Sunday, April 1, 2012
Youth Invitationals: Fifth Round
Pairings
Denker Qualifier
Qazi v. Moskwa 1-0
Kogen v. Schmakel 0-1
Meduri Dubin 0-1
Girls' Invitational
Xu v. Padgett 1-0
Harihara v. Liu 0-1
Provine v. Mangalam 1-0
Barber Qualifier
Adve v. Li 1/2-1/2
Turner v. Sun 1/2-1/2
Lehmann v. Kalgahtgi 0-1
Bronfeyn v. Hrach 1/2-1/2
Heil. Gilchrist 1-0
Do v. Xiao 1-0
3:05 PM The final round is underway.
3:15 PM Kogen and Schmakel are playing a Closed Ruy Lopez (Petrosian variation I think). Qazi is playing an Anti-Sicilian line with Bc4 and Qf3. Meduri has played the Advance against Dubin's French.
3:20 PM Xu is playing the Tarrasch against Padgett's French. Harihara is playing the Grand Prix Attack against Liu's Sicilian and Provine and Mangalam are playing the same variation of the Ruy Lopez as Kogen and Schmakel.
3:25 PM Adve plays the Austrian Attack against Li's Pirc. Lehmann is playing the Yugoslav Attack against Kalgahtgi's Dragon.
3:30 PM Hrach is playing the Petroff. Gilchrist played the English Defense against the English Opening. Sun played 1...c5 against Turner's English. Do and Xiao are in a Ruy Lopez.
3:35 PM One might expect Dubin and Meduri to be peaceably inclined after tough losses in the fourth round, however, Meduri might have a little extra motivation as he is 0-4 lifetime against Dubin. They first played at the 2002 National Youth Action Tournament and they last played at the 2006 Illinois Open.
3:45 PM Meduri had sacrificed a piece to expose Dubin's king. Kogen has closed the center with d5 so a lot of maneuvering can be expected.
3:55 PM Adve has sacrificed a couple of pawns and castled long in an effort to get at Li's king, but Li has been happily accepting such material and cooling defending all tournament.
4:00 PM First result: Kalgahtgi beats Lehmann.
4:15 PM Kogen, Schamkel, Meduri, and Dubin have been competing against one another for a long time. All four played in the primary section of the 2003 Illinois K-8 Tournament. Dubin finished 4th, Schmakel 5th, Meduri 7th and Kogen 19th.
4:20 PM Heil and Gilchrist have reached an ending with rooks and opposite colored bishops. Heil has more space but Gilchrist controls the only open file.
4:25 PM Dubin seems to be weathering Meduri's attack.
4:30 PM With a three pawn disadvantage, Adve accepts Li's offer of a draw. One less tiebreak for Sevan to worry about. Li will be Illinois' representative Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions.
4:40 PM Schmakel traded his bishops for Kogen's knights and has now planted a knight on d3 supported by a pawn on c4 and backed by the other knight on c5.
4:45 PM Harihara has sacrificed an exchange and is trying to get at Liu's king. So far this round, the recipients of the sacrifices have been getting the better of things.
4:55 PM Moskwa and Qazi have both castled queenside. Moskwa is trying to gain some space on that side with his pawns, but Qazi knight is firmly ensconced on d5.
5:00 PM Sun and Turner agree to a draw. Meduri is still attacking. He has two extra pawns one of which is a passer on e6. Dubin has an extra bishop but for the moment it is sitting on c6 and doing little more than his pawns on b7 and d5.
5:05 PM Do beats Xiao.
5:15 PM Heil beats Gilchrist.
5:20 PM Qazi has pawns on g5 and f5, and Moskwa's bishop on g7 is looking uncomfortable. Kogen took the knight on d3 with his bishop and Schmakel is spent a long time deciding to recapture with the knight rather than the pawn.
5:50 PM Bronfeyn and Hrach draw. The Barber Qualifier is complete.
5:55 PM Liu has held of Harihara's attack and is still up the exchange and a pawn. Xu has a knight and rook against Padgett's bishop and rook and is trying to exploit Padgett's isolated d-pawn. Mangalam is down a pawn.
6:05 PM Schmakel still has a very pretty looking knight on d3, but Kogen seems to have done a good job of clearing all his pieces out of the vicinity.
6:10 PM Meduri only has one pawn for the bishop now, but the bishop is not contributing anything to the defense. Qazi is generating some nasty pressure down the f-file.
6:15 PM Liu defeats Harihara. Xu managed to pick of Padgett's isolated d-pawn. Schmakel has gone up a pawn on Kogen.
6:20 PM It looks like Qazi has a draw by repetition if he wants it.
6:25 PM Schmakel goes up an exchange. Qazi declines to repeat.
