1993 the San Jose Sharks began 0-8-1 before rebounding to play in the spring. And the history of chess in North Carolina is surely as storied as the history of hockey in California.<br /><br />The Cobras wrap up the northeast corridor beginning of their season with a week four matchup versus Queens, who is also scuffling after an 0-2-1 start. Lead Pioneer blogger and board four WFM Elizabeth "Lizzie" Vicary will no doubt be licking her lip gloss at the chance to get off the schnide both personally and as a team, but a team of Cobra supporters plan to unleash a flurry of in-game New Yorker and Economist articles to Vicary's inbox, in a manoeuvre Carolina supporters are calling the "The Seymour Hersh - Hendrik Hertzberg offensive." Vicary's conclusions and metaphors will likely be over the heads of most chess fans, but Tarheel agents hope her multitasking skills are as unrefined as the Carolina Panthers' passing game.<br /><br />Long memories create long seasons. The Cobras, 2009 Part Deux, begins next week. And anyway, was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?<div><br /></div><div><i>- Mike Klein</i></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-89742969961072768522009-09-11T19:36:00.000-07:002009-09-15T12:34:29.174-07:00Week 2 - Computer Analysis<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:13px;"><div> Rybka 3 on Intel i7 overclocked to 4GHz - 3 minutes per move </div><span style=" line-height: normal; font-family:'Times new Roman';font-size:16px;"><h3 style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font: normal normal bold 1.2em/normal Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; "><a name="TOC-Jones-Craig-2275---Krasik-Ilya-2252" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); text-decoration: none; "></a><span style="font-weight: normal; ">Jones,Craig (2275) - Krasik,Ilya (2252) [D45]<br />Boston vs Carolina Internet Chess Club (2), 09.09.2009</span></h3></span><div>1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 dxc4</div><div> 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bb7 9.e4 b4 </div><div> 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Nd7 </div><div> 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Nd4 a6 16.Bxd7+ Kxd7 17.a3 score +0.58)</div><div> (17. Rc1 score = +0.74 = 74% of a pawn)</div><div> (17. f4 h6 18. Bh4 g6 19. a3 Rc8 20. axb4 Bxb4 </div><div> 21. Rf3 Ke8 22. Nc3 Qb6 23. Ne4 Kf8 24. Bf2</div><div> score +0.37 = 37% of a pawn 26 ply search).</div><div> 17. ... Rc8 </div><div> 18.Qf3 score = + 0.32</div><div> (18. Qb3 or ab +0.58) </div><div> 18. ... Ke8 19.axb4 Qxb4 20.Rfd1 score = +0.08 8% of a pawn</div><div> 20. ... h6 21.Qh3?? score -1.39 = white down 139% of a pawn</div><div> (21. Be3 g5 22. Qg3 Bg7 23. b3 Rg8 24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qa5</div><div> 26. Bd2 Qc7 27. Nf3 Ne7 score +0.09 = 9% of a pawn for white)</div><div> 21. ... hxg5 </div><div> 22.Qxh8 Nf4 23.f3 score = -4.25 white down approx 4.25 pawns</div><div> (23. Nc3 score = -1.39) </div><div> 23. ...Rc4 24.Nb3 Rc2 25.Nac5 Rxg2+ </div><div> 26.Kh1 Ng6 27.Qh3 g4 </div><div> 28.Nxa6?? score= -9.32 white down more than a queen</div><div> (28. Rd8+ Kxd8 29. 29. Nxb7 (29. Qxg2?? Bxf3 30. Qxb3</div><div> fxg4 score= -2.48)</div><div> 28. ... gxh3 29.Nxb4 Bxb4 </div><div> 30.Rac1 Rxb2 31.Nd4 Nxe5 32.Rb1 Bc3 33.Nb5 Bxf3+ </div><div> 34.Kg1 Rg2+</div></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-67478165552207943442009-09-04T18:38:00.000-07:002009-09-04T18:39:01.723-07:00Week 1<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Hi Everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Week one was tough but some bright spots here and there.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">First our new location in the Perkins Library was well liked by everyone! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">It's a Great location!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">On the playing front we had high expectations for the match and I think we felt we would win it so losing comes all the more difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Cobras go down 3-1 to the Baltimore Kingfishers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"> Jonathan Schroer did a great job preparing for and then playing his 2650ish level player who is a “nasty strong”, as I heard someone describe him, German GM Leonid Kritz. Jonathan played the opening better and reached several winning positions and the game eventually ended in a perpetual for Kitz who was lucky to escape. I was just informed by the league that Jonathan Schroer has won the upset of the week prize!! Great Job Jonathan.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><a href="javascript:g0(1,0)">1.d4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(2,0)">Nf6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(3,0)">2.c4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(4,0)">c6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(5,0)">3.Nc3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(6,0)">d5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(7,0)">4.Nf3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(8,0)">a6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(9,0)">5.cxd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(10,0)">cxd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(11,0)">6.Bf4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(12,0)">Nc6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(13,0)">7.Rc1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(14,0)">Nh5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(15,0)">8.Be5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(16,0)">f6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(17,0)">9.Bg3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(18,0)">e5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(19,0)">10.e3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(20,0)">Nxg3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(21,0)">11.hxg3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(22,0)">Be6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(23,0)">12.Qb3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(24,0)">Qd7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(25,0)">13.a3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(26,0)">Rd8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(27,0)">14.Na4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(28,0)">Bg4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(29,0)">15.Be2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(30,0)">e4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(31,0)">16.Ng1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(32,0)">Bxe2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(33,0)">17.Nxe2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(34,0)">Na5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(35,0)">18.Qc2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(36,0)">Nc4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(37,0)">19.Nf4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(38,0)">b5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(39,0)">20.Nc3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(40,0)">Nb6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(41,0)">21.Ng6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(42,0)">Rg8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(43,0)">22.Nxf8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(44,0)">Kxf8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(45,0)">23.Rxh7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(46,0)">Kf7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(47,0)">24.Qe2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(48,0)">Rc8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(49,0)">25.Qh5+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(50,0)">Kf8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(51,0)">26.Ne2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(52,0)">Rxc1+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(53,0)">27.Nxc1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(54,0)">Qc8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(55,0)">28.Qd1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(56,0)">Nc4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(57,0)">29.Qc2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(58,0)">Kf7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(59,0)">30.Ne2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(60,0)">Rh8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(61,0)">31.Rxh8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(62,0)">Qxh8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(63,0)">32.Nf4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(64,0)">Qh1+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(65,0)">33.Ke2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(66,0)">g5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(67,0)">34.Nxd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(68,0)">Qxg2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(69,0)">35.b3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(70,0)">Qf3+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(71,0)">36.Ke1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(72,0)">Qh1+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(73,0)">37.Ke2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(74,0)">Qh5+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(75,0)">38.Ke1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(76,0)">Qh1+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(77,0)">39.Ke2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(78,0)">Qf3+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(79,0)">40.Ke1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(80,0)">Qh1+</a> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Game drawn by repetition<b> 1/2-1/2<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Since I was the only board where we had an advantage rating wise it was expected that to have success I have to win. I used too much time in the opening (thinking and dealing with computer connectivity issues as well) so after 4 moves had lost 40 minutes ugh! The gamed went back and forth but not dramatically so and I finally reached a solid ending edge (-.48 rybka) only to immediately blunder a pawn and thinking back had I not thrown away so much time in the opening, very foolish, maybe the ending would have been different hard to know. I was able to work up counter play in an ending and then missed a fairly simple win on move 39. See if you can find it! After this the game is level and I try everything I can to win a dead drawn ending probably reaching a lost ending at one point but eventually it was drawn… not good the 4<sup>th</sup> board is where points have to be collected..