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cairo
15-Aug-10, 16:24

Congrats

and well done for a safe draw against a strong player Loren!

B est wishes
Cairo

cairo
15-Aug-10, 16:27

Update

of current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=3 1½ points and 9 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +4-1=5 6½ points and 2 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +1-0=5 3½ points and 6 games remaining.

Total: +5-1=14 12½ points and 27 games remaining.

Keep up the good play guys!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
22-Aug-10, 14:07

Congrats

to our 3rd board player harpov for a draw, well done Hans!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
22-Aug-10, 14:10

Update

of current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=3 1½ points and 9 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=3 1½ points and 9 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +4-1=5 6½ points and 2 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +1-0=5 3½ points and 6 games remaining.

Total: +5-1=14 13 points and 26 games remaining.

Crush some more "skulls" on the checked board Peace Warriors!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
26-Aug-10, 19:43

Deleted by fmgaijin on 26-Aug-10, 19:44.

fmgaijin
26-Aug-10, 19:44

Finally a Win!

Seris-Granier Gonzales-Loren 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be3 N8d7 10.exd6 cxd6 11.b3 d5 12.c5 Nc8 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Bf6 (Anand-Schmidt, Thessaoniki Olympic, 1988) 15.Qd3 Nb8!? (A new idea of mine.) 16.b4 Nc6 17.b5 Na5 18.Bd1 Ne7 19.Bc2 g6 20.Qe2 Nc4 (Black has equalized.) 21.Rad1 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Bg7 23.a4 a6 24.Qd2 Bh6 25.Rb1 b6! 26.c6 Qd6 27.Rfe1 axb5 28.axb5 Ra3 29.Ra1 Rfa8 30.Rxa3 Rxa3 (This is the type of position that Black aims for with b6 in this variation--control of a-file and weak P's to attack on b5 and e3.) 31.Nd1 e5! (With Black more active, opening the center favors him.) 32.dxe5 Qxe5 33.Qf2 Nc8 34.Qh4 Bg5 35.Qb4 Ra5 36.Bd3 Qg3 37.Kf1 Bh4 38.Re2 Ra1 39.Bc2 Nd6 (After the manuevering, every Black piece is better than its counterpart. White gives up the cP for the dP to deflect the attackers . . . for a while.) 40.c7 Ra8 41.Kg1 Rc8 42.Bb3 Rxc7 43.Bxd5 Rc5 (Black will win the bP anytime he chooses.) 44.Qa4 Rc1 45.Bb3 Bg5 46.Qa8+ Kg7 47.Qf3 Qe5 48.g3 Qxb5 (Finally.) 49.e4 Nc4 50.Qd3 Qc5+ 51.Kg2 b5 52.Ra2 Qb4 53.Rf2 Ne5 54.Qd5 Bf6 55.Ne3 h5 56.Bc2 Qe1 57.Nf1 b4 58.Ba4 Qc3 59.Bb3 Rb1 60.Ba2 Rb2 61.Rxb2 Qxb2+ 62.Qd2 Qa3 63.Bd5 Qf3+ 64.Kg1 b3 0-1. White must lose a piece for the bP and more will follow.

cairo
27-Aug-10, 08:49

Congrats

Loren with a fine win and another full pointy for the team!!

Best wishes
cairo

cairo
27-Aug-10, 08:50

Update

of current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +1-0=3 2½ points and 8 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=3 1½ points and 9 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +4-1=5 6½ points and 2 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +1-0=5 3½ points and 6 games remaining.

Total: +6-1=14 14 points and 25 games remaining.

Go Warriors go!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
07-Sep-10, 05:27

Another Skull for Soren

Loren-Christian Nittel 2080 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Qe2 b4 14.Na4 Qa5 15.b3 c5 (All book to here, but I found a new move that gives some chances--key is seeing that 19.Nb2 is possible.) 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Nb2! (Heading for d6.) Qc7 20.Nc4 Nd5 21.Nd6 Rcd8? (Looks natural, but Nc3 is actually a better try, though White has the edge after 22.Rxc3! followed by winning the c3 P and continuing to attack Black's weaknesses rather than regaining the exchange.) 22.Be4! (Black had anticipated Rxc5 or Nxb7 when Black has good compensation.) Ba8 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Qb5 (I spent a long time looking at Qg4 here with a strong attack. I finally decided that he would have drawing chances by giving up the exchange for a P on d6.) Qe7 25.Qxc5 f6 26.Nb5 Qxc5 27.Rxc5 fxe5 28.Nc7 (Nxa7 again lets Black get active compensation.) Rd6 29.Nxa8 Rxa8 30.Rd1 Rad8 31.Kf1 (So White has not won material YET, but he has an ending where his R's are both better and give excellent chances to win.) a6? (d4 was the only try, but White will wind up a P ahead with no clear way for Black to draw. Now he gets ripped.) 32.e4! dxe4 33.Rxd6 Rxd6 34.Rxe5 (Ke2 probably wins as well, but the R invasion on d2 is not dangerous, so...) Rd2 35.Ra5 Rd6 (Oh, well.) 36.Ke2 Rg6 37.g3 Kf7 38.Ke3 Rf6 (Bluff.) 39.Kxe4 (Called!) Re6+ (Rxf2 40.Rf5+ and White wins the K + P ending.) 40.Re5 Rc6 41.Rf5+ Ke6?! (Ke7 slightly better but still losing.) 42.Ra5 Kf7 43.Ra4 1-0. White will win more P's no matter what Black does.

fmgaijin
07-Sep-10, 05:35

Projections

I have won 2 so far and hope to win another 3. One game is clearly lost and in another I stand worse but have an interesting idea which might save a draw if it works out (but don't count chickens until they are hatched.) In one of the two remaining I have material but probably should draw the ending, and in the final game the position is stable and my only winning chance is to hope my opponent tries something aggressive--right now he's just shifting wood around and avoiding any commitment. Assuming a draw there, I will likely have either 7.5 or 8 depending on whether my desperate plan works. I probably should have scored about a point higher, but for a couple of brain failures (see Taranto above.)