6:30 PM Provine has bishop against knight plus two pawns.
6:35 PM Xu has knight, rook and extra passed pawn against bishop and rook. Schmakel is pressing home his advantage.
6:40 PM Qazi has gone up a pawn on Moskwa. They both have a queen and a bishop left. Dubin is finally creating some threats of his own.
6:45 PM Schmakel gives back the exchange to create connected passers on Kogen's third rank. Qazi picks off a second pawn. Meduri has no extra pawns now but he still has a passed pawn on e6.
6:45 PM Kogen resigns. Only one set of tie breakers for Sevan to worry about. Quazi goes up by a piece.
6:50 PM Qazi defeats Moskwa. Liu defeats Mangalam. Xu defeats Padgett.
6:55 PM Schmakel is the Denker representative. Liu takes first on tie breakers. Dubin trades off the queens and rooks leaving him with the extra bishop.
7:00 PM Dubin maintains his hex on Meduri. All the games are done.
10:00 PM 5th round games from the Denker and the Barber are posted.
Denker Qualifier
Qazi v. Moskwa 1-0
Kogen v. Schmakel 0-1
Meduri Dubin 0-1
Girls' Invitational
Xu v. Padgett 1-0
Harihara v. Liu 0-1
Provine v. Mangalam 1-0
Barber Qualifier
Adve v. Li 1/2-1/2
Turner v. Sun 1/2-1/2
Lehmann v. Kalgahtgi 0-1
Bronfeyn v. Hrach 1/2-1/2
Heil. Gilchrist 1-0
Do v. Xiao 1-0
3:05 PM The final round is underway.
3:15 PM Kogen and Schmakel are playing a Closed Ruy Lopez (Petrosian variation I think). Qazi is playing an Anti-Sicilian line with Bc4 and Qf3. Meduri has played the Advance against Dubin's French.
3:20 PM Xu is playing the Tarrasch against Padgett's French. Harihara is playing the Grand Prix Attack against Liu's Sicilian and Provine and Mangalam are playing the same variation of the Ruy Lopez as Kogen and Schmakel.
3:25 PM Adve plays the Austrian Attack against Li's Pirc. Lehmann is playing the Yugoslav Attack against Kalgahtgi's Dragon.
3:30 PM Hrach is playing the Petroff. Gilchrist played the English Defense against the English Opening. Sun played 1...c5 against Turner's English. Do and Xiao are in a Ruy Lopez.
3:35 PM One might expect Dubin and Meduri to be peaceably inclined after tough losses in the fourth round, however, Meduri might have a little extra motivation as he is 0-4 lifetime against Dubin. They first played at the 2002 National Youth Action Tournament and they last played at the 2006 Illinois Open.
3:45 PM Meduri had sacrificed a piece to expose Dubin's king. Kogen has closed the center with d5 so a lot of maneuvering can be expected.
3:55 PM Adve has sacrificed a couple of pawns and castled long in an effort to get at Li's king, but Li has been happily accepting such material and cooling defending all tournament.
4:00 PM First result: Kalgahtgi beats Lehmann.
4:15 PM Kogen, Schamkel, Meduri, and Dubin have been competing against one another for a long time. All four played in the primary section of the 2003 Illinois K-8 Tournament. Dubin finished 4th, Schmakel 5th, Meduri 7th and Kogen 19th.
4:20 PM Heil and Gilchrist have reached an ending with rooks and opposite colored bishops. Heil has more space but Gilchrist controls the only open file.
4:25 PM Dubin seems to be weathering Meduri's attack.
4:30 PM With a three pawn disadvantage, Adve accepts Li's offer of a draw. One less tiebreak for Sevan to worry about. Li will be Illinois' representative Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions.
4:40 PM Schmakel traded his bishops for Kogen's knights and has now planted a knight on d3 supported by a pawn on c4 and backed by the other knight on c5.
4:45 PM Harihara has sacrificed an exchange and is trying to get at Liu's king. So far this round, the recipients of the sacrifices have been getting the better of things.
4:55 PM Moskwa and Qazi have both castled queenside. Moskwa is trying to gain some space on that side with his pawns, but Qazi knight is firmly ensconced on d5.
5:00 PM Sun and Turner agree to a draw. Meduri is still attacking. He has two extra pawns one of which is a passer on e6. Dubin has an extra bishop but for the moment it is sitting on c6 and doing little more than his pawns on b7 and d5.
5:05 PM Do beats Xiao.
5:15 PM Heil beats Gilchrist.
5:20 PM Qazi has pawns on g5 and f5, and Moskwa's bishop on g7 is looking uncomfortable. Kogen took the knight on d3 with his bishop and Schmakel is spent a long time deciding to recapture with the knight rather than the pawn.