<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><a href="javascript:g0(1,0)">1.e4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(2,0)">c5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(3,0)">2.d4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(4,0)">cxd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(5,0)">3.c3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(6,0)">g6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(7,0)">4.Nf3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(8,0)">Bg7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(9,0)">5.Bc4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(10,0)">Nf6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(11,0)">6.e5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(12,0)">Ne4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(13,0)">7.Qxd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(14,0)">f5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(15,0)">8.Bf4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(16,0)">Nc6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(17,0)">9.Qe3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(18,0)">d5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(19,0)">10.exd6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(20,0)">e5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(21,0)">11.Bg3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(22,0)">Qxd6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(23,0)">12.Na3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(24,0)">a6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(25,0)">13.Rd1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(26,0)">Qc5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(27,0)">14.Qxc5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(28,0)">Nxc5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(29,0)">15.h3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(30,0)">Na4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(31,0)">16.Rd2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(32,0)">Bf6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(33,0)">17.Nxe5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(34,0)">Nxe5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(35,0)">18.Bxe5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(36,0)">Bxe5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(37,0)">19.Re2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(38,0)">Nxb2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(39,0)">20.Rxe5+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(40,0)">Kd8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(41,0)">21.0-0</a> <a href="javascript:g0(42,0)">Re8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(43,0)">22.Rd5+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(44,0)">Kc7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(45,0)">23.Bb3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(46,0)">Re2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(47,0)">24.Nc4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(48,0)">Nxc4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(49,0)">25.Bxc4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(50,0)">Re4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(51,0)">26.Bb3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(52,0)">Be6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(53,0)">27.Rd2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(54,0)">Re8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(55,0)">28.Rfd1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(56,0)">Re7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(57,0)">29.Kh2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(58,0)">Bd7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(59,0)">30.Bd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(60,0)">R4e5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(61,0)">31.Bxb7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(62,0)">Ba4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(63,0)">32.Rb1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(64,0)">Bb5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(65,0)">33.Bf3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(66,0)">Re1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(67,0)">34.Rbb2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(68,0)">Rc1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(69,0)">35.Rbc2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(70,0)">Ree1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(71,0)">36.Kg3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(72,0)">g5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(73,0)">37.Bd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(74,0)">h5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(75,0)">38.c4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(76,0)">h4+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(77,0)">39.Kf3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(78,0)">Bd7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(79,0)">40.Rxc1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(80,0)">Rxc1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(81,0)">41.Rd3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(82,0)">g4+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(83,0)">42.Kf4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(84,0)">Rf1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(85,0)">43.Rd2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(86,0)">g3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(87,0)">44.Kf3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(88,0)">Bc6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(89,0)">45.Ke3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(90,0)">Bxd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(91,0)">46.cxd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(92,0)">f4+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(93,0)">47.Kxf4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(94,0)">Rxf2+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(95,0)">48.Ke3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(96,0)">Rxd2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(97,0)">49.Kxd2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(98,0)">Kd6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(99,0)">50.Kc3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(100,0)">Kxd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(101,0)">51.Kd3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(102,0)">Kc5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(103,0)">52.Kc3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(104,0)">Kb5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(105,0)">53.Kb3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(106,0)">Ka5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(107,0)">54.Ka3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(108,0)">Kb6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(109,0)">55.Kb4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(110,0)">a5+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(111,0)">56.Kc4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(112,0)">a4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(113,0)">57.Kb4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(114,0)">a3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(115,0)">58.Kxa3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(116,0)">Kc5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(117,0)">59.Kb3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(118,0)">Kd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(119,0)">60.a4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(120,0)">Ke3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(121,0)">61.a5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(122,0)">Kf2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(123,0)">62.a6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(124,0)">Kxg2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(125,0)">63.a7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(126,0)">Kxh3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(127,0)">64.a8Q</a> <a href="javascript:g0(128,0)">g2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(129,0)">65.Qf3+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(130,0)">Kh2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(131,0)">66.Qf4+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(132,0)">Kh3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(133,0)">67.Qf2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(134,0)">g1Q</a> <a href="javascript:g0(135,0)">68.Qxg1</a> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri">Black stalemated<b> 1/2-1/2</b><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Oleg’s game was a very well played hard fought. Reviewing it with Rybka today the level of play was exceptionally high. Until move 45 both players are playing either top moves or near top moves the entire way with white maintaining a normal slight edge but black is fine. I think at this point time pressure kicks in and the play just becomes “edgy” for both sides. Blacks 46<sup>th</sup>...Qc6 appears losing to Re8 but this is very difficult to find and is not played. After 46...f6 the game retains is character of white having a slight edge but hard pressed to demonstrate. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Whites 47<sup>th</sup> Qe4 is inaccurate and now Oleg has Nb4 but in time pressure saying these things may not mean much it’s just too difficult finding the right solutions. After 47...Nb4 white has to find 48Qf4! Or black takes over the advantage. After Qf4 the position seems dead equal.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"> Time pressure just takes over and for the next several moves both players miss chances. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">By move 51 its = but still tricky for both sides. 