After e5 the most logical moves tend to give me an advantage and I wasn't entirely sure whether to recapture with 5.Nxf6 or gxf6. I was familiar with 2.e5 sicilian but again I was very suspicious not only by way of white playing but mainly because of his very slow play which is atypical for player of his rating. ![]() Game 21: This game probably brought the best in me. Unfortunately lots of e5 pawns you can win in Larsen-Nimzowitch tend to be poisoned. This one was rollercoaster of emotions where I suspected Raf for most of the game but in the end it may have just been luck that there was so much compensation for him. I have premoved one line of possible checkmate with 35. Raf then managed to trap his own Knight on c2 in 22 moves and after consolidating my position, the result was no longer in question. Ba5 I finally gained some material and unpuzzled some of my problems but diagonal a1-h8 remained terribly weak. I have found interesting idea with Nf5-d4 trapping c2 bishop but Raf again found brilliant counter with Nd5. I had to give back a pawn on c2 and pray. To my surprise 9.Ne4 was not played and couple of other moves felt very strong also. 8.Nc6 (very simple move to make) highlighted issues in my position which are both dark squares, c2 and also d-file. After early Queen exchange and taking pawn on e5, I got what looked like really bad position and Raf simply played that part brilliantly. Game 19: In this game I decided to play Nimzo-Larsen and got immediately suspicious of Raf. Let's have a look as they went: In my first game, my opponent have quickly lost two pawns after his 7.Nf5 and then Knight after another mistake of playing 9.Nh4 and rest was just matter of technique, the game was sealed with underpromotion in 19 moves. There is 11 more points needed for me to get promoted to round two and hopefully get a game. Out of 12 players in my group, at least nine of them had timeouted two or more games. I was wondering how can I submit my best game, when only 3 moves have been made. all of these opponents have lost within first few days without making a move or maximum of couple of moves. These could be for different reasons.įirst we had a quick start, the ever so important is to make a first move and then keep checking at least once a day to make one or two more. There have been already some upsets as you can see. At first I thought that this tournament will attract lots of cheaters but there might be enough room for me to snatch prize or two as I get painfully removed from the tournament by a man and an engine.Ħ3352 players have joined, in first round we need to finish nearly 700000 games alone, there is no vacation, groups by 12, only one person advances per group (or those who tie for first). For a chessplayer this is the simplest task to do. It is $100 per each task, per round.Īll I had to do is to join the tournament and play. ![]() In round 1-4, is offering $300 for 3 video analysis prizes, 3 best blog prizes, 3 best move prizes and $1000 for 10 best game prizes. ![]() ![]() Didn't take long for me to subscribe to the idea. Last days of 2024 brought upon us Daily Tournament of the Year 2024 as far as I can see!! My friend Threexk alerted me that out there is a tournament with actual prize money for playing dailies.
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