Good morning all,
the first game for group 7 is just a formality for the mighty Mephisto Chess Challenger tuned to 32Mhz, facing the Mephisto II "brikett".
In the first game as White, the brikett leaves its King exposed in the center for a bit too long, gets aware castling became urgent but chose the wrong side
: castle long while the a file was already semi-opened for the ennemy Rook. I think this was the main mistake committed.
In the second game, the Mephisto/Saitek Chess Challenger playing with light pieces achieves a strong domination of the center, thus the Mephisto II couldn't do much.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "7-1"]
[White "Mephisto II (lv A3)"]
[Black "Mephisto Chess Challenger 32Mhz (lv B1)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1426"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1.d4 c6 2.Nf3 {Out of book} 2...Nf6 {Out of book} 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Nc3 Nxg5 5.Nxg5 e6 6.f4 Be7 7.Nge4 d5 8.Nc5 Bxc5 9.dxc5 O-O 10.Qd4 Nd7 11.e4 b6 12.cxb6 axb6 13.exd5 exd5 14.O-O-O $6 {Be2 to be followed by castle short was a better plan} 14...Bb7 {looks odd at first glance, but enables c5 push} 15.Bd3 c5 16.Qf2 d4 17.Ne4 c4 18.Nd6 cxd3 19.Nxb7 Qc7 20.Rxd3 Rxa2 21.Qxd4 Qxb7 22.Rg1 Nf6 23.g3 Re8 24.h4 $6 {Ra3 offered more resistance} 24...Ra1+ 25.Kd2 Ne4+ 26.Qxe4 Qxe4 27.Rxa1 Qb4+ 28.Rc3 Qd4+ 29.Rd3 Qf2+ 30.Kc3 Rc8+ {MCC announces mate in 6} 31.Kb4 Qc5+ {Mephisto II resigns} 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "7-1"]
[White "Mephisto Chess Challenger 32Mhz (lv B1)"]
[Black "Mephisto II (lv A3)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C26"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Bg5 {Out of book} 5...h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 {Out of book} 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.O-O Nc6 10.c3 Bg4 11.b4 Bb6 12.a4 a5 13.Nxb6 cxb6 14.b5 Ne7 15.h3 Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.d4 d5 $6 {weakens e5, a nice outpost for the ennemy Knight} 18.Nxe5 Qc8 19.c4 dxc4 20.Rc1 c3 21.Qb3 Qc7 22.Qxe6+ Kh7 23.Rfd1 c2 24.Rd2 Rfc8 25.Rcxc2 Qd8 26.Nc4 Kh8 27.Nd6 Rxc2 28.Nf7+ Kh7 29.Nxd8 Rxd2 30.Qxe7 Rxd4 31.Ne6 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rg8 33.Qxb7 Rd6 34.Qf7 Rd3 35.Ng5+ {MCC announces mate in 4} 35...Kh8 36.Qg6 {Mephisto II resigns} 1-0
MfG,
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