Friday, September 5, 2008
Dwight Vincent on Slotin
Not chess related, but Dwight Vincent quoted today in a article about Louis Slotin.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
September TNT Round 1
As Alex indicates at chessmanitoba.com there is still time to join the tournament next week (with a first round half point bye)
Lipnowski - Milord 1-0
It looked like White dominated throughout, but the silicon beast finds a a surprising shot after 19. Qe2
19...Rxd4 ! 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qe4 Qxd2
but 20. Nb3 Qxe5 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 is somewhat unclear.
Magnusson - Van Wyk 0-1
White could have been only a pawn down with 9. Bxc6+, or 11. Bc3, or 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 13. Bc3
Kernetsky - Pang 1-0
White had the shot 27. Nxg6 available, but decided to go slower with his advantage.
37...d4+ would have required White to play very accurately.
Khedkar - Mandusic 1-0
Lorne Gibbons - Bince 0-1
Rutter - Deese 1-0
White blunders the exchange with 13. Qc2 but can not convert into a huge upset. 20...Rde8 was one way to stay even.
Lipnowski - Milord 1-0
It looked like White dominated throughout, but the silicon beast finds a a surprising shot after 19. Qe2
19...Rxd4 ! 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qe4 Qxd2but 20. Nb3 Qxe5 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 is somewhat unclear.
Magnusson - Van Wyk 0-1
White could have been only a pawn down with 9. Bxc6+, or 11. Bc3, or 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 13. Bc3
Kernetsky - Pang 1-0
White had the shot 27. Nxg6 available, but decided to go slower with his advantage.
37...d4+ would have required White to play very accurately.
Khedkar - Mandusic 1-0
Lorne Gibbons - Bince 0-1
Rutter - Deese 1-0
White blunders the exchange with 13. Qc2 but can not convert into a huge upset. 20...Rde8 was one way to stay even.
Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 30, 2008
Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 30, 2008 from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to move and mate in 3Louis Rothstein
How about 1. c5 Kd4 2. Qxd6+ Kc4 3. and the K runs away.
how about 1. b3 to prevent Kc4
1. b3 Ba4 2.c5 Bxb3 3. Qxd6#
but 1...Kd4 2. Kc2 Kc5 and no mate. This is more frustrating than trying to beat Sasha Nikouline in an endgame.
As reader Zarko points out in the comments - 1. Qc7 is the move.
Matveeva (and Shipov) in Nalchik
Former Yanofsky participants Svetlana Matveeva and Sergei Shipov are in Nalchik.
View a video at chessbase
Scroll to near the bottom and select the Matveeva (Eng) video on the right.
View a video at chessbase
Scroll to near the bottom and select the Matveeva (Eng) video on the right.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Trevor Vincent wins AY 2008 !
clear first with 4.5
CONGRATULATIONS !
http://www.chessmanitoba.com/tournaments/2008/ay08_open.htm
http://www.chessmanitoba.com/tournaments/2008/ay08_u1800.htm
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
August TNT Round 4
Mundwiler - Nikouline 0-1
Alex indicated on chessmanitoba.com that he was lucky.
Yes, he was. White missed 28. Qxh5 winning a full rook.
In the game White could have played 32. Rxg4 fxg4 33. Rxe1 and is fine.
After the queens come off, Black starts winning pawns.
Greenberg - Rutter 0-1
Black offers a sacrifice with 28...Nxf4, but White declines. It must have been a difficult decision. White lost on time soon after he obtained equality.
Babb - Jim Green 1-0
White wins the h pawn and converts the ending.
Kernetsky - Aaron Green DRAW
The players were content to shuffle pieces.
Khedkar - Bince 1-0
Black miscalculates after 29.Ba3, when ...b6 is fine, or as he played but
with 30...Ne3 first, before Rxd1, to not lose the knight.
Evans - Woods 0-1
It goes for wrong White after 26.Bf3 and Black carefully converts.
Leah Green - Leor Wasserman 0-1
Swift - Pang 1-0
31...Bh4 would have won the exchange. Black loses a piece a few moves later, but fights back to obtain drawing chances. His last misstep appears to be 51...Kd7; ke7 may hold the draw.
