Round 5 of the tournament is complete. In this round the Atlanta made a strong showing beating the Star Diamond (SD). This makes it a lot more difficult for the SD to win the tournament, but with 9 rounds left it is still quite possible. The Berlin Pro built on its lead by essaying another exciting Latvian. There were no draws in Round 5!
And so far the percentage of draws if very low. I will follow quickly with Round 6, and a url for the pgn files and a full crosstable. For now, here is the leaderboard and the games of Round 5.
Wilson Winter blitz 2005
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1 Mephisto Berlin Pro 4.5/5
2 Mephisto Atlanta 3.5/5
3 Mephisto Lyon 3.5/5
4 Novag Star Diamond 3.0/5
5 Novag Sapphire 2.5/5
6 Mephisto Polgar 1.5/5
7 Saitek GK2000 1.0/5
8 Novag Emerald CP 0.5/5
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[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Novag Sapphire"]
[Black "Saitek GK2000"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 {both last book move} Bb4 7. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 bxc6 9. Qd6 Nf6 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Bc5 Qd8 12. Rb1 Ng4 13. h3 Nf6 14. O-O Nh5 15. Rb6 Nf6 16. Rfb1 Rg8 17. Rb8 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bxc6 dxc6 20. Rxc8 Kf7 21. Rb7+ Kf6 22. Bd4+ Kg5 23. Rxg7+ Rxg7 24. Qxd8+ Kh5 25. Bxg7 Ra7 26. Qf6 Rxg7 27. Qxg7 a5 28. Rh8 h6 29. Rxh6# 1-0
[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Black "Mephisto Atlanta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Be7 10. O-O {both last book move} O-O 11. Rfe1 h6 12. Bf1 Bd8 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Nd4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Be2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 c6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bh5 d5 20. Nc3 Re8 21. Re5 Bd7 22. Rae1 Bc5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Kf1 Bd7 27. g4 Bxf5 28. gxf5 Kg7 29. Ke2 Nd7 30. Ke3 Kf6 31. d4 a6 32. g4 Bd6 33. Ne2 Ke7 34. f4 Nf6 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Kf3 Ne8 37. b3 Ng7 38. c4 Bb4 39. a4 Kf6 40. Ng3 Ba5 41. Ke3 Bc7 42. Ne2 Nxh5 43. gxh5 dxc4 44. bxc4 Kxf5 45. d5 cxd5 46. Nd4+ Kg4 47. h6 Kh5 48. h7 Be5 49. cxd5 Kg6 50. Ke4 Bg7 51. d6 Kxh7 52. Nf5 Bf6 53. a5 Kg8 54. d7 Kf8 55. Ne3 Bd8 56. Nf5 Bxa5 57. Kd5 g4 58. Kd4 b5 59. Kd5 b4 60. Kc4 f6 61. Kb3 Kf7 62. Nh6+ Ke6 63. Nxg4 f5 64. Nf2 Kxd7 65. Nd3 Kc6 66. Ka4 Kb6 67. Ne5 Kc5 68. Kxa5 b3 69. Ka4 Kd4 70. Kxb3 Kxe5 0-1
[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Novag Emerald CP"]
[Black "Mephisto Berlin Pro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. d4 {Emerald last book move} Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Nb5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Kd8 {Berlin Pro last book move} 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O a6 12. Ncxd6 Qd7 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14. Nxc8 Kxc8 15. c4 Nbd7 16. Kh1 h5 17. b3 Ng4 18. g3 Qd6 19. Rae1 Ngf6 20. Rg1 h4
21. a4 Kb8 22. b4 hxg3 23. fxg3 Ka7 24. b5 Rae8 25. bxa6 e3 26. Qd1 Ne4
27. Kg2 Qh6 28. Rh1 bxa6 29. Bg4 Nf2 30. Qe2 Nxh1 31. Rxh1 Re4 32. h3 Nf6 33. Bf5 Rxd4 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Qh5 36. Qd3 e2 37. Kf2 Re8 38. Ke1 Qg5 39. Qd4+ Kb7 40. Qf4 Qxf4 41. gxf4 Re3 42. Bg6 Kc6 43. Bf7 Kc5 44. f5 Ne4 45. Bh5 Ng3 46. Bg4 Kxc4 0-1
[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mephisto Polgar"]
[Black "Mephisto Lyon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4
8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. h3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rad1 {both last book move} h6 15. Bc4 Qc8 16. Nd4 Na5 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Bb3 b6 19. g4 Qe4 20. Rd4 Qa8 21. Rfd1 c5 22. Bd5 Qc8 23. R4d3 e6
24. Be4 Qc7 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26. exd6 Qd7 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Bf3 Re8 30. Qd3 Nc4 31. Bc1 Ne5 32. Qd5 Qa4 33. Bg2 Qxc2 34. Qb3 Qe2 35. Bf4 Nd3 36. Rf1 Nxf4 37. Rxf4 Qe3+ 38. Rf2 Bxc3 39. d7 Rd8 40. Bd5 Rxd7 41. Kg2 f4 42. Rf3 Qd2+ 43. Kh1 Rxd5 44. Rf1 Rg5 {Lyon announces mate in 5} 45. Rg1 Rxg1+ 46. Kxg1 f3 47. Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. a3 Qg2#
0-1
Cheers,
Chuck