5:50 PM Bronfeyn and Hrach draw. The Barber Qualifier is complete.
5:55 PM Liu has held of Harihara's attack and is still up the exchange and a pawn. Xu has a knight and rook against Padgett's bishop and rook and is trying to exploit Padgett's isolated d-pawn. Mangalam is down a pawn.
6:05 PM Schmakel still has a very pretty looking knight on d3, but Kogen seems to have done a good job of clearing all his pieces out of the vicinity.
6:10 PM Meduri only has one pawn for the bishop now, but the bishop is not contributing anything to the defense. Qazi is generating some nasty pressure down the f-file.
6:15 PM Liu defeats Harihara. Xu managed to pick of Padgett's isolated d-pawn. Schmakel has gone up a pawn on Kogen.
6:20 PM It looks like Qazi has a draw by repetition if he wants it.
6:25 PM Schmakel goes up an exchange. Qazi declines to repeat.
6:30 PM Provine has bishop against knight plus two pawns.
6:35 PM Xu has knight, rook and extra passed pawn against bishop and rook. Schmakel is pressing home his advantage.
6:40 PM Qazi has gone up a pawn on Moskwa. They both have a queen and a bishop left. Dubin is finally creating some threats of his own.
6:45 PM Schmakel gives back the exchange to create connected passers on Kogen's third rank. Qazi picks off a second pawn. Meduri has no extra pawns now but he still has a passed pawn on e6.
6:45 PM Kogen resigns. Only one set of tie breakers for Sevan to worry about. Quazi goes up by a piece.
6:50 PM Qazi defeats Moskwa. Liu defeats Mangalam. Xu defeats Padgett.
6:55 PM Schmakel is the Denker representative. Liu takes first on tie breakers. Dubin trades off the queens and rooks leaving him with the extra bishop.
7:00 PM Dubin maintains his hex on Meduri. All the games are done.
10:00 PM 5th round games from the Denker and the Barber are posted.
Youth Invitationals: Fourth Round
After three rounds, the unofficial standings are as follows:
Denker Qualifier
2.5 Schmakel
2.5 Kogen
2.0 Moskwa
1.5 Meduri
0.5 Qazi
0.0 Dubin
Girl's Invitational
2.5 Xu
2.5 Liu
2.0 Harihara
1.0 Provine
1.0 Padgett
0.0 Mangalam
Barber Qualifier
3.0 Li
2.0 Bronfeyn
2.0 Lehmann
2.0 Kagahtgi
1.5 Turner
1.5 Sun
1.0 Do
1.0 Gilchrist
1.0 Hrach
0.5 Xiao
0.5 Heil
Pairings for the fourth round:
Denker Qualifier
Dubin v. Qazi 0-1
Moskwa v. Kogen 0-1
Schmakel v. Meduri 1-0
Girl's Invitational
Liu v. Xu 1/2-1/2
Harihara v. Provine 1/2-1/2
Padgett v. Mangalam 1/2-1/2
Barber Qualifier
Li v. Lehmann 1-0
Adve v. Bronfeyn 1-0
Sun v. Kalgahtgi 1-0
Turner v. Do 1-0
Hrach v. Gilchrist 1-0
Xiao v. Heil 0-1
9:55 AM: The players are at their boards. The big game this morning is between the leaders in the Girls' Invitational, Xu and Liu. Schmakel plays his two highest rated opponents today, Meduri and Kogen.
10:05 AM: The round is underway. We have Dubin playing the Samisch against Qazi's King's Indian. Kogen played 1...e5 and Moskwa is playing the Scotch Gambit. Padgett is playing a one of those miscellaneous 1.d4 openings that I have trouble telling apart (and beating for that matter). Harihara is playing the King's Indian Attack against Provine's French. Liu played 1.d4 and both she and Xu have fianchettoed their king's bishops. Li and Lehmann are in an Open Catalan.
10:10 AM: Bronfeyn has played Alekhine's Defense and Kalgahtighi the Dragon. Turner played the English and Hrach played the Italian. Xiao and Heil are in a Closed Sicilian.
10:15 AM: Schmakel played the English against Meduri and they appear to be in the neighborhood of the Open Reti. Kogen declined Moskwa's gambit and the queens and two pairs of minor pieces are gone already.
10:25 AM: Qazi decided to attack Dubin's center with ...c5 rather than ...e5 and the position is looking Benoni-ish. Lehmann is playing the same line against Li that he played against me at Tim Just's Winter Open. I managed to win that one, but Li had best not underestimate his opponent's understanding of the positions. I think it's the Colle that Padgett is playing with the thematic kingside expansion with Ne5 and f4.
10:30 AM: Sun is developing in classical fashion against Kalgahtgi's Dragon.
