Some guy named Andrei Deviatkin has won the 2011 Doeberl Cup, scoring 7.5 and winning the thing outright. Never heard of this bloke and, to be quite honest, there was nothing much that impressed me about his play.
The one game that made me think to myself, "what the f**k", was the awful round 6 outing by WIM Arianne Caoili against FM Bobby Cheng. Cheng made her look like a beginner.
2011 Doeberl Cup Premier
Cheng, Bobby
Caoili, Arianne B
A04
1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. dxe4 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ng5 g6 7. Nxh7 Rxh7 8. Bxg6+ Rf7 9. g4 e6 10. h4 Qe7 11. g5 Nd5 12. h5 Nc6 13. h6 Ne5 14. Bxf7+ Qxf7 15. h7 Nf3+ 16. Kf1 Bg7 17. h8=Q+ Bxh8 18. Rxh8+ Ke7 19. g6 Qf6 20. Rh7+ Kd6 21. Nc3 Qxg6 22. Qxf3 Qxh7 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qf6+ Kc5 25. Be3+ Kb4 26. a3+ Ka5 27. Bd2+ Kb5 28. a4+ Kc5 29. b4+ 1-0
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Strange Blue Device
I received this email from a reader asking me about a strange blue device that was used by one player to record his moves. The email reads:
Yes, I did notice it and the player in question was Amir Karibasic of the Kings of Chess club up in the Gold Coast. He used the device for every single one of his games. The device is actually a Monroi PCM. Before anyone gets all excited, this device is FIDE approved and is, in fact, used in a number of tournaments around the world including the US Champs and the big Gibraltar Open.
It's actually been around for a few years now and will be used in the Oceania Zonal later this year.
After each game, Amir's results were validated by an arbiter (the arbiter affixes his signature digitally) and in case of disputes, the arbiters always relied on the opponent's paper scoresheets.
I noticed one player in round 7 using a blue hand held device for recording of his moves, and not using the pen/paper at all. What gives - is this a new trend for move entry? And how to cope when all players are using them? Maybe you did not notice this, but surely one rule for all would be the principle. I am assuming he transcribed the moves back to paper before handing it in.
Yes, I did notice it and the player in question was Amir Karibasic of the Kings of Chess club up in the Gold Coast. He used the device for every single one of his games. The device is actually a Monroi PCM. Before anyone gets all excited, this device is FIDE approved and is, in fact, used in a number of tournaments around the world including the US Champs and the big Gibraltar Open.
It's actually been around for a few years now and will be used in the Oceania Zonal later this year.
After each game, Amir's results were validated by an arbiter (the arbiter affixes his signature digitally) and in case of disputes, the arbiters always relied on the opponent's paper scoresheets.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Crackpot Chess in Doeberl
Last night for the first time in Doeberl, and hopefully the last time, the organisers put on a crackpot variant called Chess960. It was totally ridiculous! I think they attracted only about 47 players. That is way, way down on the usual 60+ or so who often front up to the annual lightning that's been around for years. While a couple of masters turned up, it was nothing like past blitz events that normally have the usual sharks. Frankly, I characterise last night's Chess960 as the biggest blunder in the recent history of the Doeberl Cup.
My informal polling also indicated that most folks there, even including those who actually played in the Chess960, would have preferred the standard blitz. So I think that is that: Chess960 or Fischerandom is out the window!
Not to be deprived of our annual lightning fun, Richard Voon and I continued our contest from Queenstown. We considered it our own little world championship. I won 10 games to 9.
My informal polling also indicated that most folks there, even including those who actually played in the Chess960, would have preferred the standard blitz. So I think that is that: Chess960 or Fischerandom is out the window!
Not to be deprived of our annual lightning fun, Richard Voon and I continued our contest from Queenstown. We considered it our own little world championship. I won 10 games to 9.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Missing Lloyd Fell
I'm getting a little caught up with the whole event that yesterday I just didn't bother to post anything. Losing my first game didn't quite help either! Fortunately, I managed to bounce back in round 2 after my opponent simply dropped his Queen for nothing.
