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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #62 - 09/30/08 at 02:33:54
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Willempie wrote on 09/29/08 at 10:10:14:

Hopefully I can overtake you....


I'll be happy to help you with reaching this goal - this is chess and not football. I just helped HgMan to convince himself (doesn't that sound modest?) to play on in a game where he got a draw offered.
  
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #61 - 09/29/08 at 15:01:47
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Willempie wrote on 09/29/08 at 10:10:14:
MNb wrote on 09/26/08 at 23:53:26:
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:

Hopefully I can overtake you....
Currently at +2 -2 =4 with some goalkeeping on 3 of the 4 boards remaining.


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...
  
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #60 - 09/29/08 at 10:10:14
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MNb wrote on 09/26/08 at 23:53:26:
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:

Hopefully I can overtake you....
Currently at +2 -2 =4 with some goalkeeping on 3 of the 4 boards remaining.
  
If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #59 - 09/26/08 at 23:53:26
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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.
  
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #58 - 09/06/08 at 00:37:26
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Favorite, largely because it was a much needed win that came in this evening:

HgMan—Lester Weiss (Board 3)

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rc1 Be4 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.Ba5 Bd6 14.Nbd2 Bd5 15.Qe3 Qa8 16.Bh3 Rc8 17.b4 Nb6 18.Ne5 Rd8 19.f3 Nfd7 20.Nd3 Nc4 21.Nxc4 Bxc4 22.a3 Nb8 23.Nb2 Bd5 24.Qc3 Bb7 25.e4 Nc6 26.Nd3 Nxa5 27.bxa5 Qb8 28.Bg2 h5 29.Nc5 h4 30.f4 h3 31.Bf3 Ba8 32.Rab1 Bxc5 33.Qxc5 c6 34.Bg4 Rad7 35.Rd1 Qc7 36.Kf2 Qxa5 37.Ke3 g6 38.Bxh3 f5 39.Bg2 Qc7 40.Rbc1 a5 41.e5 Rb8 42.d5 exd5 43.Bxd5+ Kg7 44.h4 b4 45.axb4 axb4 46.Be6 Re7 47.Rd6 b3 48.h5 gxh5 49.Rh1 Rb5 50.Qd4  1-0
  
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #57 - 09/01/08 at 21:02:11
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trw wrote on 08/31/08 at 14:58:09:
post your favorite game maybe?


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).
  
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #56 - 08/31/08 at 14:58:09
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #55 - 08/31/08 at 13:15:06
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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...
  
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #54 - 05/25/08 at 12:08:06
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http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=12254
  
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Reply #53 - 05/25/08 at 05:20:34
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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!
  
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #52 - 05/20/08 at 15:21:54
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My, a team consisting of three champions - well, I at least can say that I am corr. champion of Moengo.
  
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #51 - 05/20/08 at 11:12:08
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HgMan wrote on 08/29/07 at 15:23:45:
Tony K. and Chesspublishing.com have sponsored a team in the new ICCF Champions League.

The team consists of four boards:
1. Markovich
2. Willempie
3. HgMan
4. MNb

Thanks to Tony for the sponsorship--we'll do our best to not be lost coming out of the opening (which probably wouldn't look good for an opening theory site).  In the future, we'll be sure to post some interesting games here.  So far, we are undefeated!  





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  Wink )
4. Alberto Gueci (Prizewinner in last Freestyle)
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #50 - 05/17/08 at 18:31:09
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It's been awhile since we updated this thread.  The Chesspub teams currently sits in the middle of the table with a decent 11.5 points from 20 games.  The top of the table is currently standing on 16 points from 25 games, so we're not too far off the pace.  Below is a recent win of mine on Board 3.  The opening was inspired by some discussion on this thread and Tony's analysis on the 1.e4 e5 page:

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 d5 11.d4 Nxe4 12.dxe5 Bc5 13.Re2 Nc4 14.b3 Nb6 15.b4 Be7 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Bf4 c5 18.bxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Rxe4 Rc8 21.Qf3 Nd5 22.Re1 Be6 23.Rd1 Qb6 24.Be3 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 b4 26.Kh1 Rfd8 27.Qf3 Rxd4 28.cxd4 Bxd4 29.Nd2 Bxa1 30.Rxa1 Qd4 31.Rd1 Rd8 32.Qb7 Bxa2 33.Qc7 h6 34.Qa5 Bc4 35.Rc1 Qxd2 36.Rxc4 b3 0-1
  
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #49 - 02/01/08 at 23:57:27
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Matemax wrote on 02/01/08 at 06:11:17:

According to this thoughts you played a creative game - you had an idea, made a plan out of it and looked what happened.

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.
  
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Re: Chesspub on ICCF Champions League
Reply #48 - 02/01/08 at 06:11:17
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I'd say that could be heading into a rather good "race"-type position for Black

Yes, I first thought the e2-knight could go to c1 and b3 but this is certainly to slow in the race.

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10.Qd2 looked like a reasonable move, it has been practiced by some strong players, I thought it a good idea to have f2-f4 available.

According to this thoughts you played a creative game - you had an idea, made a plan out of it and looked what happened. 

I had a look at some theory after 7...Nh5 - I like the following variation:
8.Bc2 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.a4 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Ng3 Nf4 13.Ra3 
White has kept his bishop safe (on c1), started play on the queenside (gaining space with a4) and has a very concrete answer to blacks counterplay on the kingside with 12.Ng3 and 13.Ra3. I am always frightened if white playes Ra3 somewhere cause this rook can do terrible things on the queen- and on the kingside. 

Thanks for this game - it gave me some new insights to the KI  Smiley
  
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