m (Pablo (956) vs Camilo (968))
(Camilo vs David - David again narrowly escapes)
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 { Queen's Gambit Accepted, Old Variation } Nc6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Nb4 7. Ne5?! { (1.12 → 0.61) Inaccuracy. The best move was e4. } (7. e4 Be7 8. a3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 a6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bf4 b5) 7... c6 8. O-O b5 9. Bb3 Nfd5? { (1.15 → 2.16) Mistake. The best move was a6. } (9... a6 10. e4 c5 11. a3 Qxd4 12. Bf4 Nbd5 13. Qxd4 cxd4 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nh5) 10. Qf3 f6? { (2.01 → 4.08) Mistake. The best move was Qf6. } (10... Qf6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Nxb5 Qe7 13. Na3 f6 14. Nec4 Ba6 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Nc2 Qf7) 11. e4?? { (4.08 → 0.86) Blunder. The best move was Qh5+. } (11. Qh5+ g6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qxh8 f5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Na6 16. Qh3 Qe7 17. Nc3 Nab4 18. e4 fxe4 19. Qg3 Qf7 20. Bg5 Ba6) 11... Nb6?? { (0.86 → 4.72) Blunder. The best move was Nxc3. } (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 fxe5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxe5 Rg8 15. cxb4 Bd6 16. Qg5 Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxb4 18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 e5 21. a4) 12. Nd3?? { (4.72 → 1.06) Blunder. The best move was Qh5+. } (12. Qh5+ g6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qxh8 Qe7 15. a4 Nd3 16. axb5 c5 17. Bh6 c4 18. Bd1 Bb7 19. b3 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Rc8 21. Qg8 Rxc3) 12... f5? { (1.06 → 4.03) Mistake. The best move was Nxd3. } (12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bd6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Qg3 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Nd3 f5 21. Ne5 fxe4 22. Bc2) 13. e5?? { (4.03 → 0.60) Blunder. The best move was exf5. } (13. exf5 Nxd3 14. fxe6 Qc7 15. Qxd3 Bb7 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qf7+ Qxf7 18. exf7+ Kd7 19. Re1 Nd5 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Nxb5 Be7) 13... Qxd4?! { (0.60 → 1.43) Inaccuracy. The best move was Nxd3. } (13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. a4 b4 16. a5 Nd5 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Rfc1 g5 20. Ng3 Rc8 21. Nh5 Kh8 22. Nf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5) 14. Qxc6+?? { (1.43 → -8.44) Blunder. The best move was Nf4. } (14. Nf4 Qxe5 15. Qd1 N6d5 16. Ncxd5 exd5) 14... Nxc6 15. Rd1?! { (-8.32 → -8.84) Inaccuracy. The best move was Be3. } (15. Be3 Qd7 16. Nf4 Nd8 17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. Rac1 Bb7 19. a4 bxa4 20. Ncd5) 15... b4? { (-8.84 → -7.64) Mistake. The best move was Qd7. } (15... Qd7 16. Nf4 Qc7 17. Bxe6 Qxe5 18. Bb3 b4 19. Nfd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Nd4 21. f4 Qe4 22. Nc7+ Kd8 23. Nxa8) 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nc5 Qe7?! { (-8.15 → -7.23) Inaccuracy. The best move was Qc7. } (17... Qc7 18. Nb5 Qxe5 19. Rac1 a6 20. Nd4 Na5 21. Ndxe6 Nxb3 22. axb3 Bxe6 23. Bd4 Qb8 24. Nxe6 Nd5 25. Bxg7 Bxg7 26. Rxd5 Kf7 27. Re1) 18. Nxe6? { (-7.23 → -11.75) Mistake. The best move was Nb5. } (18. Nb5 Nxe5 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Qb7 21. Bf4 a6 22. Bxf5 axb5 23. Re1 Bd6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5+ Kf7 26. Be4 Qd7 27. Bxa8 Rxa8) 18... Bxe6 19. Ba4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. Rd2 Nxa4 22. h3 Nxc3 23. Rd3 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 25. g3?! { (-24.58 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. The best move was Re1. } (25. Re1 Bc4 26. Rd2 f4 27. Rdxe2 Bxe2 28. Bxf4 Qxf4 29. Rxe2+ Be7 30. Re6) 25... Qxa1+ 26. Kg2 Qg1+ 27. Kf3 Ne5+?! { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 6) Not the best checkmate sequence. The best move was Qf1. } (27... Qf1 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Bd4 Nexd4+ 30. Ke3 Qe2+ 31. Kf4 Qd2#) 28. Kxe2 Bc4 29. Kd2 Bb4+ 30. Kc2 Bxd3+ 31. Kb3 Qb1+ 32. Ka4 Rb8?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. The best move was a6. } (32... a6 33. a3 Bc2#) 33. Bxa7 Bb5# { White is checkmated } 0-1
 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 { Queen's Gambit Accepted, Old Variation } Nc6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Nb4 7. Ne5?! { (1.12 → 0.61) Inaccuracy. The best move was e4. } (7. e4 Be7 8. a3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 a6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bf4 b5) 7... c6 8. O-O b5 9. Bb3 Nfd5? { (1.15 → 2.16) Mistake. The best move was a6. } (9... a6 10. e4 c5 11. a3 Qxd4 12. Bf4 Nbd5 13. Qxd4 cxd4 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nh5) 10. Qf3 f6? { (2.01 → 4.08) Mistake. The best move was Qf6. } (10... Qf6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Nxb5 Qe7 13. Na3 f6 14. Nec4 Ba6 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Nc2 Qf7) 11. e4?? { (4.08 → 0.86) Blunder. The best move was Qh5+. } (11. Qh5+ g6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qxh8 f5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Na6 16. Qh3 Qe7 17. Nc3 Nab4 18. e4 fxe4 19. Qg3 Qf7 20. Bg5 Ba6) 11... Nb6?? { (0.86 → 4.72) Blunder. The best move was Nxc3. } (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 fxe5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxe5 Rg8 15. cxb4 Bd6 16. Qg5 Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxb4 18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 e5 21. a4) 12. Nd3?? { (4.72 → 1.06) Blunder. The best move was Qh5+. } (12. Qh5+ g6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qxh8 Qe7 15. a4 Nd3 16. axb5 c5 17. Bh6 c4 18. Bd1 Bb7 19. b3 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Rc8 21. Qg8 Rxc3) 12... f5? { (1.06 → 4.03) Mistake. The best move was Nxd3. } (12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bd6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Qg3 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Nd3 f5 21. Ne5 fxe4 22. Bc2) 13. e5?? { (4.03 → 0.60) Blunder. The best move was exf5. } (13. exf5 Nxd3 14. fxe6 Qc7 15. Qxd3 Bb7 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qf7+ Qxf7 18. exf7+ Kd7 19. Re1 Nd5 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Nxb5 Be7) 13... Qxd4?! { (0.60 → 1.43) Inaccuracy. The best move was Nxd3. } (13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. a4 b4 16. a5 Nd5 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Rfc1 g5 20. Ng3 Rc8 21. Nh5 Kh8 22. Nf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5) 14. Qxc6+?? { (1.43 → -8.44) Blunder. The best move was Nf4. } (14. Nf4 Qxe5 15. Qd1 N6d5 16. Ncxd5 exd5) 14... Nxc6 15. Rd1?! { (-8.32 → -8.84) Inaccuracy. The best move was Be3. } (15. Be3 