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| Nov-09-16 | | cro777: GM Eugenio Torre to play in Reykjavik Open 2017 "One of the main goals of the organisers of Reykjavik Open is to have legends at the list of players. This year we are extremely happy to announce that Eugene Torre from Philippines will be playing in Reykjavik Open in April 19th-27th." https://www.facebook.com/forzeti/po... The Reykjavik open 2017 will be held for the 32nd time from April 19th till April 27th, 2017. The 2016 edition was voted the 3rd best open tournament in the world by ACP (only Gibraltar- and Dubai tournaments scored higher). The City of Reykjavík has sponsored the tournament since its inception in 1964, when Mikhail Tal won it with a record 12½ points out of 13. http://chess-results.com/tnr234895.... |
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| Nov-09-16 | | cro777: Suleymanpasa Municipality RodostoSah GM Chess Tournament (Round 7) GM Eugenio Torre (2494) – Thomas Luther (2533)
1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Qb6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 d6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Rb1 Bc6 9. Bc4 Nbd7 10. d5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nb4 Ne5 14. O-O Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 O-O-O 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd3 g5 18. b4 Qc7 19. Be3 Rg8
click for larger viewThe critical position
White can choose between liquidating to a pawn up endgame after 20.Qa6+ and the positional attack with 20.a4 followed by b5 and b6. GM Torre chose the first option (which regrettably was not winning). It is quite understandable because it was difficult to calculate, over the board, the consequences of the positional attack . 20. Qa6+ Qb7 21. Qxa7 Qxa7 22. Bxa7 Kc7 23. Bd4 Ra8 24. Rb3 Rg6 25. Re1 Re6 26. Ree3 d5 27. Be5+ Kb6 28. Kg2 Kb5 29. f4 Rae8 30. Kf3 h5 31. h3 f6 32. Bxf6 gxf4 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Bc3 Bd6 35. Bd2 Re4 36. Rc3 Rd4 37. Bc1 Re4 38. a4+ Kxa4 39. Rxc6 Bxb4 40. Bxf4 Kb5 41. Rc8 Bc5 42. Rh8 Rc4 43. Rxh5 Rxc2 44. Bg3 Kc4 45. h4 Rc3+ 46. Kg4 d4 47. Rh8 d3 48. Rd8 Kb3 49. h5 Rc4+ 50. Kf3 Kc2 51. Bf4 Bxf2 52. h6 Be1 53. h7 Bc3 54. h8=Q Bxh8 55. Rxh8 d2 56. Rh2 Rxf4+ 57. Kxf4 Kc1 1/2-1/2 However, in the diagram position, the positional attack indeed offered winning possibility. The following line is an example: 20. a4 Rg6 21. b5 c5 22. Rfd1 Re6 23. b6 axb6 24. a5 d5 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Bxg5 Rd7 27. Bf4 Qa7 28. Qxh7 Bd6 29. Bg3 d4 30. Rxb6 Qxb6 31. Ra1 Qb7 32. Qg8+ Rd8 33. Qg4+ Kc7 34. Qg5 Qb6 35. Qe7+ Rd7 36. Bxd6+ Qxd6 37. Ra7+ Kc6 38. Qe8
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| Nov-09-16 | | bubuli55: Good news GM Torre will play in Reykjavik Open. Thanks < cro777 >. |
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| Nov-09-16 | | bubuli55: < The critical position > Chess is hard. Tomorrow GM Torre plays IM E Atalik. He might take more chances to squeeze a win. A win will move him to second. Round 8 is critical. |
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| Nov-10-16 | | spawn2: Historically, GM Eugene has a good score against female opponents. Let's see if that record continues. He must be careful though, IM Ekaterina is playing well in this tourney. |
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| Nov-10-16 | | spawn2: Nimzo Indian Defense for GM Torre.. |
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| Nov-10-16 | | spawn2: GM Eugene is a bit aggressive in his games in the Suleymanpasa tournament. This I find interesting. Is he trying to finetune his tactical/calculating skills for future tournaments? He has one coming up in December in Subic and one in Reyjavik in April next year as shared by cro77. |
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| Nov-10-16 | | pinoymaster77: Warmup / prepa na AFGM yan for 2018 Olympiad in Georgia, next time go for gold na |
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| Nov-10-16 | | wordfunph: Paddocks lang nakupas, El Eugenio! |
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| Nov-10-16 | | bubuli55: Draw in the last round wouldn't be so bad. But a win will be sweet. |
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| Nov-11-16 | | pinoymaster77: In about 8 hours na yata game 1 ng World Championship, and checked out the sites to catch up. Interesting they're offering a 360 degree virtual reality feature for some fee, kelangan may VR na gamit. Here's what I checked out in CB on the assessment of various GMs / Coaches : http://en.chessbase.com/post/what-t... |
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| Nov-11-16 | | allan.dinglasan: Go for a win GM Torre!