One fellow who rarely blundered away the Lady, if ever, was Lloyd Fell. After some 40 plus years of attending this event, Lloyd is very sadly absent from this year's proceedings. He wasn't exactly in good shape the last time I saw him, sporting a couple of bruises as well as being visibly weaker than usual. Hopefully, he's alright.
Yesterday, was yet another forfeit by the mobile phone rule. Sebastian Jule resigned on the spot when he leaned over and somehow activated his phone by accident. There was nothing much to be said about it and the Queenslander calmly accepted his fate. More seasoned adults ought to learn from this well-mannered young man. I hear that someone in the Dubbo weekend event a couple of weeks ago even tried the old "it wasn't me, it wasn't me" defence! It didn't work, thankfully.
In other action from round 4, IM Lane pulled off a trap from one of his books to defeat Melbourne's Eugene Schon. A good reason to keep buying the prolific writer's outputs. While further up the board order, Canberra's IM Toth placed his King on the e7 square and there the hapless monarch eventually died, caught under heavy fire. Toth eventually resigned his position against visiting Indian WFM Nkrithika.
IM Sandler managed only a draw against the Singaporean junior FM Daniel Fernandez. The Melburnian wasn't happy with that one and walked around mumbling to himself. Also unlucky was Sandler's fellow Victorian Christopher Wallis. Wallis mishandled his opening and suffered a horrible loss to Queensland junior FM Gene Nakauchi.
2009 Doeberl Cup
Nakauchi, Gene
Wallis, Christopher
D10
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxe4 Ng6 9. Nb5 e6 10. d6 Bc6 11. Qd4 Kd7 12. Nf3 a6 13. Nc7 Rc8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Rd1! Bxf3 (15... fxg5 16. Bc4) 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Qxe5 fxe5 18. Bxd8 Bxd6? In his time trouble, Wallis chooses the wrong path. More resistant might have been 18... Rxd8 19. Bh3 Bxd6 20. Nxe6 Rb8 21. Nxg7+ Kc6 but of course, it's still a hard life. 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Bh3+ 1-0
One fellow who rarely blundered away the Lady, if ever, was Lloyd Fell. After some 40 plus years of attending this event, Lloyd is very sadly absent from this year's proceedings. He wasn't exactly in good shape the last time I saw him, sporting a couple of bruises as well as being visibly weaker than usual. Hopefully, he's alright.
Yesterday, was yet another forfeit by the mobile phone rule. Sebastian Jule resigned on the spot when he leaned over and somehow activated his phone by accident. There was nothing much to be said about it and the Queenslander calmly accepted his fate. More seasoned adults ought to learn from this well-mannered young man. I hear that someone in the Dubbo weekend event a couple of weeks ago even tried the old "it wasn't me, it wasn't me" defence! It didn't work, thankfully.
In other action from round 4, IM Lane pulled off a trap from one of his books to defeat Melbourne's Eugene Schon. A good reason to keep buying the prolific writer's outputs. While further up the board order, Canberra's IM Toth placed his King on the e7 square and there the hapless monarch eventually died, caught under heavy fire. Toth eventually resigned his position against visiting Indian WFM Nkrithika.
IM Sandler managed only a draw against the Singaporean junior FM Daniel Fernandez. The Melburnian wasn't happy with that one and walked around mumbling to himself. Also unlucky was Sandler's fellow Victorian Christopher Wallis. Wallis mishandled his opening and suffered a horrible loss to Queensland junior FM Gene Nakauchi.
