Good morning all,
round 3 for group 4 starts with Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor vs H&G Mephisto 1-X.
The first game is definitely balanced, a short one as the position after move 19 is repeated three times (announced by the brikett with a dot in the middle position in the display, whilst the Schachprofessor didn't announce it).
The second game is much more interesting, the 1X playing as White commits a positional blunder that switches the game to the bad side for it.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.23"]
[Round "4-3"]
[White "Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor (lv h4)"]
[Black "Mephisto I-X (lv a3)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1388"]
[BlackElo "1345"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "46"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Bb5+ {Out of book} 8...Nd7 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Rb1 Nf5 13.O-O Ba4 14.Ne1 Nxe3 15.fxe3 O-O 16.Rf2 f5 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Rxf6 gxf6 19.Qg4+ Kf7 20.Qh5+ Kg7 21.Qg4+ Kf7 22.Qh4 Kg7 23.Qg4+ Kf7 1/2-1/2
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.23"]
[Round "4-3"]
[White "Mephisto I-X (lv a3)"]
[Black "Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor (lv h4)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1345"]
[BlackElo "1388"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "128"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 {Out of book} 7.dxc3 Bg4 8.Be3 {Out of book} 8...Be6 9.a4 Qd7 10.b3 d5 11.Ne5 Qc8 12.Qd2 Bd6 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.O-O Rfe8 17.Rfe1 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Bg4 19.f3 Be6 20.Qb4 c6 21.c4 a5 22.Qc5 d4 23.b4 axb4 24.Qxb4 Qe7 25.Rab1 Qxb4 26.Rxb4 Re7 27.c5 Rd8 28.Re4 Red7 29.Rh4 f5 30.Rh5 Rf8 31.a5 Rff7 32.Rh4 Rd5 33.Bc4 Re5 34.Rxd4 Bxc4 35.Rbxc4 Rfe7 36.Rd1 Re2 37.c3 Kf7 38.Rh4 h6 39.Rdd4 Ke6 40.Rhf4 Ra2 41.Ra4 Rc2 42.c4 $4 {disconnects the Rooks and loses control on the d file, which is the invasion road for the second Black Rook.} 42...Rd7 43.Ra1 g5 44.Re1+ Kf6 45.Rxf5+ Kxf5 46.Rf1 Rxc4 47.Kf2 Rd2+ 48.Kg3 Rcc2 49.Rg1 Ra2 50.h4 gxh4+ 51.Kxh4 Rxg2 52.Rxg2 Rxg2 53.Kh3 Rc2 54.Kh4 Rxc5 55.a6 bxa6 56.Kh5 Kf4+ 57.Kxh6 Rg5 58.Kh7 a5 59.Kh6 c5 60.Kh7 c4 61.Kh6 c3 62.Kh7 c2 63.Kh8 c1=Q 64.Kh7 Qh1# 0-1
MfG,
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