10:40 AM: Xu and Liu have morphed into a Dragon formation with Liu developing her light squared bishop on g2. Moskwa has two rooks, a knight, and six pawns against Kogen's two rooks, bishop, and six pawns, but Kogen's pieces are on their original squares and he has lost the right to castle. Hard to say whether White's lead in development means much with so much material gone.
10:45 AM: Qazi was frustrated to only have 1/2 point after a tough endgame loss to Meduri last night, but when you've been playing rated chess for less than three years 1/2 point isn't bad against three oppponents with an average rating over 2150.
10:50 AM: Adve has traded three of his pawns for one of Bronfeyn's knights.
10:50 AM: Padgett is building up the pressure on the kingside. Dubin has a half-open f-file to work with but Qazi has an outpost for his knight on e5.
11:05 AM: Denker trivia: Moskwa is the only player rated under 2150 to score a point against Meduri in the last eight months.
11:15 AM: More Denker trivia. Meduri and Schmakel have played six USCF games against each other. Schmakel holds a 4-2 edge, however Meduri has a win and two draws in their last three meetings. Meduri also drew Schmakel at IHSA tournament in February. That draw cost Schmakel a share of the first medal on first board which went to Moskwa. Dubin went 7-0 on second board including a win over Qazi. Kogen did not play because Deerfield High School does not have a chess program.
11:20 AM: Li has gone up the exchange against Lehmann. Hrach is attacking Gilchrist's king.
11:25 AM: Kogen and Moskwa are in a double rook plus even pawns endgame. Kogen has a,b,d,g and h-pawns. Moskwa has a,d,e,g and h-pawns.
11:30 AM: Kalgahtgi is up a piece on Sun. Correction: material is still even. I didn't notice Sun's threats.
11:40 AM: Qazi has won a queen for a rook and a knight.
11:45 AM: Hrach has traded three minor pieces for a rook, a knight, and two pawns. Li has added a pawn to his exchange advantage but his king is under some pressure.
11:50 AM: Kogen and Moskwa each control one of the open files, but neither can achieve unhindered penetration with the rooks. Meduri and Schmakel looks pretty even.
11:55 AM: Harihara has gone up by a pawn. Queens are gone. Xu and Liu are still even material and development.
12:00 PM: First result, Sun defeats Kalgahtgi.
12:10 PM: Schmakel has given up the exchange against Meduri, but he has a lead in development and Meduri has a knight that looks none too secure. Moskwa and Kogen have traded a pair of rooks.
12:15 PM: Heil has the exchange for a pawn. Li is up a rook and on a king hunt.
12:15 PM: Li defeats Lehmann.
12:20 PM: Harihara and Provine are down to rooks plus bishops of opposite colors with Harihara on the offensive with an extra pawn. If the rooks come off it will be very drawish but until then the chances are on Harihara's side.
12:25 PM: Meduri's king is still in the center and Schmakel's trying to keep it there. He has a big lead in development for the exchange.
12:30 PM: Bronfeyn has gotten one of his extra pawns down to b2.
12:35 PM: Hrach is up the exchange but both his rooks are en prise and he is getting low on time. Padgett has a lot of pressure on Mangalam's king but hasn't found a way to break through yet.
12:45 PM: Heil defeats Xiao.
12:50 PM: Adve was able to round up the pawn on b2 but Bronfeyn still has three pawns for a bishop. Schmakel is starting to pick up material. Kogen and Moskwa have taken each other's isolated pawns leaving them both with connected passers. Moskwa's are in the center and slightly farther advanced.
12:55 PM: The rooks have come off the board in Harihara v. Provine. Harihara still has an extra pawn, but bishops of opposite colors are terribly drawish.
1:00 PM: Xu has an extra pawn in a queen and rook ending but her king is slightly more exposed.
1:05 PM: Schmakel defeats Meduri. Provine looks like she has Harihara's extra pawn well blockaded.
1:10 PM: Xu and Liu draw. Mangalam and Padgett draw.
1:15 PM: Moskwa has a pawn on d6 and Kogen's king is cut off. Hrach liberated his rooks and now he is up the exchange and several pawn. Adve got one of his pawns back.
1:20 PM: Kogen is going to have to give up his rook for Moskwa's d-pawn, but then his own connected passers will be hard to stop.
1:25 PM: Hrach defeats Gilchrist.
1:35 PM: Kogen's passers prove unstoppable and he defeats Moskwa. Qazi defeats Dubin.
1:45 PM: Turner beats Do. Provine and Harihara draw.
1:55 PM: Adve has bishop and h-pawn against two isolated pawns for Bronfeyn but the bishop controls the queening square.
2:00 PM: Sevan is trying to figure out all the tiebreak permutations in Kogen and Schamkel draw in the last round.