51...Qd3 set white tricky problems but Oleg’s Qe2 is fine. Blacks 52<sup>nd</sup> is the moment of truth. If Oleg finds 52...Ne4! he may very well have won it’s a difficult position for white to face practically with the threat of Rf5 looming but if white plays correctly its just equal. After Whites 53<sup>rd</sup> Qd2 black loses the c2 button and faces a probably hopeless task for the next 35+ moves finally going down on move 89.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="zeroAnchor"></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri"><a href="javascript:g0(1,0)"><b>1.d4</b></a><b> <a href="javascript:g0(2,0)">Nf6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(3,0)">2.c4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(4,0)">c5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(5,0)">3.d5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(6,0)">b5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(7,0)">4.cxb5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(8,0)">a6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(9,0)">5.bxa6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(10,0)">g6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(11,0)">6.Nc3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(12,0)">Bxa6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(13,0)">7.g3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(14,0)">d6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(15,0)">8.Bg2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(16,0)">Bg7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(17,0)">9.Nf3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(18,0)">Nbd7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(19,0)">10.Rb1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(20,0)">0-0</a> <a href="javascript:g0(21,0)">11.0-0</a> <a href="javascript:g0(22,0)">Qa5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(23,0)">12.Bd2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(24,0)">Rfb8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(25,0)">13.Qc2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(26,0)">Nb6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(27,0)">14.b3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(28,0)">Qa3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(29,0)">15.Bc1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(30,0)">Qa5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(31,0)">16.Bd2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(32,0)">Qa3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(33,0)">17.Bc1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(34,0)">Qa5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(35,0)">18.Rd1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(36,0)">Ne8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(37,0)">19.Bd2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(38,0)">Qa3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(39,0)">20.Bc1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(40,0)">Qa5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(41,0)">21.Bb2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(42,0)">Nc7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(43,0)">22.a4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(44,0)">c4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(45,0)">23.b4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(46,0)">Qxb4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(47,0)">24.Nd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(48,0)">Bb7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(49,0)">25.Nc6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(50,0)">Bxc6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(51,0)">26.dxc6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(52,0)">Qa5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(53,0)">27.Nb5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(54,0)">Nxb5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(55,0)">28.axb5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(56,0)">c3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(57,0)">29.c7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(58,0)">Rc8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(59,0)">30.Bxa8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(60,0)">Nxa8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(61,0)">31.Bc1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(62,0)">Qxc7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(63,0)">32.Be3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(64,0)">Nb6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(65,0)">33.Bd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(66,0)">Bxd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(67,0)">34.Rxd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(68,0)">e5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(69,0)">35.Rd3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(70,0)">d5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(71,0)">36.e3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(72,0)">Qc4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(73,0)">37.Rc1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(74,0)">d4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(75,0)">38.exd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(76,0)">exd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(77,0)">39.Rcd1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(78,0)">Qxb5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(79,0)">40.Rxd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(80,0)">Kg7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(81,0)">41.Rc1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(82,0)">Rc5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(83,0)">42.Qd1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(84,0)">Nd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(85,0)">43.Re4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(86,0)">h5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(87,0)">44.Qd4+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(88,0)">Kh7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(89,0)">45.Re5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(90,0)">c2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(91,0)">46.h4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(92,0)">Qc6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(93,0)">47.Qe4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(94,0)">Kh6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(95,0)">48.Re8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(96,0)">Qb5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(97,0)">49.Qe5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(98,0)">Nf6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(99,0)">50.Qf4+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(100,0)">Kg7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(101,0)">51.Rb8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(102,0)">Qe2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(103,0)">52.Rd8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(104,0)">Re5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(105,0)">53.Qd2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(106,0)">Ng4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(107,0)">54.Rxc2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(108,0)">Qf3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(109,0)">55.Rc3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(110,0)">Qf5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(111,0)">56.Qd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(112,0)">Qb1+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(113,0)">57.Kg2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(114,0)">Qb7+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(115,0)">58.Rf3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(116,0)">Qe4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(117,0)">59.Qxe4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(118,0)">Rxe4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(119,0)">60.Rd2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(120,0)">Re7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(121,0)">61.Ra2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(122,0)">Rd7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(123,0)">62.Rfa3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(124,0)">Rb7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(125,0)">63.Ra7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(126,0)">Rb5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(127,0)">64.Re2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(128,0)">Rf5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(129,0)">65.f3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(130,0)">Nf6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(131,0)">66.Ree7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(132,0)">Nd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(133,0)">67.Reb7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(134,0)">Ne3+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(135,0)">68.Kf2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(136,0)">Nd1+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(137,0)">69.Ke2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(138,0)">Nc3+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(139,0)">70.Ke3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(140,0)">Nd5+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(141,0)">71.Kf2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(142,0)">Nc3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(143,0)">72.Rd7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(144,0)">Ne4+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(145,0)">73.Kg2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(146,0)">Nc5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(147,0)">74.Re7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(148,0)">Nd3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(149,0)">75.Rad7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(150,0)">Nc5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(151,0)">76.Ra7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(152,0)">Nd3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(153,0)">77.Ra3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(154,0)">Kf8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(155,0)">78.Re3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(156,0)">Ne5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(157,0)">79.Ra8+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(158,0)">Kg7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(159,0)">80.Ra7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(160,0)">Kg8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(161,0)">81.Rc3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(162,0)">Rf6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(163,0)">82.Ra5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(164,0)">Nd7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(165,0)">83.Rc7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(166,0)">Nf8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(167,0)">84.Ra8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(168,0)">Kg7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(169,0)">85.Rcc8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(170,0)">Nh7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(171,0)">86.Rh8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(172,0)">Rb6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(173,0)">87.Rag8+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(174,0)">Kh6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(175,0)">88.g4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(176,0)">Rb2+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(177,0)">89.Kf1</a> </b>Black