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  • Hart House Reading Week - Great Job by Organizers!

    I just wanted to congratulate Alex Ferreira and his team for an extraordinary job of organizing and directing this yearly event. The last day was marred by a blackout in downtown Toronto, which started at 4:30 am on Monday morning. Alex and his team scrambled to provide lighting and additional supervision to make the last round happen. Low and behold at approx. 6:30 pm, the lights came back on. This was very important as it was next to impossible to see how much time was left on your clock.

    I have notice the various improvements since playing hear starting around 2016.. All the rounds staring on time. Water available before each round. Sets and clocks provided. I am not sure when each of these improvements took place, but well done. On a sadder note, parking has become a great challenge with this event. I will have to research it better next year, as the organizers did provide a parking map, but sadly I parked using Green P which cost me $100 for the tournament. Also, it seems each year, one has to walk farther and farther to find food or coffee.

  • #2
    Originally posted by Ian Findlay View Post
    I just wanted to congratulate Alex Ferreira and his team for an extraordinary job of organizing and directing this yearly event.. . .

    On a sadder note, parking has become a great challenge with this event. I will have to research it better next year, as the organizers did provide a parking map, but sadly I parked using Green P which cost me $100 for the tournament. Also, it seems each year, one has to walk farther and farther to find food or coffee.
    By the end of the year the parking problem will hopefully be resolved as just south of Hart House they are building the entrance to the new parking garage beneath King's College Circle.

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    • #3
      Some interesting games - e.g. the R4 game V.Plotkin - Chiku-Ratte - White's K+Q couldn't beat Black's K+B+N. Even though the tablebases show wins in about 30 moves from just about any position, it's different when you have less than a minute on the clock and just the 30-second increment to keep you alive.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View Post
        Some interesting games - e.g. the R4 game V.Plotkin - Chiku-Ratte - White's K+Q couldn't beat Black's K+B+N. Even though the tablebases show wins in about 30 moves from just about any position, it's different when you have less than a minute on the clock and just the 30-second increment to keep you alive.
        Interesting. Back in the 80's it was generally thought to be a draw if the B and N got the right set up.

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        • #5
          Thank you, Ian. I actually do fairly little compared to before, people see me on the microphone and I am the water-boy.


          Really, it's an amazing team that makes it work, from Hart House this weekend:

          Victor Zheng - the young man who does it all
          Tanner McNamara - arbiter turned lighting technician
          Bowen Zhang - secured the kids' event, assisted with adults
          Deepanshi Matai - photographer turned arbiter
          Grace Miao - organizer turned arbiter - also does it all
          Eric Wan - brought in reinforcements

          and we also heavily relied on up-and-coming arbiters from the community who made it possible:
          Michael Corrie
          Daniel Rokhvarger
          and FA Uttam Dhungel
          who covered the bases to allow the rest of us to run around.

          Thanks in addition to the Annex Chess Club for lending some sets and clocks due to high number of participants.


          Alex Ferreira

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          • #6
            Alex - do you have any games from the last two rounds (which had no DGT displays)?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Alex Ferreira View Post
              Thank you, Ian. I actually do fairly little compared to before, people see me on the microphone and I am the water-boy.


              Really, it's an amazing team that makes it work, from Hart House this weekend:

              Victor Zheng - the young man who does it all
              Tanner McNamara - arbiter turned lighting technician
              Bowen Zhang - secured the kids' event, assisted with adults
              Deepanshi Matai - photographer turned arbiter
              Grace Miao - organizer turned arbiter - also does it all
              Eric Wan - brought in reinforcements

              and we also heavily relied on up-and-coming arbiters from the community who made it possible:
              Michael Corrie
              Daniel Rokhvarger
              and FA Uttam Dhungel
              who covered the bases to allow the rest of us to run around.

              Thanks in addition to the Annex Chess Club for lending some sets and clocks due to high number of participants.


              Alex Ferreira
              It's great to see the broad team that's been built up, well done!!

