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cairo
14-May-10, 22:13

Another

draw on board 2 me as white:

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Kb1 Re8 13.h4 h5 14.Bh6 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nd5 e5 18.Nxf6 Qxf6 19.Nb3 Rec8 20.Qxd6 Be6 21.c3 R4c6 22.Qd2 Qe7 23.g4 hxg4 24.h5 Bxb3 25.axb3 gxf3 26.Rh3 Rh8 27.h6+ Kh7 28.Rxf3 Rf8 29.Kc2 f5 30.Qf2 f4 31.Rfd3 Rf7 32.Qxa7 f3 33.Qb8 f2 34.Rd8 Kxh6 35.Rf1 Qc7 36.Rh8+ Kg5 37.Qxc7 Rcxc7 38.Rh2 Rcd7 39.Rg2+ Kh6 40.Rh2+ Kg5 41.Rg2+ 1/2 1/2

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
14-May-10, 22:16

Update

of current results:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=1 ½ points and 11 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +1-1=5 3½ points and 5 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.

Total: +1-1=9 5½ points and 37 games remaining.

Best wishes
Cairo

carlosmart
21-May-10, 10:10

Soren

Nice win vs Ivanov.
Because you played black
Because we must win the games vs russian teams.
Because the game has beed played nicely.

Carlos

cairo
22-May-10, 09:59

Thank you

Carlos, I was quite happy with this game against a strong opponent, here is the moves me as black.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Kb1 O-O 12.h4 Nc5 13.h5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.e5 Bb7 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 dxe5 18.Nxb5 Qa5 19.Bxa8 e4 20.Qe2 Na4 0-1

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
22-May-10, 10:00

Update

of current results:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=1 ½ points and 11 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +2-1=5 4½ points and 4 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.

Total: +2-1=9 6½ points and 36 games remaining.

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
22-May-10, 10:42

Nice!!

Very pretty little miniature, Soren! We are in the black (plus) now!!

Loren

harpov
27-May-10, 14:11

Another draw

I have a draw again

cairo
02-Jun-10, 06:12

Result and Update

Congrats with your draw Hans!

current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +2-1=5 4½ points and 4 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.

Total: +2-1=10 7 points and 35 games remaining.

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
16-Jun-10, 12:45

Apologies

Here's a game I should have won, but I got careless in the ending.

Taranto (2242)-Loren 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qc2 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.cxb5 a6 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Be3 (Interesting move, leaving my database.) d6 10.h3!? (Obviously to prevent Ng4, but this is probably too slow. Now Black is = IMHO.) Qa5 11.Bd2 axb5 12.Nxb5 Qa4!!? (Qb6 leads to a typical equal Benko middlegame where I could try to win in the "normal" ways. This is "brilliant" but more forcing and hence gives him few chances to go wrong for awhile.) 13.Bd3 Nxe4 14.b3 (Otherwise Black just wins material.) Qa6 15.Nc3 Nxd2 (The point of the combination: Black will have 2 Bs for the Q and LOTS of weak squares to attack.) 16.Bxa6 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 Nxa6! (Winning the dP.) 18.O-O Nb4 19.Qd2 Bd4 20.f4 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Rad1 Ra7 23.Qe2 Be6 24.h4 h5 25.Kh2 Rfa8 26.Rg1!? (White seeks to bail out into a slightly worse but probably defensible ending.) Rxa2 27.Rxg6+ Kf8! (Regaining the Q.) 28.Rxe6 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 Rb8 (White is still "up" in material but has no chance to win and has to play carefully to draw.) 30.Rd3 Ke8 31.Kg2 Kd7 32.Ra2 Bf6 33.Rd5?? (Very bad idea. If he just grovels and defends, Black will find it hard to win. He creates a passed P, but Black gets a herd of them!) Rxb3 34.Rxh5 Kc6 35.Rh7 Kd5 36.h5 c4 37.Rxf7 Rb8! (The key move. Now the Rf7 is out of the game and it's K and Ps on the march!) 38.Kf3 c3 39.Ke3 Kc4 40.h6 d5 41.Ra4+ Kb3 42.Ra1 (The critical moment of stupidity. I had previously analyzed d4+ 43.Kd3/e2 with a tempo ahead of the game because the WK takes 2 moves to get to d2. Kb2 probably wins as well. But I suddenly thought I saw a "faster" win, completely overlooking White's 48th move, which is not possible a tempo behind after the CORRECT d4+.) c2?? 43.Rxf6 exf6 44.Kd2 Rc8 45.h7 (Getting this extra move in makes a BIG difference since it can deflect the BR at key moments.) d4 46.Rc1 d3 47.Kxd3 f5 48.Kd4 (Of course--as I said above, I completely missed that this was possible. Without the extra tempo, it isn't. Now White can eke out a draw.) Re8 49.Rg1 Rh8 50.Ke5 Rxh7 51.Kxf5 Kb2 1/2-1/2.