2009 Doeberl Cup
Nakauchi, Gene
Wallis, Christopher
D10
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxe4 Ng6 9. Nb5 e6 10. d6 Bc6 11. Qd4 Kd7 12. Nf3 a6 13. Nc7 Rc8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Rd1! Bxf3 (15... fxg5 16. Bc4) 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Qxe5 fxe5 18. Bxd8 Bxd6? In his time trouble, Wallis chooses the wrong path. More resistant might have been 18... Rxd8 19. Bh3 Bxd6 20. Nxe6 Rb8 21. Nxg7+ Kc6 but of course, it's still a hard life. 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Bh3+ 1-0
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Live Blogging Tool Down
Sadly, it looks like the Cover It Live website is down. I can't get to my page at all. I have no idea what their problem is, but this means no live blog like we normally do. I'll have to do it the old fashioned way! So just keep on refreshing my homepage.
7.37PM OK, it looks like the regular blogging widget may be live. Let's see
7.27PM Olympiad team mates Caoili and Oliver chatting to each other. Both are very nicely attired, thank you very much. Caoili tonight faces Neelotpal of India, while Shannon Oliver isn't playing in any events at all.
7.21PM Right now, we're into just the first few moves of every game. Of note is Stojic - Mas. That one looks to be a rerun of Stojic's game against Motoc in Queenstown earlier this year.
7.37PM OK, it looks like the regular blogging widget may be live. Let's see
7.27PM Olympiad team mates Caoili and Oliver chatting to each other. Both are very nicely attired, thank you very much. Caoili tonight faces Neelotpal of India, while Shannon Oliver isn't playing in any events at all.
7.21PM Right now, we're into just the first few moves of every game. Of note is Stojic - Mas. That one looks to be a rerun of Stojic's game against Motoc in Queenstown earlier this year.
More Carrots Than Stick
This year's Doeberl has a new approach to the problem of short draws, more carrots than stick. Instead of the controversial "interventionist" policy, the organisers have this year adopted one that is more about "encouragement".
To be eligible for the 'Fighting Fund' prize (in the Premier Tournament), players must not have agreed to draws in under 30 moves during any round of the tournament. The aim of this rule is to encourage a competitive, fighting tournament, and we trust all players will adhere to this in a sportsmanlike manner. (NB This does not include claims of 'draws by repetition of position').
Doeberl Cup Kicks Off
A week and a half of chessic bless for diehard chess fans has just kicked off here in Canberra with the opening of the 2009 Doeberl Cup. After this event, players will pack their bags and head north to Sydney to compete in the Sydney International Open starting next Wednesday.
It's a quiet affair so far down here in the capital as Doeberl opens with just the premiere event on day 1. The field will greatly increase tomorrow, Friday, as players from both the major and minor sections turn up. Right now the organisers can feel at ease and relaxed. I think they're only challenge so far is that the internet seems to be down. I hear even the main Doeberl website is unavailable. Earlier, TD Shaun Press jokingly said that it was because some 300,000,000 Indians were trying to log on!
Our Indian friends, of course, have plenty of reason to pay attention to this event as well as next week's SIO. An impressive complement of Indian masters including most of their women's national side have arrived here no doubt hoping to bag most of the prize monies. One to watch among the women is WIM Ruttika Nadiq. Already, she attracted attention from one Sydneysider. This hopeful young fellow said, "One of the Indian girls smiled at me".
Early in the first round, the Victorian player Denis Boumistrov fell to his own self-inflicted defeat when he apparently forgot to turn off his cell phone. The thing went beep-a-beeping about 20 minutes after the start of play. Boumistrov simply smiled the incident off, conceding the point to Indian IM Jha Sriram.
Lastly, I'll start with the live blogging tonight for round 2. We had a bit of a problem with the internet set-up this morning which is why some of you may have had problems with the live games viewer. All seems to be fine now, however, so we should be set.
UPDATE at 4.41PM
The first sensational result has come through. Local junior Andrew Brown has defeated visiting GM Shojaat Ghane when the latter apparently left his Queen en prise. Also a surprise loser was IM George Xie who went down to Iranian Zibaei Abdoulla, rated 2067.
