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cairo
20-Jul-11, 00:55

Draw

has been secured by our 4th board player Loren, congrats with that.
I know you are disappointed Loren, but playing at ICCF is a totally different experience, compared to GK. I have over the years been in many similar situations like you describe so good above and even lost a winning game on the same account, but at least you secured the draw. Next season we play, you will be much better prepare for the way the games go!

Best wishes
Søren

cairo
20-Jul-11, 00:56

Update

of current standings:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +4-1=5 6,5 points and 2 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +2-1=8 6 points and 1 game remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +5-1=6 8 points and 0 game remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +2-0=8 6 points and 2 games remaining.

Total: +13-3=27 26,5 points and 5 games remaining.

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
31-Aug-11, 22:15

Looks Like 4th Place for Peace

The top three Russian teams seem to have clinched 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. We should catch the Psychokillers, who will have 0 or .5 in their last game vs. Carlos while we will get at 1.5 or 2 from Carlos and at least .5 from me. If Carlos only gets 1.5 and Hans and I both lose our other games, we tie for 4th but will have 17 match points vs. Psychos 16. If we get any of the other possible points, (.5 more for Carlos or me), we are clear 4th--unless Ruy Gris somehow wins all of the remaining games except the one with Carlos.

cairo
16-Sep-11, 09:01

Results

Unfortunately our 3rd board player harpov have lost his one remaining game in the tournament.

Best wishes
Cario

cairo
16-Sep-11, 09:03

Update

fmgaijin
25-Sep-11, 21:51

Huzzah, Carlos!

Carlos wins again! If he can pull off the last one, he'll get his IM norm. We have at least two draws from the remaining three games. As in my last post, that means a probable tie for 4th and we have the better match points.

Well played!!

Loren

cairo
26-Sep-11, 01:20

Results

and a super one. I think this is amazing that Carlos can win win this marathon game. Well done and a BIG congrats. Here is the game with Carlos as black:

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Rc1 g6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qc2 Re8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Qd8 15.Nd6 Re7 16.Rfe1 Nf8 17.Nxc8 Rxc8 18.Rxe7 Qxe7 19.Re1 Qd6 20.g3 Rc7 21.Re8 Bf6 22.Bc4 Kg7 23.Qe4 b5 24.Bb3 a5 25.a3 c5 26.dxc5 Qxc5 27.Ne5 Re7 28.Rxe7 Qxe7 29.f4 g5 30.Qd5 gxf4 31.gxf4 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Ne6 33.Qg2+ Ng5 34.h4 Qc5+ 35.Kh1 Qe3 36.hxg5 Qxb3 37.gxh6+ Kxh6 38.Qd2+ Kh5 39.Qxa5 Qxb2 40.Qc7 Qb3 41.Kg2 Kg4 42.Qd7+ Kf4 43.Qd4+ Kf5 44.Kf2 Qa2+ 45.Ke1 Qc4 46.Qd6 Qe4+ 47.Kf2 Qf4+ 48.Kg1 Qxe5 49.Qd7+ Kg6 50.Kg2 f5 51.Kf3 Qc3+ 52.Ke2 Qc5 53.Qd8 f4 54.Qd3+ Kg5 55.Kf3 Qc6+ 56.Kf2 Qc4 57.Qh7 Qd5 58.Ke2 Kg4 59.Qg6+ Kh4 60.Qf6+ Qg5 61.Qc6 Qe5+ 62.Kf2 Qe3+ 63.Kf1 Qb3 64.Kf2 Qa2+ 65.Kg1 Qe2 66.Qh6+ Kg3 67.Qg6+ Qg4 68.Qc2 Kh3+ 69.Kf1 Qf3+ 70.Kg1 Qd5 71.Qh7+ Kg4 72.Qg7+ Qg5 73.Qb2 Kh3+ 74.Kf1 Qd5 75.Qh8+ Kg4 76.Qg7+ Kf5 77.Qh7+ Ke5 78.Qe7+ Kd4 79.Kf2 Qc5 80.Qb7 Kc4+ 81.Kf1 Qd5 82.Qa6 Qd3+ 83.Kf2 Kb3 84.a4 Qd4+ 85.Kg2 bxa4 0-1

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
26-Sep-11, 01:32

Update

of current standings:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +4-1=5 6,5 points and 2 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +2-2=8 6 points and 0 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +5-1=6 8 points and 0 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +3-0=8 7 points and 1 game remaining.