World championship on going in NY between magnus and Karjakin, for non chess playing people, or for people who know how to move the chess pieces, i doubt if they know who is the world chess champ, believe it or not they still know that Garry Kasparov or Anatoly Karpov rule the chess world, sometimes, Spassky was mentioned. I just did a small survey. My point is, poor publicity in chess, they did not even know that Russia is no longer the king of chess, just a thought lang mga sir...... |
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| Nov-11-16 | | epistle: That is strange. For I made a survey too and EVERYONE knows who emerged the champion when you, Master B and his boss Michael had a tournament one evening not too long ago. |
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| Nov-12-16 | | spawn2: Nimzo-Larsen for GM Torre's last game in Suleymanpasa Closed GM Tourney. Hope he wins to finish his campaign on a positive note. |
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| Nov-12-16 | | bubuli55: AFGM poised to convert to a win. Optimistic with K R p endgame. |
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| Nov-12-16 | | spawn2: GM Torre 1 - GM Atalik 0
Congrats GM. He earned 6 pts for beating GM Suat. Not sure if he earned some elo points in this tourney. |
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| Nov-12-16 | | allan.dinglasan: Congratulations GM Torre! |
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| Nov-12-16 | | wordfunph: malupaytz hanep 1-0, GM E.T.! |
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| Nov-12-16 | | bubuli55: Congratulations to AFGM !
Another successful tournament for AFGM. Another successful and incredible campaign and promotion by AFGM for Philippines. |
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| Nov-12-16 | | epistle: The greatest 65 year old GM of all time is no mean feat. |
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| Nov-12-16 | | pinoymaster77: Good closeout and finish in top half. Onto the next event here in Dec, sa Subic ata |
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| Nov-12-16 | | cro777: All's well that ends well.
Suleymanpasa Municipality RodostoSah GM Chess Tournament (Round 9) Tekirdag, Turkey, 2016.11.12
GM Eugenio Torre (2494) - GM Suat Atalik (2550) Larsen/Reti (1.b3 d5 2.Nf3) or Reti/Larsen (1.Nf3 d5 2.b3). This is one of the best ways to play this opening. White is controlling the e5-square. 1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Bh7 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. d4 O-O 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 a5 17. Rd2 a4 18. b4 a3 19. c5 Ra4 20. b5 g5 21. Rfd1 Qf5 22. h4 Bg6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Nh2 Nb8 26. Ng4 Kg7 27. Ne5 Qf6 28. Bxc6 Nxc6 29. Nxc6 Rh8 30. f3 g4 31. fxg4 Rc4 32. Rf1 Qg5 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. Nxe5 Rc3 35. Nxg6 Kxg6 36. Kg2
click for larger view Here Black made an instructive error.
36…Rb8? This was the decisive mistake. Black cannot win the pawn race (the advanced a-pawn against the free c-pawn). <The correct plan was to neutralize the dynamic white pawn duo by playing …Rd8 (theatening …Rxc5) followed by e5:36...Rd8! 37. Rff2 e5 38. dxe5 Rxd2 =
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37. Rf3 Rb2 38. Rxc3 Rxd2+ 39. Kf3 Rxa2 40. c6 Ra1 41. c7 a2 42. c8=Q Rf1+ 43. Kg2 a1=Q 44. Qg8+ Kf6 45. g5+ Kf5 46. Qxf7+ Kg4 47. Qxe6+ Rf5 48. Qe4+ Kxg5 49. Qh4+ 1-0 The final round saw just one decisive game. GM Torre's nice win made up for everything. http://tekirdaggm.tsf.org.tr/images... |
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| Nov-14-16 | | bubuli55: Yes < cro777 >. All's well that ends well. AFGM moving forward to the next tournament. Congratulations! |
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| Nov-20-16 | | pinoymaster77: Sayans yung sa World Seniors, di ko pa ma gets why the Czechs are extra antsy about issuing visas, even for official sporting events. Pati GM Joey couldn't make it, he had phone patch with DZSR Sports Radio last Thurs am for final appeal to sports / govt officials, pero ayun no PHI representative, saying na workout na daw budget ni PSC Chair Ramirez. Anyway, sana next year ang host country eh visa-friendly and AFGM gets to see action na and attract more attention to this annual FIDE event http://www.chess-results.com/tnr247... |
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| Nov-21-16 | | wordfunph: from spin.ph
Anatoly Karpov-Eugene Torre chess rematch set for February, says PSC chief http://www.spin.ph/psc-poc/news/ana... |
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