Good evening,
as already stated, the Saitek/Mephisto Chess Challenger 32 Mhz is the seeded player within this 7th group; nevertheless unsure so far to enter the final cup because of its loss of a point against the Excellence during the previous round.
But now, after two wins in a row facing the Saitek "Kasparov" Blitz, its appearance in the next step of the competition is secured.
Playing as White in the first clash, it dominates all game long and reaches the endgame with a three Pawns advantage, which the Blitz of course cannot stand.
Playing as Black in the second game, the domination occurs slightly later but as well inexorably.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.10"]
[Round "7-3"]
[White "Mephisto Chess Challenger 32Mhz (lv B1)"]
[Black "Saitek Blitz (lv 15s)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "113"]
1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 {Out of book} 8...Qxe7 9.Rc1 Nxc3 {Out of book} 10.Rxc3 Nc6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qb3 Qd6 13.Be2 Qe6 14.O-O Qd6 15.Rfc1 Re8 16.Bb5 $1 {the pressure on c file increases} 16...Bd7 17.Rc5 Na5 18.Qxd5 Qxd5 19.Rxd5 Bc6 20.Rdc5 Reb8 $6 {looks odd. Assuming Black wanted a Rook on b file, the a-Rook was a smarter choice. If the issue was the X-ray threat on the e-Rook by the b5 Bishop, then the following exchange was correct:} ( 20...Bxb5 21.Rxb5 b6 22.Rxc7 Rec8 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 ) 21.Be2 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Nc6 23.Rxc6 bxc6 24.Bxc6 Kf8 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.Rxc7 Rb8 27.Rxa7 Rxb2 28.g3 f5 29.Kg2 g5 30.a4 Ra2 31.h3 Ke8 32.g4 fxg4 33.hxg4 Rd2 34.a5 Kd8 35.a6 Ra2 36.d5 Kc8 37.d6 Rd2 38.d7+ Kd8 39.Rb7 Rd5 40.a7 Ra5 41.Rb8+ Kxd7 42.a8=Q Rxa8 43.Rxa8 Kc6 44.Ra6+ Kd7 45.Rxh6 Ke7 46.Rg6 Kf7 47.Rxg5 Ke6 48.e4 Kd6 49.Rd5+ Ke7 50.f4 Ke6 51.f5+ Ke7 52.e5 Ke8 53.e6 Ke7 54.g5 {MCC announces mate in 4} 54...Kf8 55.f6 Ke8 56.g6 Kf8 57.Rd8# 1-0
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.10"]
[Round "7-3"]
[White "Saitek Blitz (lv 15s)"]
[Black "Mephisto Chess Challenger 32Mhz (lv B1)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 d5 5.e3 {Out of book} 5...Bd6 {Out of book} 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nc3 O-O 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Nb5 Re8 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O Nc6 13.Bd2 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Ne5 16.Qe2 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Rab8 18.b4 c4 19.Qe2 Rbc8 20.Rfd1 c3 21.Bc1 Qb6 22.Ra2 a5 23.b5 Re4 24.Rc2 Rc7 25.Qf1 Rec4 26.Qd3 Qc5 27.f3 h6 28.g3 $6 a4 29.Qe2 Rc8 30.Rd3 Qxb5 31.Rd4 Qd7 32.Kg2 R4c5 33.e4 Rc4 34.Rxc4 Rxc4 35.exd5 Rc8 36.Bf4 Nxd5 37.Qe5 $6 g5 38.Bc1 $6 Re8 39.Qe4 Rxe4 40.fxe4 Ne3+ 41.Bxe3 Qd3 42.Rf2 Qxe3 43.Rf3 Qxe4 44.Kh2 {MCC announces mate in 4} 44...Qxf3 45.h4 Qe2+ 46.Kg1 c2 47.hxg5 c1=Q# 0-1
MfG,
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