Thanks to maeck who came up with the idea for a thematic tourney. Having never seriously played the Ruy Lopez before, this thematic helped me a lot. Now if only I can remember all this theory …
We will have our next thematic after the upcoming T35 Team League tournament .
Player Won Lost Drawn Points
Doubleletter
2
1
3
3.5
purplepawns
2
1
3
3.5
smallblackcat
1
0
5
3.5
maeck
0
3
3
1.5
Oh, and there’s no winner as such - we have 3 players tied for first. Next time, we will have proper tie-breaks and a timeline for finishing games.
[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2008.01.02"]
[Time "21:38:52"]
[Round "4"]
[White "maeck"]
[Black "purplepawns"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[TimeControl "1800+30"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Ne8 13. d4 Bg4 14. d5
Nb8 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bg5 17. g3 Qf6 18. Qe2 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 Nd7 20. a4
Nc7 21. h4 h6 22. Qg4 Nb6 23. a5 Nc8 24. f4 c4 25. Qd7 Qd8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8
27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bb6 Nxb6 29. axb6 Ne8 30. b3 cxb3 31. Bxb3 Rdb8 32. c4
bxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxb6 34. Reb1 Rxb1+ 35. Rxb1 Nd6 36. Bd3 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3
h5 39. Be2 g6 40. g4 hxg4 41. Bxg4 a5 42. Kd3 a4 43. Ra1 a3 44. h5 gxh5
45. Bxh5 Ra4 46. Bf3 f5 47. Kc3 Nxe4+ 48. Kb3 Nc5+ 49. Ka2 e4 50. Bd1 Kd6
51. Bxa4 Nxa4 52. Kxa3 Nc3 53. Kb3 Nxd5 54. Kc4 Ne3+ 55. Kd4 Nc2+
{White resigns} 0-1
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That was the last pending game of the tourney … I will post the final standings soon.
