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Subject: CCT2 Tinker Observations

Author: Brian Richardson

Date: 08:51:51 11/07/00


Commonts from opponents (or others) welcomed...

Round 1
Zchess v Tinker 0-1
Eco code is E32 Nimzo-Indian: classical variation
Tinker in book for 33 moves !! up to 33. ... Ke7
then blew what should have been a draw with the blunder 39. ...Kd6??
which Tinker does not seem to want to play when I reproduce the position
offline.

Round 2
Tinker v Mint 1-0
Interesting game with Tinker's pawn "sacrifice" with 14. h5!?
Tinker played most of the game with a pawn down, but was
finally able to open up the h file at 42. Rh1 and went on to
win.

Round 3
Tinker v Amateur 1-0
Long game with extended early endgame tactical battle
Tinker finally up a pawn with 72. Nxd4, then up another
with 76. Nxh4, and eventually to win.
This was Tinker's best CCT game.

Round 4
Junior v Tinker 1-0
Sicilian with Tinker out of book at 14. ...b5
Junior still in book and after 15. b3 Tinker took
6 minutes to play ...Rc5, which someone observed
is a "classic tactical error".
After a complex exchange with Junior apparently
still in book (manually operated?) until move 27. h6
when Tinker was already down.

Round 5
Tinker v Yace 0-1
Tinker was down a pawn right out of book, sigh...
but with some attack possibilities and was able
to get even again, but then was outplayed and down
2 pawns in the endgame.  A good loss.

Round 6
Insomniac v Tinker 1-0
Tinker in book until move 21, during which time Tinker's
kingside pawn cover was shredded.  Then, Tinker was
down an exchange and while Tinker held on for a while,
Insomniac exploited the advantage well.

Round 7
Terra v Tinker 1-0
Terra opened with C4, which Tinker does not usually see,
not that it would make much difference.
After another long exchange Tinker was down again a
major for a minor.  Terra's 2 rooks eventually mopped up
and win.

Round 8
Tinker v Dorky 1-0
Dorky forfeit

Tinker only got a book about a week before the tournament.
I still have yet to figure out what is a "good" book move,
so Tinker was simply playing the most frequently played move each time.

Also, have to reduce open A/H file penalties, and look at
bad trade code again.

Time management was also an issue and needs some more work.

Overall, I think Tinker played pretty well, but the competition
was also stronger this time than in CCT1, IMO.

Tinker is about 1 year old now and started playing on ICC
in January this year.  It has been a lot of fun.

Let's not wait another year for CCT3!



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