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Mystery game #13: Sharp struggle, with a final twist!
Roger Lebrun (1965) -- Alex Lambruschini (1738), Canadian Forces Tournament, Kingston 2009, (4), played Nov. 29, 2009. Time controls G/120' + 30". Sicilian, Najdorf / Sozin.
This was the deciding game in the last round. Alex had put this event together, at Fort Frontenac, in Kingston; this now serves as the Canadian Forces National Defense College. Fort Frontenac was where European settlement began in the Kingston area, in 1673, and ruins from the original Fort are right outside the current Fort's walls, in downtown Kingston. I was serving as Assistant TD for this, at Alex's request. He and I had met when he arrived at Queen's University in 2002, and he is a 2006 graduate. While a student, Alex served as President of QUCC, and was very active in post-secondary chess development, serving as a CFC Governor as well.
The Fort is closed to public access, but can be visited on 'Open Doors Kingston Day', usually in early summer. It is a self-contained small college, with lecture and dining halls, accommodations, parking, and some recreational areas as well. A couple of hundred students can be accommodated there. Kingston is the oldest city in Ontario.
From the chess standpoint, Alex, with the Black pieces, trails by half a point, to Roger, an opponent 227 points higher-rated. Alex chooses to mix it up in the opening with a very sharp side-variation against the Sozin Najdorf (6.Bc4). White gets a positional advantage, but trails on the clock throughout the middlegame. Black plays an unbalancing combination beginning with 24...f5, but this actually gives White more advantage, with two bishops on an open board, and Black's rooks bottled up. But there is a lot of material still on the board, and both Kings aren't that safe. Then, White, with 90 seconds left on his clock, refuses Black's draw offer at move 38. Then, White's time apparently EXPIRES a couple of moves later, meaning a Black win. BUT, and it is a very big but: the clock had been improperly set, claimed by Roger, and neither player had been receiving the increment. Since Alex, as TD, was involved in the game as a player, he had to defer to me, as assistant, for a decision, and I ruled that the game must continue, with the time of 20 minutes more (to move 40, so 20 minutes, at a half-minute increment) added in for the moves made so far, and with the increment function turned on as well, for future moves. Neither player questioned this, and I believe it is correct. After a few minutes of pause, the game resumed, and White converted his advantage with very strong play; at the end, after 46.Bb6!, he is winning material, with his passed b7-pawn threatening to queen as well. Black resigned, and Roger wins the tournament!!
Hi Frank. This was one of my first forays with the Sicilian Defense, as I was playing for a win. Credit for organizing the event goes to Regis Bellemare.
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