Guten Abend Alle,
the last match from round 2 (still group 3) sends the Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger under the wheels of the Vonset / Femuey L6-v2.
There is no
for old champions.
I just cannot understand some hard-to-justify moves from the early Spracklen's Fidelity program (1981): I suspect under tough pressure it can lose good sense (maybe the horizon effect...)
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.16"]
[Round "3-2"]
[White "Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger (lv E 40/10 20/5)"]
[Black "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1569"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A52"]
[PlyCount "56"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 {Out of book} 6...Qe7 7.Bg5 Qc5 8.e3 Ngxe5 9.Bf4 Nxc4 10.Bxc4 Qxc4 11.Bxc7 d5 12.Be5 O-O 13.Bd6 Re8 14.a3 Bxd2+ 15.Qxd2 Bg4 16.Ng5 $6 {Knight position lacks support and weakens d4 square. Maybe to enable Pawn to f3?} 16...d4 17.e4 h6 18.Rc1 Qd5 19.h3 Bh5 20.Rxc6 $6 {why?} 20...Qxc6 21.Bg3 Qc4 22.Nf3 Rxe4+ 23.Kd1 Rc8 24.Bc7 Rxc7 25.Qe3 Qc2+ 26.Ke1 Qc1+ 27.Ke2 d3+ 28.Kxd3 Qc2# 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.16"]
[Round "3-2"]
[White "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"]
[Black "Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger (lv E 40/10 20/5)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "39"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 Nc6 {Out of book} 6.axb4 Nxb4 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.Ne5 Qd6 9.Bg2 Qxe5 10.Bxc6+ Kd8 11.Bg2 Nf6 12.d3 Bg4 13.O-O Bxe2 $6 14.Re1 Qh5 $2 {The threat on the Queen side needed taking care of it} 15.Bxb7 $1 Rb8 $6 {anyway the position is lost for Black} 16.Qxa7 Rxb7 17.Qxb7 Qxh2+ {just postponing the end} 18.Kxh2 Ng4+ 19.Kg1 Bxd3 20.Ra8# 1-0
MfG,
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