Good evening,
next match is another unbalanced one: Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 vs Novag Emerald Classic. Theoretical odds are 95/5 in favor of the Chinese bomber. Said another way, one should play 20 games to get a chance for the Novag to score 1 point.
Well, as expected the L6-v2 scores two points from this match, and deserves its invitation card for the quarter-final.
Not much to comment about
: in both games, the Emerald Classic is meritorious with 20 moves or so resistance before going down and later resigning
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[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "8th_final"]
[White "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"]
[Black "Novag Emerald Classic (lv AT4)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O Na5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.axb3 c5 9.Bg5 O-O {Out of book} 10.Nd2 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc4 Be6 13.Ne3 Bg5 14.Ncd5 Qd7 15.Qe2 Rfe8 16.Rfe1 Rec8 17.Rf1 Bxd5 18.Nxd5 Re8 19.g3 Kh8 20.h4 Bd8 21.Kg2 f5 22.Qh5 Rf8 23.f4 Kh7 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Qe2 Kg8 26.fxe5 Rxe5 27.Qf3 Qe8 28.Rf2 Kh7 29.c4 Qg6 30.Kh2 Qe8 31.Raf1 Ba5 32.b4 Bd8 33.bxc5 dxc5 34.b4 cxb4 35.d4 Re4 $6 {White threatens Qd3+, better not align the Rook on this diagonal. Re6 offered more resistance:} ( 35...Re6 36.Qd3+ Kg8 37.Rf8+ Qxf8 38.Rxf8+ Kxf8 39.Qf5+ Rf6 40.Nxf6 Bxf6 ) 36.Qd3 Qg6 37.Rf5 Bxh4 38.Qxe4 Qxg3+ 39.Kh1 Qh3+ 40.Kg1 Qg3+ 41.Qg2 Qb3 42.R5f3 Qxc4 43.Rf4 Bg5 44.Qe4+ {Emerald Classic resigns} 1-0
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "8th_final"]
[White "Novag Emerald Classic (lv AT4)"]
[Black "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.exd6 cxd6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Re1 {Out of book} 11...d5 12.c5 Nc4 13.Qb3 N6a5 14.Qb5 Bd7 15.Qb4 Nc6 16.Qxb7 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Rb8 18.Qa6 Nb4 19.Qxa7 Nc2 20.b3 Bf5 21.c6 Qd6 22.c7 Rbc8 23.Nb5 Qe6 24.e4 dxe4 25.Nh4 Bg4 26.Bc4 Qd7 27.g3 $6 {RxP or h3 were more active} 27...Nxa1 28.Rxa1 Rxc7 29.Qxc7 Bxd4+ 30.Kh1 Qxc7 31.Nxc7 Bxa1 32.Nd5 Rd8 33.Nxe7+ Kg7 34.Nd5 Bd4 35.Ng2 Bf3 36.h4 e3 37.Nf4 Be5 38.Kh2 Rd2 39.Kh3 Rd1 40.g4 e2 41.Bxe2 Bxe2 {Emerald Classic resigns} 0-1
A milestone to point out: the 64-cup just reached two hundred games played so far!
MfG,
Tibono