Author: Chuck
Date: 20:23:23 01/24/06
Today I bring news of the 11th round of the Wilson Winter 2005-6 Blitz
tournament. With a game in 30 minutes time control, 3 of the 4 games were again
decided. Interestingly, all wins went to the Black pieces. The Sapphire was the
only White player to escape, with a draw against the Mephisto Atlanta. The
Atlanta has the most draws so far.
After some strong showings by the Mephisto Polgar over the last 3 rounds, it too
stumbled against the GK2000. The Lyon overcame the Emerald but took 102 moves to
do it. And finally, the Star Diamond again succumbed to the Berlin Pro in a long
ending. The game resembled Bobby Fischer's famous World Championship loss but
this time the Star Diamond put up a tough defense. However, the Berlin Pro
picked up some long-term pawn advantages that it was able to convert into a win.
With 3 rounds to go, the Berlin Pro now has a sweet lead, 1.5 points on the
Atlanta and 2 points on the SD. Here is the current crosstable followed by the
games of Round 11 and Round 12 matchups:
Wilson Winter blitz 2005-06
1 Mephisto Berlin Pro 2264 +43 ** ½1 11 10 ½ 1 1 1½ 8.5 / 11
2 Mephisto Atlanta 2232 -42 ½0 ** 1 ½½ ½1 ½ ½ 11 7.0 / 11
3 Novag Star Diamond 2154 +3 00 0 ** ½ 11 10 11 1 6.5 / 11
4 Novag Sapphire 2176 -35 01 ½½ ½ ** 01 10 ½ 1 6.0 / 11 33.25
5 Mephisto Lyon 2085 +66 ½ ½0 00 10 ** 1 11 1 6.0 / 11 26.75
6 Mephisto Polgar 1982 +49 0 ½ 01 01 0 ** ½½ 10 4.5 / 11
7 Novag Emerald CP 2026 -119 0 ½ 00 ½ 00 ½½ ** 01 3.0 / 11
8 Saitek GK2000 1887 +24 0½ 00 0 0 0 01 10 ** 2.5 / 11
[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mephisto Polgar"]
[Black "Saitek GK2000"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "102"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 {GK2000 last book move} 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 {Polgar last book
move} cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. cxd4 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Kd1 Bg4
11. Nc3 Rd8 12. a3 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Nf6 14. Ke2 Nxd5 15. h3 Be6 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 18. Rd1 O-O 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. a4 Rc4 21. Nb3 Rc2+ 22. Kf3 Nb6 23. Rxd7
Nxd7 24. Ra2 Ne5+ 25. Ke3 Nc6 26. g4 Bh6+ 27. f4 Rh2 28. Ke4 Rxh3 29. Nd4 Nxd4
30. Kxd4 Rh4 31. Ke4 Rxg4 32. b4 Bxf4 33. Kf3 Bxc1 34. Kxg4 f5+ 35. Kh3 g5 36.
Kg2 Bf4 37. Rc2 h5 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Ra8 g4 40. Rxa7 h4 41. Kh1 h3 42. Ra5 Kg6
43. Rb5 g3 44. Rb6+ Kf7 45. Rb5 g2+ 46. Kg1 Be3+ 47. Kh2 g1=Q+ 48. Kxh3 Qg4+ 49.
Kh2 Bf4+ 50. Kh1 Qh3+ 51. Kg1 Be3# 0-1
[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Novag Emerald CP"]
[Black "Mephisto Lyon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "203"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Bf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rad1 Bd7 {Lyon last
book move} 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Bg4 16. Bb1 {Emerald last book move} Bxf3 17.
Qxf3 Bxd4 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Rde1 f5 22. Qxf5+ Bf6 23.
Qe6 Ne7 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Bc1 Nc6 26. Re3 b5 27. Rfe1 b4 28. axb4 Bd4 29. Rf3+
Kg8 30. b5 Na7 31. Bd3 Nc8 32. Bf5 Nb6 33. Rd3 Bc5 34. Be6+ Kh7 35. Bf4 Ra5 36.
Rb3 Rf8 37. Bg3 Rf6 38. h3 Kh8 39. Re2 Kh7 40. Kh2 d4 41. Re5 Bd6 42. Re2 Bc5
43. Re5 Bd6 44. Re4 Bxg3+ 45. fxg3 Na4 46. Ra3 Nc5 47. Rxa5 Nxe4 48. Bc4 g6 49.
Ra4 Rd6 50. Ra7 Rd7 51. Be6 Re7 52. Bd5 Nd6 53. Ra4 Nxb5 54. Rb4 Nc7 55. Rxd4
Nxd5 56. Rxd5 h5 57. Kg1 Kg7 58. Kf2 Rf7+ 59. Ke3 Rc7 60. Kd3 Kf6 61. b4 Ke6 62.
