The end has come! For the Wilson Winter Blitz, the 14th and FINAL round is now posted here.

The clear WINNER and CHAMPION: Mephisto Berlin Pro!

The Berlin Pro won convincingly in the finally round to turn in a very pleasing performance with 10.5/14.

Clear 2nd Place goes to: Mephisto Atlanta
And in 3rd Place we have a tie, with tiebreaks it goes to: Novag Star Diamond

Best game of the match? For me, it was when the Polgar beat the Star Diamond in Round 9 (or 2.2) with Black.

Wilson Winter blitz 2005-06

Double Round Robin / Game in 30'
Final Standings

RANK	ENTRANT NAME	SC RATING	TRN PERF	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TOTAL	TIEBREAK
1	Mephisto Berlin Pro	2264	+9	&;	½1	11	½1	10	1½	1½	1½	10.5 / 14
2	Mephisto Atlanta	2232	+13	½0	&;	11	½1	½½	½1	11	½1	10.0 / 14
3	Novag Star Diamond	2154	-9	00	00	&;	11	½1	10	1½	11	8.0 / 14	44.50
4	Mephisto Lyon	2085	+69	½0	½0	00	&;	10	11	11	11	8.0 / 14	42.25
5	Novag Sapphire	2176	-86	01	½½	½0	01	&;	10	10	½1	7.0 / 14
6	Mephisto Polgar	1982	+31	0½	½0	01	00	01	&;	10	½½	5.0 / 14
7	Saitek GK2000	1887	+81	0½	00	0½	00	01	01	&;	10	4.0 / 14
8	Novag Emerald CP	2026	-110	0½	½0	00	00	½0	½½	01	&;	3.5 / 14

Note all 56 games are available at
http://sentinelusa.tripod.com/Chess/WilsonWinterBlitz/


Some tournament statistics:
White score: 54%
Black score: 46%
White wins: 42%
Black wins: 32%
Draws: 27%
Biggest upset: GK2000 - Sapphire, Round 12 (289 rating points)

And here are the Round 14 games. As I mentioned, the Berlin Pro convincingly beat the Mephisto Lyon, the Atlanta and the Sapphire posted solid wins and the GK2000 pulled off another surprise by drawing the Star Diamond.

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Saitek GK2000"]
[Black "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 {GK2000 last book move} b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. a3 O-O 11. Qc2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 d3 18. Bxg7 dxe2 19. Re1 Kxg7 20. Rxe2 e6 21. Rc7 Rdc8 22. Rb7 Rcb8 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rb7 Rcb8 25. Rc7 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Novag Sapphire"]
[Black "Novag Emerald CP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxd4 10. Bxb7 Rb8 11. Be3 Rxb7 12. Qxd4 {both last book move} Be7 13. Qe4 Qc8 14. Qc6+ Nd7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Qe4 Ng6 18. Nb5 a6 19. Na7 Qa8 20. Nc6 Bd6 21. c5 Be7 22. Rd7 Bf6 23. Rfd1 a5 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. R1xd4 Qa6 26. Rd8 h6 1-0

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Mephisto Atlanta"]
[Black "Mephisto Polgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 e6 { both last book move} 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rad1 a6 15. Rfe1 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bxa6 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Be4 20. Qb5 Qf5 21. Ne1 Ng4 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Bb5 Rc8 24. f3 Ne3 25. Rd7 Bd5 26. Bxa4 f4 27. Kf2 g5 28. Nd3 Ra8 29. Nc5 Kg7 30. g3 Kg6 31. Rd6+ Kg7 32. b4 Ra7 33. h3 Ra8 34. Rd7 Kf6 35. h4 h6 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Rd6+ Kg7 38. h5 Ra7 39. Rd8 Kf6 40. Rg8 Re7 41. Nd7+ Kf5 42. Rg1 Re6 43. Bb5 Rd6 44. Bd3+ Ke6 45. Nc5+ Ke5 46. Bb5 Kf5 47. Be2 Bc4 48. Bxc4 Nxc4 49. Rg7 Ne5 50. Ke2 Rb6 51. Rg8 Nc4 52. Rd8 Ne5 53. Rd5 f6 54. Ne4 Ke6 55. Rd4 Nd7 56. Nf2 Ne5 57. Nh3 Kf5 58. Nxf4 Nc6 59. Re4 Rb8 60. Nd5 Rb7 61. Ne3+ Kg5 62. Rg4+ Kxh5 63. Nd5 Re7+ 64. Kf1 Re1+ 65. Kxe1 f5 66. Nf6# 1-0

[Event "Wilson Winter"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Mephisto Berlin Pro"]
[Black "Mephisto Lyon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 Bf5 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. b3 Be4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Be3 d5 15. c5 Nc8 {both last book move} 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Qb1 g6 18. b4 a6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. a4 b6 21. b5 Na5 22. Qc3 axb5 23. axb5 Na7 24. Rfb1 Nc8 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. cxb6 cxb6 28. Bd4 Qg5 29. Be2 Ra7 30. Bf3 Rd7 31. Bg4 Rdd8 32. e6 Qf4 33. Be5 Qh6 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Qf3+ Kg8 36. Qf6 Nc4 37. Bc7 Rd6 38. Bxd6 N8xd6 39. Ra7 Qf8 40. Be6+ Rxe6 41. Qxe6+ Kh8 42. Re1 Nf5 43. Qd7 Ne7 44. Qxe7 Qxe7 45. Rexe7 Nd6 46. Ra8+ Ne8 47. Raxe8# 1-0

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Cheers,

Chuck