Saturday, January 01, 2011

#749 FM/1194 Nears Conclusion

My opponent in ICCF FM/1194 has resumed play after 34 days but the end is near.

Here are the updated PGNs and positions:


Game 1

[Event "ICCF FM/1194"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gresham, Jonathan"]
[Black "Moldovan, John"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C17"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.09.29"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nbc6 8. Qg4 Nf5 9. Bd3 h5 10. Qg5 Qxg5 11. Bxg5 cxd4 12. Bb5 dxc3 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. g4 hxg4 15. Nxc3 Nxe5 16. O-O-O Bxb5 17. f4 Bc6 18. fxe5 d4 19. Rhg1 dxc3 20. Rxg4 Bf3 21. Rc4 Bxd1 22. Kxd1 Rxh2 23. Ke1 Rg2 24. Bc1 Rg1+ *


Game 2

[Event "ICCF FM/1194"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "Gresham, Jonathan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2010.09.29"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e3 O-O 8.
Qb3 a5 9. a3 a4 10. Qc2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 f5 15. Nh4 Qd7 16. O-O b6 17. Rab1 Nc6 18. Nxf5 Qe6 19. e4 Rd8 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Nxh6+ Kf8 23. Bc4 Rh5 24. Qh7 *

I don't know why the arrow is pointing at f7. I'm threatening to mate at g8 or h8.

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