Kyle Vincent - Mandusic 1-0
Black was doing fine until 15...Qd7. (15...Na5 followed by c6 is preferred.)
However, after 16.c4 Black had 16... Nxd4 with a resultant long forcing sequence where Black wins a pawn. And Black could have played 17...Nxd4 with a similar sequence, but it does not gain a pawn.
Alex indicated on chessmanitoba.com that he was lucky.
Yes, he was. White missed 28. Qxh5 winning a full rook.
In the game White could have played 32. Rxg4 fxg4 33. Rxe1 and is fine.
After the queens come off, Black starts winning pawns.
Greenberg - Rutter 0-1
Black offers a sacrifice with 28...Nxf4, but White declines. It must have been a difficult decision. White lost on time soon after he obtained equality.
Babb - Jim Green 1-0
White wins the h pawn and converts the ending.
Kernetsky - Aaron Green DRAW
The players were content to shuffle pieces.
Khedkar - Bince 1-0
Black miscalculates after 29.Ba3, when ...b6 is fine, or as he played but
with 30...Ne3 first, before Rxd1, to not lose the knight.
Evans - Woods 0-1
It goes for wrong White after 26.Bf3 and Black carefully converts.
Leah Green - Leor Wasserman 0-1
Swift - Pang 1-0
31...Bh4 would have won the exchange. Black loses a piece a few moves later, but fights back to obtain drawing chances. His last misstep appears to be 51...Kd7; ke7 may hold the draw.
Kyle Vincent - Mandusic 1-0
Black was doing fine until 15...Qd7. (15...Na5 followed by c6 is preferred.)
However, after 16.c4 Black had 16... Nxd4 with a resultant long forcing sequence where Black wins a pawn. And Black could have played 17...Nxd4 with a similar sequence, but it does not gain a pawn.
Friday, August 22, 2008
US Open 2008 Dallas
Waldemar Schulz and I (Tony Boron) travelled to Dallas in early August to play in the 109th US Open. The tournament surprisingly had few GMs or IMs, but I was hoping that there were enough FIDE rated players amongst the 379 in attendance to enable me to get my final three required games (and a result) in order to have a FIDE rating on the next list (Oct 1, 2008).
I started out by playing the eventual winner,
IM Enrico Sevillano, in round 1. No points for guessing the result. In typical big swiss fashion, I alternated beating a lower rating player with losing to a higher rated player. I interrupted the pattern in rds 4 and 6 by drawing with a lower rated player and drawing a master, who happened to have a FIDE rating ! So, that was my third FIDE player and now I had a result. So, I should have a FIDE rating on Oct 1, but it will be terribly mediocre. I ended up with 5 points from 9 rounds; my 8th round opponent (who beat me) pointed out that all three of my losses were to Filipinos.
Waldemar lost to a master and expert, but finished strong with 5.5, which appeared to be .5 short of the prizes.
I started out by playing the eventual winner,
IM Enrico Sevillano, in round 1. No points for guessing the result. In typical big swiss fashion, I alternated beating a lower rating player with losing to a higher rated player. I interrupted the pattern in rds 4 and 6 by drawing with a lower rated player and drawing a master, who happened to have a FIDE rating ! So, that was my third FIDE player and now I had a result. So, I should have a FIDE rating on Oct 1, but it will be terribly mediocre. I ended up with 5 points from 9 rounds; my 8th round opponent (who beat me) pointed out that all three of my losses were to Filipinos.
Waldemar lost to a master and expert, but finished strong with 5.5, which appeared to be .5 short of the prizes.
The tournament site was a Westin in the middle of a corporate park, with nothing especially interesting nearby. However, we did see the one must-see in Dallas (at least for folks of our generation) the 
site of President Kennedy's assassination. Very interesting, and although I already knew a lot about the assassination and the conspiracies and controversies surrounding it; actually having seen the site adds another perspect
ive.
The Dallas World Aquarium was also nearby.
site of President Kennedy's assassination. Very interesting, and although I already knew a lot about the assassination and the conspiracies and controversies surrounding it; actually having seen the site adds another perspect
ive.The Dallas World Aquarium was also nearby.
After seeing the fellow below, we joked that if we play something novel in the remaining rounds, it must be called 'the Penguin' a la Tartakower.
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