2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports

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Re: 2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports

Post by iamachessstudent » Thu May 10, 2012 9:33 am

and now the ZAPPER 2012 BOARD 4 !? Game BREAKDOWN for this week !!

FIRST An overview of thew opening moves for this match:

1.e4= 3 Games
1.d4= 1Game
1. b4= 3 games
1.g3= 2Game2
1.Nf3 =1 game TOTAL 10Games

This review will be a little unique; since some of the games have been decided, I will try and direct to you that crucial point that the game changed to one favor or the other and maybe another little annotation or 2
THE COVERAGE CONTINUES:


[Event "m1334336755"]
[Site "net-chess.com"]
[Date "2012.04.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "islanderfan"]
[Black "pwillows"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Game "g1105106674"]

QUEEN's FIANCHETTO OPENING
1.e4 b6 2.d4 c5 3.dxc5 bxc5 4.Bc1e3 e5 5.Ng1f3 d6 6.Nb1c3 (6.Qd5! makes a short game!) Ng8f6 7.Nc3d5 Nf6xd5? (7...Nbd7 was best) 8.Qd1xd5 Qd8a5 9.Be3d2 Qa5b6 10.Qd5xa8 Qb6xb2
11.Ra1d1 Qb2b7 12.Qa8xb7 Bc8xb7 13.Bf1b5 Bb7c6 14.Bb5xc6 Nb8xc6 15.0-0 Bf8e7 16.Rd1b1 0-0 17.a4 a5 18.Rb1b7 Rf8b8 19.Rf1b1 (19.Rb8+ was faster)Rb8xb7
20.Rb1xb7 h6 21.Bd2xa5! Nc6d4 22.Nf3xd4 exd4 23.Rb7xe7 Kg8h7 24.Re7xf7 Kh7g6 25.Rf7d7 {black resigned.}
1-0


[White "cmulligan"]
[Black "redketchuplover"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[Game "g1105106681"]

SOKOLSKI OPENING ( or ORANGUTANG) B4
1.b4 b6 2.Bc1b2 Bc8b7 3.e3 e6 4.Ng1f3 Ng8f6 5.Bf1e2 Bf8xb4 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 a5 8.d4 Nf6e4 9.a3 Bb4e7 10.Nb1d2 h6 11.Qd1c2 f5 12.Nf3e5
Qd8e8 13.f3 Ne4xd2 14.Qc2xd2 d6 15.Ne5d3 Nb8d7 16.f4 Nd7f6 17.Be2f3 Nf6e4 18.Bf3xe4 Bb7xe4
An unusual opening by White,but has led to a full blooded struggle...and it is still going on, all over the board! I will be watching this one!
19.Nd3f2 d5 20.Nf2xe4 dxe4 21.d5 Ra8d8 22.Bb2e5 c6 23.d6 Be7f6 24.Ra1d1 Rd8d7 25.Qd2c3 Qe8d8 26.c5 White has sacrificed a pawn for an attack, we will see in the coming moves if it was worth a Pawn!



[White "cmulligan"]
[Black "pwillows"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Game "g1105106678"]

SOKOLSKI OPENING ( or ORANGUTANG) B4
1.b4 b5 2.a4 bxa4 3.Ra1xa4 d5 4.e3 Bc8d7 5.b5 c5 6.c4 Ng8f6 7.Nb1c3 e6 8.Ng1f3 Bf8d6 9.Bc1a3 a5 10.Bf1e2 0-0 11.0-0 Qd8e8 12.Qd1b3

Another Soloski!! This has a good promise also, as the game is still in the early opening phases! Both players are maneuvering carefully 12...Nf6g4 13.cxd5 e5 14.Ra4c4 Qe8e7 15.Nc3e4 Rf8c8 16.Ne4xd6 Qe7xd6 17.e4 Ra8a7 18.Rf1c1 Ra7b7 19.Rc4xc5 Rc8xc5 20.Ba3xc5 Qd6c7 21.d6 Qc7c8 22.Bc5a3 Qc8e8 23.Rc1c7 Rb7xc7 24.dxc7 White is pressing hard, will he succeed?

[White "roadrunner"]
[Black "cmulligan"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[Game "g1105106682"]

PIRC DEFENSE
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bf8g7 3.Bf1c4 d6 4.Ng1f3 Bc8g4 5.Bc1e3 Qd8d7 6.h3 Bg4xf3 7.Qd1xf3 e6 8.Nb1c3 Ng8e7 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.a3 c6 11.Be3g5
f6 12.Bg5h4 d5 13.Bc4b3

This Pirc has led to a very interesting middle game,and it will be interesting to see which player can get the point! 13...dxe4 14.Qf3xe4 Ne7d5 15.Rh1e1 Rf8e8?? 16.Nc3xd5 cxd5 17.Bb3xd5! {black resigned.} 1-0 RoadRunner ran away with one! Wow, we will see what happened in this game soon, but White basically suffocated black!