2:05 PM: Adve beats Bronfeyn.
2:30 PM: Denker Round 4 games are posted.
Denker Qualifier
2.5 Schmakel
2.5 Kogen
2.0 Moskwa
1.5 Meduri
0.5 Qazi
0.0 Dubin
Girl's Invitational
2.5 Xu
2.5 Liu
2.0 Harihara
1.0 Provine
1.0 Padgett
0.0 Mangalam
Barber Qualifier
3.0 Li
2.0 Bronfeyn
2.0 Lehmann
2.0 Kagahtgi
1.5 Turner
1.5 Sun
1.0 Do
1.0 Gilchrist
1.0 Hrach
0.5 Xiao
0.5 Heil
Pairings for the fourth round:
Denker Qualifier
Dubin v. Qazi 0-1
Moskwa v. Kogen 0-1
Schmakel v. Meduri 1-0
Girl's Invitational
Liu v. Xu 1/2-1/2
Harihara v. Provine 1/2-1/2
Padgett v. Mangalam 1/2-1/2
Barber Qualifier
Li v. Lehmann 1-0
Adve v. Bronfeyn 1-0
Sun v. Kalgahtgi 1-0
Turner v. Do 1-0
Hrach v. Gilchrist 1-0
Xiao v. Heil 0-1
9:55 AM: The players are at their boards. The big game this morning is between the leaders in the Girls' Invitational, Xu and Liu. Schmakel plays his two highest rated opponents today, Meduri and Kogen.
10:05 AM: The round is underway. We have Dubin playing the Samisch against Qazi's King's Indian. Kogen played 1...e5 and Moskwa is playing the Scotch Gambit. Padgett is playing a one of those miscellaneous 1.d4 openings that I have trouble telling apart (and beating for that matter). Harihara is playing the King's Indian Attack against Provine's French. Liu played 1.d4 and both she and Xu have fianchettoed their king's bishops. Li and Lehmann are in an Open Catalan.
10:10 AM: Bronfeyn has played Alekhine's Defense and Kalgahtighi the Dragon. Turner played the English and Hrach played the Italian. Xiao and Heil are in a Closed Sicilian.
10:15 AM: Schmakel played the English against Meduri and they appear to be in the neighborhood of the Open Reti. Kogen declined Moskwa's gambit and the queens and two pairs of minor pieces are gone already.
10:25 AM: Qazi decided to attack Dubin's center with ...c5 rather than ...e5 and the position is looking Benoni-ish. Lehmann is playing the same line against Li that he played against me at Tim Just's Winter Open. I managed to win that one, but Li had best not underestimate his opponent's understanding of the positions. I think it's the Colle that Padgett is playing with the thematic kingside expansion with Ne5 and f4.
10:30 AM: Sun is developing in classical fashion against Kalgahtgi's Dragon.
10:40 AM: Xu and Liu have morphed into a Dragon formation with Liu developing her light squared bishop on g2. Moskwa has two rooks, a knight, and six pawns against Kogen's two rooks, bishop, and six pawns, but Kogen's pieces are on their original squares and he has lost the right to castle. Hard to say whether White's lead in development means much with so much material gone.
10:45 AM: Qazi was frustrated to only have 1/2 point after a tough endgame loss to Meduri last night, but when you've been playing rated chess for less than three years 1/2 point isn't bad against three oppponents with an average rating over 2150.
10:50 AM: Adve has traded three of his pawns for one of Bronfeyn's knights.
10:50 AM: Padgett is building up the pressure on the kingside. Dubin has a half-open f-file to work with but Qazi has an outpost for his knight on e5.
11:05 AM: Denker trivia: Moskwa is the only player rated under 2150 to score a point against Meduri in the last eight months.
11:15 AM: More Denker trivia. Meduri and Schmakel have played six USCF games against each other. Schmakel holds a 4-2 edge, however Meduri has a win and two draws in their last three meetings. Meduri also drew Schmakel at IHSA tournament in February. That draw cost Schmakel a share of the first medal on first board which went to Moskwa. Dubin went 7-0 on second board including a win over Qazi. Kogen did not play because Deerfield High School does not have a chess program.
11:20 AM: Li has gone up the exchange against Lehmann. Hrach is attacking Gilchrist's king.
11:25 AM: Kogen and Moskwa are in a double rook plus even pawns endgame. Kogen has a,b,d,g and h-pawns. Moskwa has a,d,e,g and h-pawns.
11:30 AM: Kalgahtgi is up a piece on Sun. Correction: material is still even. I didn't notice Sun's threats.
11:40 AM: Qazi has won a queen for a rook and a knight.
