Friday, September 28, 2012

2012 STCBunch Championship

I signed up for "2012 STCBunch Championship on FICS" Internet tournament.
Event link: http://stcbunch.net/news.php
Information copied from the site:
"
News
2012 STCBunch Championship on FICS
Author: blkmagic Posted at 09/11/12 - 10:07 PM
Registration for the 2012 STCBunch Championship is now open. The event will be a 7 round swiss with 60 30 time controls. Players will be split into the Championship Group, >=1650, and the Challenger Group, <1650. Registration will close at 1900 server time on Sun Sep 30. The event will start on Tue Oct 02, 2012. Please read the rules before registering.
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Monday, September 17, 2012

Amazing computer chess game: find combinations!

The diagram includes nice one or more chess combinations. Find it! :)
If you have no chess game viewer, you can overview this game in the ficsgames.org database, here is the link:
http://www.ficsgames.org/cgi-bin/show.cgi?ID=314458288

[Event "FICS rated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS freechess.org"]
[FICSGamesDBGameNo "314458288"]
[White "Singularity(C)"]
[Black "BigMomma(C)"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[Date "2012-09-16"]
[Time "04:27:00"]
[Duration "0:02:52"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:00.000"]
[BlackClock "0:03:00.000"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[LongResult "Game drawn by repetition"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 b6 11. e3 Bb7 12. Nb5 Bc6 13. Nd6 Qc7 14. Rd1 a5 15. h4 f6 16. h5 a4 17. h6 g6 18. Rh4 Qd8 19. Be2 Na6 20. Kf1 Qe7 21. Kg1 e5 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Rb4 Rab8 24. Bb5 Rfd8 25. Bc4+ Ne6 26. f4 exf4 27. exf4 b5 28. Ba2 Kh8 29. Re1 Rb6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxe6 dxe6 32. Nxf5 Qf7 33. Rg4 exf5 34. Rg7 Qh5 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Qg3+ Qg4 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rxg4 fxg4 40. Qc7 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Rb7 42. Qxc6 Rdd7 43. Qxf6+ Kh7 44. Kg3 Rd5 45. Kxg4 Rbd7 46. Kh4 R5d6 47. Qf5+ Kxh6 48. Qxb5 Rd4+ 49. g4 R7d5 50. Qc6+ Rd6 51. Qf3 Kg7 52. b4 axb3 53. Qxb3 Rh6+ 54. Kg3 Rhd6 55. Qb7+ Kf6 56. Qc8 Ke7 57. Qc5 Rd5 58. Qa7+ Kd8 59. Qb8+ Kd7 60. Qb7+ Kd8 61. Qb4 Rd3+ 62. Kh4 R3d4 63. Qb8+ Ke7 64. Qc7+ Rd7 65. Qe5+ Kf8 66. Qf6+ Ke8 67. Qc6 Kd8 68. Kh5 Rh7+ 69. Kg6 Rhd7 70. Qb6+ Kc8 71. Qc5+ Kb7 72. g5 R7d5 73. Qe7+ Rd7 74. Qe3 R7d5 75. Kh5 Rd2 76. Kh6 Rh2+ 77. Kg7 Rg2 78. Qb3+ Kc6 79. Qc4+ Kd6 80. Qa6+ Ke7 81. Qb7+ Kd6 82. Qb4+ Kd7 83. Qa4+ Kc7 84. Qa7+ Kc6 85. Qa8+ Kd6 86. Qd8+ Ke6 87. Qg8+ Kd6 88. Qf8+ Kc7 89. Qf4+ Kd8 90. g6 Rdg5 91. Qd6+ Ke8 92. Qe6+ Kd8 93. Qf6+ Ke8 94. Qc6+ Kd8 95. Qb6+ Kc8 96. Qa6+ Kd7 97. Qa4+ Kc7 98. Qc4+ Kd8 99. Qd3+ Kc8 100. Qc3+ Kd8 101. Qd4+ Kc8 102. Qc4+ Kd8 103. Qg8+ Kd7 104. Qf7+ Kd8 105. Qf6+ Ke8 106. Qf8+ Kd7 107. Qf7+ Kd8 108. Qf6+ {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2

Monday, September 10, 2012

Puzzle2: a sad rook

Black starts and wins

Played on: FICS.
Answer found: when I was playing.
My color: black.
Time control: 5+0.
Date: Sept 10, 2012.

Puzzle1: one painful move; check it twice

Black starts and wins

One correct move and all problems solved!
Played on: FICS.
Anwer found: when I was playing, but a few moves later.
My color: black.
Time control: 45+45.
Date: May 27, 2012.