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Alex Ferreira View Post
                Thank you, Ian. I actually do fairly little compared to before, people see me on the microphone and I am the water-boy.


                Really, it's an amazing team that makes it work, from Hart House this weekend:

                Victor Zheng - the young man who does it all
                Tanner McNamara - arbiter turned lighting technician
                Bowen Zhang - secured the kids' event, assisted with adults
                Deepanshi Matai - photographer turned arbiter
                Grace Miao - organizer turned arbiter - also does it all
                Eric Wan - brought in reinforcements

                and we also heavily relied on up-and-coming arbiters from the community who made it possible:
                Michael Corrie
                Daniel Rokhvarger
                and FA Uttam Dhungel
                who covered the bases to allow the rest of us to run around.

                Thanks in addition to the Annex Chess Club for lending some sets and clocks due to high number of participants.


                Alex Ferreira
                Great team, great event. I just have to figure out better parking options and food options!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View Post
                  Alex - do you have any games from the last two rounds (which had no DGT displays)?
                  Hi Hugh,

                  I just put ran them through lichess Analyzes Board so they're not in PGN format, but here goes:

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                  Round 5:

                  M. Plotkin vs N. Noritsyn
                  1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g3 Rb8 12. Nce2 Qe7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bg2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. O-O Ng4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. Nc3 a5 20. Na4 Rb5 21. Nc5 Rxc5 22. bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 e5 24. c4 Ne3
                  Draw

                  V. Plotkin vs V. Razin
                  1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. O-O Nge7 9. a4 O-O 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Nce7 12. h3 Bf5 13. Ng3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rae8 15. Bd2 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Nf5 17. Kh2 Nd6 18. b3 Ne4 19. Rf1 h6 20. Ng1 Qe6 21. Bc1 f5 22. Ra2 Qb6 23. c4 dxc4 24. bxc4 Rd8 25. Ne2 c5 26. Rb2 Qa6 27. d5 Ne5 28. Qb3 Nxc4 29. Qxb7 Rd6 30. Qxa6 Rxa6 31. Rb7 Ncd6 32. Rc7 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. g4 Rxa4 35. gxf5 Ra2 36. Nf4 Nxf5 37. Nd3 g6 38. Bxh6 Ng3 39. Rf3 Ra1 40. Nc1 Ke7 41. Bf4 Ne4 42. g4 Nh4 43. Re3 Ra4 44. Bg5+ Kd6 45. Bxh4 Kxd5 46. Ne2 Ra2 47. Kg1 g5 48. Be1 Ra1 49. Kf1 Nd2+ 50. Kf2 Ne4+ 51. Kf3 Rxe1 52. Nf4+ gxf4 53. Rxe1 Ng5+ 54. Kxf4 Nxh3+ 55. Kf5 Kd4 56. Rd1+ Ke3 57. Ra1 Kd2 58. Ra2+ Kd1 59. Ra5 c4 60. Rc5
                  1-0


                  O.K. Chiku-Ratte vs Savio Joseph
                  1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Be2 Ne5 11. O-O Bd7 12. f4 Ng6 13. f5 Nf8 14. Bf3 c4 15. Kh1 h6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Bf4 b5 19. Nce2 N8h7 20. Nd4 Ng5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Ne6 Qa5 23. Nh5 fxe6 24. fxe6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Qd8 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Bh5 Rxe6 28. Qd5 Qe7 29. Bg4 Re8 30. e5 fxe5 31. Rf3 Kg7 32. Rcf1 e4 33. Rf5 Kg6 34. Rf7 Qxf7 35. Bh5+ Kxh5 36. Rxf7 R8e7 37. Qf5 Rxf7 38. Qxf7+ Rg6 39. Qh7+ Rh6 40. g4+ Kxg4 41. Qxh6 Kf3 42. Qxg5 Ke2 43. Qd5 Ke3 44. Kg2 Bd4 45. Qxb5 Kd3 46. b3 d5 47. Qxd5 c3 48. Qc4+ Ke3 49. Kf1
                  1-0

