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From worst to first! The 49’ers were in dead last place after the first lap thru the league. After three rounds they had two losses and a draw in their matches so far.
On the second lap, they went a perfect 3 and 0 in their
matches and took first place!
The 49’ers won their match 3.5 to .5 to clinch the top spot!
The players are listed now on the right side of the blog!
The Thunder also finished with the same Team Record as the
49ers with 3.5 points, but the 49’ers out-scored them in Match points with
13.5. The Thunder only had 11.5.
It was a wild ride for the 49’ers. The final standings are:
49’ers 3.5 points –
13.5 points
Thunder 3.5 points –
11.5 pointsTigers 2.5 points – 12.5 points
Oilers 2.5 points – 10.5 points
Congratulations to all the players on another great and
exciting season. It’s impressive that all the teams were tied at the end of 5
rounds.
Here is a game from the final round. Luke S of the Thunder – playing Black – help earns them 2nd place.
1. e4 c5
2. Bc4 d6
3. Nf3 Nc6
4. Nc3 a6
5. d3 b5
6. Bb3 Bb7
7. a3 Nf6
8. Nd5? e6
White’s lead is development is gone now and the game is
even.
9. Nf4 Be7
10. O-O Ng411. h3 Ne5
12. Nh2 O-O
13. Bxe6 fxe6
14. Nxe6 Qd7
15. Nxf8 Rxf8
16. f4 Ng6
17. c3? d5!
18. e5? d4!
Now Black’s sleeping bishop on b7 comes to life! (-2) White’s position is slipping away.
19. Qg4? Qd5!
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| After move 19. ......Qd5. |
Three straight weak moves by White and three best replies by
Black puts this game solidly in control of Black (-3). The old adage “to take
is a mistake” is on display here. White would love to trade queens here, weaken
Black’s pressure and free his backward knight. Black doesn’t bite and loads up
on the h1 – a8 diagonal (-2.6).
20. Nf3 dxc3
21. bxc3 Qxd322. Ra2? Bc8
(-4.1) White needed to be quicker in getting help to the
center. 22. Bd2 connects the rooks and helps in the best way (to only -3 pawns
positionally).
23. e6 Qxc3?!
(-2.1) Black needed to look deeper but time pressure is now an issue for both players. 24. ….Qc4 attacks 3 pawns at once (c3, e6, f4), and the other two are bigger prizes. Now 24. f5 helps consolidates White’s center (-3).
24 . Bb2?? Qe3+!
(-8) Black now collapses White’s position – with a tempo (extra move after the check)!
25. Kh1 Bxe6
26. Re1 Qxe127. Nxe1 Bxg4
28. hxg4 Rxf4
Resigns
White was short of material and time. Nice effort by Luke S.
Thank you for sharing this.
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