My prettiest game, and I blew it *sad face*!

Loren

cairo
16-Jun-10, 13:26

Even

though you apparently missed a win you still managed to hold a draw Loren, so congrats with the half point and onwards with "crushing some skulls" we have BIG faith in your games!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
16-Jun-10, 13:29

Update

current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +2-1=5 4½ points and 4 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.

Total: +2-1=11 7½ points and 34 games remaining.

Best wishes
Cairo

carlosmart
16-Jun-10, 13:32

The best is ahead.

Interesting analysis. Surely I'd need to play many games in such defenses to guess as well as you do it the development of the middle game. Whenever I tried I felt very uncomfortable with them.

In any case, except that small slip at the end of the game, well played.

Carlos

cairo
28-Jun-10, 06:49

Congrats

to our 1st board carlos with a draw in his latest game!

Best wishes
Søren

cairo
28-Jun-10, 06:50

Update

current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +2-1=5 4½ points and 4 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +0-0=3 1½ points and 9 games remaining.

Total: +2-1=12 8 points and 33 games remaining.

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
09-Jul-10, 14:58

have a win for our 1st board Carlos, congrats and a great win!!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
09-Jul-10, 15:00

current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +2-1=5 4½ points and 4 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +1-0=3 2½ points and 8 games remaining.

Total: +3-1=12 89 points and 32 games remaining.

We are back in the contention!!

Best wishes
Cairo

carlosmart
09-Jul-10, 15:11

Thanks Soren

Analyzing the eight games in progress, unless a catastrophic mistake, I'm pretty sure I can not lose any, and half of them I have some chance of victory.
Because that I can assure for the team at least 7 of the 12 points in the first board, although I think we need 7,5 per board to get the second place.
Best wishes.
Carlos

fmgaijin
10-Jul-10, 19:50

Great Technique, Carlos!

Well done, sir! I also expect to get a plus score. I am clearly losing one game and have a somewhat worse position in a complicated game that I could lose. I believe that the rest would require a catastrophic error to lose, just like Carlos said. Of those 8, I have a winning edge or material advantage in 5 and some winning chances in at least one of the other 3, so I should get at least 7 or 7.5 and am hoping for 8 or (with luck) a bit more.

Just pray I don't play any more dumb moves to throw away a win like vs. Taranto!

Highest regards,
Loren

cairo
10-Jul-10, 22:44

last 4 games should not give me any disappointments and give me (us) 3,5 point, which will end my camping with 8 of 12 points. Of course never sell the skin before the bear has been shoot and declared dead!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
12-Jul-10, 11:11

I'm

very pleased with this win and it took me a long hard effort to convert white's advantage to a victory, here is the game with me as white:

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Bd3 f5 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 a6 10.Ng5 O-O 11.Nxe6 Bxe6 12.Rxe6 Nxd4 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Qxd4 Qd7 15.Qd3+ Kg8 16.Re2 Rae8 17.Bg5 c6 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Rae1 Ref8 20.Nd1 Qc7 21.g3 Qf7 22.Qd4 Qh5 23.Ne3 Rf4 24.Qa7 R4f6 25.c3 Rh6 26.Nf1 Rhf6 27.a3 b5 28.Qd4 a5 29.b4 a4 30.Ne3 Be5 31.Qg4 Qf7 32.Nd1 Rg6 33.Qh3 Rh6 34.Qg2 Bd6 35.Ne3 Qh5 36.Nc2 Rf3 37.Re3 Rhf6 38.Rxf3 Rxf3 39.Ne3 Qf7 40.Re2 c5 41.Qf1 d4 42.bxc5 Bxc5 43.cxd4 Bxa3 44.Qb1 Qb3 45.Qe4 Rf7 46.Kg2 Re7 47.Qc6 Kh7 48.Rd2 Re6 49.Qf3 Kg8 50.d5 Rf6 51.Qe2 Rf8 52.Ng4 Bc5 53.Qe6+ Kh7 54.Qe4+ Kg8 55.Rc2 Qb4 56.Qe6+ Kh7 57.d6 Bxd6 58.Rc6 Rd8 59.Qf5+ Kh8 60.Kh3 Qe1 61.Qh5+ Kg8 62.Qd5+ Kh7 63.Qd3+ Kg8 64.Rxd6 Rxd6 65.Qxd6 Qb1 66.Kh4 b4 67.Qd5+ Kh7 68.f4 Kh8 69.Qa8+ Kh7 70.Ne5 Qa2 71.Nf3 1-0

