Olympiads : Zonal 1 still on going.... intermediate results.

[Nicolas Normand]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Nicolas Normand at 17 March 2004 09:18:51:

Hello ,
the zonal ( USA ) is still on going . Of course the tournament is not at end but Crafty , SlowChess and Arasan seems to be indisputable partners for the USA teams...
But it is really difficult to distinguish a fourth partner Betsy , Zarkov ( he real come back for zarkov ) , Dorky , amateur , Horizon are able to qualify (and can even challenge Crafty , slowchess and Arasan....
To be frank , i didn't expect so close results ....
Here is the crosstable...
Zonal1: USA
?, 2004.03.11 - 2004.03.17

Score Cr Sl Ar Be Za Do Am Ho Gn EX Ss Dj Dr Al Ge st Pu Je Tr Zo Be Us
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1: Crafty 19.10 SE 23.5 / 26 XX =. 1. 1. =. 0. 1. 11 1. 1. 11 1. =1 1. 11 1. 11 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.
2: Slow Chess 2.89 22.0 / 28 =. XX 01 00 1. 1. =. =. 1. 0. 1. 11 1. =1 1. 11 1. 1. 1. 11 1. 11
3: Arasan 7.3 21.5 / 27 0. 10 XX 1. 1. 1. 0. 1. 1= =1 =. 0. 1. 1. 1. 11 1. 11 1. 1. 1. 11
4: Betsy 6.51 19.5 / 27 0. 11 0. XX 0. 01 1. 0. 01 1= 1. 1. =. 1. 1. 11 =. 11 1. 1. 1. 1.
5: Zarkov 4.67 19.5 / 27 =. 0. 0. 1. XX =. 01 =0 =. =. 11 0. 1. 11 1. 1. 11 1. 11 1. 1. 1.
6: Dorky 3.47 18.5 / 26 1. 0. 0. 10 =. XX 1. 01 =. 0. 1. 1. 10 =. 11 1. 11 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.
7: Amateur 2.70 18.5 / 26 0. =. 1. 0. 10 0. XX 10 0. 1. 10 .. 1. 1. 11 1. 11 1. 11 1. 1. 1.
8: Horizon 4.1b1 18.5 / 27 00 =. 0. 1. =1 10 01 XX 0. 10 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. =. 1. 1. 1. 1. 11 1.
9: GnuChess 4.0.80TM 18.0 / 26 0. 0. 0= 10 =. =. 1. 1. XX =. 1. 1. 1= 1. =0 1. 1. 1. 1. 11 1. 1.
10: EXchess 4.03a 17.5 / 26 0. 1. =0 0= =. 1. 0. 01 =. XX 0. =. 11 1. 11 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.
11: Ssechess 14.5 / 28 00 0. =. 0. 00 0. 01 0. 0. 1. XX 0. =. 1= =. 1. 1= 1. 11 1. 11 1.
12: Djinn 0.828 13.0 / 22 0. 00 1. 0. 1. 0. .. 0. 0. =. 1. XX 1. 1. 1. =. 1. 11 1. 1. 0. 1.
13: DrunkenMaster 0.9 12.5 / 27 =0 0. 0. =. 0. 01 0. 0. 0= 00 =. 0. XX 1. 1. 0. =. 11 1. 1. 11 1.
14: Alex1.52 11.0 / 28 0. =0 0. 0. 00 =. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0= 0. 0. XX 1. 1= 0. 1. 11 == 1. 11
15: Gerbil 9.5 / 27 00 0. 0. 0. 0. 00 00 0. =1 00 =. 0. 0. 0. XX 1. 1. =. 1. 1. 11 1.
16: storm 8.5 / 27 0. 00 00 00 0. 0. 0. =. 0. 0. 0. =. 1. 0= 0. XX 1. 0. 0. 11 1. 11
17: Pulsar V2.01f 8.0 / 28 00 0. 0. =. 00 00 00 0. 0. 0. 0= 0. =. 1. 0. 0. XX 1. 1= 0. 11 1.
18: Jester V0.83 6.0 / 27 0. 0. 00 00 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 00 00 0. =. 1. 0. XX 0. =1 1. 11
19: Tristram 5.5 / 27 0. 0. 0. 0. 00 0. 00 0. 0. 0. 00 0. 0. 00 0. 1. 0= 1. XX 1. 10 1.
20: Zotron 2003-R7.5 5.0 / 27 0. 00 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 00 0. 0. 0. 0. == 0. 00 1. =0 0. XX =. 11
21: Beaches 1.5 3.5 / 27 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 00 0. 0. 00 1. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 01 =. XX 1.
22: Usurper 0.5 0.0 / 27 0. 00 00 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. XX
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294 games: +139 =36 -119
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Nicolas


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[Nicolas Normand]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Nicolas Normand at 17 March 2004 10:55:51:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Olympiads : Zonal 1 still on going.... intermediate results.. geschrieben von: / posted by: Nicolas Normand at 17 March 2004 09:18:51:

[Event "Zonal1: USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Amateur 2.70"]
[Black "Zarkov 4.67"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[Time "02:43:15"]
[Variation "Keidanz variation"]
[TimeControl "40/600:40/600:40/600"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6
{
one of the best moves vs the scot gambit.. Black transpose to Two knights defence.
}
5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6
{
black cannot avoid the two doubled pawns... so they prefer to keep the two bishop advantage.
}
9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 Qb8
{
threat a fork in b2
}
13. b3 Ne4 14. Qd3 f6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qe8 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Rae1 Rae8
19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. Nxd4 fxe5 21. fxe5 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 c5 23. Nf3 c6
{
white have a passed pawn but it is isolated ... and he cannot be advanced easily.
}
24. Qd3 Be6
{
now the pawn is blocked
}
25. Kg1 Rf8 26. c3 Bf5 27. Qa6 Qc7 28. Qe2 Qa5 29. Rc1 h6
{
control g5 and avoiding Ng5 followed by Qh5 and g4
}
30. Kh1 Be4 31. c4 Rf5 32. Kg1 Qd8 33. Re1 Qe8 34. a4 Qb8 35. e6
{
i think this is a bad move. The pawn advance, but he is unprotected.
}
35... Rf6 36. Qe3 Qd6 37. e7 Re6 38. Nd2 Qxe7 39. Qf4 Bd3 40. Rxe6 Qxe6 41.
h3 Qe2 42. a5 a6 43. Kh2 d4
{
now Zarkov get a pass pawn.
}
44. Nf3 Be4 45. Kg3 d3 46. Qg4
{
if 46.Qd2?? Bxf3
}
46... Kh8 47. Qf4 Kh7 48. Qg4 Bg6 49. h4 Qe8 50. Kf2 Kg8 51. Qf4 Qe2+ 52.
Kg3 Be4 53. Qg4 Bxf3 54. Qc8+ Kf7 55. Qf5+ Ke7 56. Qxc5+ Ke6 57. gxf3 Qe5+
{
the queen exchange favours black , because of the passed pawn.
}
58. Qxe5+ Kxe5 59. Kf2 Kd4 60. Ke1 Kc3 61. Kd1 h5 62. c5 g5! 63. hxg5 h4 64. g6 h3
{
Amateur resigns.. 65.g7 h2 66.g8=Q h1=Q+ 67.Qg1 Qxg1#
}
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