As we near the close of this tournament, it is starting to look fairly bleak for the Novag entries. This round White scored 3.5 out of 4, and the Novag models all played Black. The Emerald was the only one to pull out a draw, meaning both the Sapphire and the Star Diamond lost, to the GK2000 and the Atlanta respectively. The Sapphire loss comes as a big surprise, having the only victory against the tournament leader and now also a loss to the last place holder in the tournament. The Berlin Pro decided to repeat moves against the Emerald after only 17 moves, perhaps showing a little human style to his game?

With only 2 rounds to go now, only the Berlin Pro, Atlanta, and Lyon have a chance to win the tournament. All are Mephisto models. Instead of posting the full crosstable this round, here is a link to it and all games in pgn followed by the Round 12 games and Round 13 matchups.

http://sentinelusa.tripod.com/Chess/...litz/index.htm

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Saitek GK2000"]
[Black "Novag Sapphire"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 {GK2000 last book move} Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. Qxb7 c5 {Sapphire last book move} 10. Rg1 cxd4 11. exd4 Rb8 12. Qxa7 Qc8 13. Qa6 Qxa6 14. Bxa6 Rb4 15. a4 Rxd4 16. a5 Ne5 17. Ke2 Nd5 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. a6 Nc7 20. a7 Rd8 21. Ba4 Nd5 22. Bb3 Ra8 23. Nc3 Nxc3+ 24. bxc3 Kd8 25. c4 Kc8 26. Bc2 f5 27. Ra4 Nc6 28. Be3 g6 29. Rb1 Bg7 30. Rb6 Nd4+ 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. c5 Rd8 33. Rxe6 Kb7 34. Ra5 Re8 35. Rxe8 Rxe8+ 36. Kd3 Bxc5 37. Rxc5 Ra8 38. Rb5+ Ka6 39. Rd5 Rxa7 40. Rd6+ Kb5 41. Kd4 Kb4 42. Bd3 Re7 43. Rb6+ Ka4 44. Rc6 Kb4 45. Rd6 Re1 46. Rd7 h6 47. Rh7 Rd1 48. Rxh6 Rg1 49. Rh7 Rh1 50. Rb7+ Ka5 51. Kc5 Ka4 52. Kc4 Rc1+ 53. Kd4 Rh1 54. Rb6 Rg1 55. Kc3 Rc1+ 56. Bc2+ Ka5 57. Rxg6 f4 58. Rf6 Kb5 59. Rxf4 Rh1 60. Rh4 Rh2 61. Rb4+ Kc5 62. h4 Rxf2 63. Rc4+ Kd6 64. f4 Rh2 65. f5 Rh3+ 66. Bd3 Ke5 67. Re4+ Kf6 68. Kd4 Kf7 69. Be2 Kf6 70. h5 Rh2 71. Bg4 Rd2+ 72. Ke3 Rh2 73. Re6+ Kf7 74. Bf3 Rh3 75. Rg6 Ke7 76. f6+ Ke6 77. Kf4 Rh2 78. h6 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mephisto Atlanta"]
[Black "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 Be6 8. Bb3 {both last book move} Bxb3 9. axb3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Qd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ra4 Rfb8 13. Rfa1 b5 14. Ra6 Re8 15. Ne1 Rab8 16. Qh3 Qxh3 17. gxh3 Nd4 18. Rxa7 b4 19. Nd1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ne3 c6 22. R1a5 Nf4 23. h4 Nb5 24. R7a6 Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Ned4 26. Ra4 c5 27. Nf3 Nc7 28. R6a5 Nxf3 29. Kxf3 Nb5 30. Ke4 f6 31. h5 Kf7 32. Nf5 Red8 33. Ra1 Rd7 34. h3 Rdd8 35. Rg1 g6 36. hxg6+ hxg6 37. Ne3 Rd4+ 38. Kf3 Rf4+ 39. Kg2 Rd4 40. Rga1 Ke7 41. Kg3 Ke6 42. Nc4 Kd7 43. Ra6 Nd6 44. R1a5 Nxc4 45. dxc4 Rd6 46. Rxd6+ Kxd6 47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. Rc6 Rd8 49. Rxc5 Rd2 50. Rb5 Rxc2 51. Rxb4 Rxb2 52. c5 Rc2 53. Rb7+ Ke6 54. b4 Rc3+ 55. Kg2 e4 56. Rb8 Ke7 57. Rb6 g5 58. Rb8 Rc2 59. Kf1 f5 60. Rg8 Rb2 61. Rxg5 Kf6 62. Rg8 Rxb4 63. c6 Rc4 64. Rc8 Ke7 65. h4 Rc1+ 66. Ke2 Rh1 67. Rg8 Kd6 68. Rg6+ Kc7 69. Rh6 Rb1 70. Ke3 Rb3+ 71. Kd2 Rb2+ 72. Ke1 Rb1+ 73. Ke2 Rb2+ 74. Kf1 f4 75. Rf6 Rb1+ 76. Kg2 Rb2 77. Rxf4 e3 78. Rf6 Rc2 79. h5 e2 80. Re6 Rc5 81. Rxe2 Rxh5 82. Rc2 Rf5 83. Kg3 Rf6 84. f4 Rg6+ 85. Kf3 Rxc6 86. Rxc6+ Kxc6 87. Ke4 Kd7 1-0

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mephisto Berlin Pro"]
[Black "Novag Emerald CP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 {both last book move} 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6.
O-O Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qc1 Nc6 11. c3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qe2 Rg8 14. Qd2 Rg4 15. Qe2 Rg8 16. Qd2 Rg4 17. Qe2 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mephisto Lyon"]
[Black "Mephisto Polgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3 {both last book move} O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3 Nf6 17. c3 c5 18. Qg3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxh6 Bg6 22. Bg5 Qd7 23. Rfd1 Qb7 24. Qf4 Rac8 25. Rd6 c4 26. h3 b5 27. Rad1 Bd3 28. f3 a5 29. Qd4 b4 30. Be3 Qb5 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Rd7 Ra8 33. Ra1 Rfe8 34. Qd6 Rac8 35. Ra7 Red8 36. Qe7 Qxe5 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Re1 Qxb2 39. Qxe6 Re8 40. Qg4 Kg8 41. Bd4 Rxe1+ 42. Kh2 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Qxd4 44. Qxd4 Rxh3+ 45. gxh3 Rc7 46. Rxc7 g5 47. Qg7# 1-0

ROUND 13 Matchups:
Lyon v. GK2000
Polgar v. Berlin Pro
Emerald v. Atlanta
Star Diamond v. Sapphire

Cheers,

Chuck