Good afternoon,
Quarter-final starts with the match DGT Centaur vs Mephisto Chess Challenger 10Mhz.
A good first game as Black for the Saitek/Mephisto Morsch, it can sustain a balanced game for 30 moves or so. Then, all the Centaur pieces are dedicated to attacking whilst all the Chess Challenger ones are committed to defend. Of course, based on such an Elo difference, this could not last long and the Centaur prevails.
The second game is rather a miniature one, as the Chess Challenger blunders on move #11 - I myself immediately felt the high danger it put itself into. Lack of depth search? I would rather say a lack of skills... It deservedly quits the competition.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "quarter_final"]
[White "DGT Centaur (Expert mode)"]
[Black "Mephisto Chess Challenger 10Mhz (lv A6)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2919"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "127"]
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 e6 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 a6 {Out of book} 12.O-O b5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Nd7 15.a4 Qf6 16.Rac1 Rfc8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Qa5 Rb8 20.Qxb5 Qe7 21.Qd3 Nf6 22.Nd2 Ra8 23.Rb1 Qd7 24.e5 Nd5 25.Bc2 f5 26.exf6 Nxf6 27.Bb3 Bd5 28.Bc4 Bxc4 29.Nxc4 Rd8 30.Ne5 Qd5 31.Qa6 Kf8 32.Nc6 Rd6 33.Rc1 Kf7 34.Qb7+ Rd7 35.Qc8 Rd6 36.Ne5+ Ke7 37.Rc5 Rd8 38.Nc6+ Ke8 39.Nxd8 Qd7 40.Qb8 Qxd8 41.Rc8 Qxc8 42.Qxc8+ Ke7 43.Qc5+ Kf7 44.Qa7+ Kf8 45.Qc7 g6 46.Qa7 h6 47.Qb8+ Kf7 48.Qc7+ Kf8 49.Qa7 h5 50.g3 h4 51.gxh4 Ne8 52.Qh7 Nd6 53.Qxg6 Ke7 54.h5 Nf7 55.Qg7 {Centaur announces mate in 10} 55...e5 56.dxe5 Ke6 57.Qf6+ Kd5 58.Qxf7+ Kxe5 59.h6 Kd4 60.h7 Kd3 61.h8=Q Kc2 62.Qc4+ Kd1 63.Qa1+ Kd2 64.Qac1# 1-0
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "quarter_final"]
[White "Mephisto Chess Challenger 10Mhz (lv A6)"]
[Black "DGT Centaur (Expert mode)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2919"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "40"]
1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 {Out of book} 2...Bg4 3.e4 Nd7 4.h3 Bh5 5.c3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e5 7.O-O Be7 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nh5 10.Qxb7 Bg5 11.Bxg5 $2 {a call for concerns, gathering ennemy Queen + Knight in front of the exposed King... Better was:} ( 11.Qxa8 Qxa8 12.Bxg5 ) 11...Qxg5+ {of course!} 12.Kh2 Rb8 13.Qxc7 Rxb2 14.Qc8+ Ke7 15.Qxh8 Qg3+ {Centaur announces mate in 5} 16.Kh1 Qxf3+ 17.Kg1 Ng3 18.Qf8+ Nxf8 19.Kh2 Rxf2+ 20.Rxf2 Qxf2# 0-1
MfG,
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