11:45 AM: Hrach has traded three minor pieces for a rook, a knight, and two pawns. Li has added a pawn to his exchange advantage but his king is under some pressure.
11:50 AM: Kogen and Moskwa each control one of the open files, but neither can achieve unhindered penetration with the rooks. Meduri and Schmakel looks pretty even.
11:55 AM: Harihara has gone up by a pawn. Queens are gone. Xu and Liu are still even material and development.
12:00 PM: First result, Sun defeats Kalgahtgi.
12:10 PM: Schmakel has given up the exchange against Meduri, but he has a lead in development and Meduri has a knight that looks none too secure. Moskwa and Kogen have traded a pair of rooks.
12:15 PM: Heil has the exchange for a pawn. Li is up a rook and on a king hunt.
12:15 PM: Li defeats Lehmann.
12:20 PM: Harihara and Provine are down to rooks plus bishops of opposite colors with Harihara on the offensive with an extra pawn. If the rooks come off it will be very drawish but until then the chances are on Harihara's side.
12:25 PM: Meduri's king is still in the center and Schmakel's trying to keep it there. He has a big lead in development for the exchange.
12:30 PM: Bronfeyn has gotten one of his extra pawns down to b2.
12:35 PM: Hrach is up the exchange but both his rooks are en prise and he is getting low on time. Padgett has a lot of pressure on Mangalam's king but hasn't found a way to break through yet.
12:45 PM: Heil defeats Xiao.
12:50 PM: Adve was able to round up the pawn on b2 but Bronfeyn still has three pawns for a bishop. Schmakel is starting to pick up material. Kogen and Moskwa have taken each other's isolated pawns leaving them both with connected passers. Moskwa's are in the center and slightly farther advanced.
12:55 PM: The rooks have come off the board in Harihara v. Provine. Harihara still has an extra pawn, but bishops of opposite colors are terribly drawish.
1:00 PM: Xu has an extra pawn in a queen and rook ending but her king is slightly more exposed.
1:05 PM: Schmakel defeats Meduri. Provine looks like she has Harihara's extra pawn well blockaded.
1:10 PM: Xu and Liu draw. Mangalam and Padgett draw.
1:15 PM: Moskwa has a pawn on d6 and Kogen's king is cut off. Hrach liberated his rooks and now he is up the exchange and several pawn. Adve got one of his pawns back.
1:20 PM: Kogen is going to have to give up his rook for Moskwa's d-pawn, but then his own connected passers will be hard to stop.
1:25 PM: Hrach defeats Gilchrist.
1:35 PM: Kogen's passers prove unstoppable and he defeats Moskwa. Qazi defeats Dubin.
1:45 PM: Turner beats Do. Provine and Harihara draw.
1:55 PM: Adve has bishop and h-pawn against two isolated pawns for Bronfeyn but the bishop controls the queening square.
2:00 PM: Sevan is trying to figure out all the tiebreak permutations in Kogen and Schamkel draw in the last round.
2:05 PM: Adve beats Bronfeyn.
2:30 PM: Denker Round 4 games are posted.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Denker Round 3
I wish to apologize. My goal had to been to publish all the Denker games from each round at the same time but I find that I am missing Kogen-Dubin. I think I remember Josh leaving a copy of his scoresheet, but I seem to have mislaid it. If Josh or Jonathan sees this and can post a copy of the pgn in the comments, that would be great.
Barber Round 3
[Event "Youth Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "3"] [White "Heil, Sam"] [Black "Hrach, Jonathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A26"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2012.03.30"] [SourceDate "2012.03.30"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. d3 f5 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Ne7 10. h3 c6 11. Be3 Be6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Kh2 b6 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Qc2 h6 17. d4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 g5 22. Bd4 c5 23. Bc3 Bf5 24. g4 Bg6 25. Bxe4 Qe6 26. Ng3 Rf4 27. Bxg6 Qxg6 28. Qd2 Kh7 29. Nh5 Qf7 30. Nxf4 gxf4 31. Qd3+ Ng6 32. Qe4 f3 33. e6 Qc7+ 34. Be5 Qxe5+ 35. Qxe5 Bxe5+ 36. Kg1 Bd4+ 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Re1 f2 39. Re4 Kf6 40. h4 Ne5 41. g5+ hxg5 42. hxg5+ Kxe6 43. Rf4 Ng6 44. Rf3 Ke5 45. Rf7 Ke4 46. Rxa7 Nh4 47. Re7+ Kf4 48. g6 Nxg6 49. Rf7+ Ke4 50. Rb7 Ne5 51. Rxb6 Nf3 52. Re6+ Kd3 53. Kg2 Nd2 54. Rf6 Bxf6 55. Kxf2 Nxb3 56. axb3 Kc3 57. Ke2 Kxb3 58. Kd3 Bd4 59. Kd2 Kxc4 60. Kc2 Kb4 61. Kc1 Kc3 62. Kb1 Kd2 63. Ka2 c4 64. Kb1 c3 65. Ka1 c2+ 66. Ka2 c1=Q 67. Kb3 Qc5 68. Ka2 Qb6 69. Ka3 Bc3 0-1
Youth Invitationals: Third Round
Third Round Pairings:
Denker Qualifier
Kogen v. Dubin 1-0
Qazi v. Meduri 0-1
Moskwa v. Schmakel 1/2-1/2
Girls' Invitational
Padgett v. Liu 1/2-1/2
Xu v. Provine 1/2-1/2
Mangalam v. Harihara 0-1
Mangalam v. Harihara 0-1
Barber Qualifier
Kalgahtgi v. Li 0-1
Lehmann v. Adve 0-1
Do v. Bronfeyn 0-1
Do v. Bronfeyn 0-1
Gilchrist v. Parker-Turner 0-1
Sun v. Xiao 1-0
Heil v. Hrach 0-1.
