Yet another "My tournament"thread

First game, round every sunday

Analysis welcome

By Wednesday i will know who my 2nd rd opponent is

You won very fast, how many rounds is your tournament?

Very amusing annotations from moves 7 to 9. Care to explain those?

9...Be6 for instance preserves the balance pretty well, and your h3 pawn may be the future target of a ...Bxh3 sac.

12...Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 is not "1-0" territory yet, although white does have an edge. 13...Kh7 and then just giving up a pawn, placing the rook on g8/h8 for counterplay/defence can keep the game going quite a while, although black has severe difficulties in playing to equalise.

After 15. Qxh6 black's dead, as 15...Bh7 16. Bxf6. Oh, and 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qh7# mates a move faster.

The tourney is 7 rounds and there is a round every sunday except the first sunday of october.

9...Be6 is close to equal, but black loses the bishop pair so no Bxh3 sac.

Doesn't 13.Qxf3 pick up a pawn and isolate black's pawns?

13...Kh7 is good but white is clearly better.

I saw that variation in my head as 15.Qxh6 1-0.

PS: I actually saw Qg6+ Kh8 Qh7# during my calculations for 20...Nd8. I only saw it again after i had played Bxf7+. Fortunately, mate is mate.

I am not going to be playing beginners however so I believe the next games should be very interesting. I am currently waiting for the 1st round's final game to be played in Wednesday, and then i will now my 2nd round opponent (probably with black)

lol that was only a first round game, didnt you know that everyone gets paired with lowbs in the first round?

By the way, here is the link to the chess-results page of the (pretty small) tournament:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr109375.aspx?art=2&rd=1&lan=1&wi=821

Can a pairing expert or strong player tell me:

1) who i am going to play in the next few rounds

2) what chance do i have to finish in the top 3

Does the link work?

The link works for me. By the way the second game will be played on Wednesday.

can somebody tell me does the link work?

Scottrf mentioned that this is not a trap Dpes that "trap" have a name? it occurs in many beginners games.

Not really, it is not a trap. Black should have played Be6 at some point and he is not worse. If I were to mark a black move as dubious it would be 5...O-O not 6...d6, 5...d6 was preferable. After 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 is a better idea) 7...g5 can be played. 6. O-O Bg4 7. Bg5 Nd4 8. Nd5 Nxf3+ Black lands first, and lands a harder punch.

5...d6 was indeed a good move.

As Remellion mentioned 9...Be6 is close to equal

What about the other questions?

1)Does the link work?

2)Who am I going to play in the next few rounds

3)What chance do I have to finish in the top 3-4?

1) Link works.

2) No clue. My guess is Azadelis.

3) Aim not for the prize but for the bullseyes. Meaning, just focus on each game as it comes.

1) Relieved.

2) In the second round?

3) OK thanks.

What about the lowbs?

except the lowbs. Anyway, do you maybe know who i will be playing in the 2nd round?

w8 the second round hasn't started yet?

Oh it starts tomorrow.

No idea

What happened to the

Stamatis Apostolos vs Sehas Nikolaos

game??