Rg5 Kf6 63. Ra5 Rd7+ 64. Kc3 Re7 65. Kd2 Re4 66. Rb5 Re7 67. Rc5 Re4 68. b5 Rd4+
69. Ke2 Rb4 70. Kf2 Rb2+ 71. Kg1 Rb1+ 72. Kh2 Rb3 73. Rd5 Ke6 74. Rg5 Kf7 75.
Re5 Kf6 76. Rc5 Rb2 77. Rd5 Ke6 78. Rg5 Kf6 79. Rc5 Rb3 80. g4 hxg4 81. hxg4 Ke6
82. Rg5 Kf6 83. Rd5 Ke7 84. Rg5 Kf6 85. Rd5 Ke7 86. Re5+ Kf6 87. Re4 Rxb5 88.
Kg3 Rb3+ 89. Kf2 b5 90. Rd4 Kg5 91. Ke2 Kh4 92. Kf2 b4 93. Re4 g5 94. Rd4 Rb1
95. Ke3 b3 96. Rb4 Kg3 97. Kd3 Kxg2 98. Kc3 Kf3 99. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 100. Kxb3 Kxg4
101. Kc4 Kf3 102. Kd3 0-1
[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Black "Mephisto Berlin Pro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "164"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6
15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 Rf7 18. N1d2 Bg4 19. Bd4 {both last book move}
Qf4 20. Kg1 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Re2 24. Bb3 c6 25. Rf1
Rxb2 26. c4 Rd2 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Be3 Rd3 29. Kf2 Re7 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Bc2 Rc3
32. Bxh7 g6 33. Bd2 Rxe1 34. Bxc3 Rc1 35. Be5 Rc2+ 36. Ke3 Rxa2 37. h4 b4 38.
Kd4 Rd2+ 39. Ke3 Rd1 40. h5 gxh5 41. Bc2 Re1+ 42. Kd4 h4 43. Bb3 h3 44. Bxd5+
Ke7 45. Bg3 Re2 46. Bh4+ Kd7 47. Kc4 Re5 48. Ba8 Rb5 49. Kb3 h2 50. f4 Rc5 51.
Bg2 a5 52. Bh3+ Ke8 53. Bg2 Rc1 54. Bf6 Kd7 55. Ka4 Rg1 56. Bd5 Rd1 57. Bg2 Ke6
58. Be5 Rg1 59. Bc6 Rc1 60. Bg2 Rb1 61. Kxa5 b3 62. Kb4 b2 63. Bb7 Kd7 64. f5
Rc1 65. Bxb2 Rc6 66. Bxc6+ Kxc6 67. f6 h1=Q 68. Kb3 Qd5+ 69. Kc2 Kd7 70. Bc3 Ke6
71. Kb2 Qd3 72. Kb3 Kd5 73. f7 Qf3 74. Kb4 Qxf7 75. Bd2 Qf2 76. Kc3 Ke4 77. Bc1
Qd4+ 78. Kb3 Kd3 79. Bf4 Qc3+ 80. Ka2 Kc2 81. Bc1 Qb3+ 82. Ka1 Qb1# 0-1
[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Novag Sapphire"]
[Black "Mephisto Atlanta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "174"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. a3 {both last book move} Qa5 12. Bc2 Nxc3 13.
Qd3 Ne2+ 14. Rxe2 Qh5 15. Re4 b6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rd8 18. Qc3 Bb7 19. Bf4
Rd7 20. Ba4 Rad8 21. Rae1 Rd3 22. Qc1 Na5 23. Rb4 R3d5 24. Qc7 Rc8 25. Qe7 Bc6
26. Bc2 Rd7 27. Qg5 Qxg5 28. Bxg5 h6 29. Be3 Bxg2 30. Ba4 Bc6 31. Rc1 Rcc7 32.
Bd1 Bb7 33. Be2 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Nc6 35. Ra4 b5 36. Rg4 Nxe5 37. Rg3 Kf8 38. Be3
a6 39. f4 Ng6 40. Kf2 Ke8 41. h4 Kf8 42. h5 Ne7 43. Bc5 Kg8 44. Ke1 Nd5 45. Bd4
f6 46. Rg4 Nxf4 47. Rxf4 e5 48. Bxe5 fxe5 49. Rf5 e4 50. a4 bxa4 51. Bc4+ Kh7
52. Rf8 g6 53. Re8 gxh5 54. Be6 Rd6 55. Re7+ Kh8 56. Bf5 Rb6 57. Bxe4 Bxe4 58.
Rxe4 Kg7 59. Rd4 Rxb2 60. Rxa4 Rb6 61. Kf2 Kg6 62. Kg3 Kg5 63. Ra5+ Rb5 64. Rxa6
h4+ 65. Kg2 Rb2+ 66. Kf3 h3 67. Ra5+ Kg6 68. Ra6+ Kg7 69. Ra7+ Kf8 70. Kg3 h2
71. Ra1 Kf7 72. Rh1 Rb3+ 73. Kxh2 h5 74. Rg1 Kf6 75. Rg8 Kf5 76. Rg3 Rb2+ 77.
Kh3 Rd2 78. Kh4 Kf4 79. Rb3 Rd5 80. Rb8 Re5 81. Rh8 Rd5 82. Re8 Rf5 83. Rh8 Re5
84. Rd8 Ke4 85. Rh8 Kf4 86. Rd8 Rf5 87. Rh8 Re5 {repetition} 1/2-1/2
Round 12 matchups include:
Saitek GK2000 v. Novag Sapphire
Mephisto Atlanta v. Novag Star Diamond
Mephisto Berlin Pro v. Novag Emerald Classic
Mephisto Lyon v. Mephisto Polgar
Only 3 rounds to go! The Star Diamond and Atlanta have both put in OK
performances, but nothing spectacular. They also to play each other and
altogether tougher competition than the Berlin Pro, who only has back rankers
left to play. So if either the Star Diamond or Atlanta are going to overtake the
Berlin Pro, they are really going to have to step up their game.
The current crosstable and all games in PGN from Rounds 1-11 are available at:
http://sentinelusa.tripod.com/Chess/WilsonWinterBlitz/
Cheers,
Chuck
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