resigns<b> 1-0<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Ron’s games was a slightly unusual exchange Caro but seemed normal with white having a small edge through most of the early going. Though Ron’s 12 Qc2 is fine with white maintain a small edge the computer shows a very elegant idea. (can comps be elegant??) 12Nf1 Nf4 13Bf4 Qf4 14 Ne3! And white maintains a decent small edge with tricks on d5 looming.. A very interesting idea.14...Rd8 15Qb3! E6 16 Ng4 and white has an edge. Through move 16 it’s either equal or white has a tiny advantage. I am not sure what is whites correct 16<sup>th</sup> move is but more important than a given move is finding a plan and that is even less clear to me. Eventually black will play e6 and rab8 and b5 a5 rec8 etc with a clear plan. The position is fine for white but finding what to do in this position is unclear so from a practical perspective it’s tough. 16 Ne5? Is just a easily overlooked tactical mistake I certainly didn’t see what was wrong with it specifically though I didn’t know if in general it was good. Black has a nice tactic and GM Kaufman finds it. 17..d4! a very nice shot. The point is seen with 18cd Qc2 19. Bc2 Bh6 picks off an exchange.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Ron put up a bitter resistance and at times I thought we would see some Simpson magic but Kaufman put out all the brush fires before they could get roaring...<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><a href="javascript:g0(1,0)">1.e4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(2,0)">c6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(3,0)">2.d4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(4,0)">d5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(5,0)">3.exd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(6,0)">cxd5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(7,0)">4.Nf3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(8,0)">Nf6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(9,0)">5.Bd3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(10,0)">Nc6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(11,0)">6.h3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(12,0)">g6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(13,0)">7.0-0</a> <a href="javascript:g0(14,0)">Bg7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(15,0)">8.Re1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(16,0)">0-0</a> <a href="javascript:g0(17,0)">9.c3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(18,0)">Qc7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(19,0)">10.Bg5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(20,0)">Re8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(21,0)">11.Nbd2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(22,0)">Nh5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(23,0)">12.Qc2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(24,0)">Nf4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(25,0)">13.Bxf4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(26,0)">Qxf4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(27,0)">14.Re3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(28,0)">Qc7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(29,0)">15.Rae1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(30,0)">Bd7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(31,0)">16.Ne5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(32,0)">Nxe5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(33,0)">17.dxe5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(34,0)">d4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(35,0)">18.R3e2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(36,0)">dxc3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(37,0)">19.bxc3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(38,0)">Rac8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(39,0)">20.c4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(40,0)">Red8</a> <a href="javascript:g0(41,0)">21.Nf3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(42,0)">Be6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(43,0)">22.Qb1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(44,0)">Rxd3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(45,0)">23.Qxd3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(46,0)">Bxc4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(47,0)">24.Qe3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(48,0)">Bxe2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(49,0)">25.Qxe2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(50,0)">e6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(51,0)">26.Qe3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(52,0)">b5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(53,0)">27.h4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(54,0)">h5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(55,0)">28.Rd1</a> <a href="javascript:g0(56,0)">a5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(57,0)">29.Qe4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(58,0)">b4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(59,0)">30.Rd4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(60,0)">Bh6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(61,0)">31.g4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(62,0)">Qc2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(63,0)">32.Qb7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(64,0)">hxg4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(65,0)">33.Rxg4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(66,0)">Qc6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(67,0)">34.Qxc6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(68,0)">Rxc6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(69,0)">35.h5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(70,0)">Rc2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(71,0)">36.hxg6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(72,0)">Rxa2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(73,0)">37.Rh4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(74,0)">Bg7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(75,0)">38.gxf7+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(76,0)">Kxf7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(77,0)">39.Rc4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(78,0)">b3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(79,0)">40.Kg2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(80,0)">b2</a> <a href="javascript:g0(81,0)">41.Rc7+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(82,0)">Kg6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(83,0)">42.Rb7</a> <a href="javascript:g0(84,0)">a4</a> <a href="javascript:g0(85,0)">43.Rb6</a> <a href="javascript:g0(86,0)">Kf5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(87,0)">44.Rb5</a> <a href="javascript:g0(88,0)">a3</a> <a href="javascript:g0(89,0)">45.Nd4+</a> <a href="javascript:g0(90,0)">Kg6</a> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">White resigns<b> 0-1<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">We will reload for next week when we face what some say is the strongest team in the league Boston should be a lot of fun!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">If you live in the Triangle area and want to come analyze the games while they are being played please do!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Craig Jones<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-6969421068632151022009-08-31T18:06:00.000-07:002009-08-31T18:34:29.132-07:00Craig Jones Predicts....<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Battle of the Managers East vs. West</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Craig Jones Carolina, Cobras manager</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Vs.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Leo Martinez Arizona, Scorpions manager</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Our prediction contest goes a step further predicting results of every individual game.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">We agreed that making predictions about ones own team was not smart..</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Stay Tuned for what the winner receives or loser must do!