Author: Arturo Ochoa
Date: 12:50:50 02/14/05
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On February 14, 2005 at 07:11:54, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 13, 2005 at 17:30:24, Anthony Cozzie wrote: > >>Game Summaries: >> >>Game 1: Fafis - Zappa (0 - 1) (Forfeit). >> >>Rafael either slept in or had internet problems. I was a bit disappointed at >>not getting to play, but at the same time I was happy not to have to play Fafis, >>which by all accounts is quite strong for its seeding. >> >>Game 2: Zappa - Hossa (1 - 0) >> >>Hossa played the French defense, and Zappa accumulated what it thought was a >>good position before missing something and dropping to a draw score. Hossa >>blundered with Kh6 [I have to admit that Zappa expected this move :(] and Zappa >>was able to win with a nice combination in the following position: >> >>[D]8/p2Q3p/1p4pk/4q3/3p1NP1/1P3P2/P6K/8 w - - 0 43 >> >>Here white wins with the (simple for computers) Qxd4 Qxd4 g5! and white gets the >>Queen back by knight fork with an easy ending. >> >>Game 3: Amateur - Zappa (0 - 1) >> >>A sicilian. Amateur's mistake was probably a5 instead of h4, and after that >>Zappa was never really in any trouble and gradually increased its advantage >>until getting the full point. >> >>Game 4: Zappa - Fruit (1 - 0) >> >>Zappa foolishly traded its dark squared bishop on move 10 in the Nimzo, but >>Fruit recaptured with the g pawn rather than the Queen (=). Zappa then managed >>to open the f file and line up ever single major piece against Fruit's King. >> >>[D]4b2r/3q3k/r3p2p/2p1pp2/p1P1P2Q/P4RR1/1P2B1PP/6K1 w - - 0 34 >> >>Fruit realized the trouble too late, and was forced to give 2 pawns. The >>endgame was still not trivial to win until Fruit dropped into a lost KRPPKR >>ending. It was actually quite instructive to watch the tablebases play it out >>and grind out the mate in 40. >> >>Game 5: SOS - Zappa (0 - 1) >> >>A closed Sicilian, where SOS played passively and Zappa took control of the open >>files and won behind its strong heavy pieces. Not much to report here, aside >>from the fact that I had serious trouble sleeping after this game due to an >>excess of nervous energy:) >> >>Game 6: Zappa - Pharaon (1 - 0) >> >>This and the game against Movei were by far my favorite games of the tournament. >> Arturo decided to play a sideline here (6. g3) rather than Be2, because after >>Be2 Pharaon had scored very well in recent games. Zappa played correctly (g4, >>e5) but I think Pharaon blundered with f6 instead of g6+Ng7: >> >>[D]r3nrk1/1pqbbppp/p3p3/3pP1P1/Pn3P2/1NN1B3/1PP3BP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 15 >> >>This allowed Zappa to open the position with gxf6 and f5! while Pharaon's pieces >>were still badly placed. >> >>[D]r4r1k/1pq1b1np/p7/4pb2/Pn2B3/1NN1B3/1PP4P/R2Q1R1K w - - 0 24 >> >>Here Zappa sacrificed the exchange with Rxf5!?, but by move 33 it had won back >>the exchange with a superior ending due to Pharaon's weak pawnstructure: >> >>[D]5r1k/6n1/p1pb2p1/4p1B1/P7/1N6/1PP4P/6RK w - - 0 34 >> >>Pharaon then gave the exchange for 2 pawns leading to the following position, >>which I believe is won for white: >> >>[D]8/8/p1p3pk/4pn2/P7/1Nb2K2/7P/1R6 w - - 0 42 >> >>But Zappa misplayed it, and came to the following study like position: >> >>[D]8/8/6R1/pKp5/Pb5k/8/8/8 w - - 0 53 >> >>Now Zappa was happy due to Black's offside king, but the question is whether or >>not White can win here. The straightforward Rg6-c6xc5 fails by one tempo. The >>question is whether or not white can win by moving the K to the Kingside, making >>mating threats, and winning a pawn, while still not allowing the Black king to >>escape. I personally believe it is a draw, but Pharaon blundered and Zappa was >>able to win. Despite some errors, I think the game itself was one of the most >>entertaining of the tournament. >> >>Game 7: Movei - Zappa (0 - 1) >> >>Another Sicilian. Movei blundered with axb4, and then Zappa sacrificed an >>exchange with axb5: >> >>[D]r1b2rk1/2q2ppp/p2bp3/1N1n4/1n3PP1/1N1BBQ2/1PP4P/R4RK1 b - - 0 17 >> >>Zappa got a lot of pressure against movei's King, and the game was over quickly. > >I suspect that movei blundered later after axb4 and I am not sure if black is >winning after axb4 9. a3 is just an ugly move. A waste of time. axb4 is just a positional blunder. > >After some backward analysis >I think that one mistake of Movei was to capture the exchange and trading >knights by 17.Nxd5 instead of 17.Nb5 could be better inspite of the fact that >zappa has a better position. Well, there were not only that. I saw several horrors. > >[D]r1b2rk1/2q2ppp/p2bp3/3n4/1n3PP1/1NNBBQ2/1PP4P/R4RK1 w - - 0 17 > >I think that the story of the game is more complicated then one blunder of movei >and I guess that if you allow me enough take back and allow zappa no take back I >may draw zappa even after axb4. > Zappa outsearched Movei and complete a good game. It happens. This game was not complicated for Zappa. Movei did not understand what was happening on the board. It happens. Arturo.
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