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andywm 20-Apr-13, 05:43 |
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More than one judge? |
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andywm 20-Apr-13, 07:00 |
Judges A rest is well deserved after 10 games. |
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tipsyjourneyman 20-Apr-13, 07:34 |
Everything in Moderation Now, moderation would take more time than one judge marking only 5 submissions, but it would end up much shorter, in most cases, than one judge marking 10 or more submissions. I say most cases because if a judge has a good rubric and is applying it consistently then they can really power through a load of submissions, finding moderation in fact more work than less. Its up to the judges but, as a teacher, I'm keenly aware of the workload marking creates and I wouldn't want any judge burdened by it. The GotM after all, is meant to be fun, for all involved, submitters and assessors! Cheers, TJ |
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3rd Game Opening 10/10 Happy to accept no errors. Started as an English Opening, transposed into a Catalan. 1 Bonus point for 12. e3. Up to this point the game followed the Gameknot opening databases. White seems to have found a good alternative move to moving his a rook, which has been played in the past in this position. I'm not sure why black played 12...b5 and not sure why white didn't just take it immediately. Middle game 9/10 one mark off for 28. Bc1? End game 5/10 marks off for 43. g5? 56. Rd1? 59. Rh1? 61. Rg7, 63, Ke2? Total 25. White plays the opening expertly, black gives up a pawn for no compensation, which white nurses to victory in a long game. Rather contrasting to the previous games. |
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4th game Opening. Black plays an unusual, and weak opening. Computer thinks White's 4th move is weak. I am not taking anything away though, what white played was reasonable, and white has a low grade. In the same way, computer thinks 7. Nxg5 is better than Bxg5, but I am not convinced. I will take one away for 8.b3. With the bishop already developed on g5 it is clearly better to protect b2 by developing the queen rather than b3? I am surprised computer doesn't say 10 a3 is an error. I would prefer a developing move. Total for opening, bearing in mind White's low rating 9/10 Black's blunder of a queen early on rather spoils this game. I am taking off 5 points for white 13. axb4?? which should have thrown a rook away. I am taking away another 2 for 14. b5?? leaving a rook en prise for a second move. Taking away another 2 for missing 16. R(a1) x R(a8) I am not taking anything away for 21. Be2, even though computer says Re3+ is a better move. B. e2 is a reasonable developing move. I am not taking anything away for 26. Nd4 as the queen sac mate in 6 26. Qxf5!!! is hard for most humans to see. Middle game 1/10 Black blunders his queen and white gives him loads of chances to get back in the game, and really doesn't finish black off as quickly as he should. End game 10/10 White finally gets his game into gear and finishes his opponent off in style. 1 bonus point for a mate. Total 21 points. |
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the-sigularity 20-Apr-13, 20:20 |
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Game 5 brigadecommander (2239) vs. cyrano (2570) Rather difficult for me to judge a game between 2 players who are clearly much stronger than me, and also in brigadecommander's case a person I have known on Gameknot for a few years and is someone I am really fond of, but never mind, here goes.... Opening - moves 1-14 10/10 both players play out a well-trod line of the Nimzo-Indian, Spassky's favourite Leningrad variation. Cyrano is the first to deviate from the Gameknot opening databases. 1 bonus point for the pawn sac Mid-game 19. Rc3 is given as a mistake in the post-match computer analysis, which gives e4 as better. I am not convinced. With a White squared bishop, white needs her pawns on Black square to complement it. The computer also thinks the g pawn needs protecting, but of course if Black plays Bb7xg2 then f3 and the bishop is trapped and eventually lose. 1 bonus point for this sacrifice, which was not accepted. Mid-game, moves 14-28 10/10 End game moves 28-31 5/10 White accepts a draw when she is clearly better. Post match computer analysis gives White as 0.46 better, and I tend to agree. Black h pawn is weak, can be attacked by both rooks and by her knight. If she is prepared to submit detailed analysis to show that White is more-or-less forced to accept the draw I am prepared to accept a re-think on this. There is no annotation submitted with this game. I think White was desperate to half the points with her higher graded opponent. I may well have done the same in her position, but I wouldn't have expected to win the game of the month award in doing so. 1 bonus point for a draw. 1 bonus point for a positive result against a higher rated opponent. If she had played on and won, this game would have undoubtedly won the game-of-the-month. Total 29 |