[White "redketchuplover"]
[Black "roadrunner"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Game "g1105106683"]

KING'S FIANCHETTO
1.Ng1f3 Ng8f6 2.c4 g6 3.Nb1c3 Bf8g7 4.g3 d6 5.d4 b6 6.Bf1g2 Bc8b7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qd1c2 c5 9.d5 Rf8e8 10.Bc1g5 e6 11.e4 h6 12.Bg5d2
Nb8d7 13.Nc3b5 Qd8e7 14.Nb5c7 exd5

Another original opening by both sides leading to another interesting middle game !:) 16.Ne8xg7 exf3
17.Rf1e1 Qe7d8 18.Ng7e6 fxe6 19.Qc2xg6 Kg8h8 20.Bd2xh6 This game continues, tho White has a very strong attack against the Black King! 20...Qd8g8 21.Qg6xg8 Ra8xg8 22.Bg2h3 e5 23.Ra1d1 Rg8g6 24.Bh6c1 Bb7c8 25.Rd1xd6 Rg6g8 26.b3 Kh8g7 27.Bc1b2 Rg8e8 28.Bh3xd7 Nf6xd7 the game is in full flare, both dies trying for that point!

[White "pwillows"]
[Black "redketchuplover"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[Game "g1105106679"]

KINGS FIANCHETTO
1.g3 d5 2.d4 Bc8f5 3.Bf1h3 Qd8d7 4.Bh3xf5 Qd7xf5 5.Bc1f4 Nb8a6 6.Nb1d2 Ng8f6 7.c3 c6 8.Qd1b3 0-0-0 9.f3 e6 10.h4 Nf6h5 11.g4
Qf5xf4 12.gxh5 Qf4g3 13.Ke1d1

A very originally played ( move 3 on) King's fianchetto has led to a very original middle game position,.equal chances, so what will happen?! 13...Qg3g2 14.Rh1h3 Qg2xg1 15.Kd1c2 Qg1xa1 16.Nd2b1 Bf8d6 17.Rh3h1 Kc8c7 We see that the Black Queens is trapped behind enemy lines, but can White save the game? 18.Rh1c1 Bd6f4 19.Nb1d2 Qa1xc1 20.Kc2xc1 g5 21.hxg5 Rh8g8 22.Kc1c2 Bf4xd2 23.Kc2xd2 Rg8xg5 24.c4 dxc4 25.Qb3xc4 c5 An interesting materiel balance in this game,which the middle game will look to be the decisive point.

[White "islanderfan"]
[Black "redketchuplover"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[Game "g1105106676"]

SLAV
1.d4 Ng8f6 2.c4 c6 3.Nb1c3 e6 4.a3 Bf8e7 5.Bc1d2 d5 6.e3 0-0 7.Ng1f3 Nb8d7 8.Bf1e2 Rf8e8 9.0-0 dxc4 10.Be2xc4 Nd7f8 11.Qd1b3
b5 12.Bc4d3 a5 13.Qb3c2 Bc8a6 14.Nf3e5 Qd8d6 15.Nc3e4 Nf6xe4 16.Bd3xe4 f5 17.Be4f3

Another original opening which has led to a very double edged game...and again, the better middle game plan will win! 17...Be7d8 18.Qc2xc6 {black resigned.} 1-0 A fast and well deserved victory by Brian !:)

[White "pwillows"]
[Black "roadrunner"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Game "g1105106680"]

KINGS INDIAN DEFENSE
1.g3 Ng8f6 2.Bf1g2 g6 3.d4 Bf8g7 4.e4 d6 5.Nb1c3 0-0 6.Ng1f3 Bc8g4 7.Bc1e3 Nb8c6 8.Qd1d2 Nc6a5 9.b3 b6 10.0-0 Rf8e8 11.Be3h6
Ra8c8 12.Bh6xg7 Kg8xg7 13.h3 Bg4d7 14.a4

A very interesting Kings Indian middle game, chances are totally equal, and the game up for grabs! 14...e6 15.Rf1e1 Bd7c6 16.Ra1d1
a6 17.Re1e3 b5
the game continues, both sides looking for the best way to force their opponent's hand! 18.Nc3xb5 Na5xb3 19.cxb3 axb5 20.d5 exd5 21.exd5 Re8xe3 22.Qd2xe3 Nf6xd5 23.Qe3d4 Nd5f6 24.Nf3e5 Bc6xg2 25.Kg1xg2 bxa4 26.Ne5c6 Qd8e8 27.Qd4xa4 Rc8a8 28.Qa4c4 Qe8e4
A tense and fun middlegame is boiling down to a very tight endgame!