Total: +14-4=27 27,5 points and 3 games remaining.

We cheer for carlosmart in his remaining game, were a win will earn him his 1st IM-norm!!
And also for fmgaijin in his remaining 2 games and he have done a wonderful debut in The Champions League!

Best wishes
Cairo

carlosmart
26-Sep-11, 09:04

Thank you

Teammates. It has certainly been a very long game where I refuse until four times my opponent's
draw offers.

What will happen in the remaining game? It looks like a final but it is not identical because there
pawns faced. But I assure you is that I will fight for victory, not for the IM Norm, but get to the
high standing possible.

This is a game and we have all made mistakes that cost us some points, but we must avoid
losing points for timeout. To reach the next level and this can not happen ever.

Carlos

fmgaijin
11-Oct-11, 17:35

To the Bitter End (Draw)

Down to one game now as the other ended (as expected) in a draw. The last 10 moves were unnecessary, of course.
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Maesa-Loren 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 N8d7 11.b3 a6 12.Rc1 Bg6!? (Just to try something different. White must now exchange due to the threat of dxe5 and Ba3.) 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 d5 16.c5 Nc8 17.Bf4 (White has a small edge but cannot immediately advance, so Black improves his worst piece ) Nb8! 18.Rfe1 Nc6 19.Na4 (To keep Black tied up by preventing a quick attack on d4.) Bf6 20.Rcd1 h6 21.a3 Qd7 (Slows down the Q-side advance and permits ideas with Na7-Qb5 or the redeployment in the game.) 22.h4 (White must advance on the K-side or not at all.) Bd8! (Black has equalized.) 23.h5 Re8 24.Rc1 N8e7 25.Re2 Rc8 26.Rd1 Kh8 27.Be5 Rf8 28.Bd6 Re8 (Here I offered a draw, since if White just repeats moves, Black has nothing better, either. If he declined, I hoped he would be lured into something rash.) 29.Qd2 Nf5 30.Bf4 Qe7 31.g3 Qd7 32.Kg2 Ba5 33.Qd3 Bd8 34.g4!? (A bit loosening.) Nfe7 35.Rde1 Bc7 36.Qe3 (Looks like an impressive lineup, but it does not stop Black from breaking loose ) e5! 37.Nxe5! Bxe5! 38.Bxe5! f6! (All these moves were forced on both sides.) 39.Bg3 Qxg4 (Now Black has a slight edge, but not enough to win.) 40.Qd3 f5 41.f3 Qxh5 (Not so much for the P as to protect the Re8, freeing the Ne7.) 42.Nb6 Rcd8 43.Qd2 (If Bc7, f4! with at least a draw for Black.) Kh7 44.b4! (Protecting the c and b pawns.) f4! 45.Qxf4 (Not Bxf4 Nf5! and White is in trouble.) Ng6 46.Qg4 Qxg4 47.fxg4 Rxe2+ 48.Rxe2 Nxd4 49.Rd2 (With care, White will eventually regain the P and draw.) Ne6 50.Bd6 d4 51.Nc4 Nh8 52.Ne5 Kg8 53.Rf2 Ng5 54.Rd2 Ne6 55.Rf2 Ng5 56.Rd2 Nhf7 (White has held without difficulty.) 57.Rxd4 Nxd6 58.Rxd6 Rxd6 59.cxd6 Kf8 60.Nd7+ Ke8 61.Nc5 b6 62.Nxa6 Kd7 63.Nc7 Ne4 64.a4 Nxd6 65.Nd5 Nc4 66.Kf3 Kd6 67.Ne3 Nxe3 68.Kxe3 Kd5 69.Kf4 g6 70.a5 Kc6 71.axb6 Kxb6 72.Ke5 h5 73.gxh5 gxh5 74.Kf4 Kb5 75.Kg5 Kxb4 76.Kxh5 0.5-0.5 Since he turned down the draw earlier, it was his place to offer but he did not do so until here.

cairo
12-Oct-11, 13:49

Great

fight and congrats with the draw Loren!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
12-Oct-11, 13:51

Update

of current standings:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +4-1=6 7 points and 1 game remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +2-2=8 6 points and 0 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +5-1=6 8 points and 0 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +3-0=8 7 points and 1 game remaining.