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Game 6 Opening moves 1-10 10/10 Both players play out a Colle opening, following chrisg (1718) vs. sad1lad (1758). Black is first to deviate from the Gameknot opening databases. Mid-game moves 10-20 1 bonus point for leaving the knight en prise on g5 - computer says it isn't sound, and I agree with the computer, but it pays off in the end! Black's defence is hard, and soon gives the advantage back to White. What is best for a computer is not always what works best over-the-board. 10/10 for this phase of the game Although most the pieces are still on the baord for most of it, I will call the last 5 moves the endgame. 1 bonus points for the bishop sac, not accepted on move 22. 1 bonus point for being mate in 8 in the final position. 10/10 for this phase of the game. Total 33 points |
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Game 7 Vienna game (C25) Opening moves 1-9 White is the first to deviate from the Gameknot opening databases with 9. Nf3? This not an improvement, Nd-b5 clearly just wins a pawn for White. 9/10 for the opening. Computer gives 15. Qf3 as a mistake and I have to agree. White's bishop on c4 is clearly better than Black's knight on c6 and it is a big mistake to give Black another chance to swap it off. Middle game, moves 10-19 1 bonus point for the interesting combination moves 17-9 which results in White being a knight up with a won game. 10/10 for this stage of the game. End game moves 20-29 White effectively finished Black off 10/10 for this stage of the game. Total 30 points. |
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Game 8 Opening moves players follow dthmathews (1692) vs. zacko (1662). 1 bonus point for 8. 0-0 White is the first to deviate and I think 0-0 is as good as Bd5 as played in dthmathews (1692) vs. zacko (1662) Black rather spoils things by giving up a knight on move 10. Score for this period the game 10/10 Middle game, moves 10-25 Black then drops another piece, his other knight. I prefer 22. Nc3, developing to 22. Be3, but I am not going to deduct anything. Score for this part of the game 10/10 Endgame moves 26-38 Computer gives 38. h4 as a mistake, but I am not convinced there is anything wrong with this. Black then gives up a rook for nothing. Score for this part of the game 10/10 Total 31 Conclusion Well played by White, who makes no mistakes, but lacking the excitement of the games which beat it. A rather routine win |
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Game 9 Opening moves 1-15 Players follow Honfi, Karoly (2380) vs. Nishimura, Hiroyuki (2270). Black is first to deviate with 9 c6 Score for this part of the game 10/10 Middle game Computer gives 19. Ngxe4 as a mistake and gives Ncxe4 as better. That was my first impression, until I played on a few moves. White soon gets the piece back, Black's king is wide open. Instead I am going to give it a bonus point. 1 bonus point for White's rook sac. Score for this part of the game 10/10 End game Computer gives 39. a4 as a mistake and gives g4 as a more effective way of winning. I tend to agree. Minus 1 point. Computer gives Qd8+ as a mistake. I beg to differ - it is a clever way of exchanging queens and leads to a quick win. 1 bonus point. Total for this part of the game 9/10 Total 32 This perhaps a bit harsh for a great game, well played by White, but it does take into account White's high rating |
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Game 10 1 bonus point for Black for being brave enough to try d5 which resulted in White wins in the 2 games on the Gameknot database, Fischer, Manfred (2065) vs. Lutz, Gerhard (2090) in the world database and lalasgr (1632) vs. rosaxl (1743). Black improves on the dubious pawn sac 4....b5? played in those games. Opening moves 0-15 10/10 Middle game. Moves 16-30 White sacrifices a knight unsoundly, but Black has to defend carefully, which he does Score for this period 10./10 Endgame moves 31-39 Black goes over to attack. Computer gives Rg8 as a mistake and prefers Nxg1. I don't agree. In the same way it gives Qxh3 as a mistake, and says Ne4 is better. I really don't think it makes much difference. Score for this part of the game 10/10 Total for game 31. In my view, no mistakes by Black, but slightly routine, beating a player Black really should beat. Apart for perhaps the opening, most of the risks are taken by White, and they don't pay off. Black defends well, if you want to give an award for the best defence of the month, I would have to give it to this. But this game is not as exciting, and Black play is not as enterprizing, as the play of the winners in the games which I have scored higher. Total 31 |
