Round 3 of [gulp] 14.

Standings
Wilson Winter blitz 2005

1 Novag Star Diamond 2154 3.0
2 Mephisto Berlin Pro 2264 2.5
3 Mephisto Atlanta 2232 2.0
4 Mephisto Lyon 2085 1.5
5 Saitek GK2000 1887 1.0
6 Novag Sapphire 2176 1.0
7 Novag Emerald CP 2026 0.5
8 Mephisto Polgar 1982 0.5

In this round the surprise game was Sapphire v. Berlin Pro. Wow! As Black, the Berlin Pro plays Richard Lang's favorite Latvian Gambit - and blows the Sapphire away, getting a resignation at move 24!

My Mephisto Atlanta has not looked very strong so far, just hanging in their in
the 1st 3 games. Its Round 3 game against the GK 2000, of similar blood, was not impressive at all. Meanwhile, the Star Diamond is off to a fantastic start,
leading the tournament with 3 straight wins. Chessbase 8 reports its performance as +677 using the Schachcomputer active rating list [although I assigned the Lyon its standard rating since it lacked an active one].

Cheers,

Chuck

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mephisto Atlanta"]
[Black "Saitek GK2000"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 Bf5 {both last book move} 9. Bb5 Qe7+ 10. Be3 Nxb5 11. Nxb5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. c3 Ba5 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Nxa7 Nxa7 17. Rd5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Be6 19. Ra5 Nc6 20. Rb5 Ra8 21. Rxb7 Rxa2 22. Rg1 Bd5 23. Rb2 Rfa8 24. Re1 Rxb2 25. Kxb2 Ra2+ 26. Kb1 h6 27. Nd2 Ra7 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. f3 Be6 30. Kc2 Bd7 31. Re1 Bf5+ 32. Ne4 g5 33. Bg3 Ra2+ 34. Kd3 Rxg2 35. Bxc7 Rb2 36. Kc4 Kg6 37. Kc5 Nb8 38. Kd4 Nc6+ 39. Kd5 Ne7+ 40. Kc5 Be6 41. Bd6 Nf5 42. Be5 Nh4 43. Re3 Rc2 44. Bc7 Ng2 45. Rd3 f5 46. Rd2 Ne3 47. Rxc2 Nxc2 48. Nd2 Kf6 49. f4 Ke7 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. Nf3 g4 52. Bd6+ Kf6 53. Be5+ Ke7 54. Nh4 Bc8 55. Ng6+ Ke6 56. Bd6 Kf6 57. Nf4 Kg5 58. Nd5 Ne1 59. Bf4+ Kh5 60. Bg3 Nf3 61. Ne7 Be6 62. Kd6 Bc4 63. Nxf5 Bd3 64. Ke6 Nd2 65. Nd6 Nc4 66. Kd5 Nxd6 67. Bxd6 Ba6 68. c4 Bb7+ 69. Ke6 Bc6 70. Kf5 Bd7+ 71. Kf6 Bc6 72. c5 Ba8 73. Ke6 Be4 74. Bg3 Kg5 75. Kd7 Bf5+ 76. Kc7 Kf6 77. c6 Ke7 78. Kb8 Ke6 79. c7 Kd5 80. c8=Q Bxc8 81. Kxc8 Kc6 82. Kd8 Kc5 83. Ke7 Kd5 84. Kf6 Ke4 85. Kg5 Kf3 86. Kf5 Ke3 87. Kxg4 Ke4 88. h4 Kd5 89. Kf5 Kd4 90. h5 Kd3 91. h6 Ke3 92. Bf4+ Kd4 93. h7 Kc5 94. Be3+ Kd6 95. h8=Q Kd5 96. Qc8 Kd6 97. Kf6 Kd5 98. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Novag Sapphire"]
[Black "Mephisto Berlin Pro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
Nb5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Kd8 10. Nxc7 Kxc7 11. Qa5+ b6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qxa8 Ng4 14. f3 Bb7 15. Qa3 exf3 16. gxf3 Re8+ 17. Kd2 Qf4+ 18. Kc3 Qxf3+ 19. Bd3 Qc6+ 20. Kb3 Qe6+ 21. Bc4 Qe3+ 22. c3 Nc6 23. Kc2 Na5 24. Rad1 0-1

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Black "Mephisto Lyon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. f3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Kf2 Nb6 {Lyon last book move} 12. Bb3 a5 13. e5 {Star Diamond last book move} Nfd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Rac1 Bb6 17. Rc3 Re8 18. Rhc1 Bd7 19. Rb3 Ra6 20. f4 f6 21. exf6 Re4 22. Rd3 gxf6 23. Re1 a4 24. Rc1 f5 25. g3 Kh8 26. Rcc3 Kg7 27. Rd1 h6 28. h3 h5 29. h4 Kg6 30. Rc2 Bc6 31. Rd3 Be8 32. Rc8 Bf7 33. Rb8 Re7 34. Rh8 Bxd4 35. Bxd4 Rc6 36. Rd2 Rec7 37. Ra8 Rc2 38. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Kf3 Rc4 40. Ke3 Be6 41. Ra5 Rb4 42. Kd3 Bf7 43. Rc5 Be6 44. Rc7 Kh6 45. Kc3 Rb5 46. Re7 Bc8 47. Re8 a3 48. b4 Bd7 49. Rf8 Bc6 50. Kb3 Kg6 51. Kxa3 Kh6 52. Kb3 Bd7 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54. Rxf5+ Kh6 55. Rf6+ Kg7 56. Rd6+ Kf7 57. Rxd7+ Ke6 58. Rc7 Kf5 59. a4 Ke4 1-0

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Novag Emerald CP"]
[Black "Mephisto Polgar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 {Emerald last move} Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 {Polgar last move} 7. Qb3 b6 8. O-O Bd6 9. c5 bxc5 10. Qb7 Nbd7 11. Qxc6 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qa6 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. a3 Rd3 21. Kf1 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rac1 c4 24. Rc2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 c3 26. Rxb5 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 cxd2 28. Ke2 Rxa3 29. Rb1 Ra5 30. Kxd2 Ra2+ 31. Ke1 Kf7 32. Rd1 Kf6 33. h3 Ke5 34. Rd2 Ra1+ 35. Ke2 g5 36. Rd1 Ra2+ 37. Ke1 Ra7 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 Ra7 40. Kd2 Ra2+ 41. Ke1 Repetition
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