It's a quiet affair so far down here in the capital as Doeberl opens with just the premiere event on day 1. The field will greatly increase tomorrow, Friday, as players from both the major and minor sections turn up. Right now the organisers can feel at ease and relaxed. I think they're only challenge so far is that the internet seems to be down. I hear even the main Doeberl website is unavailable. Earlier, TD Shaun Press jokingly said that it was because some 300,000,000 Indians were trying to log on!
Our Indian friends, of course, have plenty of reason to pay attention to this event as well as next week's SIO. An impressive complement of Indian masters including most of their women's national side have arrived here no doubt hoping to bag most of the prize monies. One to watch among the women is WIM Ruttika Nadiq. Already, she attracted attention from one Sydneysider. This hopeful young fellow said, "One of the Indian girls smiled at me".
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Early in the first round, the Victorian player Denis Boumistrov fell to his own self-inflicted defeat when he apparently forgot to turn off his cell phone. The thing went beep-a-beeping about 20 minutes after the start of play. Boumistrov simply smiled the incident off, conceding the point to Indian IM Jha Sriram.
Lastly, I'll start with the live blogging tonight for round 2. We had a bit of a problem with the internet set-up this morning which is why some of you may have had problems with the live games viewer. All seems to be fine now, however, so we should be set.
UPDATE at 4.41PM
The first sensational result has come through. Local junior Andrew Brown has defeated visiting GM Shojaat Ghane when the latter apparently left his Queen en prise. Also a surprise loser was IM George Xie who went down to Iranian Zibaei Abdoulla, rated 2067.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Doeberl Cup vs ACF
An embarassing stoush has developed between, in one corner, two big ACF heavy weights and, in the opposite corner, the new kid on the block, Charles Bishop - organiser of the Doeberl Cup. Mr Bishop's firm, O2C, is also the principal sponsor of the event.
The spat seems to be over the definition of just what is a "junior" for the purposes of tournament competition and specifically as it applies to the Doeberl Cup. In this post, in Australia's most popular chess bulletin board, Mr Bishop commits a critical blunder:
It's a mistake that immediately drew a typically strident response from no less than Aussie chess mandarin and current deputy president of the ACF, Bill Gletsos.
That salvo was enough to ward off Mr Bishop from further dealing with questions directly on Chess Chat and opting, instead, to handle them via email. But not before another ACF big dog, Denis Jessop, piped in: "I find Charles' attitude here to be very odd. Apparently he just can't cope with criticism of any kind."
For more on this and other tidbits, click here.
Well, what to make of this? Two thoughts.
Firstly, I do wish that these ACF types can be more diplomatic. As far as I can tell, Mr Bishop was simply answering a question calmly and honestly. His response may not have been entirely "correct", but did he really deserve such a treatment? I don't think so. He is, after all, a sponsor of this country's premiere chess event!
Secondly, what's with these Doeberl Cup organisers making fancy changes to established "traditions"? I'm not particularly concerned about this latest fight, but I am still pissed off over the cancellation of the traditional blitz event. Instead, this year we have something called Chess960. It's random chess basically where one can begin a game with your knight located on e1! Ridiculous.
I know it may be pointless, but I hope these Doeberl Cup people can organise another event - for blitz. Let the players choose: those who want to play blitz can play in that, and those who prefer the inferior Chess960 can opt for that.
The spat seems to be over the definition of just what is a "junior" for the purposes of tournament competition and specifically as it applies to the Doeberl Cup. In this post, in Australia's most popular chess bulletin board, Mr Bishop commits a critical blunder:
The Doeberl Cup has always based its Junior entry fee on the first day of the tournament. The prizes are aligned with this. Additionally our approach to allocation of the prizes is aligned with the Grand Prix approach. The Grand Prix runs for a full calendar year and requires Juniors to be under 18 on the first day they can start accruing points towards the Grand Prix prize which is the 1/1 of each year. In the case of the Doeberl cup this is the first day of the respective tournaments that prizes are allocated within.