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Boston wins 3.5-.5</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Queens Pioneers Boston Blitz</span><br />GM Alex Stripunsky: 2628 GM Larry Christiansen: 2662 draw<br />IM Eli Vovsha: 2539 GM Eugene Perelshteyn: 2588 perelshteyn wins<br />FM Andrei Zaremba: 2398 SM Marc Esserman: 2461 Esserman Wins<br />Shaun Smith: 2038 Andrew Wang: 2136 wang Wins<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dallas 2.5-Miami 1.5</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Miami Sharks Dallas Destiny </span><br />GM Julio Becerra: 2615 IM John Bartholomew: 2499 Beccerra Wins<br />FM Bruci Lopez: 2480 IM Daniel Ludwig: 2543 Ludwig wins<br />NM Eric Rodriguez: 2290 FM Keaton Kiewra: 2365 drawn<br />Miguel Recio: 2164 NM Nelson Lopez: 2218 Lopez Wins<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Match drawn 2-2</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">San Francisco Mechanics Seattle Sluggers</span><br />GM Josh Friedel: 2612 GM Gregory Serper: 2592 Friedel wins<br />IM David Pruess: 2418 IM Eric Tangborn: 2455 Drawn<br />IM John Donaldson: 2408 FM Michael Lee: 2384 Drawn<br />NM Yian Liou: 2149 NM Joshua Sinanan: 2284 Sinanan wins<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New York Knights New Jersey Knockouts</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New York Knights win 3-1</span><br />GM Giorgi Kacheishvili: 2666 GM Joel Benjamin: 2641 kacheishvilli wins<br />GM Pascal Charbonneau: 2560 IM Dean Ippolito: 2535 Charbonneau wins<br />NM Matt Herman: 2275 NM Victor Shen: 2305 Shen wins<br />NM Yaacov Norowitz: 2354 Arthur Shen: 2107 Norowitz wins<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Philly wins 2.5-1.5</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Philadelphia Inventors Tennessee Tempo</span><br />GM Sergey Kudrin: 2602 GM Alex Shabalov: 2624 Drawn<br />IM Alex Lenderman: 2638 IM Ron Burnett: 2380 Lenderman wins<br />IM Bryan Smith: 2528 FM Peter Bereolos: 2329 Smith wins<br />Rahul Swaminathan: 2135 FM John Bick: 2260 Bick wins<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Arizona wins 3-1</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Arizona Scorpions Chicago Blaze</span><br />GM Alejandro Ramirez: 2601 GM Nikola Mitkov: 2554 Ramirez wins<br />IM Levon Altounian: 2538 FM Florin Felecan: 2430 Drawn<br />FM Robby Adamson: 2354 IM Mehmed Pasalic: 2346 Drawn<br />David Adelberg: 2160 Trevor Magness: 2138 Adelberg winsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com90tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-22308422687952733202009-08-17T16:17:00.000-07:002009-08-28T15:20:38.424-07:00Introducing the 2009 Carolina Cobras<span style="font-size:100%;"><p class="MsoNormal">Reports of the Cobras’ demise have been greatly exaggerated, according to team manager NM Craig Jones. The Chapel Hill based chess teacher, a big fan of Mark Twain quotes, also reminds the league that “a lie gets halfway around the world before truth can get its pants on.” In addition to obscure literary references, Jones has cobbled together a statewide rabble of chess talent to help defray the loss of Cobra veteran GM Lev Milman. The former top Cobra waited until after the season to get his GM title and Jones thanked him for his good play, his dedication, and his sandbagging while on the team.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">IM Jonathan Schroer, the longtime number-one active player in North Carolina, will supplant Milman on board one. Jones called Schroer a “fantastic theorist” while others have been known to call him a “rook-and-pawn endgame masochist.” At a chess camp this summer, a peak into Schroer’s preparation revealed Adgestein-esque boots from the defensive back position and also an instense devotion to the fledgling sport of Chinet-plate Frisbee.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Jones once again signaled for the righty on board two – Duke University wunderkind FM Oleg Zaikov. Though many Blue Devils spend four years popping no-dose in the mornings and doing keg-stands at night, Zaikov has been invaluable to the team during his tenure. In Jones opinion, Zaikov was the second most valuable player in the league last year. Though on hiatus from most over-the-board tournaments, Zaikov was paired up 12 consecutive weeks last season but still scored +1.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Board three will be the usual home of FM Ron Simpson, who is coming off a long winning streak in the 2008 campaign. He has been experiencing a mid-life chess renaissance over the last few years, thanks to some unconventional methods. Simpson has an arsenal of game preparation techniques, including visualization, meditation, and voodoo. Trust me – you do not want to give this man your height, weight, and hair color.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Rounding out the “big four” of what the French call “Les Serpents,” is Jones. Like longtime Atlanta Braves captain Chipper Jones, the Cobras have benefited from his leadership over the years (but without the catcalls of “Larry, Larry” when the Cobras face the New York teams). </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Two new faces to the team will be Charlotte-based chess teachers FM Mike Klein and NM Chris Mabe. When asked why he plucked these two players from down Interstate-85, Jones said that at his captains draft, Nakamura and Shabalov were already taken. Klein adds nothing more than levity to the team (and a strange desire to play Ng5), but Mabe brings a rising geothermic geyser of talent and a healthy pre-match preparation technique. Mabe is a past winner of the World Open under 2200 section and recently broke 2300. He is also a pool shark but Jones has informed him that league rules prohibit slapping a twenty down on the board before matches.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Raleigh area NMs Carlito Agner and Udayan Bapat (who recently achieved the title) ensure that the Cobras are one of the few teams who post a roster of eight masters. Some would say this is like having five of the same color in poker, but since when are chess players good at poker anyway? Cobra assistant manager John Timmel, who has been with the team since inception, will return as an alternate.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Jones admitted that the team is the lowest-rated in the league but he reminded others that the Cobras were within a whisker of winning the pennant last year. He had his team doing two-a-days during training camp to prepare for next week’s match against the Baltimore Kingfishers; no one has given him a good reason yet why they are named after an Indian airline.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The team, as always, will play matches in the Duke University Student Union, also known as “The House that Trust Funds Built.” Check back each week for updates on the team that promise to be full of puns on the words “venom,” “uncoil,” and “fang.” Don’t be rattled – it’s just another season of Cobra-Kai chess.</p><p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">- Mike Klein</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-51456831391375114502008-10-14T17:12:00.000-07:002008-10-14T18:38:14.572-07:00The Carbide Cobra blogs!<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Calibri;">Woohoo!!!! The run continues!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Last night the Carolina Cobras did it again upending the New Jersey knockouts 2.5-1.5 taking over second place which if we hold gives us first rd draw odds in the playoffs. 1<sup>st</sup> place queens plays <st1:city st="on">Chicago</st1:City> on Wednesday night go <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Bryan</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placename st="on">Center</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> usually is a place of hustle and bustle but it was very quiet last night as the students were gone for fall break. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">This match marked the first time we have ever had a player competing from a remote site. Lev was home visiting and taking part in a family wedding ( not his!!) but took time out to make it down to the Marshall Chess Club to play his match which was a tremendous help so we could field as strong a team as possible to take on New jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Ron Simpson had a wonderful game on board 3 verses the very talented Evan Ju , who has had some fantastic results recently maybe an IM norm or 2, and simply outplayed his young opponent on the black side of a closed and quiet Ruy. Ron played with great patience when required then nails Evan when it was required!! Great job Ron. This game may be a candidate for game of the week IMO. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Oleg won again against Mackenzie Molnar! Same opponent, same game trend (Oleg was in deep deep trouble-“I was a move or so from resigning “Zaikov) and same miraculous comeback. Oleg entered the trendy 10b3 line of the Benko but his edge slipped away somewhere. Maybe Ne1 was misplaced maybe Ng5 intending Nh3 Nf4 is an idea. After this however the game went back and forth very much with both sides enjoying large leads followed by large deficits which is indicative of a very difficult position to play of course. In the end Molnar slipped at the finish line and Oleg ran past!! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">I had a very comfortable game on bd4 against Victor Chen. I think I had a safe solid position right out of the opening then it grew just by playing natural simple moves I didn’t have to find anything difficult. I am sure I missed some stronger continuations but kept a nice edge the entire way until my opponent fell apart by capturing the queen with his b pawn instead of his knight. (in that case white still has nice edge but not quite winning maybe). At that point it was easy. Winning a solid pawn, more active King and he has no counterplay plus my opponent had about 1 minute to my 10. Right around here Oleg won his game so that made it 2-1 and I was very excited knowing we would now win the match. I decided on the spot to offer a draw just to “get out of there” and get the victory in the bag so to speak. At the time it seemed fine but in hindsight with the tie break situation it probably wasn’t a good decision. There are many scenarios where that lost half point can hurt us. Had I just finished the game if we win out we win the east the way it is now we can win out and still not win the division , due to queens vastly superior secondary tie breaks, I should have been more aware of the tie-break points ugh!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Lev played a very hard game v 7 time US Champion Joel Benjamin. I thought Lev was holding on and then it all collapsed on him I am not sure if it was incremental or a singular event I haven’t “fritzed” it yet. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Root for <st1:city st="on">Chicago</st1:City> on Wednesday and see the Cobras back in action next Monday night against <st1:place st="on">Queens</st1:place> as well... <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Craig<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Calibri;">Cobras Win Again!