                  J. Yu vs I. Findlay
                  1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. c4 b5 10. c5 dxc5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Rd1 Qxd3 13. Rxd3 Nf6 14. Nc3 c4 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rd8 18. a4 Bxd5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 O-O 22. Rd4 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Rxe5 24. e4 Rd7 25. Rxd5 Rdxd5 26. exd5 Kf8 27. d6 Ke8 28. d7+ Kd8 29. Kf2 b4 30. Ra1 Rc5 31. Ke3 Rc7 32. Rc1 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Kd3 Kxd7 35. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Ke6 37. Kd4 Kf5 38. Ke3 Kg4 39. Kf2 f5 40. Ke3 g5 41. Kf2 Kf4 42. Ke2 h5 43. Kf2 Ke4 44. Ke2 f4 45. h3 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Kf2 Kd3 48. Kf1 Ke3 49. Ke1 f3 50. g3 Kd3 51. Kf1 Kc2 52. Kg1 Kd1 53. Kf1 Kd2 54. Kf2 Kd3 55. Kf1 Ke3 56. Ke1 f2+ 57. Kf1
                  Draw

                  E. Zomorrodian vs R. Wu
                  1. a3 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 a5 6. b5 c5 7. c4 d4 8. exd4 Nh5 9. g3 cxd4 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg2 e5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 Rb8 14. a4 Qc7 15. Ba3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nbd2 Be6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Ng5 Rfe8 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. c5 Bf8 22. b6 Qd8 23. Qd2 Rc8 24. Bxb7 Rxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Qxa5 Bxb6 27. Qd5 Qg5 28. h4 Qd2 29. Qf3 Nf6 30. Bc8 Rd6 31. Rxe5 Qc3 32. Rb1 Qxc8 33. a5 Bd8 34. Rb7 Rc6 35. Reb5 Kg7 36. Kg2 Ra6 37. h5 Bxa5 38. h6+ Kxh6 39. Rxf7 Nh5 40. Rbb7 Rf6 41. Rxh7+ Kg5 42. Rxh5+
                  1-0

                  D. Kang vs F. Mao
                  1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 a6 6. Nge2 Rb8 7. a4 e6 8. d3 Nge7 9. h4 h6 10. Rb1 d6 11. f4 h5 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. f5 dxe4 15. f6 Bxf6 16. Rxf6 exd3 17. Bg5 dxe2 18. Qxe2 Qd4+ 19. Rf2 O-O 20. Rd1 Qg4 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Qxe7 Be6 23. Kh2 Qc4 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 b6 26. Ne4 Rbc8 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Qe5 Rc6 29. Ne8+
                  1-0

                  M. Shih vs I. Wiebe
                  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bc2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. h3 c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 d5 16. e5 Bb7 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Bb1 Rfd8 20. b3 Nac6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Nd4 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. e6 f5 27. e7 Re8 28. g4 Bd7 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. gxf5 Bxf5 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Qxd5 Qg6+ 33. Kh2 Bf6 34. Bd6 Rg8 35. Qxg8+
                  1-0

                  J. Kapra vs M. Zhu
                  1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Qe2 Qe6 12. O-O-O a5 13. Na4 O-O 14. Rhe1 Qg4 15. g3 Rfd8 16. e5 Bh6+ 17. f4 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Ne8 19. exd6 exd6 20. c4 Bf8 21. Rf2 Be7 22. Kc2 Nc7 23. Ba3 Ne8 24. Bb2 Ra7 25. Bd4 Rb7 26. Bc3 Ra8 27. Re2 Kf8 28. Rde1 Rba7 29. Bxa5 Nf6 30. Bb4 Re8 31. Ba3 Ng8 32. Rd1 d5 33. Bxe7+ Nxe7 34. g4 Rb8 35. Rd4 c5 36. Nxc5 Rxa2+ 37. Kd1 Ra1+ 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Ke3 Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Re8 41. Nd7+ Kg7 42. Kd2 dxc4 43. bxc4 Ra8 44. Kc3 Ra3+ 45. Kb4 Ra2 46. Re4 Nc8 47. Kc5 Rxh2 48. Re8 Rd2 49. Rxc8 Rxd7 50. Kb6 Rd4 51. c5 Rxf4 52. g5 Rb4+ 53. Ka6 Ra4+ 54. Kb6 Rb4+ 55. Ka6 Ra4+ 56. Kb6 Rb4+
                  Draw

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                  Will add Round 6 when I get the chance.

