Friday, December 22, 2006

Jesse Checkmated!

Pinoy FM Jesse Sales, currently residing in the Australian state of Victoria, walked into a mate against Dusan Stojic in round 9 of the Dandenong Chess Festival. A terrible loss which nails Jesse to 5.5 points. Apologies in advance to our Pinoy readers for presenting this game.



Worth a mention also is Vladimir Smirnov's draw with GM Daryl Johansen. Vladimir is a regular blitzer in the Sydney's Hyde Park and Town Hall train station where some locals hang out for some post-work relaxation. He frequently drops by with his son who has also learned to play chess. It is very nice to see Vladimir do well in this tournament.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

With the loss, Jesse Noel just played it ala-Kramnik. Way to go Jesse!

Anonymous said...

Now it can be said that this loss cost him the IM norm!he finished the tournament with 7.5/11, full point deficient of the IM norm.

Anonymous said...

Bad luck Jesse. Good luck in the future