Monday, August 15, 2011

R8 Sol Cruz vs Miranda

Shell Southern Tagalog Leg
Batangas City


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Posted by rjsolcruz at 6:00 AM
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousAug 16, 2011, 9:20:00 PM

    Miranda of Adamson beat Rhal in the NCR Leg. Thus, this draw is a personal improvement.

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  2. AnonymousAug 17, 2011, 5:39:00 PM

    The moves of this game was reconstructed by Rhal upon our return home. I was really surprised by this newly discovered ability to reconstruct games from memory. It was said that former World Champion Fischer can recall ALL of his games, not just his so called 60 memorable games.

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  3. AnonymousAug 23, 2011, 12:27:00 AM

    The draw in the last round raised his total to 5 points that gave him a 17th place finish! This is a big big improvement from last year's 65th place.

    Also, the 17th place almost duplicated the 16th place finish in Tuguegarao last month.

    Additionally, he allowed only 2 losses here, compared to 3 in Tuguegarao.

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  4. rjsolcruzAug 25, 2011, 10:21:00 PM

    According to Collins in Understanding the Chess Openings, "4... Qh4 is extremely risky. White can play 5 Nb5 immediately, but 5 Nc3 Bb4 6 Nb5 looks even better, when 6... Qxe4+ 7 Be2 gives White a truckload of compensation.

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  5. rjsolcruzAug 27, 2011, 10:01:00 PM

    4... Qh4 - Steinitz Variation

    According to De Firmian in Modern Chess Openings, "This attempt at pawn-grabbing has been around for over a century, and even though Black's position often looks dubious, no really clear reputation is known."

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  6. rjsolcruzAug 27, 2011, 10:30:00 PM

    The Scotch Game as White has recently been adopted by Rhal and 4... Qh4 is entirely new to him. But he hit the right button in continuing with 5.Nc3 by simply following basic opening principle of defense with development.

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  7. rjsolcruzAug 27, 2011, 10:35:00 PM

    Rhal's 6.Qd3 is another defense with development move, but 6.Be2 is the recommended by Modern Chess Openings.

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  8. rjsolcruzAug 27, 2011, 10:48:00 PM

    Kasparov has called the Scotch Game the only serious alternative to the Ruy Lopez. He revived the Scotch by playing it in three successive World Championship matches, 1990, 1993, and 1995.

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  9. rjsolcruzAug 29, 2011, 1:00:00 PM

    During the long 4-day weekend, we practiced the Scotch vs the Steinitz Variation 4... Qh4 where I played the Black side. The score was a quick 3-0 for Rhal but the training match ended at 3-2.

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  10. rjsolcruzAug 29, 2011, 1:09:00 PM

    On the third day of the 4-day weekend, we studied the Scotch Gambit 4 Bc4 using the book Chess Openings for White Explained as guide which focuses on Black's various replies such as 6... Bc5, 6... Be7 and 6... Ba5, and he even tried 6... Qf6.

    We had one training game which ended in a draw - lucky me!

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  11. AnonymousOct 16, 2011, 5:36:00 PM

    (19) Sol Cruz,Rhal - Miranda,Penpen [C45]
    Shell Southern Tagalog Leg, 2011
    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qd3 Nf6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Qxe4+ 10.Qxe4+ Nxe4 11.Bxg7 Rg8 12.Be5 Nd6 13.0–0–0 Ke7 14.f3 Be6 15.Rg1 Rac8 16.b3 Nf5 17.Re1 Nh4 18.Bg3 Nf5 19.Be5 [19.Bf2] 19...a6? [19...Nh4 20.Bg3 Nf5 21.Bf2] 20.Bd3 Rge8 21.g3 Nd6 22.Bb2 h5 23.f4 Kd7 24.Kd2 Bg4 25.Be5± Ang advantage mo dito, 2 Bishops versus Bishop and Knight, at yung Kingside majority mo, 3 versus 2. Ikaw ang pwedeng magpilit manalo dito. Kung long game, itulak mo ang mga Kingside pawns para maka-produce ng isang passed pawn. ½–½

    The Qh4 by Black is a favorite weapon of NM Gerry Cabellon, which I also used versus Jerson Bitoon, naka-draw sya hehehe.

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