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I can play another game starting from 20.00 London time.

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ricard60 wrote:I can play another game starting from 20.00 London time.

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Ricardo
Ok I can play then.

Round 1 Game 2: Rev2 London v Mysticum Aristarch is on tonight ...

Just to make sure the times are correct it's in 5 hours time, it's now 15:00 here.


Cheers,

Al.
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Scally wrote:
ricard60 wrote:I can play another game starting from 20.00 London time.

tournament regards
Ricardo
Ok I can play then.

Round 1 Game 2: Rev2 London v Mysticum Aristarch is on tonight ...

Just to make sure the times are correct it's in 5 hours time, it's now 15:00 here.


Cheers,

Al.
Hi Al,

If you have time to play now, I could get a game in. Say 16.00 UK time?

Thanks
Nick
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Hi Nick,

Yes, I'll be online in 5 minutes...


Thanks,

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blaubaer wrote:Hi,

here's a first shot of the prelimenary tournament table!

It's partly in German, sorry, but there's an English translation at the bottom!

Regards, Michael
Hi Michael,

The link didn't work for me.

Regards
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Hi Nick,

use the link at the bottom of my posts in the signature section!

Regards, Michael
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Scally wrote:
ricard60 wrote:I can play another game starting from 20.00 London time.

tournament regards
Ricardo
Ok I can play then.

Round 1 Game 2: Rev2 London v Mysticum Aristarch is on tonight ...

Just to make sure the times are correct it's in 5 hours time, it's now 15:00 here.


Cheers,

Al.
Hi,
Great, it is correct 5 hours in time. So 20.00 London time.

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Here is the game between Revelation II London and Resurrection Ruffian:

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/BrLqhAoS"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "RevelationIILondon"]
[Black "Resurrection Ruffian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Rac1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rab8 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. Rb1 Qh6 18. Rbe1 Rfd8 19. Nd2 Qh4 20. Qb5 Rd5 21. Qb2 Rh5 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rc8 24. Re2 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 b6 26. Rg1 Qf6 27. Reg2 g6 28. f4 Ne7 29. Qd2 Ra5 30. Ra1 Qh4 31. c4 Nf5 32. c5 Qd8 33. Bxf5 exf5 34. cxb6 axb6 35. Qb4 Qd5 36. Kg1 Rb5 37. Qe7 Rb3 38. a4 Qc6 39. Rd2 Re8 40. d5 Qa8 41. Qd7 Rbxe3 42. Qb5 Qd8 43. d6 Re1+ 44. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 45. Kg2 Qh4 46. Qd3 Qxf4
47. Rc2 Qg4+ 48. Qg3 Qe4+ 49. Kf2 Qxc2+ 50. Kxe1 Qxa4 51. Qe5 Qc6 52. Kf2 b5 53. Qd4 Qd7 54. Qe5 Qa7+ 55. Ke2 Qa2+ 56. Ke3 Qb3+ 57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 Qc6 59. Qd4 Qd7 60. Qe5 b4 61. Qe7 f4+ 62. Kxf4 Qf5+ 63. Kg3 Qd3+ 64. Kf2 Qc2+ 65. Kg3 Qc3+ 66. Kg2 Qd2+ 67. Kg3 b3 68. d7 Qc3+ 69. Kf2 Qd4+ 70. Kg2 Qg4+ 71. Kf2 {Normal} 1/2-1/2

Ruffian had the edge in this game but London defended well and the strong centrally advanced pawn made it really difficult for Ruffian to find a solution.

[fen]6k1/5p1p/1p1P2p1/5p2/P7/6Q1/2q4P/4K3 w - - 0 50[/fen]

Afterwards analyzing this position, Ruffians best chance to win this game with its pawn superiority might have been by playing 50. ... Qe4+. Taking the a4 pawn was too tempting though and after playing 50. ... Qxa4 the draw seemed a certainty. Perhaps playing f6 on a couple of occasions and giving up that pawn might have done the trick. But the position was really much too difficult and London defended well.

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spacious_mind wrote:Here is the game between Revelation II London and Resurrection Ruffian:

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/BrLqhAoS"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "RevelationIILondon"]
[Black "Resurrection Ruffian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Rac1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rab8 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. Rb1 Qh6 18. Rbe1 Rfd8 19. Nd2 Qh4 20. Qb5 Rd5 21. Qb2 Rh5 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rc8 24. Re2 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 b6 26. Rg1 Qf6 27. Reg2 g6 28. f4 Ne7 29. Qd2 Ra5 30. Ra1 Qh4 31. c4 Nf5 32. c5 Qd8 33. Bxf5 exf5 34. cxb6 axb6 35. Qb4 Qd5 36. Kg1 Rb5 37. Qe7 Rb3 38. a4 Qc6 39. Rd2 Re8 40. d5 Qa8 41. Qd7 Rbxe3 42. Qb5 Qd8 43. d6 Re1+ 44. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 45. Kg2 Qh4 46. Qd3 Qxf4
47. Rc2 Qg4+ 48. Qg3 Qe4+ 49. Kf2 Qxc2+ 50. Kxe1 Qxa4 51. Qe5 Qc6 52. Kf2 b5 53. Qd4 Qd7 54. Qe5 Qa7+ 55. Ke2 Qa2+ 56. Ke3 Qb3+ 57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 Qc6 59. Qd4 Qd7 60. Qe5 b4 61. Qe7 f4+ 62. Kxf4 Qf5+ 63. Kg3 Qd3+ 64. Kf2 Qc2+ 65. Kg3 Qc3+ 66. Kg2 Qd2+ 67. Kg3 b3 68. d7 Qc3+ 69. Kf2 Qd4+ 70. Kg2 Qg4+ 71. Kf2 {Normal} 1/2-1/2

Ruffian had the edge in this game but London defended well and the strong centrally advanced pawn made it really difficult for Ruffian to find a solution.

