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Amazingly enough the website is up-to-date with news of :
Upcoming events - AGM followed by Simul and the Blitz Champ and then the club champ itself events
Gosford Open details
The Roche just finished
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Roche results (more extensive at the above link)
1st - Gary Losh; 2nd - Colin Rowlison; 1st Performance award - Michael Joyce; 2nd performance award - Bill Hoseman
Roche Memorial Trophy - Gary Losh
2 games a night; 16 players in all and no more than 13 players at any one time - recently our tournaments have had their share of drop-outs (illness mostly) and some withdrawls have made this a bumpy tournaments, though some have been pleasant bumps to be sure. It started with Stephen who could only be there the 1st night and we invited him in on that understanding - and how fortunate we were as his participation lent a strength to the mix to help inspire us to give our best. Gary certainly worked hard and benefitted - in fact was looking forward to getting another 'scalp' from his great success in round 2.
Gary persists in telling us his weakness is the fast game, I can't see it myself seeing his results since he has started at the club, as well as his roving successes in weekenders. The other newcomer Michael did well too and we may well see his name on the trophy in coming years.
the awarding of the Trophy is based upon the 'Chg*K' column
(1) nihilistic (1209) - aussiemickyc (855) [B01]
Internet game: Rated blitz freechess.org, 20.09.2007
In chess you can never say "I have just learnt Philidor's legacy and I'll uses it in the next game" !
Unfortunately we have to have a collection of tricks, tactics and guidelines in our memory/arsenal and somehow recognize the patterns as they arise.
In this game things are grim indeed for black when he/she rushes off and forgets that the back rank is still vulnerable if one dashes off. 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe6+ to a5 or back home to d8 has been preferred of the centuries 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nf3 Ne4 6.0-0 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Bd7 8.Re1 Qf5 9.Bd3 Qa5 10.b4 Qd5 11.Re5 Qd6 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.Re4 Qd5 white has been having a fairly easy time of things 14.c4 Qh5 15.b5 Nb4 16.Be2 and now the black night is stranded ! True Rambo chess from black - sending a guy into the jungle; not really caring if they copme back alive, and if something (in this case a Bishop) snares something, take all credit 16...0-0-0 17.c3 Nxa2 18.Rxa2 Bc6 Diagram
just how many pieces black can leave in danger may have confused white, this is blitz and I have not referred to how much time may have been a factor19.Nd4 Qg6 20.Bf3?? Bxe4 21.Bxe4 [ 21.Rxa7 Rd6 ( 21...Kb8 doesn't work as 22.Nc6+ Qxc6 23.Qxd8+ Kxa7 24.bxc6 e5 25.Be3+ Bc5 26.Bxc5+ Ka6 27.Qxh8 Bxf3 28.Qa8# ends in mate) 22.Bxd6] 21...Qxe4 22.Qa4 Qe1# 0-1
(2) aussiemickyc (869) - DogGhost (1026) [C41]
Internet game: Rated blitz freechess.org, 27.09.2007
[notes by Keith Farrell]
I have been aq bit rough on Micky in my notes - but his polishing off in this game was very accurate - and pleasing to the eye 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Nc3 Bxb5 5.Nxb5 a6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.d3 Nd4 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nh3 Be7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bg5 13.f4 Bxf4? 14.Nxf4 exf4 15.Rxf4 Nb5 16.c4 g5? 17.Qe2+ Kd7 Diagram
18.Qg4+ "no hiding in there thankyou" says White 18...Ke8 19.Re4+ Kf8 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Qh5 Qd7 22.Bxg5! Re8 23.Bxh6+! Kg8?? 24.Qg5+!! Kh7 25.Qg7# 1-0
(3) sreeneni (1336) - aussiemickyc (862) [B30]
Rated blitz match, 30.09.2007
[notes by Keith Farrell]
white had an online blitz rating of 1336 and black a little less than 900.