Regards to all,
Loren

cairo
07-Sep-10, 09:37

Congrats

to Loren our 4th board player for another great win!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
07-Sep-10, 09:39

Update

of current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +2-0=3 3½ points and 7 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=3 1½ points and 9 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +4-1=5 6½ points and 2 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +1-0=5 3½ points and 6 games remaining.

Total: +7-1=14 15 points and 24 games remaining.

We are in the hunt for promotion!!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
07-Sep-10, 09:42

little correction to the:

Total: +7-1=16 15 points and 24 games remaining.

Cairo

carlosmart
07-Sep-10, 13:02

Nice Win Loren

We are on the way to try the second position.
Perhaps you have tomorrow a win by timeout.
Carlos

cairo
11-Sep-10, 14:34

Congrats

to our 3rd board player Hans for another 1/2 point, well done Hans!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
11-Sep-10, 14:37

Update

of current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +2-0=3 3½ points and 7 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=4 2 points and 8 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +4-1=5 6½ points and 2 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +1-0=5 3½ points and 6 games remaining.

Total: +7-1=17 15½ points and 23 games remaining.

Good work "Peace warriors"

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
04-Oct-10, 16:13

Great

win by our 1st board player Carlos!!!!!

Way to go!!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
04-Oct-10, 16:16

Update

of current standing:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +2-0=3 3½ points and 7 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=4 2 points and 8 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +4-1=5 6½ points and 2 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +2-0=5 4½ points and 5 games remaining.

Total: +8-1=17 16½ points and 22 games remaining.

We are currently leading our group!!

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
05-Oct-10, 18:12

Good Job, Carlos!

Very convincing win against one of our rivals--hurrah! I tend to think that both this line and the Botvinnik favor White in CC. Black's tactics are pretty difficult to meet OTB unless you are prepared like Kasparov always was, but White seems to score an excellent % in CC.

Loren (whose next move in one game will finally give up his material advantage and that will soon result in L's defeat, though I can stall for a few more moves without looking like a poor sport--alas, but I warned you that this loss was coming ever since the opening!)

carlosmart
06-Oct-10, 11:39

Loren

Unfortunately I know the game you speak of and, indeed, is long dead, but I think it was positive to keep it alive for a while.

In my remaining games, I'm quite sure that I have no risk of defeat at all, while a victory is possible.

I think that finishing second is possible, but will be within half a point.

Carlos

fmgaijin
15-Oct-10, 01:46

Nice Draw by Hans vs. Top Russian Team!

A wild finish resulted in a forced repetition of moves--and every half point matters, Carlos says! (Too bad I threw away a half point vs. Taranto . . .)

carlosmart
15-Oct-10, 03:39

Well done Hans¡¡¡¡¡

Loren: Better fight for points means possible to remember means lost points.

The end result is very fair.

Carlos

cairo
15-Oct-10, 04:23

Great stuff

peace warriors and a great ½ points by our 3rd board player Hans!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
15-Oct-10, 04:28

Update

of current standing:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +2-0=3 3½ points and 7 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=5 2½ points and 7 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +4-1=5 6½ points and 2 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +2-0=5 4½ points and 5 games remaining.

Total: +8-1=18 17 points and 21 games remaining.

What a wild game of Hans!!!!!!!!! It's going to be a nailbiting finish to this group, but I'm confident that the "Peace Warriors" knows: and when the going gets tough, the tough is get going!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

carlosmart
15-Oct-10, 14:15

Soren is ICCF International Master ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Dear teammates and captain:

I guess all you knew, but I've noticed today to see the Soren's Gameknot Profile.

We agree that knowing his chess level and quality is a title absolutely deserved.

As a human being, Soren has already reached decades ago the title of Grandmaster.

Greetings

CARLOS

cairo
19-Oct-10, 11:27

Thank you

very much for your kind words Carlos and I'm very proud of calling you my friend!

C.
Søren

cairo
26-Oct-10, 14:34

Congrats

to our 3rd board player Hans with a good result and a draw!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
26-Oct-10, 14:36

Update

of current standing:
of current standing

Board 4 Fmgaijin +2-0=3 3½ points and 7 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=6 3 points and 6 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +4-1=5 6½ points and 2 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +2-0=5 4½ points and 5 games remaining.

Total: +8-1=19 17½ points and 20 games remaining.

Go Peace Warriors Go!!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
27-Oct-10, 12:03

Congrats

to Loren for a great victory on 4th board, way to go!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
27-Oct-10, 12:13

Update

of current standing:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +3-0=3 4½ points and 6 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=6 3 points and 6 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +4-1=5 6½ points and 2 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +2-0=5 4½ points and 5 games remaining.

Total: +9-1=19 18½ points and 19 games remaining.

Nice win Loren!

Best wishes
Cairo

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