It's a mistake that immediately drew a typically strident response from no less than Aussie chess mandarin and current deputy president of the ACF, Bill Gletsos.
Sorry but you do not know what you are talking about as this is not the ACF Grand Prix ACF or FIDE approach.
The ACF Grand Prix and the ACF follows the FIDE approach that is based on the juniors age as at the 1st Jan and can entry and win any event within that calendar year in which the competition is held
Thus if a junior is under 18 as of 1st Jan 2009 then they are eligle to enter and win any U18 FIDE event that is held in between 1st January 2009 and 31st December 2009.
That salvo was enough to ward off Mr Bishop from further dealing with questions directly on Chess Chat and opting, instead, to handle them via email. But not before another ACF big dog, Denis Jessop, piped in: "I find Charles' attitude here to be very odd. Apparently he just can't cope with criticism of any kind."
For more on this and other tidbits, click here.
Well, what to make of this? Two thoughts.
Firstly, I do wish that these ACF types can be more diplomatic. As far as I can tell, Mr Bishop was simply answering a question calmly and honestly. His response may not have been entirely "correct", but did he really deserve such a treatment? I don't think so. He is, after all, a sponsor of this country's premiere chess event!
Secondly, what's with these Doeberl Cup organisers making fancy changes to established "traditions"? I'm not particularly concerned about this latest fight, but I am still pissed off over the cancellation of the traditional blitz event. Instead, this year we have something called Chess960. It's random chess basically where one can begin a game with your knight located on e1! Ridiculous.
I know it may be pointless, but I hope these Doeberl Cup people can organise another event - for blitz. Let the players choose: those who want to play blitz can play in that, and those who prefer the inferior Chess960 can opt for that.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Fly to Canberra
It seems that my tip late last year on planning for Queenstown worked out rather well for some folks. Well here's another one and this is especially for those who, like me, now prefer to fly instead of being on the road for hours and possibly being snagged in traffic.
If you're in Sydney and heading off to this year's Doeberl, you could more easily head down by flying. I've just spotted and booked a $116 return trip ticket on Virgin Blue. Even cheaper if you have only carry-on. For those in Melbourne, it's slightly more expensive - about $136 return.
If you're in Sydney and heading off to this year's Doeberl, you could more easily head down by flying. I've just spotted and booked a $116 return trip ticket on Virgin Blue. Even cheaper if you have only carry-on. For those in Melbourne, it's slightly more expensive - about $136 return.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
More Photos from Doeberl
I've posted photos from the last couple of days in Canberra. Note, especially, that photo of Tony Davis. This might well be the start of a new Doeberl tradition: we wear a hat like that on the last day of Doeberl.
More photos in my flickr album.
More photos in my flickr album.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Doeberl Set for Exciting End
We're now just 90 minutes from today's start of play and it is set to be an exciting finish. Fittingly our two outright leaders, Antic and Akobian, will contest the title on board 1.
In the major, Mandla leads by a slim half-point margin, but there is still possibility that he could be caught today by his opponent Andrey Bliznyuk and his tormentor from the last round, Richard Voon. Make sure you're logged in about 10AM or so as we bring you live what will hopefully be a thrilling conclusion to this unforgettable event.
Finally, Emma Guo just needs a draw in today's round to secure the minor title. Lucky for her, the two subsections in the event are not subject to Gibraltar; so if I were her, I would do the practical thing and offer a draw on move 1. Bisson, after all, is an experienced player and can be quite dangerous.
In the major, Mandla leads by a slim half-point margin, but there is still possibility that he could be caught today by his opponent Andrey Bliznyuk and his tormentor from the last round, Richard Voon. Make sure you're logged in about 10AM or so as we bring you live what will hopefully be a thrilling conclusion to this unforgettable event.
