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round 2 for group 8 starts with the match Applied Concept Boris vs Yeno 301XL.
The first game (Boris plays White) is short, a straightforward and easy victory for the Yeno. Fun fact: the Yeno starts the game playing seven (7!) Knight moves in a row. Not an issue though, as Boris developped its position in a bad way...
The next game is another story, a bit deceptive from the 301XL: despite capturing an ennemy Knight as early as move number six, it will have to play 67 moves to achieve the mate. Worth mentioning, its white squares Bishop is more than a bad Bishop: a pityful one, that will end captured...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.13"]
[Round "8-2"]
[White "Applied Concept Boris (lv 15s)"]
[Black "Yeno 301XL (lv 4)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1055"]
[BlackElo "1379"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "36"]
1.e4 {No book} 1...Nf6 2.d3 Nc6 {Out of book} 3.Be3 Ne5 4.Qd2 Nfg4 5.Nh3 Nxe3 6.fxe3 Nc6 7.Ke2 $6 Ne5 8.Qc3 d6 9.d4 Nc6 10.Kf3 Bd7 11.Na3 e6 12.Nb5 a6 13.Na3 Qf6+ 14.Nf4 $2 {pins itself...} 14...g5 15.d5 Ne5+ 16.Kg3 gxf4+ 17.exf4 Rg8+ 18.Kh3 $4 {Kf2 was mandatory} 18...Qh6# 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.13"]
[Round "8-2"]
[White "Yeno 301XL (lv 4)"]
[Black "Applied Concept Boris (lv 15s)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1379"]
[BlackElo "1055"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "D21"]
[PlyCount "133"]
1.d4 d5 {No book} 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d5 {Out of book} 4...Nb4 $2 5.Qa4+ {easy capture of this Knight!} 5...c6 6.Qxb4 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qd6 8.Qxc4 Be6 9.Qd4 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Bf4 c5 $6 {loses control on b5 square} 12.Ncb5 $6 {Ndb5 would have threatened c7 fork as well, and would have avoided leaving the Knight hanging.} 12...cxd4 $6 {preventing the fork with Kd8 was required} 13.Nc7+ Kd8 14.Nxa8 Nf6 15.Be5 b6 16.Rd1 Bc6 17.Rxd4+ Nd7 18.Nc7 a5 19.a3 b5 20.b3 a4 21.bxa4 b4 $6 {looking for trouble?} 22.axb4 e6 23.b5 Bd5 24.Nxd5 Nxe5 25.Nf6+ Kc8 26.Ne4 Be7 27.f4 Ng4 28.Nd6+ Bxd6 29.Rxd6 e5 30.h3 Kc7 31.Rc6+ Kd7 32.hxg4 exf4 33.Kd2 g5 34.Rh5 Rg8 35.Rxh7 Rf8 36.Rg6 f3 37.gxf3 Ke7 38.Rxg5 Rd8+ 39.Ke3 Rd1 40.Bg2 Ra1 41.Re5+ Kd6 42.Re4 Ra3+ 43.Kf4 f6 44.Kf5 Rc3 45.Re6+ Kd5 46.e4+ Kd4 47.Kxf6 Rc4 48.a5 Rc5 49.Bf1 Ke3 50.Rh3 Rc1 51.Bg2 Kf2 52.Bh1 Rc5 53.Rh5 Rxh5 54.gxh5 Kg1 55.f4 Kxh1 56.b6 Kg2 57.b7 Kf3 58.b8=Q Kg4 59.h6 Kf3 60.h7 Ke3 61.Ke5 Kd3 62.Qb3+ Kd2 63.Qf3 Kc2 64.Qe3 Kb1 65.h8=Q Kc2 66.Qh2+ Kb1 67.Qe1# 1-0
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