Qd7 16. Nf4 Nd8 17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. Rac1 Bb7 19. a4 bxa4 20. Ncd5) 15... b4? { (-8.84 → -7.64) Mistake. The best move was Qd7. } (15... Qd7 16. Nf4 Qc7 17. Bxe6 Qxe5 18. Bb3 b4 19. Nfd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Nd4 21. f4 Qe4 22. Nc7+ Kd8 23. Nxa8) 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nc5 Qe7?! { (-8.15 → -7.23) Inaccuracy. The best move was Qc7. } (17... Qc7 18. Nb5 Qxe5 19. Rac1 a6 20. Nd4 Na5 21. Ndxe6 Nxb3 22. axb3 Bxe6 23. Bd4 Qb8 24. Nxe6 Nd5 25. Bxg7 Bxg7 26. Rxd5 Kf7 27. Re1) 18. Nxe6? { (-7.23 → -11.75) Mistake. The best move was Nb5. } (18. Nb5 Nxe5 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Qb7 21. Bf4 a6 22. Bxf5 axb5 23. Re1 Bd6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5+ Kf7 26. Be4 Qd7 27. Bxa8 Rxa8) 18... Bxe6 19. Ba4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. Rd2 Nxa4 22. h3 Nxc3 23. Rd3 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 25. g3?! { (-24.58 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. The best move was Re1. } (25. Re1 Bc4 26. Rd2 f4 27. Rdxe2 Bxe2 28. Bxf4 Qxf4 29. Rxe2+ Be7 30. Re6) 25... Qxa1+ 26. Kg2 Qg1+ 27. Kf3 Ne5+?! { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 6) Not the best checkmate sequence. The best move was Qf1. } (27... Qf1 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Bd4 Nexd4+ 30. Ke3 Qe2+ 31. Kf4 Qd2#) 28. Kxe2 Bc4 29. Kd2 Bb4+ 30. Kc2 Bxd3+ 31. Kb3 Qb1+ 32. Ka4 Rb8?! { (Mate in 2 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. The best move was a6. } (32... a6 33. a3 Bc2#) 33. Bxa7 Bb5# { White is checkmated } 0-1
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== Camilo (966) vs David (999) ==
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A game of tension, of tension going too far. First 10 moves or so have been slowly, carefully considered by both sides and getting the pot to almost boiling point. Then David blunders his queen away, 11. Bd3?? Even then, to strike mercilessly, Camilo took his time, and brought the heavy knight falling with all the weight of an actual horse on the square that meant defeat for our French contender. But there's nothing that you can do to vex David's attitude. He regarded this move as mere trifle, displaced his king and carried on with a face of steel. Time was still equal. But with time passing and nothing to loose, it was easy for Black to arrogantly pretend they could still play, and with the face of conquest, advance a minuscule little pawn towards recovering the wasted queen. White started to play faster (which is good) and with too much confidence (which is not), with some irrational fixation on delivering check. See 22. Qc4+?, letting the knight go away. At this point, or not too far, a girl who popped out of nowhere tried to get under the table to reach something below Camilo's bench. Upon inquiry, it turned out to be a coin that rolled all the way from the vending machine to our competitor. We had to pay the girl to get away. Too late. On 26th move, the blunder of the day changed the game's fate. In a mate-in-5 position, when everybody started to relax and think about the coin below the bench, Camilo spin out of control: first sacrifice of a bishop, 26. Bxa6+? then throwing the queen in its wake, 27 Qxa6+?? The move was stopped in mid-air, in a frozen time and space with only a resounding "too late, too late" from David, detonating in a cafetaria getting a moment's interest into an apparent scandal. Then in time trouble, psychologically ruined, pursuing illusory checkmates, only defeat could follow for White, who lost on time.