Finally, Emma Guo just needs a draw in today's round to secure the minor title. Lucky for her, the two subsections in the event are not subject to Gibraltar; so if I were her, I would do the practical thing and offer a draw on move 1. Bisson, after all, is an experienced player and can be quite dangerous.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
My Fave Bayonet
I was a bit nervous just before this game. Here's another of these dangerous ACT players, I thought. When Sherab played 9...Nd7, however, I suddenly realised that perhaps he's not as up-to-date as I feared. I recall that in one of his videos, GM Danny King considered 9...Nd7 to be bad as it gives black either a cramped position or he just lags in development. I've even had a couple of wins against that move over the years, so from there my nerves began to settle.
Doeberl Cup 2008
The Closet Grandmaster
Guo-Yuthok, Sherab
E97
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. c5 Kh8 11. Ba3 h6 12. Rc1 f5 13. Nd2 Rf6 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nb5 Nb6 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. f4 Kg7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bb2 Nc6 21. dxc6 Qxc7 (21... Qxd2 22. Ne8+ Kh8 23. Nxf6) 22. cxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bd4 Bxb4 25. e5 Rf8 26. Bf3 Qb5 27. e6+ Nf6 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. e7+ Rf7 At this moment, I got up to pick up a second queen from another board. When I returned to sit down, my hand slowly began to move in for d7-d8. Then, for a split second I looked at Sherab's face and wondered why he looked unconcerned. That's when I thought, OK, better check again. And oops! Of course, there is simply Qxd8! Therefore I played 30. Bc6 Qe2 31. e8=Q+ 1-0
Doeberl Cup 2008
The Closet Grandmaster
Guo-Yuthok, Sherab
E97
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. c5 Kh8 11. Ba3 h6 12. Rc1 f5 13. Nd2 Rf6 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nb5 Nb6 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. f4 Kg7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bb2 Nc6 21. dxc6 Qxc7 (21... Qxd2 22. Ne8+ Kh8 23. Nxf6) 22. cxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bd4 Bxb4 25. e5 Rf8 26. Bf3 Qb5 27. e6+ Nf6 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. e7+ Rf7 At this moment, I got up to pick up a second queen from another board. When I returned to sit down, my hand slowly began to move in for d7-d8. Then, for a split second I looked at Sherab's face and wondered why he looked unconcerned. That's when I thought, OK, better check again. And oops! Of course, there is simply Qxd8! Therefore I played 30. Bc6 Qe2 31. e8=Q+ 1-0
More Doeberl Cup Photos
I've added more photos. These are from yesterday's sessions. See in my flickr account.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Tsagarakis: A Beautiful Game
Doeberl Cup 2008
Tsagarakis, Angelo
de Noskowski, Adrian
E69
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. Re1 Qb6 10. h3 Re8 11. Rb1 a5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Rbd1 Be6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Kh2 Bc8 19. Bf4 Nh5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bh6 Ng7 22. f4 Nge6 23. Nf3 Nf8 24. Qf2 Qb6 25. e5 Beautiful move. Wins a pawn, at least, according to Angelo. 25...Qb4 26. exd6 Ncd7 27. Qd2 f5 28. Nd5 Qxd2 29. Ne7+ Kf7 30. Ng5+ Kf6 31. Rxd2? Missing the immediate 31. Ng8# 31... Bg7 32. Ng8# 1-0
Tsagarakis, Angelo
de Noskowski, Adrian
E69
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. Re1 Qb6 10. h3 Re8 11. Rb1 a5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Rbd1 Be6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Kh2 Bc8 19. Bf4 Nh5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bh6 Ng7 22. f4 Nge6 23. Nf3 Nf8 24. Qf2 Qb6 25. e5 Beautiful move. Wins a pawn, at least, according to Angelo. 25...Qb4 26. exd6 Ncd7 27. Qd2 f5 28. Nd5 Qxd2 29. Ne7+ Kf7 30. Ng5+ Kf6 31. Rxd2? Missing the immediate 31. Ng8# 31... Bg7 32. Ng8# 1-0
An Untimely Resignation
Here's my game in round last night against Aina Musaeva. It's only remarkable for its very untimely end.