The reason for inclusion was you cannot expect weakish play, people can easily surprise, in this case a sustained period of sound play, surprising whiote who gradiualoly became convinced his opponent was using a computer. When those ideas pop up they can be hard to shake. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bb5 Qe4+ 7.Qe2 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.0-0 0-0 12.a3 Bd6 13.Bg5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.b4 a5 16.b5 Nd8 17.a4 Ne6 18.Bd2 Nf4 19.Bd1 b6 20.Re1 Nd3 21.Re3 Nb2 22.Bb3 Be6 23.Rb1 Diagram
Black has put up enough resistance, and now even has the edge, white must be frustraated if the expected errors haven't arrived yet 23...Nc4 24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Ng5 Bf4 26.Nxe6? [ 26.Re2 white may not have been stirred - but I would say definitely shaken] 26...Bxe3 27.Nxf8! [ 27.Bxe3 was needed 27...fxe6 28.Kf1] 27...Bxd2 28.Nd7 charging with the c-pawn was bettet 28...Rd8!? 29.Nxb6 Rxd4?! 30.Kf1 c3 31.Ke2 c2! 32.Ra1 c1Q 33.Rxc1 Bxc1 34.g3 Re4+ 35.Kd1 Ba3 36.Nd5 Rd4+ white resigns 0-1
(4)
odd endgame
[notes by Keith Farrell]
1.c6 Diagram
I have a stronh feeling thid was John Pascoe Vs Chessmaster (the top engine) 1...bxc6 2.Kxc6 Ra5 3.Kb6 Ra8 4.Kb7 Diagram 4...Ra5 [ 4...Kxf7 5.Kxa8 Kf6 6.Kb7 Kxf5 7.Kc6 Kf4 8.Kd5= Ke3?? NOW it is mate-in-13
the reason I show this odd little trek is a position much later - which highlights computer decision making (as opposesd to 'thinking' ) 9.Kxe5 following thne endgame tablebase 9...Kxe2 10.Kxd4 Kd2 11.Kc4 Ke3 12.Kc3 Kf4 13.Kb4 Ke3 14.Kc4 Kf4 15.Kb5 Ke3 16.Kxa4 Kd4 17.Kb5 Kd5 18.a4 Kd6 19.a5 Kc7 20.a6 Kc8 21.d4 Kc7 22.Kc5 Kb8 23.d5 Kc8 24.d6 Kd8 25.a7 Ke8 26.a8Q+ Kf7 27.Qe4 Kg7 28.Qf5
Diagram and the computer, or at least 'my' computer, jumps track from a mate-in-3 to a mate-in-8 - does yours choose similarly ?28...Kh6 29.Qh5+ while this is my computers 'preference' ( 29.d7 which is 'my' human intervention - can anyone say "Kasparov-Deeper Blue" ??
29...Kg7 the computer continues 30.d8Q Kh6 31.Qdg5#) 29...Kxh5 30.d7 Kg4 31.d8Q Kf3 32.Qh4 Ke3 33.Kc4 Kf3 34.Kd3 Kg2 35.Ke2 Kg1 36.Kf3 Kf1 37.Qf2#; 4...Rd8 5.Kc7 Kxf7 6.Kxd8 Kf6 7.Kc7 Kxf5 8.Kc6 Kf4 9.Kd5] 1/2-1/2
(5) Emil Joseph Diemer - Heiling [A45]
Nurenberg Open Germany, 1984
[notes by Keith Farrell]
this is the last tournament game Diemer (of Blackmar-Diemer and Diemer-Duhm fame) played 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d6 3.e4 g6 4.g4 Bg7 5.g5 Nfd7 6.f4 c5 7.d5 b5 8.c3 a6 9.h4 Nb6 10.h5 e6 11.h6 Bf8 12.a4 exd5 13.a5 N6d7 14.exd5 Be7 15.c4 f6 16.cxb5 fxg5 17.f5 gxf5 18.Qh5+ Diagram
the first time white has moved a piece !18...Kf8 19.Nf3 Rg8 20.b6 Bb7 21.Nc3 Nf6 22.Nxg5 Nxh5 23.Ne6+ Ke8 24.Nxd8 Ng3 25.Nxb7 Nxh1 26.Bf4 Rg6 27.0-0-0 Nf2 28.Re1 Kd7 29.Nb5 Ne4 30.Rxe4 Rg1 31.Re1 Rxf1 32.Rxf1 axb5 33.Rg1 Kc8 34.Nxd6+ Bxd6 35.Bxd6 Nd7 36.Rg8+ Kb7 37.Rg7 Kc8 38.Rxh7 Rxa5 39.b7+ Kxb7 40.Rxd7+ Kc8 41.h7 Ra1+ 42.Kc2 Kxd7 43.h8Q Kxd6 44.Qd8+ Ke5 45.d6 1-0
(6) Aronian,L (2750) - Anand,V (2792) [D43]
WCh Mexico City MEX (2), 14.09.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 h5 10.h4 g4 11.Be2 Bb7 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.Qc2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bg7 15.Rad1 0-0 16.Bg3 Nd7 17.f3 c5 18.dxc5 Qe7 19.Kh1 a6 20.a4 Bc6 21.Nd5 exd5 22.exd5 Be5 23.f4 Bg7 24.dxc6 Nxc5 25.Rd5 Ne4 26.Be1 Qe6 Diagram
27.Rxh5 as GM Marin said in his article at chessbase "White has temporarily won a pawn, but his rook is miserably placed" , I would appreciate someone letting me know what white would have in mind here 27...f5 28.Kh2 Rac8 29.Bb4 Rfe8 30.axb5 axb5 31.Re1 Qf7 32.Rg5 Nxg5 33.fxg5 Rxc6 34.Bf1 Rxe1 35.Bxe1 Re6 36.Bc3 Qc7+ 37.g3 Re3 38.Qg2 Bxc3 39.bxc3 f4 40.Qa8+ Kg7 41.Qa6 fxg3+ 0-1
(7) Aronian,L - Anand,V
Wch 2007 fantasy, 13.09.2007
Diagram
25...Ne4 [ 25...Nxa4?? 26.Rxh5 so, perhaps a couple of mis-steps and this could happen ? was it a realistic plan for white to embark upon ? 26...Rfe8 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Rg5] 26.Be1 Qe6 27.Rxh5 Qg6 *
(8) Aronian,L - Anand,V
Wch 2007 fantasy, 09.2007
Diagram
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