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[Event "Casual game"]
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[Site "http://lichess.org/IqngdbuX"]
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[Date "2015.03.12"]
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[White "Camilo"]
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[Black "David"]
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[Result "0-1"]
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[WhiteElo "?"]
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[BlackElo "?"]
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[PlyCount "82"]
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[Variant "Standard"]
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[TimeControl "-"]
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[ECO "B23"]
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[Opening "Sicilian Defense, Closed Variation"]
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[Annotator "lichess.org"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 { Sicilian Defense, Closed Variation } d6 3. Nf3 e5 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Na5 6. b3 h5 7. g3 g6 8. Nh4 Qe7 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Qf3 b5? { (0.25 → 2.00) Mistake. The best move was Nxc4. } (10... Nxc4 11. bxc4 b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. d3 Rc8 14. Kf1 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Be7 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Kg2 Bxh4 18. gxh4 Qxh4 19. a5 Nf6 20. axb6) 11. Bd3? { (2.00 → 0.69) Mistake. The best move was Bxb5. } (11. Bxb5 Nc6 12. d3 Qb7 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Ba4 Bh6 15. Bf6 Rh7 16. c3 Qd7 17. b4 cxb4 18. Nxb4 Rc8 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. O-O Nxf6) 11... Ne7?? { (0.69 → 8.92) Blunder. The best move was Rb8. } (11... Rb8 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nc6 14. Bc4 Nd4 15. Qd1 Bg7 16. c3 Ne6 17. Qf3 Ng5 18. Qe3 Ne6 19. f4 Nc7 20. Nf3 Nxd5 21. exd5) 12. Nf6+ Kd8 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qf6? { (9.13 → 7.81) Mistake. The best move was Qxf7. } (14. Qxf7 Kc7 15. f4 Nac6 16. Bxb5 Be8 17. Qc4 a6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Bb2 Bg7 20. Nf3 Rf8 21. Ng5 Bd7 22. Nf7 Nb4 23. O-O-O Rac8) 14... Rh6? { (7.81 → 8.95) Mistake. The best move was Rg8. } (14... Rg8 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxd6 Ke8 17. Qxe5 Bg7 18. Qxc5 Bxa1 19. Qxa5 Bf6 20. bxa4 Rb8 21. Bc4 Rc8 22. d3 Nc6 23. Qd5 Be6 24. Qb5) 15. Qxf7 Kc7 16. b4? { (9.17 → 8.03) Mistake. The best move was f4. } (16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Re8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Bb2 Nb7 20. e5 Nd8 21. Qc4 Nf5) 16... cxb4 17. a3?! { (8.03 → 7.24) Inaccuracy. The best move was Bxb5. } (17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. d4 Rh8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qf6 Rg8 21. Qxe5+ Kb6 22. Be3+ Ka6 23. c4) 17... g5 18. Nf5 Bxf5?? { (6.67 → 12.07) Blunder. The best move was Be6. } (18... Be6 19. Nxh6 Bxf7 20. Nxf7 b3 21. Rb1 Nec6 22. Nxg5 Be7 23. h4 bxc2 24. Rxb5 Rc8 25. Bxc2 Nd4 26. Rb2 Nc4 27. Ra2 Na5 28. d3) 19. exf5 b3 20. Bxb5 