4:05 PM: The third round is underway. Moskwa is playing the English Attack against Schmakel's Najdorf. Kogen's playing the Advance against Dubin's French. Qazi playing the Grand Prix Attack against Meduri's Sicilian.
4:10 PM: Padgett and Liu have a Queen's Gambit Declined. Xu played the Tarrasch against Provine's French and Black played the line with ...Qxd5. Mangalam played the Ruy Lopez and Harihara played a line with ...Bc5.
4:15 PM: Li is playing the Pirc against Kalgahtgi and Lehmann is playing a Ruy Lopez with an early d3.
4:15 PM: Bronfeyn played Alekhine's Defense. Gilchrist and Turner have your miscellaneous 1.d4 opening going. Sun is playing a Quiet Italian Game and Heil is playing the Botvinnik Variation in the English Opening.
4:25 PM: Kalgahtgi is going for the gusto against Li's Pirc. Sixteen moves in and he has pawns on d4, e5, f5, and g4.
4:50 PM: Liu is up a piece on Padgett. Dubin played ...f5 and Kogen is trying to pry things open with g4.
4:55 PM: Li repulsed Kalgahtgi's attack and exploited his over extended attack to win the game for the first result of round three.
5:00 PM: Moskwa is advancing his pawns on the kingside and his minor pieces on the queenside. He is either controlling both sides of the board or over extending on both sides.
5:05 PM: Kogen is building up an attack on the kingside. Sun has gone ahead by an exchange against Xiao.
5:15 PM: Now it's Kogen's turn to sacrifice a piece. Does he know that Dubin is in the habit of knocking off one 2100 player each time he plays in the Denker Qualifier? In 2009 it was Trevor Magness and Matt Wilber in 2010. Moskwa has gotten Schmakel to use forty more minutes on the clock.
5:25 PM: Lehman and Adve have an interesting endgame going. White has pawns on a2,b3,c4,d3,e4,f5 and h3. Black has pawns on a4,b5,c7,d4,e5,f6 and g5. Black has two knights and White has a knight and a bishop. Unfortunately it's a light squared bishop and every one of Black's pieces and pawns are on dark squares.
5:25 PM: Bronfeyn has gone up a piece against Do.
5:35 PM: Mangalam is down a piece against Harihara.
5:45 PM: No 2100 scalp for Dubin this year as he goes down to Kogen. Adve exploits Lehmann's bad bishop for the win. Harihara defeats Mangalam.
5:50 PM: Meduri is up a pawn on Qazi, but the position is fluid.
6:05 PM: Meduri has picked up a second pawn on Qazi and the postion is settling down.
6:10 PM: Moskwa has a knight stuck on a5 that Schmakel is trying to win. Sun defeats Xiao.
6:15 PM: Moskwa has finally managed to protect his knight with b4.
6:20 PM: Bronfeyn defeats Do.
6:25 PM: Schmakel is down to ten minutes on his clock against fifty for Moskwa. The knight on a5 is no longer loose, but Schmakel may be looking to weaken White's pawn structure by trading his bishop which would force Moskwa into his second queen and pawn ending in the tournament.
6:35 PM: Padgett and Liu draw.
6:40 PM: Provine has two bishops against Xu's bishop and knight. Pawns are even.
6:45 PM: Material is still even between Hrach and Heil but there is still a lot of it on the board. Hrach is under ten minutes and Heil is over thirty.
6:50 PM: It's a queen ending for Moskwa and Schmakel. Both players have six pawns. No passers yet. Six minutes for Schmakel. Thirty-nine for Moskwa.
7:10 PM: Schmakel and Moskwa agree to a draw. Qazi is down a pawn in a rook and pawn ending. I think that Meduri is still winning, but I suck at rook and pawn endings. Turner beat Gilchrist.
