Hello,
let's complete the first round of group 7 with another definitely unbalanced game: Saitek "Kasparov" Blitz vs Fidelity Chess Challenger 10, again more than 600 CElo points discrepancy.
In both games, the CC10 soon suffers a material disadvantage, and that's enough for a fast collapse.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.06"]
[Round "7-1"]
[White "Fidelity Chess Challenger 10 (lv 2)"]
[Black "Saitek Blitz (lv 15s)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1174"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 {Out of book} 2...d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bf4 Qb6 {Out of book} 7.b3 Qb4+ 8.Qd2 Qxd2+ 9.Kxd2 Nd7 10.Bd3 Ngf6 11.N1e2 Bxd3 12.cxd3 e6 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.a3 $2 {providing support to the c3 Knight, or securing the f4 Bishop was mandatory.} 14...Bxc3+ $1 15.Kxc3 Nd5+ {and the Bishop is lost} 16.Kb2 Nxf4 17.Rhd1 O-O 18.Rac1 Nb6 19.f3 Rad8 20.Rc2 Rxd4 21.Rcd2 Rfd8 22.Kc2 Nbd5 23.Ne2 Ne3+ 24.Kb2 Nxd1+ 25.Ka2 Nxe2 26.Rxe2 Nc3+ 27.Kb2 Nxe2 28.Kc2 Rxd3 29.h4 Rc3+ {Blitz announces mate in 3} 30.Kb2 Rd2+ 31.Kb1 Rc1# 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.06"]
[Round "7-1"]
[White "Saitek Blitz (lv 15s)"]
[Black "Fidelity Chess Challenger 10 (lv 2)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1174"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "D24"]
[PlyCount "35"]
1.Nf3 d5 {Out of book} 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Qb5 Be6 7.e4 a6 8.Qxb7 Nxd4 $2 {Bd7 was playable to support the threatened c6 Knight} 9.Nxd4 Rb8 10.Nxe6 Rxb7 11.Nxd8 Rb6 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Bxb6 cxb6 14.Nc6 b5 15.a4 bxa4 16.Nxa4 Nf6 17.O-O-O Nxe4 $4 {Nd7 would have enabled some resistance, even if the game is lost since long.} 18.Rd8# 1-0
MfG,
Tibono