bxc2 21. d3 Nb3 22. Qc4+ Nc5 23. O-O?! { (10.38 → 9.16) Inaccuracy. The best move was Bxg5. } (23. Bxg5 Rb8 24. f6 Nc6 25. Qf7+ Nd7 26. Bxc6 Kxc6 27. Ra2 Rb1+ 28. Ke2 Rxh1) 23... Nxf5?! { (9.16 → 9.99) Inaccuracy. The best move was a6. } (23... a6 24. Ba4 Nxf5 25. Bxg5 Rh7 26. Bxc2 Nd4 27. f4 Nxc2 28. Qxc2 Rg7 29. Rab1 Kd7) 24. Bd2 a6 25. Ba5+ Kc8?! { (14.70 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. The best move was Kb8. } (25... Kb8 26. Qf7 Be7 27. Bd7 Ka7 28. Bxf5 Rb8 29. Qxe7+ Rb7 30. Qxg5 Rh8) 26. Bxa6+? { (Mate in 5 → 8.41) Lost forced checkmate sequence. The best move was Qf7. } (26. Qf7 Ne7 27. Qxf8+ Kb7 28. Qxe7+ Nd7 29. Qxd7+ Kb8 30. Qc7#) 26... Rxa6 27. Qxa6+?? { (8.32 → -2.74) Blunder. The best move was Qf7. } (27. Qf7 Rxa5 28. Qxf8+ Kc7 29. Qxf5 Ne6 30. Qf7+ Kb6 31. a4 Ra7 32. a5+ Rxa5 33. Qe7 Rxa1 34. Qxd6+ Kb5) 27... Nxa6 28. Rac1 Nd4 29. Bc3? { (-3.21 → -4.85) Mistake. The best move was Rxc2+. } (29. Rxc2+ Nxc2 30. Rc1 Nc5 31. Rxc2 Kd7 32. Rc3 Bg7 33. Rc1 Rf6 34. Bb6 Kc6 35. Bd8 Rf3 36. a4 Rxd3 37. Bxg5 Kd5 38. a5 e4) 29... Nc5?? { (-4.85 → -1.00) Blunder. The best move was Ne2+. } (29... Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 d5 32. Bxe5 Rc6 33. Bb2 g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. d4 Bh6 36. Rh1 c1=B 37. Bxc1 Bxc1 38. Rh8+ Kb7 39. Rh4) 30. Rfe1?? { (-1.00 → -4.26) Blunder. The best move was Bxd4. } (30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Rxc2 Kd7 32. a4 Bg7 33. a5 Nxd3 34. a6 Rh8 35. Ra2 Ra8 36. a7 Nc5 37. f4 gxf4 38. Kg2 Kc6 39. gxf4 d3) 30... Nxd3 31. Rxc2?? { (-4.32 → -8.34) Blunder. The best move was Bxd4. } (31. Bxd4 Nxe1 32. Kf1 exd4 33. Kxe1 h4 34. Rxc2+ Kd7 35. g4 Rf6 36. Ke2 d5 37. a4 d3+ 38. Kxd3 Rf3+ 39. Ke2 Rxh3 40. Ra2 Bc5) 31... Nxe1 32. Rb2 Ndf3+?! { (-8.44 → -7.48) Inaccuracy. The best move was Nef3+. } (32... Nef3+ 33. Kg2 d5 34. a4 Rc6 35. Bxd4 Nxd4 36. Ra2 Ra6 37. f3 Bb4 38. Ra1 Kd7 39. Ra2) 33. Kh1? { (-7.48 → -8.77) Mistake. The best move was Kf1. } (33. Kf1 Nd3 34. Rb5 e4 35. Ra5 Be7 36. Ke2 Bf6 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 38. Ke3 Nfe5 39. Kxe4 Nxf2+ 40. Kd5 Rf3 41. Ra6 Rd3+ 42. Ke6 Ne4) 33... e4?! { (-8.77 → -7.91) Inaccuracy. The best move was Nd3. } (33... Nd3 34. Rc2 Kb7 35. Bb4 Nxb4 36. axb4 d5 37. Rb2 e4 38. Rb1 Rb6 39. b5 Nd4 40. Kg2 Bc5 41. g4 h4 42. Ra1 Rxb5 43. Rc1) 34. Rb6?! { (-7.91 → -8.73) Inaccuracy. The best move was Bxe1. } (34. Bxe1 Nxe1 35. Re2 Nd3 36. f3 d5 37. fxe4 dxe4 38. Kg1 Re6 39. a4 Kd7 40. Ra2) 34... g4 35. Rc6+? { (-8.73 → -14.69) Mistake. The best move was Bxe1. } (35. Bxe1 Nxe1 36. Rb5 Bg7 37. Kh2 Bd4 38. Rf5 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 gxh3+ 40. Kxh3 Bxf2 41. Kg2 Bd4 42. Rf4 d5 43. Rf5 Be5 44. Kf2 Kd7) 35... Kd7 36. Ra6 gxh3 37. Ba5 Ke7 38. Ra8 Bg7?! { (-21.45 → -9.34) Inaccuracy. The best move was Nd3. } (38... Nd3 39. Ra7+ Ke6 40. Bb6 d5 41. a4 d4 42. Bxd4 Nxd4 43. Ra6+ Bd6 44. Kh2 Nxf2 45. Kg1 e3 46. a5) 39. Bd8+?! { (-9.34 → -18.72) Inaccuracy. The best move was Bxe1. } (39. Bxe1 Nxe1 40. Ra4 d5 41. Ra7+ Kf8 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Kh2 Nd3 45. Kxh3 Nxf2+ 46. Kg2 Ng4 47. a4 Be5 48. Ra8 Kf5) 39... Ke6 40. Ra7?! { (-16.50 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. The best move was Bb6. } (40. Bb6 Nd3 41. Rc8 d5 42. Rc2 Kf5 43. Be3 Ra6 44. Rd2 Nxd2 45. Bxd2 Nxf2+ 46. Kg1 Ng4 47. Bb4 Bd4+ 48. Kf1 Bf2 49. Be7 Bxg3) 40... Bd4 41. Re7+ Kd5 { White resigns } 0-1
 