White "islanderfan"]
[Black "roadrunner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Game "g1105106677"]

GUIOCO PIANO( ITALIAN OPENING)
1.e4 e5 2.Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3.Bf1c4 Ng8f6 4.Nf3g5 d5 5.exd5 Nc6a5 6.Bc4b5 c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bb5a4 h6 9.Ng5f3 e4 10.Qd1e2 Bf8e7 11.Nf3d4
Qd8xd4 12.c3 Qd4xa4 13.0-0 (
IF 13.d4 then 13...d3!and winning ) Na5b3 14.Nb1a3 ( there is nothing better, apparently the whole line is at best, worse for White if not losing...) Nb3xa1 15.d4 Bc8a6 16.c4 Be7xa3 17.bxa3 Ba6xc4 18.Qe2b2 Bc4xf1 {white resigned.}
0-1

A quiet opening from White...The 2 Knights, resulted in following "book" for 11 moves after which White varied with 13. c3 butI think the line was already worse for White at this point...but it was on Black to prove it,and he did so...powerfully.

[White "cmulligan"]
[Black "islanderfan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[Game "g1105106675"]

SOKOLSKI OPENING
1.b4 b5 2.a4 e6
(already something novel and out of book!) 3.Bc1b2 Ng8f6 4.axb5 Bf8xb4 5.Ra1a4 Bb4c5 6.e3 a6 7.Ng1f3 Bc8b7 8.Bf1e2 axb5 9.Ra4xa8 Bb7xa8 10.0-0 0-0 (maybe 10..Bxf3!?; 11.Bf3, d5!? Black is a little better!?) 11.Be2xb5 Ba8c6 12.Bb5xc6 Nb8xc6 13.d4 Qd8b8 14.Bb2a3 Bc5xa3 15.Nb1xa3 d5 (tho not obvious, Black had a chance to equalize with 15...Qb2; 16.Qc1, Qb4; 17.c3=) 16.c4 dxc4 17.Na3xc4 Rf8d8 18.Nf3e5 Nc6xe5 19.Nc4xe5 c5?? (19...Qb6 had to be tried) 20.Ne5c6 Qb8c7 21.Nc6xd8 Qc7xd8 22.dxc5 Qd8c8 23.Qd1c2 Kg8f8 24.Rf1d1 (For what is is worth; 24.c6 would have ended the game faster) g6 25.c6 (anyhow!! )Nf6d5 26.e4 Nd5c7 27.Qc2c5 Kf8e8 28.Rd1d7 {black resigned.}
1-0

Here we have another Sokolski, and a win for White...

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Re: 2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports

Post by iamachessstudent » Thu May 10, 2012 9:50 am

ZAPPER 2012 BOARD 5
Now,I finish up this weeks updates with our own Board 5:)


[Event "m1335680299"]
[Site "net-chess.com"]
[Date "1969.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "capacuba"]
[Black "hgrayson"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[Game "g1105108669"]

KING's INDIAN
1.d4 Ng8f6
A good start:) 2.Nb1c3 g6 3.Ng1f3 Bf8g7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 A KID with out c4, very subtle differences!

[Event "m1335680299"]
[Site "net-chess.com"]
[Date "1969.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "hgrayson"]
[Black "sour"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[Game "g1105108670"]

CLASSICAL RUY LOPEZ
1.e4 e5 2.Ng1f3 Nb8c6
classical start, Ruy Lopez maybe?! 3.Bf1b5 Bf8c5 4.c3 Nc6e7 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bc5b6 7.a4 a6 8.Bb5c4 A classical Defense to a Ruy Lopez...definitely will be worth watching!

[Event "m1335680299"]
[Site "net-chess.com"]
[Date "1969.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "hgrayson"]
[Black "ural"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[Game "g1105108671"]

PHILIDOR DEFENSE
1.e4 e5 2.Ng1f3 d6 The old Philidor Defense! 3.d4 Bc8g4 4.Bf1e2 Bg4xf3 5.Be2xf3 Nb8c6 6.c3 Qd8f6 7.d5 Nc6e7 8.Bc1e3 O-O-O 9.b4 Kc8b8 Kings on opposite sides often makes for an exciting game!

[Event "m1335680299"]
[Site "net-chess.com"]
[Date "1969.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "tmitchell"]
[Black "hgrayson"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[Game "g1105108672"]

ANTI SICILIAN
1.e4 c5 2.c4 d6 3.Bf1e2
An Anti-sicilian 3...Nb8c6 4.Nb1a3 a6 5.h3 g6 6.Be2f3 Nc6e5 7.Bf3e2 Bf8g7 8.Ng1f3 f5 9.Nf3xe5 Bg7xe5 10.O-O The opening was played well by both, time for the middle game!