                  Alex F.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Alex Ferreira View Post

                    J. Yu vs I. Findlay
                    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. c4 b5 10. c5 dxc5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Rd1 Qxd3 13. Rxd3 Nf6 14. Nc3 c4 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rd8 18. a4 Bxd5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 O-O 22. Rd4 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Rxe5 24. e4 Rd7 25. Rxd5 Rdxd5 26. exd5 Kf8 27. d6 Ke8 28. d7+ Kd8 29. Kf2 b4 30. Ra1 Rc5 31. Ke3 Rc7 32. Rc1 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Kd3 Kxd7 35. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Ke6 37. Kd4 Kf5 38. Ke3 Kg4 39. Kf2 f5 40. Ke3 g5 41. Kf2 Kf4 42. Ke2 h5 43. Kf2 Ke4 44. Ke2 f4 45. h3 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Kf2 Kd3 48. Kf1 Ke3 49. Ke1 f3 50. g3 Kd3 51. Kf1 Kc2 52. Kg1 Kd1 53. Kf1 Kd2 54. Kf2 Kd3 55. Kf1 Ke3 56. Ke1 f2+ 57. Kf1
                    Draw
                    Draw?? What?! This must be a typo, surely it's 0-1...

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                    • #11
                      It's marked 1/2-1/2 in chess-results. Time pressure may have been a factor in not finding the win.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View Post
                        It's marked 1/2-1/2 in chess-results. Time pressure may have been a factor in not finding the win.
                        It was indeed a draw. Embarrassing how simple the win is after Kd3 Kxf2 Kd2. I had lots of time. I can only say a senior moment. I wanted to go for lunch:) I believe if white left his pawn on h2, it should have been a draw, but I am too depressed to check with engine.

                        Even worse was my last round game where after black plays g5, if I play f4 I am +6. Going on to lose that game was the icing on the cake. No wonder my rating is plummeting. Chess is hard, but I hope to make my comeback soon.
                        Last edited by Ian Findlay; Wednesday, 28th February, 2024, 09:52 AM.

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                        • #13
                          Apologies took so long.




                          Round 6 games:

                          Noritsyn, Nikolay vs Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta
                          1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bc2 d6 10. d5 Na5 11. Bd2 c5 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h3 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. a4 b4 17. a5 Nd7 18. Nbd2 Bb7 19. Nc4 Nc8 20. Qd2 f6 21. Nh2 Qe7 22. f4 Na7 23. Rae1 Nb5 24. Bd1 Rae8 25. Bg4 Nd4 26. Re3 h5 27. Bd1 f5 28. exf5 Qf6 29. Re6 Nxe6 30. fxe6 Nb8 31. Nxd6 Re7 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nxf5+ Qxf5 34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Bf3 Re8 36. Be4 Rff8 37. e7 1-0

                          Plotkin, Mark vs Plotkin, Victor
                          1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. g4 g6 15. Ng3 Bg7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Nd8 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. d4 Bb7 20. d5 Nf8 21. Kg2 c4 22. Rh1 N6d7 23. Rdg1 Nc5 24. Kf1 a5 25. Bh6 Bh8 26. h4 b4 27. h5 b3 28. axb3 cxb3 29. Bb1 Ra7 30. Nf5 f6 31. Bxf8 gxf5 32. Qh6 Ba6+ 33. Ke1 Rxf8 34. g5 Kf7 35. exf5 Ke8 36. g6 Bd3 37. Kd2 Bxb1 38. Rxb1 Bg7 39. Qe3 h6 40. Nd4 Qb7 41. Nc6 Ra6 42. Ra1 a4 43. Rh4 Kd7 44. Rb4 Qc7 45. Qe2 Rxc6 46. Qb5 Ra8 47. Raxa4 Rxa4 48. Rxa4 Nxa4 49. Qxa4 Qb6 50. dxc6+ Kc7 51. Ke1 Qxc6 52. Qxb3 Qe4+ 53. Kd2 Qf4+ 54. Ke2 Qe4+ 55. Kd2
                          Draw

