and the feed still hasnt refreshed....

Rxf2+ is mate in 3 regardless of which rook you mean.

Computer evaluation in spoiler:

you guys a live link?

Define live, it hasnt refreshed the last 30 mins. Anyway here is the link http://live.chessfed.lt/lcc2012/r7/tfd.htm

0-1. Booooo.

He gave it a great effort, though, but black's raw aggression paid off.

busto, so who is going to figure out the scenarios we need for next round? I have the feeling we are going to be rooting for like 4 different results. First step is to root for everybody YKW has played so far.

Yep, Qxa7 worst move in history. completely missed his e4, after which it should be GG already.

Declined a draw offer early in the game too. Basically, all the standard "end of the tournament, this game is actually important" things happened

valenzuela, I don't think I have a chance actually. Maybe there is some ridic scenario that I get in if I win and 50 other results are good for me, but doubt it

lol you are currently 6th, how can you not have a chance. Im crossing fingers so you get an easy draw for the last game.

wow, some other games went much better than expected. So, simple task - win with black tomorrow, and hope tie-breaker holds up

the good news is that your oponent will be desperate for a win too so makes things a bit easier.

Is the first tiebreaker the added score of all your opponents? If yes, then what is the second?

Yesterday our chess club was visited by a deafblind man. I played some games with him and he did well for someone who never played for a real chess club (he visits the chess section of a sport club for deaf people but apparently crushed everyone there). Of course communication is hard, his friend translated for us. He used a sort of alphabet which uses the hand like a touchpad. For chess, a standard tactile chess board (with holes to arrest the pieces, and little nailtips on top of the black pieces) and a clock without glasses were used. To indicate that i made my move, i pushed the chessboard gently towards him, stirring his arm which he held alongside the board.

I wasn't unfamiliar with playing disabled people, i played both the best blind player at the time (Dieter Bischoff) and the best deaf player (IM Sergei Salov) in germany in tournament games (and won both games), maybe now i beat the best deafblind player too . Definitely an experience.

In the second game, i managed a nice finish (although it's not really hard to find even with only 2 minutes on the clock):

Wow! Round 8 must have been earlier than the other rounds, because I went to check the opening and the games are over.

YNW got a sick win with black. The tiebreakers held up according to the chess-results standings, and so he finishes 6th and advances to the next round.

http://live.chessfed.lt/lcc2012/r8/tfd.htm Fourth game down.

I'm not familiar with this gambit: 1. d4 Nf3 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6

He converts to a position where he's got crushing rook penetration and goes up three pawns. Then, for style points, he sacs a rook for a pawn to give himself three connected passers which he then uses to pwn the endgame.

I actually LOL'ed at "for style points"



Not sure how deserved this was, but hey, I am happy nevertheless

To me 40. ...g4 looks like a time-trouble blunder. Wouldn't it be way easier to play 40. ...f5?

edit: too slow lol. Big congrats though!

He deserved that for not resigning earlier.

So when is the final?

End of April I think. There are no official regulations yet, but all the previous years it was a 12-player round robin tournament. I will def be a big underdog, but still looking forward to it

So there are 6 GMs and stuff that will play the final plus the 6 guys who got out of the semi?

There's a thread discussing part of it: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/14...egame-1154097/

Usually it's 4 players that were 1st-4th last final, 2 direct invitations and others from the semifinal, but really, I don't wanna speculate without regulations.

You surely do like asking questions don't you

Hmm.

*desperately tries to resist urge to chase yet another d4 defense down the rabbit hole*

I don't know that I would recommend against it, necessarily

It's tempting, but I can save you some trouble. It's all kinds of fun for black when white accepts the gambit fully by taking on both b5 and a6, and very disappointing when he doesn't (or plays 2.Nf3).