Total: +14-4=28 28 points and 2 games remaining.

Give it all the best in your remaining games Peace Warriors!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
09-Jan-12, 18:54

4th Place Clinched

We cannot catch Alpha for 3rd (2.5 points behind with 2 games to finish). Ruy Gris cannot catch us (1.5 points behind with 1 game to finish). We are tied with Psycho Killers who have one game remaining (with Carlos). Since Carlos will win or draw, at best they will tie us in game points, but .5 from Carlos will give us 17 match points vs. their 16.

Still hoping that we might get lucky and get 1.5 (1 for Carlos and .5 for me), but that will effect only Carlos's IM norm, not our team result.

My last game continues. I shall keep trying to hold it. It has been an honor to play with you, my friends.

Loren

fmgaijin
16-Jan-12, 12:31

Last Ditch Blockade

I am engaged in my last-ditch blockade atttempt in the final game. His hP is poised to go to the 7th but my B and R will attempt to stop it and simultaneously hold back the K. Then it becomes a question of whether his K or N can make progress in deflecting my pieces or advancing his other P. If/when the blockade fails, I fall. "Once more into the breach, dear friends! Or fill up the walls with our dead!"

carlosmart
16-Jan-12, 12:53

Loren

Good luck.

I am going to offer draw in my last game. Deadly i have no real possibilities to win.

Carlos

fmgaijin
16-Jan-12, 13:11

Noble Effort

Carlos, you came so close to winning that game but he defended perfectly. The end position is of course a theoretical draw (and the whole theory of Q + g/bP vs. Q in current books is all based on tablebases; humans were never able to figure it out completely--my old Averbakh and Fine endgame books have different conclusions than the current ones). I am sad that you played so magnificently in the whole tournament and missed your norm by a single hair.

Next time!!

cairo
16-Jan-12, 13:22

Excellent

performance Carlos and I know you "put your blood" in this one here. Next season I'm pretty sure you will make the norm!!

Best wishes
Søren

fmgaijin
12-Mar-12, 15:59

Time to Resign

If my opponent plays the correct move now (he is on leave), I shall resign, thus ending our season with a solid 4th place in a good field. We were close to advancing (I personally threw away two wins to draws by sloppy play), so I am optimistic about future results should Peace reassemble for the next season. Again, I found it an honor to play with you--salut, Carlos, Soren, and Hans.

I have continued to play some ICCF games and have qualified for the Afro-Asian Zonal semis among other things. I am adjusting to the time of play. And I am still undefeated in actual games with White on GK and ICCF! (I lost one White game here by timeout in a P+ position before they had the automatic vacation system). Perhaps I should play some safer Black openings?

Your friend,
Loren

cairo
08-May-12, 14:15

have finished our games in the third Champion League season and here is the final individual scores:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +4-1=6 7 points.
Board 3 Harpov +2-2=8 6 points.
Board 2 Cairo +5-1=6 8 points.
Board 1 Carlosmart +3-0=9 7½ points.

Total: +14-4=29 28½ points.

The result was not enough for promotion to the "B" group. We ended up on a respectful 4th place and would like to thanks all my fellow "peace warriors" and congrats them with some very fine games and I'm confident, that next season will be "ours" for promotion!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
05-Jun-12, 11:09

Next season

Information from ICCF:

Champions League

Tuesday, June 05, 2012: update

A few key games that determine next season's sections will be adjudicated next month and team captains are being contacted regarding these. This will enable Champion League 5 to start hopefully in October before the ICCF congress. A further announcement will be made soon regarding how to enter and the Champions webpage will also be updated with further information. Apologies for the delay as per the ICCF calendar of events but there have been too many games that decide promotion and relegation to proceed with the next cycle until very recently.

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
31-Jul-12, 17:52

New Year??

Will Peace be entering a team this year?

kumpan
02-Aug-12, 14:19

further season?

