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.
[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2007.12.20"]
[Time "18:02:06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "purplepawns"]
[Black "smallblackcat"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[TimeControl "1800+30"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
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. h3 Bb7 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bh4 c4 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxd4 Be7 19. Ng3 g6 20. Rad1
Qf4 21. Ne2 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxd6 Kg7 24. Ng3 Rad8 25. Red1 h5 26. Rxd8
Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Nd4 Kf6 29. Nge2 Ke5 30. f4+ Kd6 31. e5+ Kd7 32. g4
hxg4 33. hxg4 Bb6 34. Kh2 Nc6 35. Nxc6 Bxc6 36. f5 gxf5 37. Bxf5+ Ke7 38. Kg3
Bc7 39. Kf4 f6 40. Ke3 Bxe5 41. Bc8 a5 42. Nd4 Kd6 43. Nxc6 Kxc6 44. Ke4
b4 45. g5 bxc3 46. bxc3 Bxc3 47. g6 f5+ 48. Bxf5 Bg7
{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2007.12.18"]
[Time "11:04:33"]
[Round "5"]
[White "purplepawns"]
[Black "Doubleletter"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[TimeControl "1800+30"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. d5 Nc4 13. Bc1 Nb6 14. h3
Bh5 15. Nbd2 c4 16. Nf1 Nfd7 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. h4 Nf6 20. Ng5
h6 21. Nh3 h5 22. Bg5 Ng4 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Ng5 Qc7 25. Qd2 Rae8 26. Bd1
Qd7 27. f3 Nh6 28. Qe3 Nc8 29. a4 f5 30. Qf2 fxe4 31. N3xe4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4
Ng4 33. Qc2 Qf5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ne6 Rxe6 36. dxe6 d5 37. Rxg4 e4 38. Rg5
Qxe6 39. Qd2 Ne7 40. Qd4 Nf5 41. Qc5 e3 42. Be2 Ne7 43. Ra7 Nf5 44. Qxb5
Re8 45. Qd7 Qxd7 46. Rxd7 Ne7 47. Rxh5 Kf7 48. Rxe7+ {Black resigns} 1-0
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[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2007.12.14"]
[Time "11:58:08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Doubleletter"]
[Black "purplepawns"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[TimeControl "1800+30"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 b5 8. Bb3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6
15. Bb2 Qd7 16. Nbd2 Rad8 17. Qe2 g6 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nh5 20. dxc5 dxc5
21. Ne5 Qe6 22. Ng4 Bf6 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Rad1 Rfe8 25. Qf3 Nh5 26. Qc3
f6 27. Bb1 c4 28. e5 f5 29. Qa5 cxb3 30. axb3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Nd7 32. Rd6
Qe7 33. Qxa6 Nxe5 34. Qxb5 Nf7 35. Rd1 Nf4 36. Qc4 Qe2 37. Qxe2 Rxe2 38. Bf6
h5 39. Kf1 Re6 40. Bb2 Rb6 41. Bc2 Rb7 42. Rd4 Ne6 43. Rc4 Rc7 44. Bd3 Nd6
45. Ra4 Nc5 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Bc2 Rb7 48. Ba3 Rb5 49. b4 Ne6 50. Bb3 Ne4
51. Ra7+ Kf6 52. Bb2+ Kg5 53. Bxe6 Rxb4 54. Bc1+ Kf6 55. Ba2 Nc3 56. Bd2
Nxa2 57. Rxa2 Rb6 58. h4 Ke5 59. Ra4 Kd5 60. Ke2 Re6+ 61. Kf3 Kc5 62. Be3+
Kb5 63. Rd4 Kc6 64. Kf4 Kb5 65. Kg5 {Black resigns} 1-0
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[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2007.12.13"]
[Time "08:14:58"]
[Round "3"]
[White "smallblackcat"]
[Black "purplepawns"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[TimeControl "1800+30"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Nbd2 Ne8 14. b4
Nb7 15. a4 Bd7 16. Nf1 Nc7 17. Ng3 a5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Be3 N7a6 20. axb5
Bxb5 21. Nf5 a4 22. c4 Bd7 23. g4 Re8 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bc1
Nb4 27. Nh4 Nxc2 28. Qxc2 Nb3 29. Ra3 Rec8 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. gxf5 Qc7 32. Be3
Qxc4 33. Qd1 Qxe4 34. Qh5 Qxd5 35. Kh2 Qf7 36. Qg4 Rc4 37. Qg2 Rac8 38. Rg1
Kh8 39. Rd1 Qc7 40. Qd5 Qc6 41. Qf7 Qe8 42. Qd5 Qc6 43. Qf7 Qf3 44. Rg1
R4c7 45. Qe6 d5 46. Bh6 Qxf2+ 47. Rg2 Qxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Rc2+ 49. Kf1 gxh6 50. Qxf6+
Kg8 51. Qe6+ Kf8 52. Qxh6+ Kg8 53. Qe6+ Kf8 54. Qf6+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kf8 56. Qf6+
{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2
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I’m looking forward to the mini-match between Shirov & Kamsky . Of course, I support Alexei “The Fire” Shirov !
