Round 1 for group 1 is now completed. Last match was Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 8 vs Novag Citrine, another very unbalanced match with a +700 CElo gap.
Sensory 8 with white pieces lets two black minor pieces prowl close to its uncastled King; when the black Queen joins the kill, it is soon all over...
... and playing Black, it already commits two errors within the first ten moves, the game is soon hopeless...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "1-1"]
[White "Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 8
(lv 2)"]
[Black "Novag Citrine (lv at4)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1306"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 {Out of book} 5...Bc5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Bd4 {Out of book} 8.f4 Bxe5 9.fxe5 Bg4 10.Ne2 Nxe4 11.d3 $4 {castling was required} 11...Qh4+ $1 12.g3 Nxg3 13.Bg5 Qh5 14.Nxg3 Qxg5 15.Qc1 Qxe5+ 16.Kd2 O-O $6 {O-O-O was stronger} 17.Re1 Qd4 18.Ne4 Rad8 19.a4 Rfe8 20.Ng3 Qf2+ 21.Kc3 Rxe1 22.Qxe1 Qd4+ 23.Kb3 Be6+ 24.Ka3 Qc5+ 25.Qb4 Qxc2 26.Qxb7 $2 Rxd3+ {Citrine announces mate in 3} 27.b3 Rxb3+ {Sensory 8 resigns} 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "1-1"]
[White "Novag Citrine (lv at4)"]
[Black "Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 8
(lv 2)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1306"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 {Out of book} 6.Bb3 Nxe4 7.Re1 d5 8.Nc3 Bc5 $2 {d5 Pawn called for support} 9.Bxd5 {Out of book} 9...Bxf2+ 10.Kf1 Bxe1 $2 {c6 Knight is left hanging. Bd7 or Bb7 were better.} 11.Bxc6+ Bd7 12.Bxe4 c6 13.Qxe1 {white has now a decisive material advantage, the black King lacks safety: the game is already lost for the Sensory 8.} 13...Qf6 14.d4 O-O 15.dxe5 Qe6 16.Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 {Bishop cannot be captured, because of the Ng5 fork threat.} 17.Bd3 Rfe8 $2 18.Qh4+ $1 Kg8 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Qh8+ Ke7 21.Bg5+ f6 22.Qxg7+ Kd8 23.exf6 {a deadly passed pawn} 23...Kc7 24.Bf4+ Kb6 25.Re1 Qg4 26.Qxg4 Rxe1+ 27.Kxe1 Bxg4 28.Ne5 Rg8 29.Nxg4 Rxg4 30.Be3+ c5 31.f7 b4 32.Nd5+ Kc6 33.Ne7+ Kd6 34.Nc8+ Kc6 35.f8=Q Kc7 36.Qxc5+ {Citrine announces mate in 2} 36...Kb8 37.Qb6+ {Sensory 8 resigns} 1-0
Group 1, round 1 result: Citrine, Challenge and Centaur lead with 2 points each; Beluga 1.5 points; Escorter 1/2 point; Sensory 8, Mein erster and Mirage zero points.
MfG,
Tibono