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Calibri;">Beats <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Baltimore</st1:City></st1:place> 3.5-.5!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 48pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">What a great match! We moved passed <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">New Jersey</st1:State></st1:place> into 2<sup>nd</sup> place which is extremely important as mentioned before for playoff tiebreak issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Lev played solid and drew easily (Lev actually had an edge most of the way) with black against the strong Grandmaster Sergey Erenburg from <st1:country-region st="on">Israel</st1:country-region> who has been on fire the last couple years in the <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Jonathan Schroer played a near perfect game on bd 2 and just crushed IM Enghbhat ,who originally comes from <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Mongolia</st1:country-region></st1:place>, and is known as a “tough out”. Jonathan just seemed to win effortlessly a very nice performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Oleg mixed up his opening move order against Zimmer and got a horrid position but somehow managed to make things messy enough and Zimmer crumbled and Oleg ends up winning a beautiful game.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Udayan played his opening with near perfection but then let it gradually slip away to probable equality and then Aaron Khan simply slipped at a critical moment and Udayan saw the tactic and won instantly!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Great fun,…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Next week we will play the <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:State> team we are tied with (we own second place on superior tie-breaks) and who has fielded the dynamic duo of GM’s on bds 1 and 2 Benjamin and Gulko. I cant wait!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">More soon<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Craig<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://usclnews.blogspot.com/2008/10/week-6-game-of-week.html">http://usclnews.blogspot.com/2008/10/week-6-game-of-week.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Oleg and Ron get a lot of mentions here Oleg’s defense as grim as it was gets high marks…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Here is an excerpt from Greg Shahade about Ron's game<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: black;">I ranked the Simpson game first because I just like that style of game where you lock up the position, just slowly improve, and then CRUSH! Of course Thaler capturing on g3 was horrible, but after that the game just made me happy. Of course, in retrospect this game was probably the best choice. If <st1:place st="on">Queens</st1:place> had won or drawn the match I would have given 1st place to this game for sure because you know it's kind of strange giving Game of the Week to a member of the losing team, but okay sometimes it happens.<b> (2nd place: 4 points)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: black;">Craig</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Hi Everyone<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=3875">http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=3875</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Ron’s nice win over Thaler was featured in Greg’s weekly wrap out of games check it out.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Ron’s game was under consideration for GOTW week prize!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Also Oleg’s loss was voted GOTW for Lenderman.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Craig<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Hi Everyone<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Calibri;">Another great night for the Carolina Cobras!! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Calibri;">Taking out the division and league leading Queens Pioneers was sweet indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">We jumped from fourth to third place. <a href="http://www.uschessleague.com/Standings.html">http://www.uschessleague.com/Standings.html</a> We are very close to clinching a playoff spot but more optimistically we are even closer to moving into 2<sup>nd</sup> place and getting those huge first round playoff advantages of tie-odds which is a significant advantage. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Next week we play Baltimore whom we lost to in week 3 but both teams have headed in very different direction since then I am very optimistic of our chances. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Division leader Queens plays second place <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">New Jersey</st1:State></st1:place> and I am torn about whom to root for. If Queens wins it increases our short term situation of getting into second place. If <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">New Jersey</st1:State></st1:place> wins and we win then we are still in 3<sup>rd</sup> but only a half game out of first. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The match was a lot of fun to follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The opening of Lev’s game was Ruy Lopez—Breyer 9..Nb8 . For those of us old enough to remember this line will forever be remembered for the extraordinary games between Karpov and Kasparov in their matches in the 1980’s. Many of those games seem to feature Karpov gradually outplaying Kasyanov but using up too much time and falling apart as Kasparov kept hitting him with things to solve etc. Karpov did win at least one of those Breyer's however. Lev Milman choose to avoid the giant body of theory by playing the “quiet 10d3” but the position became extremely sharp very quickly nonetheless. Lev played perfectly until move 19 when he missed what is probably a winning shot with 19Nf7!!. After this Levs position became worse, untenable then lost but Lev put up the best resistance he could and his opponent started letting his edge slip until it was equalize and Lev drew. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Udayan’s opponent, Ben Katz, and Lev had the same teacher growing up in <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place> so Lev was fairly certain (coupled with Udayan's research) of which line Ben would play. Ben did play this and Udayan was prepared and got a very easy position to start with. Then Udayan set a simple trap and Ben fell into it and Udayan was winning right out of the gates and nursed his edge to the finish line!! Great great job by <b>Udayan Bapat!!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Ron’s board 3 game featured a Sicilian turning into a Botvinnik English setup with Ron’s usual creative interpretation confusing the team manager! </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> Ron then got down to beeswax and slowly and maturely and patiently building up pressure on the kingside and eventually <b>CRUSHING/CRASHING<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">his nationally renowned scholastic player Michael Thaler of NYC. Great effort Ron the end was a lot of fun to watch and I am sure even more fun to play.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Our super star 2<sup>nd</sup> board, Oleg Zaikov, showed up looking very tired and maybe even sick. Oleg said he was exhausted from a torturous week of school having 3 exams and no sleep. Oleg faced off against the top scoring player in the entire league, IM Alexander Lenderman, whom my sources indicated would play d4 nf3. So much for my spies Alexander played a c3 Sicilian. Oleg seemed fine out of the opening and it was back and forth. Using a lot of time on his clock with the position getting more and more trickier Oleg finally made some tiny inaccuracies which Lenderman jumped on and seized a nice edge which he wouldn’t let go of. Oleg tried everything he could but eventually it fell apart. Still a great effort.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Cya next week!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Craig<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-4188849751003751572008-09-20T05:10:00.000-07:002008-09-20T09:02:59.225-07:00Cobras crush New York 4-0 !!<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >The week Jan </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ehlvest entered the Tennessee house, the rest of the league's eyes fell on the Cobras as the team they'd most like to play. The Cobra's answer speaks for itself.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Simpson,Ron (2346) - Bonin,Jay (2370) [B32] </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><br />USCL Carolina vs New York Internet Chess Club (4), 17.09.2008<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Comments by Ron Simpson<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" >A little history: </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" >I grew up in New York City and Jay Bonin was one of the many big guns in the metropolitan chess community. I met Jay in the mid 1970s. I was a teenager with a rating of about 1900 and Jay was a full IM. Speed Chess was the main chess activity and no one seemed to play for free, or at least the big guns didn't play me for free. Jay must have beaten me over a 1000 speed games and a few tournament games. It was almost impossible to go to the Marshall, Manhattan, or Long Island chess clubs without running into Jay Bonin. Beating Jay Bonin, on line, for all see, is just too good for words. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" >Carolina beating NYC by the score of 4-0, was fantastic. But beating Jay Bonin, my childhood chess monitor, priceless!!