                          Findlay, Ian vs Zomorrodian, Eilia
                          1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Na2 Qb7 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Bxb4 Ngf6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Nc3 Be7 16. Na5 Qc7 17. Nc4 Bb7 18. a5 Nd7 19. e5 Bd5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Bxa6 Rxb2 22. Bc4 Ba8 23. Rfd1 g5 24. Bb5 g4 25. Nxf7 Rxb5 26. Nxh8 Rb4 27. Qd3 Qc6 28. f3 gxf3 29. Rd2 Nxe5 30. Qxh7 Rg4 31. Re1 Rg7 32. Qe4 Bf6 33. Qf4 f2+ 34. Rxf2 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Rxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Bf3+ 0-1
                          Savio Joseph Benher vs Kang, Dorian
                          1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Qc7 9. f5 Bc4 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Qxc4 Rxc4 15. Nd2 Rc6 16. O-O-O g6 17. Rdf1 Ke7 18. Nb3 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe4 21. Kb2 Rc8 22. Rf3 Bg7 23. Re1 gxf5 24. Rxf5 Nxc3 25. Ref1 f6 26. Rh5 h6 27. Rh3 Ne4 28. Re3 d5 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. Nd2 Nd6 31. g4 h5 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. Kxc3 hxg4 34. Rg1 f5 35. h3 e4+ 36. Kb3 Bd4 37. Rg2 gxh3 38. Rh2 f4 39. Rxh3 f3 40. Nxf3 exf3 41. Rxf3 Ne4 42. Rh3 Kd6 43. Rh4 Kc5 44. Rh7 b6 45. Rc7+ Kb5 46. a4+ Ka5 47. Rh7 Nc5+ 48. Ka3 Bc3 49. Rh5 d4 50. Rd5 Bb4+ 51. Ka2 Kxa4 52. Rxd4 Kb5 53. Rh4 Bc3 54. Ka3 a5 55. Rh5 Kc4 56. Rh6 b5 57. Rc6 b4+ 58. Ka2 a4 59. Rc8 Bd4 60. Kb1 Kc3 61. Rc6 a3 62. Rb6 Ne4 63. Rc6+ Bc5 64. Rc8 Kc4 65. Re8 Nc3+ 66. Ka1 Nd5 67. Kb1 Ne3 68. Rc8 Nf5 69. Rh8 Bd4 70. Rc8+ Kd5 71. Ka2 Bc3 72. Rd8+ Ke4 73. Re8+ Kf4 74. Kb1 Nd4 75. Ra8 Ke3 76. Kc1 Bb2+ 77. Kb1 Kd2 78. Rd8 Bc3 79. Rd7 a2+ 80. Kxa2 Kxc2 81. Rb7 b3+ 82. Ka3 b2 83. Ka2 Ne2 84. Rxb2+ Bxb2 Draw
                          Zhu, Matthew vs Huang, Youhe
                          1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. h3 e5 9. d3 Nge7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a4 O-O 13. Na3 b6 14. Nc4 Rab8 15. Qd2 Na5 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. dxc4 f5 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Bd3 f4 20. Be2 Rf6 21. b4 cxb4 22. cxb4 a5 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Rc1 Rb4 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxe4 28. Nxe5 Rf5 29. Bc4+ Kh7 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Nd7 h5 32. Rxf5 Bxf5 33. Nc5 Bd4 34. Nd3 g5 35. h4 Kh6 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. Ne1 Kf6 38. Nd3 f3 39. gxf3 Bd7 40. Bb3 Bc6 41. Kg2 Kg5 Draw