[fen]6k1/5p1p/1p1P2p1/5p2/P7/6Q1/2q4P/4K3 w - - 0 50[/fen]

Afterwards analyzing this position, Ruffians best chance to win this game with its pawn superiority might have been by playing 50. ... Qe4+. Taking the a4 pawn was too tempting though and after playing 50. ... Qxa4 the draw seemed a certainty. Perhaps playing f6 on a couple of occasions and giving up that pawn might have done the trick. But the position was really much too difficult and London defended well.

Best regards
Hi Nick,

Yes a great game, but I can't help looking back at that awful move 20. Qb5 Whites eval went from +0.50 to -0.40, allowing Blacks Rook into the game with tempo to swing over to the King side.
39. Rd2 is also awful, allowing Qc3, but luckily Black played Re8 instead.
It looks as though 60.....b4 throws away the win, as you said f6 here seems the right move.

Cheers,

Al
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Hi all,

Well it couldn't last, I couldn't keep clawing a draw from a lost position, the Rev 2 playing White got smashed in 26 moves by the Mysticum in a weird opening:

Al.


[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/dsVn2JWO"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[White "Scally"]
[Black "ricard60"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 { B22 Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense } 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qb4 Qc6 14. e6 Qxe6 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 Bc6 17. Qa3 Nf5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rd8+ 21. Kc2 Qd5 22. Bb6 Qd2+ 23. Kb3 Nd4+ 24. Bxd4 Bd5+ 25. Ka4 Qxd4+ 26. Ka5 Bc6 { White resigns. } 0-1

[fen]2kr4/1p3p1p/2b5/K7/3qp3/Q7/PP3PPP/5B1R w - - 2 27[/fen]
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Maybe Steffen already mentioned it, but in about 9 hours and 52 minutes (8:00 European time) the ChessGenius Pro will battle with his Exclusive ;-)

Best regards, Paul
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If I am mistaken, it must be caused by a horizon effect...
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Scally wrote:Hi all,

Well it couldn't last, I couldn't keep clawing a draw from a lost position, the Rev 2 playing White got smashed in 26 moves by the Mysticum in a weird opening:

Al.


[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/dsVn2JWO"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[White "Scally"]
[Black "ricard60"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 { B22 Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense } 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qb4 Qc6 14. e6 Qxe6 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 Bc6 17. Qa3 Nf5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rd8+ 21. Kc2 Qd5 22. Bb6 Qd2+ 23. Kb3 Nd4+ 24. Bxd4 Bd5+ 25. Ka4 Qxd4+ 26. Ka5 Bc6 { White resigns. } 0-1

[fen]2kr4/1p3p1p/2b5/K7/3qp3/Q7/PP3PPP/5B1R w - - 2 27[/fen]
After move 15 Bxg7 the position for white was quite better:

[fen]r3k2r/pp1bnpBp/4q3/8/1Q2p3/8/PP3PPP/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 15[/fen]

But after move 18 for black 0-0-0 the position was:

[fen]2kr2r1/pp3p1p/2b1q3/5n2/3Bp3/Q7/PP3PPP/2KR1B1R w - - 7 19[/fen]

Here white played 19.Bxa7 this move leads to a lot of tactics for black. After this move it start a direct attack to the white king and as scally show me during the game The white KB and KR were never developed. I have never seen this variation of the sicilian maybe because it comes quite quickly in a very turbulent position.

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Tomorrow at 15.00h Berlin time and 14.00 London time will go CGM Exclusive against Mysticum Aristarch 4.5.
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And today at 19.00 Berlin time we play:

Revelation II Hiarcs - MCG Exclusive
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Millennium Chess Genius PRO - Millennium Chess Genius EXCLUSIVE: 0-1

The Millennium Chess Genius EXCLUSIVE played a strong game with black against the Kaufbeuren 2016 winner, his small plastic brother Millennium Chess Genius PRO. Black gave away a pawn in the opening for activity. The black attack was not to defend by white.

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/Gsx7BPdv"]
[Date "2017.05.01"]
[White "PaulW3"]
[Black "Fidelity"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 { C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense } 3. d3 c6 4. Bb3 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 e4 8. dxe4 dxe4 9. Nfd2 Be5 10. c3 Bf5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Qb5 Nbd7 13. Nc4 a6 14. Qxb7 Nc5 15. Qb6 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Qxb6 17. Nxb6 Rae8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nc4 Bh4 20. Nd6 Re5 21. Nd2 Nxf2 22. Rg1 Nd3 23. N2c4 Rd5 24. Rb1 Bg6 25. g4 Nf4 26. Nf5 e3 27. Ncxe3 Rd2 28. Rg2 Nxg2 29. Nxg2 Bd8 30. Ba4 Bb6 31. Bc6 Rf2+ 32. Ke1 Bxf5 33. gxf5 Rc8 34. Bb7 Re8+ 35. Kd1 Ree2 36. Nf4 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Rxh2 38. Rd1 Rxb2 39. Bf3 Rbf2 40. Rd3 Rxa2 41. Ne2 g5 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Rd6 Bf2+ 44. Kd1 Be3 45. Rxg6+ Kf8 46. Rg2 Rh1+ 47. Rg1 Rxg1+ 48. Nxg1 Bxg1 49. Kc1 { White resigns. } 0-1
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