We are waiting for purplepawns to finish his games in the thematic tourney ; the rest of us have finished our games.
The FICS Team League tourney starts on 15th Jan 8th Jan 15th Jan(EDIT: for goodness sake !!) , so we may postpone the next thematic. It was going to be a Modern Benoni or a Semi-Slav: Botvinnik !
[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Time "15:49:13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "smallblackcat"]
[Black "maeck"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[TimeControl "1800+30"]
[Result "1-0"]
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. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4
Re8 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. Bc2 b4 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Bc1 Bd7 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. e5 dxe5
21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Bf4 g6 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rad1
Qf6 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. b3 Bb5 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Ng3 Bd4 31. Ne4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4
Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bxe1 34. Qxe1 Bc6 35. Qxb4 Nd5 36. Qd4 Qg5 37. Be4
{Black resigns} 1-0
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Well, that breaks the run of draws
[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[Time "14:04:46"]
[Round "6"]
[White "maeck"]
[Black "Doubleletter"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[TimeControl "1800+30"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. a4
Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. h3 Bd8 17. Be3 b4 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 cxd4 20. cxd4
Nb4 21. Ba4 Bd7 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nh5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Ba7 Rc8 26. Ng5
Nxh5 27. Qxh5 Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Nd3 29. Red1 Nf4 30. Re1 Ra8 31. Qf5 Qc3 32. Rac1
Ne2+ {White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Time "16:05:27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Doubleletter"]
[Black "smallblackcat"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[TimeControl "1800+30"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
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. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Nb8 13. Ng3 h6 14. dxe5
dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe5 Kh7 17. Bxf7 Nbd7 18. Bg6+ Kg8 19. Bf4 Nc5 20. f3
Bd6 21. Rad1 Rf8 22. Nf5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Nfd7 24. Bxc7 Rf6 25. Nh4 Nf8 26. Rd6
Nxg6 27. Rxf6 Nxh4 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Rd1 Ne6 32. Bg3
Ng6 33. Rd5 Ke7 34. Kf2 Bb7 35. Rd2 Ngf8 36. Bd6+ Kf6 37. e5+ Kf5 38. Bxf8
Nxf8 39. Re2 Ne6 40. g3 g5 41. Rd2 Kxe5 42. Rd7 Bd5 43. Ra7 Bxa2 44. Rxa6
Bc4 45. Ke3 h5 46. Rb6 Nc7 47. Rh6 Nd5+ 48. Kd2 Nf6 49. Rg6 Kf5 50. Rg7
Bd5 51. Ke3 Bc4 52. h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 Nd5+ 54. Kd4 Kf4 55. Rg5 Kxf3 56. Rxh5
Nf4 57. Rh8 Kg4 58. Kc5 Ng6 59. Rh6 Nxh4 60. Rb6 Kf5 61. Rxb5 Bxb5 62. Kxb5
Ke6 63. Kc6 Nf5 64. c4 Nd4+ 65. Kb6 Kd7 66. b4 Kc8 67. b5 Kb8 68. Kc5 Ne6+
69. Kd5 Nc7+ 70. Kc6 Ne6 71. Kd6 Nc7 72. b6 Na6 73. Kc6 Kc8 74. b7+ Kb8
75. Kb6 Nc7 76. c5 Nd5+ 77. Ka6 Nc7+ 78. Kb6 Nd5+
{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2
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