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Final result 2nd place gandalfnefod (2102) vs. sirarthur (1984) Fascinating middle-game complications. Black defends well, and as a result it "only" leads to a won ending. White finds an interesting way of exchanging queens to finish off Black. 32 points. 3rd place baerle (1604) vs. tipsyjourneyman (1361) Another giant-killing feat, a swash-buckling game in true 19th century coffee-house style, ending in an old-fashioned king hunt and a mate in the middle of the board. 32 points. Many thanks for the entries, and thank you for letting me be the guest judge for this month. I would all readers to play through all these fine games, and see whether or not you agree with me. Sorry if you disagree with my decisions, it is ultimately a matter of taste, but I think these are the most interesting games, the most fun to play through and I have tended to give points for Enterprise and risk taking. Another judge may marked differently! |
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andywm 21-Apr-13, 05:08 |
GOM |
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rmannstaedt 21-Apr-13, 05:10 |
And *applause* For the benefit of our readers, links to players and the winning games: For a first place in the March GOM, applause and hat tip to a_random_guy for his  game against glennobrien. I have updated Hall of Fame with his win: gameknot.com For the second place, a round of applause to gandalfnefod for his game against sirarthur: gameknot.com And for the third place, best wishes and thanks for keeping the swashbuckling style alive and well goes to tipsyjourneyman for his game against baerle.
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tipsyjourneyman 21-Apr-13, 05:19 |
Thanks Charles Cheers, TJ |
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1st place My thanks to charleshiggie for taking time to review all these games! My thanks to all the other players for allowing this event by competing! My thank to rmannstaedt for hosting the event! (rmannstaedt posted the wrong link to my game, so here it is: game ) See you next month! -a_random_guy |
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You are all welcome Therealjimfriar has offered to be a guest judge. He is actually a qualified and practicing chess coach. He taught both his sons who are nearly as good as he is now. (Which is better than me, I taught my daughter the moves, but couldn't get much further with her). He is also a stronger player than me, with a higher rating, both on Gameknot and in real life, over-the-board games. Charles |
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gandalfnefod 21-Apr-13, 08:06 |
A Opportunity to Share Congratulations, a_random_guy, for a great game and your first place finish. This GOM club adds a lot of value to the GAMEKNOT experience. Regards, gandalfnefod |
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tipsyjourneyman 22-Apr-13, 05:23 |
Second that! -TJ |
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A submission for Aprilgame
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the-sigularity 24-Apr-13, 08:53 |
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eyero5 24-Apr-13, 13:30 |
An old new member.game
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blitzkov 24-Apr-13, 17:29 |
My gamegame
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wildfiree 24-Apr-13, 23:23 |
Deleted by wildfiree on 30-Apr-13, 02:19.
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darknite13 28-Apr-13, 11:57 |
Just Browsing the forums and came across this.game
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tipsyjourneyman 29-Apr-13, 04:06 |
Apathetic April As for me and my April, won some, lost some, don't really think I'll bother the judge with a submission, my best game was ruined by a premature resignation and was against (at the time) a lower ranking player Though his rating does jump by about two hundred up or down every month, currently he's higher than me! |
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tipsyjourneyman 29-Apr-13, 04:29 |
Ah Wellgame Match against me old sparring partner billdancourtney. I quite enjoy our oft unrated exchanges. Background: I had previously engaged BDC with he playing the French game and found my trusty e4 undone, mired and smothered by the end of the opening into a game with a ruck occurring at the centre. In the rematch, of his offering, (not too many offer a rematch after a victory) he playing the French again, I was determined to hoist the e4 flag high by moving well away from the common lines of the French that had tangled me so. THAT resignation: BDC apologised after, he thought I had caught him in a hopeless king/rook fork without realising that he had just covered that one move earlier. I still had him, as the comp analysis shows, but was looking forward to unleashing a stunning, slashing combo of moves that would have eclipsed the victory at Waterloo. The game that could have been. Well, still, best to lament a victory that could have been more stunning than a loss that could have been a victory! |
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