</span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd</b><b>4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be6 8.Nc4 Rc8 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Bxd4 Bxc4 11.Bxc4 Rxc4 </b>My thoughts about moves 9 to 12 is that Jay was trying to play very straight forward and achieve a innocuous position. The position favors white because of Black's underdevelopment, weak squares, and coordination difficulties. I think the idea to trade the knight and Bishop resulted in a position which doesn't allow Black much flexibility. <b>12.Be3 h6 </b>Diagram</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SNTo6jYRxVI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/S0JoRC0oZww/s1600-h/SimpsonR4_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 247px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SNTo6jYRxVI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/S0JoRC0oZww/s200/SimpsonR4_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248075558420596050" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> [12...Be7; 12...Nf6] </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">13.Qd3 Rc6 14.0-0-0 Nf6 15.f3 Be7 16.g4 </b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Moves 12 to 16 where logical moves with respect to achieving a solid position with little risk. I wanted to play 15.f4 but this would only allow counter play for unclear attacking chances. So, Jay's 17...Kd7 appeared to be the best place to put the king under the circumstances. But after 18.g5. Black's position is problematic. How is Black going to connect his rooks, put the knight on a good square, and not jeopardize the g/h pawn? </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">16...Qa5<br /><br /></b><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SNTpFy95rII/AAAAAAAAA0g/-ZCC1Bssjcw/s1600-h/SimpsonR4_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 245px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SNTpFy95rII/AAAAAAAAA0g/-ZCC1Bssjcw/s200/SimpsonR4_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248075751583493250" border="0" /></a><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br />7.h4 Kd7 18.g5 Rxc3 </b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">18...Rxc3 sealed the deal for Black. Black is now playing for a draw because the next few moves are just about forced. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.bxc3 hxg5 21.hxg5 Rxh1 22.Rxh1 Ne8 23.</b><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Rh7<br /><br /></b><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SNTpKiCFQgI/AAAAAAAAA0o/oVpG_7IJp_8/s1600-h/SimpsonR4_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 245px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SNTpKiCFQgI/AAAAAAAAA0o/oVpG_7IJp_8/s200/SimpsonR4_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248075832936972802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Rh7 was difficult for me because all of my plans required long range calculations. The main ideas were to march my King up the b-file and attack the "a and b" pawns while holding my g-pawn. But I didn't want to put my rook on a completely defensive square (e.g.: g1). The point of Rh7 was that the Bishop and Knight could not attack my g-pawn and defend his g and f pawn simultaneously. The results were as the text showed a trade of pieces and pawns. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">23...Bf8 24.f4 exf4 25.Bxf4 Nc7 26.Be3 Ne6 27.Kb2 Be7 28.Kb3 Bxg5 29.Bxg5 Nxg5 30.Rxg7 Nxe4 31.Rxf7+ Kc6 32.Re7 Nc5+ 33.Kc4 </b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Diagram</span><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SNTq6ILnH3I/AAAAAAAAA04/LWsuBl14Ytc/s1600-h/SimpsonR4_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 254px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SNTq6ILnH3I/AAAAAAAAA04/LWsuBl14Ytc/s200/SimpsonR4_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248077750142967666" border="0" /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> The position stemming from move 32 was like playing with the house's money. White would have to make a really big blunder to lose. But the win was difficult to find. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">33...Na4 34.Rh7 Nc5 35.Kb4 Ne4 36.a4 Nc5 37.a5 Ne4 38.Re7 Nc5 39.Kc4 Na4 40.Re1 Nc5 41.Rb1 </b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Diagram</span><br /><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SNTp0cH33VI/AAAAAAAAA0w/fI-YwHgfIKA/s1600-h/SimpsonR4_5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 255px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SNTp0cH33VI/AAAAAAAAA0w/fI-YwHgfIKA/s200/SimpsonR4_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248076552905153874" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> I found the plan to exploit the b6 square. The game is basically over. I focused on preventing any counter play that the lonely knight could try. A King and Rook vs a Knight is really an unfair fight. </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">41...Nd7 42.Kd4 Kc7 43.Kd5 Nf6+ 44.Ke6 Ne4 45.Rb4 Nc5+ 46.Kd5 Kd7 47.Rh4 Kc7 48.Rh7+ Kb8 49.c4 Ka7 50.Re7 Na4 51.Kxd6 Nb2 52.Kc5 </b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Black resigns </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> 1-0</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-88328147986841835472008-09-09T19:29:00.000-07:002008-09-09T19:47:37.780-07:00Some pictures from week 1.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SMcyaQzrSzI/AAAAAAAAAz4/Dk-8ZRqDoEY/s1600-h/IMG_4998.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SMcyaQzrSzI/AAAAAAAAAz4/Dk-8ZRqDoEY/s200/IMG_4998.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244215717865933618" border="0" /></a>Rybka, Fritz, and Lev make <br />for some good post mortem sessions!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SMc1BzsYd5I/AAAAAAAAA0I/fLMnao-qfiw/s1600-h/IMG_4995.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SMc1BzsYd5I/AAAAAAAAA0I/fLMnao-qfiw/s200/IMG_4995.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244218596268734354" border="0" /></a><br />Ron Simpson and Craig Jones<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SMcz-udTmJI/AAAAAAAAA0A/FXPFoUTAZlc/s1600-h/IMG_5001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SMcz-udTmJI/AAAAAAAAA0A/FXPFoUTAZlc/s200/IMG_5001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244217443812087954" border="0" /></a><br />Ron in action.<br />Seems the "old" guys prefer<br />to use a board, while Lev and Oleg are comfortable<br />with the screen only.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-71803897588732629162008-09-09T19:08:00.000-07:002008-09-09T20:23:35.975-07:002008 Opener<span style="font-size:85%;">Ron Burnett had a nice game last year against Lev, so this game is not so unexpected. Everyone but Lev was thinking that a bit of revenge was in order.<br /></span><h3><span style="font-size:85%;">(2) Milman,L (2502) - Burnett,R (2412) [B06]<br />USCL Carolina vs Tennessee Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008</span><br /></h3> <p><b>1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nf3 </b>best per theory. It's almost comical to see these symetrical setups like white's. something every 9-year old plays. <b>7...Qc7 </b>Diagram</p><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" ></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SMctYIGoD7I/AAAAAAAAAzg/m5Rdg_CtFgk/s1600-h/Game0_20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SMctYIGoD7I/AAAAAAAAAzg/m5Rdg_CtFgk/s200/Game0_20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244210183611617202" border="0" /></a><b></b></h3><h3> </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="">8.0-0 Ngf6 9.Bh6 0-0 10.Rfe1 e5 11.Ne2 d5? </span></b><span style="">a mistake, and it's downhill for Black <b>12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Bxb5 cxb5 17.Nc3 Qf4 18.Qxd5 Be6 19.Qxb5 Rab8 20.Qc5 Rxb2 21.Ne4 Rb6 22.Qd4+ f6 23.a4 Bf5 24.a5 Re6 25.g3 Qf3 26.Ng5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Qb7 28.Qd6 Kg8 29.Re7 Qxe7 </b>(as Lev showed after the game, 29...Qb1+ 30.Kg2 Qxc2 31.Rg7+ seals it - See diagram below) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SMctzR5-QoI/AAAAAAAAAzo/ULVu51J5FgQ/s1600-h/Game0_21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/SMctzR5-QoI/AAAAAAAAAzo/ULVu51J5FgQ/s200/Game0_21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244210650099368578" border="0" /></a> </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">31...Kxg7 32.Qe7+ Kh6 33.Qxh7+ Kxg5 34.Qh4#] <b>30.Qxe7 fxg5 31.Qxa7 Bxc2 32.Qc5 Bf5 33.a6 </b>Black resigns<b> 1-0</b></span></p><br /><h3><b></b></h3><br /><p><br /></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-67273879542594873162007-09-13T10:51:00.000-07:002007-09-14T11:24:15.075-07:00Cobras<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/Rul_GfyTToI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/Z-qqvFbjRgM/s1600-h/IMG_1667.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109755001816960642" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/Rul_GfyTToI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/Z-qqvFbjRgM/s200/IMG_1667.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/Rul70PyTTmI/AAAAAAAAAzA/_CqwN5ccPTs/s1600-h/IMG_1812.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109751389749464674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/Rul70PyTTmI/AAAAAAAAAzA/_CqwN5ccPTs/s200/IMG_1812.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Lev Milman and Oleg Zaikov<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/Rul7PPyTTlI/AAAAAAAAAy4/1xx5P5J6Eq8/s1600-h/IMG_1806.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109750754094304850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/Rul7PPyTTlI/AAAAAAAAAy4/1xx5P5J6Eq8/s200/IMG_1806.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/Rul8ePyTTnI/AAAAAAAAAzI/uymtqPGBK5E/s1600-h/IMG_1814.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109752111303970418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/Rul8ePyTTnI/AAAAAAAAAzI/uymtqPGBK5E/s200/IMG_1814.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Craig Jones and Jonathan Schroer</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/Rul5r_yTTkI/AAAAAAAAAyw/Zqb7QH6xUgI/s1600-h/IMG_1824.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109749048992288322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/Rul5r_yTTkI/AAAAAAAAAyw/Zqb7QH6xUgI/s200/IMG_1824.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div>Jonathan and Lev<br /></div><br /><p></p><p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/RumAjfyTTpI/AAAAAAAAAzY/90bBATGovLY/s1600-h/IMG_1663.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109756599544794770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/RumAjfyTTpI/AAAAAAAAAzY/90bBATGovLY/s200/IMG_1663.JPG" border="0" /></a> In the Shadows of Duke Chapel<br /></p><div><div></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-56910913260816911532007-09-13T07:48:00.000-07:002007-09-14T11:31:34.188-07:00Cobras game of the week<span style="color:#000000;">(25) Schroer,J (2449) - Lugo,B (2430) [D44]<br />USCL Miami vs Carolina Internet Chess Club (3), 12.09.2007<br /><br />1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Be7 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Qf3 Bb7 All eyes were on Jonathan's game. The pre-game preparations were focused on Jonathan going for an all out win. Per Craig Jones, after 14. Ne4, "the game begins". 