Doeberl Cup 2008 (Major)
The Closet Grandmaster
Musaeva, Aina
D85
When you're lucky with women, you can't really complain too much. Today I was lucky as my opponent, the lovely Aina Musaeva was too, how can I say, submissive. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 I told you this move in an earlier post a few weeks ago. Back then I said that I use it mostly for lightning. In fact, I like to trot it out now and then against these Gruenfeld afficionados just to give them a little something to think about. The move isn't really that to be expected. Actually, by the time I looked at Aina's games, there were only about 10 minutes left before the round commenced. That was because IM Bitansky was desperate to prepare against GM Gagunashvili. Without a lappy during his Australian tour, he had no choice but to borrow mine and, being the good Samaritan that I am, I was happy to oblige. And so it was that I just said to myself: "Bugger it! 5. Na4 it is". 5... Bg7 6. e4 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 So far, all already played. Then came something new. 8...Re8?! It looks active, but not really. Black should prefer development of his queenside bits. 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 I'm now thinking: OK, so you want to play c7-c6, but I really want a passer. Thus, my next move. 12. Bc4 c6 13. d6
After 13. d6
Almost immediately after I played this move, Aina extended her hand in resignation and accompanied with the sweetest of smiles said, "I missed this one". For a second I couldn't quite believe it, but then she'd already stopped the clocks. So that was that. But, of course, she is not losing a piece, as she thought. Even GM Rogers said so when he saw me later on analysing and double checking the game. Play could, for instance, continue: 13...b5 14. dxe7 Qxd1+ (14... Qxe7 15. Bxf7+ Qxf7 16. Nc5) 15. Rxd1 bxa4 (15... bxc4 16. Rd8 Bd7 (16... Be6 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nc5) 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nc5 Re8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxa7 Rxe7 21. Kd2) 16. Rd8 Bb7 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nc3 I like my position here. Hard life for her, but resigning on the 13th move was way too soon. 1-0
Doeberl Cup 2008 (Major)
The Closet Grandmaster
Musaeva, Aina
D85
When you're lucky with women, you can't really complain too much. Today I was lucky as my opponent, the lovely Aina Musaeva was too, how can I say, submissive. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 I told you this move in an earlier post a few weeks ago. Back then I said that I use it mostly for lightning. In fact, I like to trot it out now and then against these Gruenfeld afficionados just to give them a little something to think about. The move isn't really that to be expected. Actually, by the time I looked at Aina's games, there were only about 10 minutes left before the round commenced. That was because IM Bitansky was desperate to prepare against GM Gagunashvili. Without a lappy during his Australian tour, he had no choice but to borrow mine and, being the good Samaritan that I am, I was happy to oblige. And so it was that I just said to myself: "Bugger it! 5. Na4 it is". 5... Bg7 6. e4 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 So far, all already played. Then came something new. 8...Re8?! It looks active, but not really. Black should prefer development of his queenside bits. 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 I'm now thinking: OK, so you want to play c7-c6, but I really want a passer. Thus, my next move. 12. Bc4 c6 13. d6
After 13. d6Almost immediately after I played this move, Aina extended her hand in resignation and accompanied with the sweetest of smiles said, "I missed this one". For a second I couldn't quite believe it, but then she'd already stopped the clocks. So that was that. But, of course, she is not losing a piece, as she thought. Even GM Rogers said so when he saw me later on analysing and double checking the game. Play could, for instance, continue: 13...b5 14. dxe7 Qxd1+ (14... Qxe7 15. Bxf7+ Qxf7 16. Nc5) 15. Rxd1 bxa4 (15... bxc4 16. Rd8 Bd7 (16... Be6 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nc5) 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nc5 Re8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxa7 Rxe7 21. Kd2) 16. Rd8 Bb7 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nc3 I like my position here. Hard life for her, but resigning on the 13th move was way too soon. 1-0
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