There were no upsets among the 8 opening round games.
Results, by board #:
1. Pelican 0-1 Balakrishnan
2. Massey 1-0 Mazzillo
3. Renna 0-1 Kernighan
4. Goeller 1-0 Shiffman
5. Vinson 0-1 Mangion
6. Moldovan 1-0 Ruales
7. Azzarello 0-1 Sturniolo
8. Tomkovich 1-0 Gutierrez
1/2 point byes: McAuliffe, Castellano
Standings, after round 1 of 5:
= 1-8. Balakrishnan, Massey, Kernighan, Goeller, Mangion, Moldovan, Sturniolo, Tomkovich 1.0
= 9-10. McAuliffe, Castellano 0.5
= 11-18. Pelican, Mazzillo, Renna, Shiffman, Vinson, Ruales, Azzarello, Gutierrez 0.0
Round 2 is on January 17th. Late-joins will be accepted until then.
Here is my game form round 1:
ReplyDeleteGreg Tomkovich 1654 vs Nelson Guterrez Unr: King's Indian Defense
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Bd3 0-0
6 Nge2 e5 7 d5 Nbd7 8 0-0 Nc5 9 Bc2 a5 10 f3 c6
11 Be3 cxd5 12 cxd5 b6 13 Qd2 Ba6 14 a3 Bc4
15 b4 Nb3 16 Bxb3 Beb3 17 bxa5 bxa5 18 Rab1 Rb8
19 Rb2 a4 20 Rfb1( Threatening Nxa4, if Bax4 Rxb8 Qxb8 Rxb8 wins a Q+P for R+N) Qc7 21 Rc1 Qd7 22 Rcb1 Rfc8 23 Nc1 Qc7 24 Nxb3( this was my biggest decision of the game, I might have played Nc1-e2 and offered a draw)Qxc3 25 Na5 Rxb2 26 Rxb2 Kf8(if Qxa3 Ra2 Qc3 Rxa4 Qxd2 Bxd2 regains the pawn, my opponent took a lot of time on these last 3 moves) 27 Ra2 Nd7 28 Nc6 Qb329 mBg5 f6 30 Bh4 Ke8( Time remaining white 46 min, black 13 min)31 Be1 Nc5 32 Qc2 Bh6 33 Bb4 Be3+ (now black has just 32 seconds left+ the 5 second delay)34 Kf1 Rc7 35 Rb2 Qd3+ 36 Qxd3 Nxd3 37 Rb1 Nc5 38 Ke2 Bd4 39 Ba5 Rb7 40 Rxb7 Nxb7 41 Bb4 Bc5 42 Kd3 Kd7 43 Kc4 f5 44 Kb5? (44 Bxc5 Nxc5 45 Nxe5+ is clearly winning for white) Bxb4 45 Nxb4 Nc5 46 Nc2? (exf5 Gxf5 is even)fxe4 47 fxe4 Nxe4 48 Kxa4? Nc3+ 49 Kb4 Nxd5+ 50 Kb5 Nc7+ 51 Kb6 d5 52 a4 d4 53 a5 d3 54 Ne3 Kc8 55 Kc5 e4 56 Kd4 d2 57 Kxe4 Na6 58 Kd3 Nc5+ 59 Kc2 Kb7 Nc4 Ne4 61 Nxd2 Nf6 62 Kb3 Ng4 63 Nf3 Ne3 64 g3 Ka6 65 Ka4 Nc4
66 Ng5 h6 67 Nf7 Nxa5 68 Nxh6 Kb6 69 Kb4 Nb7
70 Ng4 and black finally ran out of on time.
Thanks for posting the game. It and a few others from the opening round games will eventually be put into java-replay.
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