Good evening,
According to their relative ranking, Novag Constellation 3,6/Quattro could have dreamt of scoring half a point from its match against the Yeno 532XL.
But this didn't happen. In its first game as White, the Constellation was close to a win on move 22; too bad it chose the wrong piece to achieve a Pawn capture: using my Queen or my Rook?
The Rook was the winner move, it opted for the Queen... Nevertheless this left the position balanced, a draw was still possible. About 20 moves later, a single error from the 3,6 revealed itself enough for the 532XL to wrap-up the game.
Second game is balanced until move 40 or so, therefore a good game from the 3,6 as Black, before losing initiative and getting under the wheels of a strong combined attack, leveraging no less than a Knight, a Rook and the ennemy Queen.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.30"]
[Round "5-3"]
[White "Novag Constellation 3.6/Quattro (lv 1)"]
[Black "Yeno 532XL (lv ti3)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "158"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 {Out of book} 6...Nxd5 {Out of book} 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Be2 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Bc3 e6 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.O-O Be4 14.Bb5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rc8 16.Rfe1 a6 17.Bxc6 Rxc6 18.d5 Rd6 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.f4 Rd5 21.f5 Rxf5 22.Qxe6+ $6 {Rxe6 looked much better:} ( 22.Rxe6+ Be7 {(no alternative: if Kd8 then Rd1 and if Kf7 then Rd6+)} 23.Rae1 Rf7 24.Bb4 {and the pressure on e7 square is overwhelming. Follow-up could look like:} 24...O-O 25.Rxe7 Qf5 26.Qxf7+ Rxf7 27.Re8+ Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Bxf8 Kxf8 {and White is a Rook up} ) 22...Qxe6 23.Rxe6+ Kd7 24.Ree1 Rd5 25.f4 Bc5+ 26.Kg2 Rg8 27.Re5 Kc6 28.Rf1 Rd7 29.f5 Bd6 30.Re2 Rf7 31.Rc2 Kd7 32.Rd2 Kc7 33.Rc2 Kb8 34.Kh3 Rd8 35.f6 b5 36.Rcf2 b4 37.Bd4 g5 38.Kg4 Bf4 39.Bc5 Rxf6 40.Be7 h5+ 41.Kxh5 $2 {opens access for the ennemy Rooks. Steping back to third row looked better.} 41...Rh8+ 42.Kg4 Rh4+ 43.Kf3 Rf7 44.Bc5 Bd6+ 45.Ke2 Re7+ 46.Be3 Rhe4 47.Rf8+ Kb7 48.Kf2 Rxe3 49.Kg2 Re2+ 50.R8f2 Bc5 51.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 52.Kh3 Rxb2 53.Rf7+ Kc6 54.Kg4 Rxh2 55.Kxg5 Rxa2 56.Rf6+ Kd7 57.Rf3 Rf2 58.Rb3 Ke6 59.Kg4 Ke5 60.Kg3 Rf4 61.Rb2 Ke4 62.Ra2 Rf6 63.Re2+ Be3 64.Rb2 Rg6+ 65.Kh3 Kf3 66.Rxb4 Rh6+ 67.Rh4 Bd2 68.Rxh6 Bxh6 69.Kh4 Bd2 70.Kh5 a5 71.Kg6 a4 72.Kf6 Ke4 73.Ke6 a3 74.Kd6 a2 75.Kc6 a1=Q 76.Kb7 Kd5 77.Kc7 Qa7+ {532XL announces mate in 3} 78.Kc8 Kc6 79.Kd8 Qd7# 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.30"]
[Round "5-3"]
[White "Yeno 532XL (lv ti3)"]
[Black "Novag Constellation 3.6/Quattro (lv 1)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1652"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "117"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Nc3 {Out of book} 7...cxd4 {Out of book} 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Qe2 b5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Qf3 Ra7 13.e4 Nc6 14.Qh3 e5 15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Qg3 Rd7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Nb4 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qxg4 Kh8 21.Qf3 Kg8 22.Bd2 f5 23.Bc3 e4 24.Qd1 Qa8 25.Bxb4 Bxb4 26.Qd4 a5 27.Qb6 Rxd5 28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.Rfc1 Rfd8 30.Qg6 Bd6 $6 {cutting the link between both Rooks looks odd?} 31.Rc3 Bf4 32.Qh5+ Kg8 33.Rh3 Bh6 34.Rc3 Qa7 35.Rf1 a4 36.Nc1 Qd7 37.Ne2 Rd2 38.Ng3 Bf4 $6 {f5 Pawn needed support} 39.Nxf5 Rxb2 $2 {Rd5 was more active} 40.Rh3 Be5 41.Nh6+ $1 gxh6 42.Qxe5 Rxa2 43.Rxh6 Qg7 44.Qe6+ Qf7 45.Rg6+ Kf8 46.Rf6 Qxf6 47.Qxf6+ Ke8 48.Qe6+ Kf8 49.Qxa2 Ke7 50.Qc2 Rd3 51.Qc5+ Kf6 52.Qxb5 a3 53.f4 Kg6 54.Qg5+ Kf7 55.Qf5+ Kg7 56.Rc1 Rc3 57.Rxc3 {532XL announces mate in 3} 57...Kh8 58.Qf7 a2 59.Rh3# 1-0
MfG,
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