Hello,
next match is somewhat balanced: Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger + CAC vs Saitek Calculator Chess, with only 45 CElo points in favor of the Mini Sensory.
First game as White, the Mini Sensory keeps an edge for twenty moves or so; even with a couple of opportunities to get significantly better. But it failed twice to find the good move, and soon performed a mistake. Anyway a nice performance from the tiny Calculator Chess, winner as Black despite its Elo handicap.
In the second game, the Calculator Chess as White cannot renew this performance, with less than a dozen moves keeping the game approximately balanced. It is then a long journey for the Mini Sensory to achieve the win.
1 point each!
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.17"]
[Round "3-3"]
[White "Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger + CAC (lv 1)"]
[Black "Saitek Calculator Chess (lv a8)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1142"]
[BlackElo "1097"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1.e4 e6 {No book} 2.d4 {Out of book} 2...Nc6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxe4 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Nxe4 Qd8 8.Bc4 Bd6 9.O-O Nb4 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Nxd6+ Qxd6 12.Bc4 Qf4 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Rae1 Bd7 15.Qe5 Qg4 $6 {Exchanging the Queens was a better choice} 16.Rc1 $6 {Qd6 forks N+B} 16...f6 $2 17.Qe3 $6 {same missed opportunity} 17...Kh8 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Bb3 a5 20.Rcd1 a4 21.h3 Qf5 22.Nh4 $2 Qh5 {easy counter-play} 23.Bxa4 Qxh4 24.a3 Rxa4 25.axb4 Rxb4 26.Qc3 Ra4 27.Re3 Qf4 28.Qd3 Ra5 29.Rde1 Rf8 30.Rf3 Qg5 31.Re5 Rxe5 32.dxe5 Rd8 33.exf6 gxf6 34.Re3 Qf4 35.Rxe6 Bxe6 36.Qxd8+ Kg7 37.Qe7+ Bf7 38.Qxb7 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qxc2 40.Qb6 Bd5 41.Kg3 $4 {enables mate in 2} 41...Qg6+ 42.Kf4 Qg5# 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.17"]
[Round "3-3"]
[White "Saitek Calculator Chess (lv a8)"]
[Black "Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger + CAC (lv 1)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1097"]
[BlackElo "1142"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "136"]
1.e4 {No book} 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 {Out of book} 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.O-O Bb4 6.Ng5 Bxc3 $6 {because of: Nxf7} 7.dxc3 O-O 8.Be3 d6 9.a4 Ng4 10.Qd5 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Qxg5 12.Rf3 $2 Be6 $1 13.Qb5 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Rae8 15.Rd1 Qg4 16.Qd5 Re7 17.Rf5 Qe2 18.Qd3 Qxd3 19.cxd3 Rfe8 20.b4 Re6 21.b5 Ne7 22.Rf2 Rd8 23.a5 d5 24.c4 $6 dxc4 25.d4 exd4 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.exd4 Rxe4 28.a6 bxa6 29.Ra2 Re1+ 30.Kf2 Rd1 31.Rxa6 Nc8 32.Ke3 Re1+ 33.Kd2 Rf1 34.Kc3 Rc1+ 35.Kb4 c3 36.Rc6 c2 37.Kc3 Nd6 38.Kd2 Rd1+ 39.Kxc2 Rxd4 40.Rc5 $6 Kf8 $6 {Rc4+ was an opportunity to step forward} 41.Kc3 Rh4 42.Kd3 Rxh2 43.Rxc7 Rxg2 44.Rxa7 Nxb5 45.Rd7 Ke8 46.Rd5 Nc7 47.Rh5 h6 48.Kd4 Rg4+ 49.Kc5 Ne6+ 50.Kd6 Rd4+ 51.Rd5 Rxd5+ 52.Kxd5 Kd7 53.Ke4 Nc5+ 54.Kd5 Nd3 55.Kd4 Ne1 56.Kd5 h5 57.Kc5 Ke6 58.Kc6 Nd3 59.Kc7 Kd5 60.Kd7 h4 61.Kc7 Ne5 62.Kd8 h3 63.Ke7 h2 64.Kf8 h1=Q 65.Kxg7 Ke6 66.Kg8 Qg2+ 67.Kf8 Nd3 68.Ke8 Qg8# 0-1
MfG,
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