14.Ne4</span><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109715393628556818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/RulbE_yTThI/AAAAAAAAAyY/we0zkj6x9ik/s200/Game0_2.jpg" border="0" /> <span style="color:#000000;">14...Be7 15.0-0-0 Nf6 16.Nc5! The time consumed by the players at this point indicated both were out of any preparation. Jonathan played this move after a VERY long think. 16...Bxc5 17.dxc5 Nd5 18.g3 More than anything, the IMs instinct's are working here. With the passed h pawn, white strives to maintain control. He didn't want to allow any sort of Qg5+ and Nb4 lines. [ 18.Bd4 Qg5+ 19.Kb1 Qg6+ 20.Bd3!] 18...Qa5 Qe7 19.Bd4 quite a contrast from black's B on b7 19...Rf8 20.a3 0-0-0 21.h4 Ba6 22.Bc3 Qa4 23.Be2 Qb3<br /></span><br /><p align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109716059348487714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SmDYMivDwcI/RulbrvyTTiI/AAAAAAAAAyg/c926HKfgLTU/s200/Game0_4.jpg" border="0" /></p><span style="color:#000000;">24.Rxd5!<br />Played almost instantly and without reservation. The combination of white's dark squared bishop and passed h pawn is decisive, as black's attack is not enough. 24...Rxd5 25.Kb1 Rfd8 26.h5 Kb7 27.h6 Rf5 28.Qe3 b4 29.axb4 Rd3 30.Qc1 Rxf2 31.h7 Rxe2 32.h8Q Bb5 33.Qe8 Ba4 34.Rh8 Rxb2+ [ 34...Qc2+ 35.Qxc2 Bxc2+ 36.Ka2 Bb3+ 37.Ka3] 35.Bxb2 c3 36.Qc8# Black checkmated 1-0</span> <p></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-52906951687061962342007-08-30T20:05:00.000-07:002007-08-30T20:06:38.004-07:00Week 1: San Francisco vs Carolina<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Greetings from </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; height: 1em;" id="lw_1188529511_1">North Carolina</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> where it’s always sunny and the skies are blue, </span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">and home to the Carolina Cobras of the United States Chess League!</span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;color:#810081;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">The Cobras play their games at </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Duke</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">University</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">, in the shadow of Duke Chapel. </span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">(We make no claim correlating the grand chapel overhead with last season’s regular season finale!)</span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;color:#810081;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Our first match’s lineup consisted of Duke Junior Lev Milman on board one. Duke Sophomore, and last years USCL board 3 All Star, Oleg Zaikov on second board. Team captain and two time United States Postal Chess champion, Craig Jones on board three. Rounding out the squad was Satyajit Malugu. Satyajit is a Master’s student at the Department of Computer Science at </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">N.C.</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">State</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> in nearby </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Raleigh</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;color:#810081;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">After facing the now usual first match network and equipment glitches, we were underway.</span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;color:#810081;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Lev surprised everyone from the start by not playing the Sicilian. A Ruy Lopez Marshall shows up on the board, with Friedel playing <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; height: 1em;" id="lw_1188529511_2">Bobby Fischer</span>’s 12. g3. As with Fischer’s g3 games, the game appeared to fizzle out until move 32. It seemed to me that white’s push to d5, instead of sitting tight, would have lead to an easy draw.<span style=""> </span>Serious help from his opponent in time pressure, no doubt, allowed Lev an active rook on the 7<sup>th</sup> and the win. </span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;color:#810081;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">We were without IM Jonathan Schroer or SM Andrey Chumachenko tonight on board 2, so we knew we’d have our hands full. This put Oleg and Craig playing up on boards 2 and 3 against the meat of the Mechanic’s lineup. Our team captain, Craig Jones, has nothing but praise for Oleg’s talent and mature style. This time though, Oleg had it tough against Vinay Bhat. After Oleg’s aggressive Saemich Nimzo, black liquidated the center, with his Knights gaining control of c4. Oleg never seemed to recover and resigned after dropping a second pawn. </span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">It was now SF 1-0.</span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;color:#810081;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">After some major computer network connectivity issues Craig Jones on board 3 started significantly down on time. SFs Pruess showed that 11.Nb3 in this Classic French is a tough idea meet. </span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 0–0 10.0–0–0 a6 11.Nb3 <span style=""><a rel="nofollow">b6</a> <a rel="nofollow">12.h4</a> <a rel="nofollow">Bb7</a> <a rel="nofollow">13.Rh3</a> <a rel="nofollow">Rc8</a> <a rel="nofollow">14.h5</a> <a rel="nofollow">Na5</a> <a rel="nofollow">15.Bd4</a> <a rel="nofollow">Nxb3+</a> <a rel="nofollow">16.axb3</a> <a rel="nofollow">Qe7</a> <a rel="nofollow">17.Kb1</a> <a rel="nofollow">Bxd4</a> <a rel="nofollow">18.Qxd4</a> <a rel="nofollow">f6</a> <a rel="nofollow">19.exf6</a> <a rel="nofollow">Qxf6</a> <a rel="nofollow">20.Qxf6</a> <a rel="nofollow">Rxf6</a>. </span><i style=""><span style="font-style: italic;">After Black’s queenside play stalled, there 18….f6 and the ensuing Q trade has left black’s center weak, which Pruess takes full advantage of. </span></i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">21.g3</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Rc7</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">22.Rh2</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">b5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">23.Bh3</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Nc5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">24.b4</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Nd7</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">25.Ne2</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">e5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">26.fxe5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Nxe5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">27.Nf4</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Nf3</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">28.Be6+</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Kf8</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">29.Rf2</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Ng5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">30.Bxd5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Bxd5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">31.Rxd5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">h6</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">32.Rxg5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">hxg5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">33.Ne6+</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Ke7</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> 34.Rxf6 </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Rc6</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">35.Rg6</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Rxe6</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">36.Rxg7+</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Kf8</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">37.Rxg5</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> 1-0 </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-style: italic;">Morozevich as black against Anand gives an example of how to drum up Q side play for Black in their San Luis 2005 encounter. with 11…. Bb4 12.Bd3 b5 13.Rhf1 Nb6 14.a3 Be7 15.Nd4 Qc7 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Bd4 Nc4 18.Qe2 Rb8 19.Bxh7+ (with a perpetual in hand, this may be induced due to Black’s pressure) Kxh7 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Rd3 f5 22.Rh3 Bc5 23.Rff3 Bxd4 24.Rfg3 Rb7 25.Qh7+ Kf7 26.Qxg7+ Ke8 27.Qxf8+ ½–½ </span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:FigurineCB AriesSP;font-size:100%;color:#810081;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "FigurineCB AriesSP"; color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">After Oleg’s relatively early loss, boards 1, 3, and 4 seemed up in the air. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">On board 4 it appeared we’d surely pick up a win, but the young <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Daniel Naroditsky proved quite slippery indeed. Sometimes hanging in there long enough to take advantage of an opponents mistake will do the job. “Tough game, chess!” ...and the Cobras weep. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">All in all, we had our chances and were competitive, but enough of that, losing is not fun! </span></span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">We'll be back next week and ready to play! </span></span></span><span style="color:#810081;"><span style="color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;color:#810081;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(129, 0, 129);"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">See ya!! </span></span></span></p> <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Regards<br /><br /><br />John Timmel<br /></span></span></span>Craig Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201353130011956389noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648360376226221503.post-5258540158803832682007-08-27T23:33:00.000-07:002007-08-27T23:34:14.112-07:00WelcomeTo the blog of the Carolina Cobras!Craig Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02201353130011956389noreply@blogger.com1