75% of the games in Round 10 were decisive. The Atlanta made short work of the GK2000 but the big news is that the Berlin Pro finally lost! With the White pieces no less. The Star Diamond also beat the Lyon. Now all participants have lost at least one game. This closes the gap to the leader Berlin Pro; both the Star Diamond and the Atlanta now trail by 1 point with 4 rounds to go.

Here's the current crosstable followed by the Round 10 games and the Round 11 matchups:

Wilson Winter blitz 2005-06

1	Mephisto Berlin Pro	2264	+15	&;	½1	1	10	½	1	1	1½	7.5 / 10
2	Mephisto Atlanta	2232	-40	½0	&;	1	½	½1	½	½	11	6.5 / 10	27.25
3	Novag Star Diamond	2154	+30	0	0	&;	½	11	10	11	1	6.5 / 10	24.75
4	Novag Sapphire	2176	-44	01	½	½	&;	01	10	½	1	5.5 / 10
5	Mephisto Lyon	2085	+43	½	½0	00	10	&;	1	1	1	5.0 / 10
6	Mephisto Polgar	1982	+100	0	½	01	01	0	&;	½½	1	4.5 / 10
7	Novag Emerald CP	2026	-96	0	½	00	½	0	½½	&;	01	3.0 / 10
8	Saitek GK2000	1887	-51	0½	00	0	0	0	0	10	&;	1.5 / 10

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Saitek GK2000"]
[Black "Mephisto Atlanta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 {both last book move} 9. cxb3 O-O 10. a3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Re1 f5 15. Re3 Qc8 16. Bb2 f4 17. Re1 Rf6 18. b4 Bh5 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Nxe5 Qh3 21. Bc1 Bf3 22. Qg8+ Kxg8 23. Nxf3 Rg6+ 24. Ng5 Rxg5# 0-1

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mephisto Berlin Pro"]
[Black "Novag Sapphire"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 {Berlin Pro last book move} Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 {Sapphire last book move} 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bxa7 Rh4 13. Bb6 Rd7 14. a3 Nd5 15. Ba5 Bc5 16. Be2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. O-O Rxc2 19. Rae1+ Kf8 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Ke7 22. Rc1 Kd6 23. Kf1 b6 24. Bd2 b5 25. f3 Ne3+ 26. Bxe3 Bxe3 27. Rc3 Bb6 28. Rc2 Ke5 29. Nc3 Bd4 30. Ke2 Bg1 31. Ne4 f5 32. Nf2 Rd6 33. f4+ Kd5 34. h4 Re6+ 35. Kf3 Re1 36. g3 Rf1 37. b3 c5 38. Rd2+ Ke6 39. Kg2 Rxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Bxf2 41. Kxf2 Kd5 42. Ke3 c4 43. b4 Kd6 44. Kd4 Kc6 45. a4 bxa4 46. Kxc4 Kb6 47. b5 a3 48. Kb3 Kxb5 49. Kxa3 Kc4 50. Kb2 Kd4 51. Kc2 Ke3 52. Kc3 Kf2 53. Kd4 Kxg3 54. Ke3 Kxh4 55. Kf3 Kh3 56. Kf2 Kg4 57. Ke3 Kg3 58. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mephisto Lyon"]
[Black "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 {Lyon last book move} Bg6 10. Qb3 a5 {Star Diamond last book move} 11. Na2 Bd6 12. Qxb7 Bc2 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Nf3 Rb8 15. Qa6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Ra2 Be4 18. Ba3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rd2 Ra8 23. Qxd6+ Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Kxd6 25. Rd1+ Ke7 26. Ng5 Bg6 27. Rd7+ Kf6 28. h4 Rhd8 29. c4 Rxd7 30. Bxd7 Rd8 31. Bb5 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 33. f4 Re1 34. e4 Bxe4 35. c5 Bd5 36. Nxh7+ Ke7 37. Ng5 Rc1 38. g4 Rxc5 39. Bd3 Rc3 40. Bb5 f6 41. Nh3 Rc2+ 42. Kg1 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rxg4 44. Kf2 g6 45. Be2 Rg2+ 46. Ke1 Rh2 47. Nf2 Rxh4 48. Ng4 Bb3 49. Kf2 Bxa4 50. Bf3 Bb3 51. Ke3 a4 52. Kd2 a3 53. Kc1 Rh3 54. Be4 Rg3 55. Bc2 0-1

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mephisto Polgar"]
[Black "Novag Emerald CP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 {Polgar last book move} e6 5. d4 d5 6.
cxd5 exd5 {Emerald last book move} 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Bxf6 c4 10. Qb5 gxf6 11. Bg2 f5 12. O-O Rg8 13. Rae1 O-O-O 14. b3 f4 15. bxc4 dxc4 16. Rd1 Bg7 17. e3 fxe3 18. fxe3 h6 19. Kh1 f5 20. Nd2 a6 21. Qa4 Kc7 22. Nxc4 b5 23. Qxa6 Bxc4 24. Nxb5+ Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Rb8 26. Qxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxf5 Kd6 28. Bxc6 Kxc6 29. Rc1+ Kd7 30. Rd5+ Ke6 31. e4 Rgc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rc5 Ra8 34. e5 Rxa2 35. Rc6+ Kd5 36. Rd6+ Ke4 37. Rd7 Bh8 38. Kg1 Ra4 39. Rd8 Bg7 40. Rd7 Bh8 41. Rd8 Bg7 42. Rd7 Bh8 {repetition} 1/2-1/2

In Round 11 we will see the following games:

Polgar - GK2000
Emerald - Lyon
Star Diamond - Berlin Pro [a key matchup of leaders]
Sapphire - Atlanta

Cheers,

Chuck