                          Mao, Fengxi vs Shih, Matthew
                          1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Re8 8. d4 e6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 b6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rab8 17. c5 bxc5 18. Rd6 Qa5 19. Qc2 c4 20. Bc3 cxb3 21. axb3 Qc5 22. b4 Qc4 23. Rd4 Qb5 24. Ra1 a6 25. Ra5 Qb6 26. Rd6 Red8 27. Qd2 Rxd6 28. exd6 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rd8 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. bxc5 Kf8 32. Ra3 Ra8 33. Ra5 Ke8 34. f4 Kd7 35. Kf2 Re8 36. Bh3 Rb8 37. Bf1 Bc8 38. Bxa6 Bxa6 39. Rxa6 Rb5 40. Ra7+ Kd8 41. Rxf7 Rxc5 42. Rxh7 Rh5 43. Rxh5 gxh5 44. h4 Kd7 45. g4 Kxd6 46. g5 e5 47. fxe5+ Kxe5 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Kd4 Kg4 50. g6 Kxh4 51. g7 Kh3 52. g8=Q h4 53. Ke3 Kh2 54. Kf2 1-0

                          Wiebe, Isaac vs Kapra, Jerjis
                          1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 a6 11. b3 Bc7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Qf6 17. Bd4 Qh6 18. Re1 Rac8 19. g3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qh5 21. Qh4 Qxh4 22. Nxh4 Be5 23. Nf3 Bb2 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Bd3 h6 27. Kg2 Kf8 28. h3 Ke7 29. Bb1 Bb2 30. Rd2 Bc3 31. Rc2 Bf6 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Nd4 Kd6 34. b4 Kc7
                          Draw


                          Razin, Vadim vs Yu, Jonathan
                          1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. exd4 Bd7 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bd3 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Rfe1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 f6 17. a3 Kf7 18. c4 h5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rc3 h4 21. g4 Ng6 22. Rb3 Nf4 23. Bf1 Bc6 24. Rxb6 dxc4 25. Nxc4 Bc7 26. Rb3 Bd5 27. Rc3 Bb8 28. Rec1 Rcd8 29. Ncd2 Ke7 30. Re3 h3 31. g3 h2+ 32. Kh1 Nh3 33. Bxh3 Rxh3 34. Ne4 Bf4 35. gxf4 Rxf3 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Rxf3 Bxe4 38. Rc3 Rxd4 39. fxg5 Ke7 40. gxf6+ Kf7 41. g5 Rd5 42. g6+ Kxg6 43. f7 Rf5 44. Kxh2 Bxf3 45. Kg3 Bd5
                          0-1

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                          I had put them in word, did a weird format on me.
                          Thanks Hugh for all the work you continuously do with the database.

                          Alex F.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Alex Ferreira View Post
                            Razin, Vadim vs Yu, Jonathan
                            d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. exd4 Bd7 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bd3 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Rfe1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 f6 17. a3 Kf7 18. c4 h5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rc3 h4 21. g4 Ng6 22. Rb3 Nf4 23. Bf1 Bc6 24. Rxb6 dxc4 25. Nxc4 Bc7 26. Rb3 Bd5 27. Rc3 Bb8 28. Rec1 Rcd8 29. Ncd2 Ke7 30. Re3 h3 31. g3 h2+ 32. Kh1 Nh3 33. Bxh3 Rxh3 34. Ne4 Bf4 35. gxf4 Rxf3 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Rxf3 Bxe4 38. Rc3 Rxd4 39. fxg5 Ke7 40. gxf6+ Kf7 41. g5 Rd5 42. g6+ Kxg6 43. f7 Rf5 44. Kxh2 Bxf3 45. Kg3 Bd5
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                            Something is not right here at moves 13-16: the Bd6 hangs and neither player noticed??

                            My guess is that it went: 13...Nh5 14.Ref1 g5 15.Bg3 Nxg3

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