November 2001
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FICS Championship

15 0 Championship
Standings
  1. alexeyl
  2. Alcides
  3. trikmamak
  4. qsasha
  5. MartinG
  6. SamuelPlayer
  7. amalafronte
  8. pits
  9. Zbliu
  10. supernike
During the month of october the 15 0 FICS Championship has been organized. 153 players joined the 2 qualifiers to get a place in the finals. The 2 winners of the qualifiers and the 2 best in the overall standings challenged each other for the Champion title in a closed KO tournament. 4 more players, chosen according to the same rules, took part to the U1800 final.

The strong alexeyl was again the winner, after thriumphing in the 5 0 and in the 3 0 Championships. The U1800 was won by the italian amalafronte.

In november the FICS Suicide Championship will be held. Everyone is welcome to test his strength in this popular chess variant.

alexeyl - trikmamak
FICS - 15 october 2001
Pirc, B07
notes by alexeyl

Position after 20.Bd4
1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nge2 c6 7.a4 e5 8.h3 Qc7 8. ... a5 9.O-O Na6 10.Be3 Nb4 11.Qd2 Be6 with equal chances 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 11.g4 exd4 12.Bxd4 b6 13.Ng3 Ba6 14.Re1 h6 15.Qd2 Rad8 16.Rad1 Kh7 17.f4 {Tischbierek - Janssen, 1998} white has a moderate advantage 11. ... exd4 12.Bxd4 Ne5!? 12. ... b6 13.f4 Nc4 14.b3 Nb6 15.a5!? 15.g4 +/- 15. ... Nbd7 16.g4 !? 16.Bf2 Nf8 17.Qd2 Be6 18.g4 ans white has the initiative 16. ... Nc5 17.Ng3?? 17.e5 Nfd7 18.Bxc5 Nxc5! 19.exd6 (19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.exd6 Re3 and black is slightly better) 19. ... Qd8 20.Qd2 Re6 unclear 17. ... Ne6 18.Be3? 18.Nge2 18. ... Nxg4! 19.hxg4 Bxc3 20.f5 Nc5 21.Bd4 Bxd4+! 21. ... Bxa1 22.Qxa1 (22.Bxa1 Qxa5 23.Rf1 Qc7 24.Qd4 Re5 white is slightly better) 22. ... Nd7 23.Bc3 Ne5 24.g5 Qd8 25.Qc1 f6 white is a bit better 22.Qxd4 Qe7 23.Rad1 Rd8? 23. ... Qh4 24.Qxd6 Qxg4 24.b4 Na6 25.c3 f6? 25. ... Qh4 26.Qe3 Qxg4 27.e5 gxf5 (27. ... Bxf5 28.Rd4) 28.exd6 unclear 26.e5! fxe5 27.Rxe5 dxe5 28.Qxd8+ Qxd8 29.Rxd8+ Kf7 30.Ne4 Ke7 30. ... Nc7? 31.Rxc8 +/- 31.Rh8 gxf5 32.gxf5 Nc7 33.Rxh7+ Kd8 34.Nd6 Ne8 35.Nxe8 Kxe8 36.a6! Rb8 37.axb7 1-0

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