Only my good games are posted, right?
So we can stop after this one

Another win for the good guys!

Board 2:

White: Philip Foenander (Keane's Heroes)
Black: Willempie
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O Qc5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Na4 Qc7 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.Bf3 Nd7 16.Nxc8 Rxc8 17.Bg4 b5 18.Rbd1 Qc3 19.Qf2 Rc4 20.Bh5 g6 21.Be2 Ra4 22.f5 Bg7 23.Nb3 O-O 24.Rxd6 Nf6 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Qb6 Rxe4 27.Bf3 Bh6 28.Kh1 Ng4 29.Rd8 Re1 30.Rxf8+ Bxf8 31.Qg1 Rxf1 32.Qxf1 Ne3 33.Qf2 Bh6 34.Qh4 Qxc2 35.Qd8+ Bf8 36.Qd2 Qb1+ 37.Qc1 Qxc1+ 38.Nxc1 Nd5 39.g3 Nc3 40.Kg2 Kf7 41.Bb7 a5 42.Ba6 Bh6 43.Nb3 a4 44.Nd4 Nxa2 45.Bxb5 Nc3 46.Bc4 a3 47.Bxe6+ Kf6 48.Bg8 a2 49.Nc2 Bc1 50.Kf3 Bb2 51.Bc4 a1=Q 52.Nxa1 Bxa1 53.h4 Bb2 54.Bf1 Ba3 55.Bc4 Bd6 56.Bd3 h6 57.Kg4 Nd5 58.Kf3 Ne7 59.g4 Nc6 60.Ke4 Ne5 61.Be2 g5 62.h5 Ke6 63.Ba6 Ba3

Another win for the Chesspublishing team on Board 3 (with an assist from MNb, who encouraged me to turn down a draw and play for the win):

White: Chesspublishing
Black: Anatolian Sun (Turkey)
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 Re8 13.e3 Bf5 14.Qb3 Qd7 15.Rac1 Bb6 16.Bc3 Be4 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.a4 Qe7 19.Nh4 Qf7 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qb5 g6 22.Ng2 Ne5 23.Bxe5 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rxe5 25.Qb4 Qe7 26.Qd2 g5 27.b4 Qe6 28.Rd1 Kf8 29.Ne1 a5 30.Nc2 Qc6 31.b5 Qc5 32.h3 Kg7 33.Qe2 Qc8 34.Kg2 Rc5 35.Rd2 Kg6 36.g4 Qe8 37.Nd4 Bc7 38.b6 Bxb6 39.Rb2 Bc7 40.Rxb7 Be5 41.Qb2 Rc7 42.Rxc7 Bxc7 43.Qb7 Qe5 44.Qc8 Kf7 45.Qd7+ Qe7 46.Qd5+ Ke8 47.Qc6+ Kf7 48.Nf5 Qd8 49.Qc4+ Kg6 50.Qxe4 Kf7 51.Nd4 Kg8 52.Qe6+ Kh8 53.Nc6 Qf8 54.Qd7 Bb6 55.Qb7

Following Khalifman through the opening, the position became rather stale and I disliked my position around move 28; my knight looked woeful...

The Chess Publishing Team has done well. The team that I play for "Purdy's Centurians" is currently slightly ahead of Chess Publishing but Chess Publishing has unfinished games. I will not be opening 1.f4 in correspondence again. My results with this move were not good.

A quick, beginning of the year update on the Chesspub Champions League team:

We are currently middle of the table, with 20/42, or 48%.  There's a big scrum of teams between 42-56%, as expected, and we're comfortably in that mix.  A couple of teams got away from the pack, scoring an impressive 66 and 70% thus far.  The crosstable is at: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=12254.

On Board 1, Markovich finished on +2, 7/12.
On Board 2, Willempie is even, with 4/8.
On Board 3, I am-2, with 3.5/9.  (I'm hoping for a strong finish: two winning positions in hand, and I won't lose the third, either).
On Board 4, MNb finished on -1, 5.5/12.

While the scores might sound a little underwhelming, it is worth noting that we were each among the lowest rated players on our boards.  I suspect automatic promotion is out of reach for this year, but we could still finish strong...

Quote:

... which shows that cc is living and not a dead-comp-game! Still the better player (in company with some help of the machine) wins - long live the human race! 

GMTonyKosten wrote on 12/15/08 at 17:46:29:


Not really poor form, but I would expect that my opponent is less likely to slip in cc than otb.  My opponent had offered a draw a few moves earlier (which I thought was a tad optimistic).  After that, I spent a couple of weekends bashing through endless variations and plans for White and Black, and just couldn't find anything that reliably led to a win.  Maybe I should have kept fighting.  My three remaining games are promising, however, and I hope I might be able to contribute a little to the win column...

A disappointing draw on Board 3.  I thought I might be able to win this game (was definitely better throughout), but maybe I missed the correct path:

White: Chesspublishing
Black: Purdy's Centurions
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.Qxc4 Qd5 9.O-O Rd8 10.a3 Be7 11.e3 Qh5 12.b4 Bd7 13.Bb2 Bd6 14.e4 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Nf3 Qh5 19.e5 Bc6 20.exf6 Bxf3 21.Rae1 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rac8 23.fxg7 Qd5+ 24.Qxd5 Rxd5 25.Re7 Rd3 26.Rc1 Rxa3 27.Rc5 Kxg7 28.Rf5 Rf8 29.Rxc7 b6 30.Rg5+ Kh8 31.h4 h6 32.Rd5 Ra4 33.h5 Kg7 34.Rd6 b5 35.f4 a6 36.Rg6+ Kh7 37.Rb7 Rxb4 38.Rxa6 Rb2+ 39.Kh3 Rb1 40.Kg4 b4 41.Rf6 Kg7 42.Rfb6 Rh1 43.Rxb4  1/2-1/2