Hello together

I think we should continue with our project "Power that preserves". As far I know we have time to decide till September 14th 2012 for the entry into the tournament. If there is your wish I can manage again the team-captain-position. You haven't hear much of mine in the past times and you may observed that I've lost different games by not moving in time. I've had and have actually several personaly problems, but I hope to be back soon okay.

If somebody else is ready to take over the team-captaincy, it would be okay for me too, no regret and I could understand this step. I'm always convinced that our team has the cracks what can manage the promotion till to the A-League.

Myself I will play next season for the SchemingMind-Team in the A-League. I earned this honor by being member of the team that promote into this A-League.

Please let me know your opinion.

As always:
Chessfriendly Yours
Daniel

carlosmart
02-Aug-12, 15:57

I am ready....

Dear Daniel:

I sincerely hope that your personal problems are solved or its solution is early.

For me (and I speak also on behalf of Soren and Loren, although they are expressed by themselves) we are very proud to belong to the team and your leadership as you have done from the beginning. And we are willing to get into this new season to reach the higher divisions.

I can not speak for Hans as he has remained silent on his games and his defeats by timeout.

My opinion, like the previous seasons, is that team members must have an absolute commitment to try to win and attend to their movements in time.

So I am at your disposal to discuss both the composition of the team and the board order.

Greetings

Carlos

fmgaijin
02-Aug-12, 22:51

Agree Completely

Dear Daniel:

Like Carlos, I appreciate your efforts on our behalf and your willingness to make an objective decision on board order and team composition. I really enjoy playing as a team member and am happy to play on whichever board you choose for me. I am glad that your personal situation is improving, and I congratulate you on your team's promotion. We came close again this past year and I am optimistic that if we all play our best and avoid time forfeits, we can gain promotion this time.

Highest regards,
Loren

cairo
14-Aug-12, 08:58

Dear Peace Warriors

I have confirmation from all former members and players on: Peace Power That Preserves, to participate in the upcoming season of The Champions League at ICCF and also our honorable Captain Daniel (kumpan) has agreed to be our Captain for the new season!

Remember that it is of utmost importance, that all players avoid timeouts. We cannot afford to loose games on timeouts, so please plan your games in accordance with the timetable!
Another important issue is staying in contact. It should always be possible for the Captain to be in contact by mail, with all players in the team. One must, without undue delay, answer emails from your captain!

I suggest the following board order for the new season:

1st. board: Carlos (carlosmart)
2nd. board: Loren (fmgaijin)
3rd. board: Søren (cairo)
4th. board: Hans (harpov)

This is only my humble suggestion, please let me here your opinion back.

Looking forward to play with your good people for the new season!

Best wishes
Søren

fmgaijin
17-Aug-12, 23:22

Thoughts on Board Order

Team Members:

Soren has asked me to comment. I like the idea of keeping Carlos on Bd. 1 since he played so well there last season. He is very tough against those top level players and is a hard man to beat. I can see the next two boards either way. Soren is also playing well (in fact, he finally beat me in a GK game for the first time this year!) and had a strong result last season, but I am also getting the hang of ICCF and have won a Zonal prelim recently and expect to win another Zonal prelim and a World Cup prelim that I am currently playing, so I am willing to go either way (2nd or 3rd). I am still undefeated with White in both GK and ICCF with the exception of one timeout on GK before they added the automatic leave system.

Regards,
Loren

carlosmart
19-Aug-12, 15:04

Board orden

The order of the boards to choose the captain will be accepted by me.
Bw
Carlos

kumpan
25-Aug-12, 02:27

Board order - to be discussed

Hello together

What do you think about this team board order for the next season?

Board 1: cairo
Board 2: carlosmart
Board 3: harpov
Board 4: fmgaijin

I put cairo back to the 1st board to give him the chance to win the 3rd SIM-Norm.
And this board order is according to the ICCF ELO-ratinglist.

I hope it would be okay for you too.

Chessfriendly Yours
Daniel

cairo
25-Aug-12, 03:00

Although

I would be honored to play the first board, I still think that our chances for promotion to next level, would be greater with my own suggestion of board order. As always I will respect the Captains decision always!

Best wishes
Søren

carlosmart
25-Aug-12, 05:14

Board orden.

Either of the two options in the order of the boards may be correct, as long as test do not risk an individual interest points. Must prioritize the collective interest.
Carlos

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