Willempie wrote on 09/29/08 at 10:10:14:


I'm currently sitting on +2 -3 =2, but hope to break even or maybe finish with a +1 score overall if I can nurture a few better positions to the finish line.  Of the remaining 5 games, one has become rather ugly, but I think I am demonstrably better in three of them, and might have an edge with Black in the last...

So I am the first of the team having finished all his games. My overall results are not really satisfactory: 3 wins, 4 losses, 5 draws means 5½/12. My two best games:

MNb - Bito
CL/2007/FT1 board 4
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Nf8 8.a3 Ng6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.b4 Nh5 11.g3 Nf6 12.Be3 b6 13.g4 Bd7 14.Rb1 h6 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.Qd2 Nh7 17.Rb7 Ng5 18.Nxg5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.Qe3 Qc8 21.Rb1 Rb8 22.Kd2 Nf4 23.Rxb8 Qxb8 24.Rb1 Qc7 25.Bf1 Qa5 26.Rb3 f6 27.Kc2 Re8 28.Qg3 Ng6 29.Qe3 a6 30.Qc1 Nh4 31.Be2 Ng6 32.Qb2 Qd8 33.Rb6 Bc8 34.Rb8 Kh8 35.Kd2 Qe7 36.Qb6 Kg8 37.Bd1 Nh8 38.Ba4 Rf8 39.Bc6 Nf7 40.Bb7 Bxb7 41.Rxb7 Qd8 42.Qxa6 g6 43.Nb5 f5 44.Rb6 Qa8 45.Nxd6 Qxa6 46.Rxa6 Nxd6 47.Rxd6 fxg4 48.Rxg6+ Kf7 49.Rxg5 gxh3 50.Rh5 Kg6 51.Rxh3 Rxf2+ 52.Kc3 Re2 53.a4 Rxe4 54.a5 Kf5 55.Rd3 Rh4 56.d6 Rh8 57.a6 e4 58.Rd5+ Kf4 59.d7 Rd8 60.a7 e3 61.Kd3 Kf3 62.a8=Q Rxa8 63.d8=Q Rxd8 64.Rxd8 Kf2 65.Rf8+ Ke1 66.Kxe3 Kd1 67.Rf2 Ke1 68.Ra2 Kd1 69.Ke4 Kc1 70.Kd5 Kb1 71.Rh2 Kc1 72.Kxc5 Kd1 73.Kd4 Ke1 74.Ke3 Kd1 75.Re2 Kc1 76.Rd2 Kb1 77.Kd3 Kc1 78.c5 Kb1 79.Rc2 Ka1 80.c6 Kb1 81.c7 Ka1 82.c8=N Kb1 83.Ne7 Ka1 84.Nd5 1-0

Around move 22 I thought I was slightly worse. I was very pleased when he decided to transfer his knight to h8. It was a pity he did not allow me to mate him (85.Nc3+ and 86.Ra2 mate).

In fact my best game was a draw, I think:

MNb - Yasakov
CL/2007/FT1 board 4
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.e5 Nd5 12.Bd2 Qa5 13.Rfc1 Ne7 14.Nh4 c5 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.Nb5 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 Nxe5 18.Bxe6 Qb6 19.Nxg6 N7xg6 20.Bf5 a6 21.Nc3 Rad8 22.Qc2 Rd4 23.Rd1 Nc6 24.Ne2 Rb4 25.Rd2 Na5 26.Rad1 Nc4 27.Rd4 Nxb2 28.Rxb4 Qxb4 29.Rb1 Rd8 30.Nc3 Nf4 31.Bxh7+ Kh8 32.Ne4 g6 33.g3 Nfd3 34.Ng5 Re8 35.Qc7 Re1+ 36.Kg2 Qb3 37.Qd8+ ½-½

14...c5 is a novelty as far as I know and it seems to equalize on the spot. I enjoyed the complications later.

trw wrote on 08/31/08 at 14:58:09:


Well, I posted this very interesting draw, but it attracted no attention at the time:

http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1207183205/18#18

I don't know if it's my most interesting game of the lot, but it was quite interesting to play.

I am about to go the exchange up on my very strong Greek opponent SM Jannis Serafim (ICCF 2594).  (SM is a postal title above IM and below GM).  However he will have a pawn as compensation, so the win may be difficult (and the position is somewhat unbalanced, so he could even win if I'm not careful).

The chesspub Champions League team started their quest for chess immortality a year ago tomorrow, so I thought it might be worth a brief update.  We have faced some fairly stiff competition, and currently have a team score of 15.5/31.

Markovich has been pacing us with a strong +2 score (6/10) on Board 1.
Willempie has an even score (4/8) on Board 2.
HgMan is wallowing at 2/5, but promises a few more wins on Board 3.
MNb is at 3.5/8 on Board 4.

Some good chess is still ahead and I'm sure my colleagues will add some interesting games to our results...

What is the link for the results of the ICCF Champions League? Are there any recent results from the past few days in the tournament for the ChessPub team?

Thanks in advance!

HgMan wrote on 08/29/07 at 15:23:45:


I am also a member of  team in this League. We are in the Champions League 2007 Fast Track Group 2 and have based ourselves on the Playchess engine room and are called - The Playchess Pingers.

1. Eros Riccio (Winner of latest Freestyle and Italian Corr. Champ)
2. Harvey Williamson (me - Current UK Corr. Champ.)
3. Sebastian Boehme (Total Smelly Nutter   )
4. Alberto Gueci (Prizewinner in last Freestyle)

Matemax wrote on 02/01/08 at 06:11:17:

Well, imo this is the only way to play an entirely new opening in Silicon Age. Thanks to you as well, I have added the notes and will consider them seriously next time I meet the KID.