World Senior Championship

[Ian Findlay]

Here is the link to the Blitz tournament that Victor won. There is also a nice picture. Congrats. http://wscc2018.european-chessacadem....php/en/events

[Hans Jung]

Ahead of 2 GM's and several IMs. 51 players. Impressive result. Congratulations Victor on the victory.

[Victor Plotkin]

It was an interesting, but probably not a high-quality game Plotkin-Dougherty in round 5.

http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018-...gherty_Michael

Michael came well-prepared, I should have expected it and avoid this pretty sharp opening. Black got a big advantage and played very well until the certain moment. In a mutual time-trouble complications I won a piece, but couldn't find a defense against a perpetual check. A draw looks like a fair result for this game.

At one moment, I had a chance to sac a queen for 2 minor pieces. I spent time calculating, but decided against it. 13. K:d4 and Ke6

We got a good opportunity to discuss our game (not only it) during our joint trip around the lake today morning.

Nothing exactly special in other Canadian games, as most of us continued to win against lower-rated opponents and lose to higher-rated ones. After 5 rounds, 4 Canadians with 3.5 points: Porper, D.Cummings, M.Dougherty and myself. I.Findlay and D.Haessel both have 3 points.

Michael will play in another derby today evening, second time in a row, this time against Ian Findlay.

[Victor Plotkin]

Ian Findlay won the derby and with 4/4 (he missed first 2 rounds) has the highest performance in the tournament: 2758. If you get 100%, they add 800 points to the average rating of your opponents.

After 6 rounds, D.Cummings and myself have 4.5, Porper, I.Findlay and D.Haessel have 4.

Today is a rest day and players have 3 main options:

- relax in Bled (swimming pool, walks, preparation)

- take a tour to Ljubljana

- play in a rapid tournament. 9 rounds, 10+5 time control. Organizers expect many players, not only from this Senior Championship and prize fund is relatively big (at least, for Slovenia).

If you know me well, you can guess which option I choose.

[Victor Plotkin]

Indeed, it was a really big and strong rapid event, with more than 150 players and 12 GMs. About 50% of participants came outside of the Senor Championship, I played with 5 young players in 9 games.

http://chess-results.com/tnr394149.a...et=YES&flag=30

I played not bad, beat one GM (Borisek from Slovenia, FIDE 2580), and finished with 6/9, half-point below the "prize zone". I.Findlay and D.Haessel got 5.5 points.

[Hans Jung]

Michael Dougherty played another immortal game as Black, a miniature no less! Queen sacrifice, multiple other sacrifices and a raging attack against the white king. I was salivating just watching.

[Hans Jung]

A good day for the Canadian team.

[Ian Findlay]

Michael Dougherty played another immortal game as Black, a miniature no less! Queen sacrifice, multiple other sacrifices and a raging attack against the white king. I was salivating just watching.

Yes, this game is brilliant and everyone should try to view it.

[Victor Plotkin]

Fantastic game by Michael. I was surprised that computer likes almost all his moves. This sacrifice was completely sound!!

After 7 rounds, Porper, D.Cummings, D.Haessel and me with 5 points, I.Findlay and M.Dougherty with 4.5.

Another Canadian derby today, this time Porper-Plotkin. With 7 Canadian players in 50+ section, we have just 21 possible derbies. The derby today will be already 4th in this event.

[Wayne Komer]

World Senior Championship

November 26, 2018

Round 7, Nov. 25
Petran, Peter (2256) – Dougherty, Michael (2155)
A25 English, Closed, Hort variation

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 Bxc4 9.d5 Ne5 10.O-O Ne7 11.f4 Nd7 12.Rf2 Nf5 13.g4 Nh4 14.Bh1 h5 15.gxh5 Qe7 16.hxg6 O-O-O 17.gxf7 Nc5 18.Ng3 Nd3 19.Qg4+ Kb8 20.Qxg7 Qe1+ 21.Rf1 Nf2 22.Bg2 Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 Bxf1 24.Bd2 Nh3+ 25.Kh1 Be2+ 0-1

Final position

[Hans Jung]

Edward Porper is now tied for 2nd. Most of the Canadians are doing well. What happened in Ian's game. He was better than final position wasnt losing was it?

[Victor Plotkin]

Edward Porper is now tied for 2nd. Most of the Canadians are doing well. What happened in Ian's game. He was better than final position wasnt losing was it?

Ian lost on time. He made a mistake with his score sheet and did not realize that he was still needed to make move 40. Very sad.

In my game against Porper, "incompetent amateur" lost to "strong professional". I got a good position from the opening with black, but did not play well in the middlegame.

After 8 rounds, Porper has 6 (shares 3-7 place), D.Cummings and D.Haessel with 5.5.

[John Upper]

Yes, this game is brilliant and everyone should try to view it.

Petran - Dougherty annotated and in replayable format on the CFC Newsfeed:

http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/1102

[Wayne Komer]

World Senior Championship 2018

November 27, 2018

Round 8, Nov. 26, 2018
Grant, Jonathan (2192) – Findlay, Ian (2255)
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation


1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 Bb4 7.Qc2 f5 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bd3 b6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.O-O Na5 13.a4 Be6 14.Ne1 c5 15.f3 Ng5 16.h4 Nf7 17.Bxf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 cxd4 19.Ba3 Re8 20.cxd4 Qxh4 21.f4 Nc4 22.Qd3 Nh6 23.g3 Qg4 24.f5 g6 25.Rf4 Qg5 26.Qf3 Rad8 27.f6 Nf5 28.Ng2 Kf7 29.Bc1 h5 30.Qf2 Re6 31.Rf3 Qg4 32.Rf4 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Nh6 34.Qf1 Qc2 35.Rf3 Nf5 36.Rf2 Qc3 37.Bb2 Qxg3+ 38.Kg1 Nfe3 39.Qd3 Qg4 40.Re1 1-0

Final position



Round 8, Nov. 26
Porper, Edward (2377) – Plotkin, Victor (2307)
D52 QGD, Cambridge Springs Defence, Rubinstein variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.Nxc4 Qc7 10.Be2 Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.b4 Bb7 14.Bf3 Rac8 15.Qb3 Nd5 16.Ne4 f5 17.Ned2 c5 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.b5 g5 20.g3 Kg7 21.a4 h5 22.a5 h4 23.b6 axb6 24.axb6 Qb8 25.Ra7 Rf7 26.Na5 Bf6 27.Nxb7 Rxb7 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Qxd5 Rxa7 30.bxa7 Qxa7 31.Qxf5 Rc6 32.Ne4 Qe7 33.Rd1 Re6 34.Nxf6 Qxf6 35.Rd7+ Re7 36.Qxf6+ Kxf6 37.Rxe7 Kxe7 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.Kf1 h3 40.e4 Kd6 41.f4 c4 42.Ke2 Kc5 43.e5 1-0

Position after White’s 25.Ra7

[Victor Plotkin]

After 9 rounds, D.Cummings has 6.5. Porper, D.Haessel and myself with 6. M.Dougherty has just 5, but gains a lot of rating points; he plays with higher-rated opponents last 9 (!!) games.