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
12-Jul-10, 11:13

Update

current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +3-1=5 5½ points and 3 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +1-0=3 2½ points and 8 games remaining.

Total: +4-1=12 10 points and 31 games remaining.

We are in business and we take no prisoners )

Best wishes
Cairo

carlosmart
12-Jul-10, 11:23

Well done Soren.

We have to convert all advantage in wins.

I had studied this match and really you have played fantastic.

Carlos

cairo
08-Aug-10, 11:51

Two

draws against strong opponents. Congrats to our 1st board player Carlos, well done!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
08-Aug-10, 11:53

Update

of current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +3-1=5 5½ points and 3 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +1-0=5 3½ points and 6 games remaining.

Total: +4-1=14 11 points and 29 games remaining.

Keep up the good spell...........

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
11-Aug-10, 13:06

Keep Up the Good Work, Men!!

Our tournament position still looks promising, as only the Russian teams and ourselves seem to be headed towards plus scores at the moment. So if Carlos and Soren can win their won positions and I can break into the win column, we will have an excellent shot at 2nd place.

Regards to all,
Loren (on vacation)

carlosmart
14-Aug-10, 10:51

This is the way.....

Soren's nice win vs a german player.... perhaps the most beautiful game of the team in this season.

Regards to all (and be careful with timeouts these vacations days)

Carlos

fmgaijin
14-Aug-10, 14:17

Beautiful Attack, Soren!

I really liked Ne8!. Very amusing finish to a well-played game.

Loren (who has over 100 days left in every game but one, where it's 70.)

cairo
14-Aug-10, 15:03

Thank you

guys! Yes I was quite pleased with this game to. This was the game where my original opponent was replaced with a new player and it is never easy to play two different players in the same game!
Here is how it went and me as white:

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.d5 b5 9.O-O b4 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Ng3 Na6 12.a4 Qb6 13.Qe2 Nc7 14.Rb1 e6 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Bd2 d5 17.b3 c4+ 18.Kh1 a5 19.Rbd1 Qa6 20.e5 Nc5 21.Qf2 Qc6 22.Be3 N7a6 23.bxc4 dxc4 24.Rd6 Qc8 25.Qe2 Nxa4 26.Ne4 Nc7 27.Ra1 Nc3 28.Nxc3 bxc3 29.Nd4 Re8 30.Rb1 a4 31.Rc6 a3 32.Qxc4 a2 33.Ra1 Qb7 34.Rxc7 Qb1+ 35.Bg1 Qxa1 36.Nxe6 Qxg1+ 37.Kxg1 a1=Q+ 38.Kf2 Kh8 39.Nxg7 Rg8 40.Ne8 Qa4 41.Nf6 1-0

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
14-Aug-10, 15:06

Update

of current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +4-1=5 6½ points and 2 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +1-0=5 3½ points and 6 games remaining.

Total: +5-1=14 12 points and 28 games remaining.

Very important observation from Carlos, be careful about not loosing any games on timeout!!!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
14-Aug-10, 18:17

Another Draw

Loren-IM Deforel (Ruy Gris) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bg2 Re8 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.f4 Qe7 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Rac1 c5 16.Nxd7!? (My last two moves aimed at this, but Black has a "save" in the coming endgame.) Qxd7 17.dxc5 Rxc5 18.b4 Rcc8 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Rxe2 23.Qc4 Re8 24.Qxc8 Rxc8 25.Rd7 Rc1+ 26.Kg2 (Kf2 Rc2+ Ke3 also draws) Rc2+ 27.Kf3 (Kh3 g5! is the saving grace. He offered several draws around here, but I played on for a while just to be sure.) 28.Rxa7 Rxh2 29.a4 Rb2 30.b5 Rb3+ 31.Kf2 Ra3 32.Ra6 f6 33.Rxb6 Rxa4 34.Rb7 1/2:1/2

This one I expected to be a draw for a long time now.

Loren

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