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Revision as of 18:09, 12 March 2015

Contents

PolaChess

The PolaChess tournament is the ongoing PolaFlow chess tournament. It is a Round-robin, 10 minutes time, 0 increment tournament played during coffee time. Both a PolÆlO rating and centipawns are computed. The person in charge is Carlos.

Polachess-first-game.jpeg

PolÆlO

An Elo is computed, with a $K=32$ constant and with 5 provisional ratings for players not part of the PolaChess pool (we assumed established ratings for everybody who joined the tournament at $t=0$, which is not a problem as their ratings will converge but we need to take into account occasional games as provided by visitors). Specifically, the $K$ factor is scaled by $3/\big(4(5-i)\big)$ (i.e., down) for the established player and by $3-(i-1)/2$ (i.e., up) for his opponent for the first $i<5$ games of the new player, after which point $K=32$ again. Explicitly, the $K$ constants for the new player go:

96, 80, 64, 48, and 32 thereafter

while it goes, for the established player:

6, 8, 12, 24, and 32 thereafter

Games

Carlos (1000) vs Camilo (1000)

13 February (2015)

Fabrice (1000) vs David (1000)

16 February (2015)

Carlos (1016) vs Stefan (1000)

17 February (2015) (photo)

Pablo (1000) vs Fabrice (1016)

18 February (2015)

Santiago (1000) vs Carlos (1031)

Camilo (984) vs Stefan (985)

David (984) vs Carlos (1046)

23 February (2015)Blunderful.

Stefan (1001) vs Pablo (985)

Santiago (985) vs David (1003)

Pablo (970) vs David (1018)

David (1032) vs Fabrice (1031)

Fabrice (1047) vs Stefan (1016)

The end was not recorded as it was too fast for the transcript (Pablo). Apparently an illegal move was made with a rook. The game ended in checkmate in a race to flag for time.

David (1016) vs Stefan (1001)

Fabrice (1062) vs Carlos (1027)

Pablo (956) vs Camilo (968)

Camilo wins on time. Interestingly, 24. Qd6+?! is not a blunder (only a mistake). The next move, however, is a proper queen panick moment.

Stefan (1018) vs Fabrice (1076)

The end was not recorded as it was too fast for the transcript (Pablo). The game ended in checkmate shortly after the last position shown.

Santiago (970) vs Camilo (983)

Shortest game so far, which left us time to play a king of the hill variation (which Camilo won, against Fabrice, by checkmate on a too daring king).

Santiago (987) vs Pablo (941)

In a raging fury against our Colombian community, Santiago proceeds to calmly walk his way back up the ladder of the tournament, methodically resisting the attacks of White who, in their traditional style, succumb to their own pressure and split out to surrender their queen on an otherwise leading position. The shat queen moment—this move of the game where Juan Pablo becomes chess-blind and positions his dame in front of a pawn, bishop or right below the roofs of a knight—occurred here on the (Friday the) 13th move. It was then just a matter of carefully moving the heavy Black artillery left around, with little but enough time left to enforce checkmate. Playing with psychology on his side, Santiago allowed himself the occasional glance through the window, à la Bobby, which was a nice touch.

Camilo (966) vs David (999)

A game of tension, of tension going too far. First 10 moves or so have been slowly, carefully considered by both sides and getting the pot to almost boiling point. Then David blunders his queen away, 11. Bd3?? Even then, to strike mercilessly, Camilo took his time, and brought the heavy knight falling with all the weight of an actual horse on the square that meant defeat for our French contender. But there's nothing that you can do to vex David's attitude. He regarded this move as mere trifle, displaced his king and carried on with a face of steel. Time was still equal. But with time passing and nothing to loose, it was easy for Black to arrogantly pretend they could still play, and with the face of conquest, advance a minuscule little pawn towards recovering the wasted queen. White started to play faster (which is good) and with too much confidence (which is not), with some irrational fixation on delivering check. See 22. Qc4+?, letting the knight go away. At this point, or not too far, a girl who popped out of nowhere tried to get under the table to reach something below Camilo's bench. Upon inquiry, it turned out to be a coin that rolled all the way from the vending machine to our competitor. We had to pay the girl to get away. Too late. On 26th move, the blunder of the day changed the game's fate. In a mate-in-5 position, when everybody started to relax and think about the coin below the bench, Camilo spin out of control: first sacrifice of a bishop, 26. Bxa6+? then throwing the queen in its wake, 27 Qxa6+?? The move was stopped in mid-air, in a frozen time and space with only a resounding "too late, too late" from David, detonating in a cafetaria getting a moment's interest into an apparent scandal. Then in time trouble, psychologically ruined, pursuing illusory checkmates, only defeat could follow for White, who lost on time.

Games to come

Based on Computer's random sampling. Games that cannot take place are either skipped of flushed to the end.

Decided at the last minute on people's availability.