Been looking at the games in the open section.A shame they only post the top 20 boards.
Round 1
A miniature and a puzzling game.
The miniature.Painful for the white side but an instructive example.
The puzzling game.
Now I can understand white's happy to draw being outrated almost 400 elo.
But what was black thinking?I guess he had better things to do than play chess.
Round 2,youth beats experience!
An upset!Outrated by 300 points Tuerlinckx Ben,aged 13!,beat Penson Thierry,aged 56 and seeded 10th,with a nice quick queenside attack.
Round 3
I do look at the expert section too but usually have nothing to say because it's all over my head.
However,in this round the leader and defending champion,Hovhanisian Mher,missed a clear win with the white pieces against the tail ender Beukema.
No disaster because his closest rivals also drew but still missing a good chance to pull further away.
Probably not black's best defense but you get the idea.
Hovhanisian did suffer some time trouble.
Not much that caught my eye in the open.No upsets,no gruesome opening disasters.Boring round really 😉
This poorly played sicilian has some neat little tactics.
Originally posted by Paul LeggettUnfortunatly Colle didn't enter this year.Somehow his invitation letter kept returning and nobody knows how to reach him.They even asked Zelda.
My money's on Colle.
O'Kelly de Galway,Koltanowski,Boey and Dunkelblum declined for unkown reasons.
Seriously,the only real absentee is Winants.He wasn't invited because some years ago he declared he would no longer play in a Belgian chess federation tourney.
No idea why that is.
Originally posted by tortenI have to admit, Colle has always been one of my favorites because I had very bad asthma as a kid, and my lungs are still in poor shape, and I fit the stereotype of the perpetually sick chess player.
Unfortunatly Colle didn't enter this year.Somehow his invitation letter kept returning and nobody knows how to reach him.They even asked Zelda.
O'Kelly de Galway,Koltanowski,Boey and Dunkelblum declined for unkown reasons.
Seriously,the only real absentee is Winants.He wasn't invited because some years ago he declared he would no longer play in a Belgian chess federation tourney.
No idea why that is.
The fact that he was sickly and produced beautiful chess in spite of his poor health was and still is an inspiration for me.
Originally posted by greenpawn34I love seeing games like this at tournaments. It defies the easy "at a glance" evaluation, and you find yourself at the side of the board, drawn in to the myriad tactics, and the evaluation of potential endgames at every corner. Nice notes!
Found this interesting Round 2 game.
S.Docx (2330) - P.De Kaey (1955) Belguim Ch 2011
[pgn]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Nb6 9. Nge2 Nfxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O e6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. f4 c5 {Now White elects to get his Bishop trapped as per Noah's Ark. 14.c4 first then f5 which cannot stopped looks g ...[text shortened]... e careful tip-toeing by White is required to bring home the point. Indeed if he can.}[/pgn]
Originally posted by tortenI'm with you on "The Puzzling Game". A completely unfamiliar position for me, and very interesting, and they walk away just as it gets good!
Been looking at the games in the open section.A shame they only post the top 20 boards.
Round 1
A miniature and a puzzling game.
The miniature.Painful for the white side but an instructive example.
[pgn][Event "BK 2011 - Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Verhelst, Joris"]
[Black "Docx, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A ...[text shortened]... AM!game over} 0-1[/pgn]
My guess is that black had bad sushi for lunch, it caught up with him, and he had to make a very untimely exit from the tournament hall.
Originally posted by SmittyTimeWell,Beukema Stefan,playing in the expert section,rated 2209 is 15 years old.
Thanks for sharing, good stuff there.
It boggles my mind to think of a 13 year old being so good.
And even that is not so special in the chessworld.
Then again,I hadn't even heard of chess at that age 😕
Anyway,off to look at round 4 games
Round 4
Unforced errors.
I've had games like this.Don't I know it!But as an onlooker I'm baffled each and every time.
Black plays 15 good moves then goes bananas.
Van Den Brande Werner-Verduyckt Johan
An all too familiar blunder.
Van Capellen Jonas-Barbier Wim
White played 18.Nd4??
Crazy move but I do that too.The thinking goes like this
"I no longer like my knight on b5,it would be better on f3.So Nd4-f3 is that ok?The d4 square is attacked 3 times by him but also by me.So yes,it's safe"
Nd4,Bxd4 huh?.......GAH!
The Giuoco still claims victims!
Apemiye Austin - Schrickx Frank
No joke!
Does the manhattan dodge still work in round 4?
Talon-Schuurbiers
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Round 5 addition
Upset in the expert section.
Young Beukema caughed the seasoned GM Malakhatko in the endgame with a trap 2 moves deep!
Luck,they say.Bollocks!He created and opportunity for his opponent to go wrong and he did.
Here Beukema played 54....,Ba4 55.Kxg4??,Ra5!
Lessons:
always be on guard
a 2500+ rating doesn't protect you from mistakes
2 move tactics are worth a shot(see also R5 open section)