[Event "m1335680299"]
[Site "net-chess.com"]
[Date "1969.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "capacuba"]
[Black "sour"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[Game "g1105108673"]

IRREGULAR OPENING
1.d4 Nb8c6 2.Ng1f3 e6
A Little different opening, looks good! 3.c3 Nc6a5 4.e4 b6 5.b4 Na5c6 6.Bf1e2 a5 7.b5 Nc6a7 8.a4 Bc8b7 9.Nb1d2 c6 10.c4 Irregular is not bad,just means out of book:)

[Event "m1335680299"]
[Site "net-chess.com"]
[Date "1969.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "capacuba"]
[Black "ural"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[Game "g1105108674"]

HYBRID QUEEN's PAWN GAME
1.d4 d5 2.Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3.a3 Bc8g4
A hybrid game between a Queens Gambit Declined and a Queens Pawn Game. 4.e3 Qd8d6 5.Bf1e2 Bg4xf3 6.Be2xf3 O-O-O 7.b4 Ng8f6 8.Nb1d2 g5 9.c4 g4 10.Bf3xg4 e6 11.c5 Qd6d7 12.Bg4h3 Rh8g8 Can Black capitalize on the Pawn he has gained?!

[Event "m1335680299"]
[Site "net-chess.com"]
[Date "1969.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "sour"]
[Black "tmitchell"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[Game "g1105108677"]

PHILIDOR DEFENSE
1.e4 e5 2.Ng1f3 d6 3.Nb1c3 c6
Another Philidor Defense! 4.Bf1c4 Bc8e6 5.Qd1e2 Be6xc4 6.d3 Bc4e6 7.Nf3g5 h6 8.Ng5xe6 fxe6 9.Bc1e3 Ng8f6 10.O-O-O Bf8e7 11.Qe2f3 O-O 12.Qf3g3 Kg8h7 White has sacrificed a piece to get to the black King, can he?

[Event "m1335680299"]
[Site "net-chess.com"]
[Date "1969.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "tmitchell"]
[Black "ural"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[Game "g1105108678"]

ITALIAN GAME OPEN
1.e4 e5 2.Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3.Bf1c4 d6 4.h3 Nc6d4 5.Nf3xd4 exd4 6.d3 c5 7.0-0 Ng8f6 8.Bc1f4 Bf8e7 9.Bc4b5 Bc8d7 10.Bb5xd7 Qd8xd7 11.Nb1a3
0-0
An Italian game has developed into a very interesting start of a middle game! 12.c4 g6 13.Kg1h2 Kg8g7 14.g3 h6 15.b3 g5 16.Bf4d2 Nf6e8 17.f4 Rf8h8 18.f5 h5 19.Na3b5 a6 20.Nb5a3 b5 21.Bd2a5 b4 22.Na3c2 d5 23.cxd5 Ne8d6 24.Qd1f3 Nd6b7 25.f6 Kg7f8 26.fxe7 Qd7xe7 27.Ba5b6 Rh8h7 28.Qf3f5 Rh7g7 29.h4 gxh4 VERY unclear here, its any ones game1

[Event "m1335680299"]
[Site "net-chess.com"]
[Date "1969.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "capacuba"]
[Black "tmitchell"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[Game "g1105108675"]

IRREGULAR QUEENS PAWN GAME
1.d4 d5
The classical Queens Gambit start:) 2.Ng1f3 f6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qd1a4 c6 5.Qa4xc4 g5 6.e4 Ng8h6 7.h3 Nh6f7 8.Bf1e2 Nf7d6 9.Qc4c2 Almost out of the opening,and the chances are still even and game is up for grabs!

[Event "m1335680299"]
[Site "net-chess.com"]
[Date "1969.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "sour"]
[Black "ural"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[Game "g1105108676"]

PHILIDOR DEFENSE
1.e4 e5 2.Ng1f3 d6 3.d3 Bc8g4 4.Bc1e3 Bg4xf3
and one more Philidor Defense, the opening here is very interesting! 5.Qd1xf3 Qd8f6 6.Qf3h3 Qf6e7 7.Nb1c3 Nb8d7 8.Nc3d5 Qe7d8 9.d4 f6 10.Bf1e2 c6 11.Nd5c3 c5 12.dxc5 Qd8a5 13.O-O dxc5 14.Be2b5 Qa5d8 15.Ra1d1 a6 16.Bb5xd7 black resigned. 1-0 wow a fast win,.Ill examine some key points in the game on the next update ! Congrats Sour!!

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Re: 2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Reports

Post by cliff » Thu May 24, 2012 12:20 pm

Hi Guys!

I'm still alive, beliweve it or not!

:)

Just looking at that fast game between Sour and Ural on Board Five.

Tommy (Sour) has two points so far, with two interesting wins: I guess your hunch was right, Josh, when you made him a high draft pick1

...very interesting.....

Hopefully, I'll be back online from home is a week or two! Wish me luck folks!

- Cliff

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