7:35 PM: Xu and Provine agree to a draw. Hrach has two minor pieces against a rook.
7:55 PM: Hrach defeats Heil.
8:05 PM: Meduri defeats Qazi.
9:35 PM: Have posted two Denker games, one Girl's Invitational game, and three Barber games from the third round. I don't know how much more I will get done tonight as I am very sleepy.
7:35 AM: All the games I have are posted.
Heil v. Hrach 0-1.
4:05 PM: The third round is underway. Moskwa is playing the English Attack against Schmakel's Najdorf. Kogen's playing the Advance against Dubin's French. Qazi playing the Grand Prix Attack against Meduri's Sicilian.
4:10 PM: Padgett and Liu have a Queen's Gambit Declined. Xu played the Tarrasch against Provine's French and Black played the line with ...Qxd5. Mangalam played the Ruy Lopez and Harihara played a line with ...Bc5.
4:15 PM: Li is playing the Pirc against Kalgahtgi and Lehmann is playing a Ruy Lopez with an early d3.
4:15 PM: Bronfeyn played Alekhine's Defense. Gilchrist and Turner have your miscellaneous 1.d4 opening going. Sun is playing a Quiet Italian Game and Heil is playing the Botvinnik Variation in the English Opening.
4:25 PM: Kalgahtgi is going for the gusto against Li's Pirc. Sixteen moves in and he has pawns on d4, e5, f5, and g4.
4:50 PM: Liu is up a piece on Padgett. Dubin played ...f5 and Kogen is trying to pry things open with g4.
4:55 PM: Li repulsed Kalgahtgi's attack and exploited his over extended attack to win the game for the first result of round three.
5:00 PM: Moskwa is advancing his pawns on the kingside and his minor pieces on the queenside. He is either controlling both sides of the board or over extending on both sides.
5:05 PM: Kogen is building up an attack on the kingside. Sun has gone ahead by an exchange against Xiao.
5:15 PM: Now it's Kogen's turn to sacrifice a piece. Does he know that Dubin is in the habit of knocking off one 2100 player each time he plays in the Denker Qualifier? In 2009 it was Trevor Magness and Matt Wilber in 2010. Moskwa has gotten Schmakel to use forty more minutes on the clock.
5:25 PM: Lehman and Adve have an interesting endgame going. White has pawns on a2,b3,c4,d3,e4,f5 and h3. Black has pawns on a4,b5,c7,d4,e5,f6 and g5. Black has two knights and White has a knight and a bishop. Unfortunately it's a light squared bishop and every one of Black's pieces and pawns are on dark squares.
5:25 PM: Bronfeyn has gone up a piece against Do.
5:35 PM: Mangalam is down a piece against Harihara.
5:45 PM: No 2100 scalp for Dubin this year as he goes down to Kogen. Adve exploits Lehmann's bad bishop for the win. Harihara defeats Mangalam.
5:50 PM: Meduri is up a pawn on Qazi, but the position is fluid.
6:05 PM: Meduri has picked up a second pawn on Qazi and the postion is settling down.
6:10 PM: Moskwa has a knight stuck on a5 that Schmakel is trying to win. Sun defeats Xiao.
6:15 PM: Moskwa has finally managed to protect his knight with b4.
6:20 PM: Bronfeyn defeats Do.
6:25 PM: Schmakel is down to ten minutes on his clock against fifty for Moskwa. The knight on a5 is no longer loose, but Schmakel may be looking to weaken White's pawn structure by trading his bishop which would force Moskwa into his second queen and pawn ending in the tournament.
6:35 PM: Padgett and Liu draw.
6:40 PM: Provine has two bishops against Xu's bishop and knight. Pawns are even.
6:45 PM: Material is still even between Hrach and Heil but there is still a lot of it on the board. Hrach is under ten minutes and Heil is over thirty.
6:50 PM: It's a queen ending for Moskwa and Schmakel. Both players have six pawns. No passers yet. Six minutes for Schmakel. Thirty-nine for Moskwa.
7:10 PM: Schmakel and Moskwa agree to a draw. Qazi is down a pawn in a rook and pawn ending. I think that Meduri is still winning, but I suck at rook and pawn endings. Turner beat Gilchrist.
7:35 PM: Xu and Provine agree to a draw. Hrach has two minor pieces against a rook.
7:55 PM: Hrach defeats Heil.
8:05 PM: Meduri defeats Qazi.
9:35 PM: Have posted two Denker games, one Girl's Invitational game, and three Barber games from the third round. I don't know how much more I will get done tonight as I am very sleepy.
7:35 AM: All the games I have are posted.
Barber Round 2
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