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(Canada, near the middle on tiebreak of the 10-matchpoint group, is called the floater, the odd man, and plays the bottom team of the 9-matchpoint group, Nicaragua. They do that just to bug me.)
Anyway, this is an opportunity to catapult back into the race for a respectable score.
Tunisia is also seeded 103rd. Now that's what I call a coincidence. :)
Anyhow, Tunisia's top board is a 1700 player and the others don't show a rating. Nicaragua's top player is rated 2289. Their top 4 boards are 2200 players and the reserve a 2100 player.
Rd. 10 sees Canada's national team ( # 48 ) playing Nicarauga ( # 101 ) on Bd. 32.
GM Mark Bluvshtein ( 2557 ) is on first board ( 32.1 ) playing IM Danilo Canda( 2289 ).
I ( read Fritz ) will be doing live analysis of his game on the chess website, Chess5 ( www.chess5.com ). When you get to the homepage, click on " Public Games " to get the November list of games. Find the game, and then click on " View " and you will get a board and the score, with analysis ( it takes a few seconds for the game to load ). Hope you find it interesting.
Bob
Last edited by Bob Armstrong; Sunday, 23rd November, 2008, 12:22 PM.
but I don't see how they relate to the floater behaviour we've seen. There is some logic in the lower group to have its lowest member meet the toughest possible opposition, but I don't see the logic for the upper group, which is of course the more important one.
Canada's games against Nicaragua are beginning to take some character. Mark's Nc5 Nxc5 dxc5 Nmoves Qb5 encourages White to put a pawn on c4 rather than a piece. But White didn't do that; I thought he had to! Pascal's opponent sac'd a pawn, but he bypassed it for the attack! Igor is cramped, but is still sending his pieces to good squares. Nikolay's position looks spartan (no knights left), but his Qd1-d2-e3 shows that subtle things are happening. Could White possibly be planning g4 Bg2? Black's Qd8-d7-b5 shows that a battle of chess ideas really is shaping up.
The Twinisia (hah!) match has two Petroffs. Hazel played 11.Bd3xe4 which is much a minority choice. She ended up in a grim battle against bishops. The standard move is 11.Nf3-e5, which Yuanling played a few minutes later in an analogous position.
The other twins are IQPs. Irina has a dream IQP position with an open file, 7th rank, colour complex weaknesses. Dina's position is more complex, but is active and looks safe.
The men's team look to be cruising to an easy and large victory. Pascal is a whole piece up and his opponent's compensation is dripping away. That game should be the first to finish. On board 4, Nikolay is a comfortable P up with no weaknesses. You may think it's just a P but it's sure to eat into Black's soul -- it's no fun playing a P down with zero comp. On board 1 Mark has what I would call a "dream Sicilian". The d6-e5 P structure cuts down White's counterplay. White will defend doggedly but the rating difference is sure to tell in the long run. Only Igor's position is suspicious as his Knight is on a very poor orbit, but I'd be surprised if he lost.
What utter nonesense. Hazel blundered the opening. That was clear. She made the only strategic move possible which was attack and hope for some errors. Once she got there her play was very good she forced her opponent to play well to hold a draw. Very resourceful play.
Taking the high road : I have to consider Gary Ruben as a source is both unreliable and
has a habit of criticizing my daughter's play. As much as I dislike the negativity it's time to rise above it and understand the source of Gary's comments is not from a good place.
Last edited by Duncan Smith; Sunday, 23rd November, 2008, 07:29 PM.
Hazel managed to win a lost game. I am assuming that her opponent resigned after 71. Nd3 because of the intended Nf2 or Ne5 winning the g4 pawn. But isn't the game still pretty much a draw at that point? White's a5 pawn will drop and I don't see how White will be able to promote the g-pawn since Black will eventually give up the Bishop for it.
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