Good evening,
last round for group five starts with the "match of the weak" (not the match of the week
) Mephisto Solar King vs Novag Chess Champion MK1.
The first game with Solar King as White is surprisingly slightly dominated by the MK1 between moves 10 to 15, then balanced until move 30. From this point, the Solar King fails three times in a row to mate in 1
and enables a rather easy draw opportunity for the MK1. Unfortunately the MK1 fails to grasp the chance for half a point, and the Solar King finally finds the mate in 1 that was pending for long (maybe thanks to captures that removed some pieces, simplifying the position).
The second game is more one-sided in favor of the Solar King, which missed to seize several chances for better moves - but how could we bear it a grudge? The device is under 1000 CElo...
By the way, the batteries went low in the Solar King during one of these games (the first set, unchanged so far, I used it for years) and I could replace them without losing the game: great! A small "s" on the display warned me; the device stopped accepting input; I switched it off, swapped the AA batteries one by one, powered it back on, the game was still present.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "5-3"]
[White "Mephisto Solar King (lv Turbo A8)"]
[Black "Novag Chess Champion MK1 (lv 2)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "988"]
[BlackElo "735"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1.Nf3 {No book} 1...Nf6 {No book} 2.d4 Nc6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nge4 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd7 8.Bf4 Qf5 9.Nxd6+ cxd6 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 e5 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.Qe3 Bd6 14.O-O-O Qe6 15.Rd5 Bxe2 16.Bxe2 O-O 17.Kb1 a6 18.Bh5 Qf5+ 19.Ka1 Qe6 20.a4 g6 21.Be2 b5 22.a5 bxc4 23.Bxc4 Bc7 24.Qxh6 e4 25.Qe3 Qc6 26.Qxe4 Bxa5 27.Rhd1 Qa4+ 28.Kb1 Rae8 29.Qf4 g5 30.Rxg5+ Kh8 31.Qf6+ $6 {Qh4#} 31...Kh7 32.Bd3+ $6 {Qg7#} 32...Re4 33.Bxe4+ $6 {second chance for Qg7#} 33...Qxe4+ 34.Ka1 Qa4+ 35.Kb1 Qxd1+ 36.Ka2 Bd8 $2 {repeating Qa4+ followed by Qe1+ enabled a draw per repetition} 37.Qg7# 1-0
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "5-3"]
[White "Novag Chess Champion MK1 (lv 2)"]
[Black "Mephisto Solar King (lv Turbo A8)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "735"]
[BlackElo "988"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1.Nc3 {No book} 1...d5 {No book} 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Qd6 4.b3 Ne4 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Nxe4 $6 dxe4 7.Bc4 exf3 8.Qxf3 f5 9.d4 a5 10.Bb2 a4 11.bxa4 Rxa4 $2 12.Bd3 Ra5 13.h3 b6 14.g4 Nd7 15.gxf5 Nf6 16.a3 Kf7 17.d5 Nxd5 18.Bc4 Ra4 19.Bb3 Rh4 20.e4 Bxf5 $2 21.exf5 $6 {QxB+!} 21...e5 22.Qg2 Be7 23.Ba2 g6 24.fxg6+ hxg6 25.Qf1 $6 Re4+ 26.Kd1 Rf4 27.f3 Kg7 28.Bc1 Ne3+ {a royal fork, but better was:} ( 28...Nc3+ 29.Ke1 Bh4+ 30.Qf2 Qd1# ) 29.Ke2 Nxf1 30.Bxf4 exf4 31.Kxf1 Qe5 32.Re1 Qb5+ 33.c4 Qc5 34.Bb1 Qxc4+ 35.Kg2 Bxa3 36.h4 Rd8 37.Kf2 Rd2+ 38.Kg1 Bc5+ 39.Re3 Qc1# 0-1
MfG,
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