Chess.com unites people: Team Ukraine Chess BBQ-2019 event report
Hello, dear chess.com fans!
Probably it is hard to believe, but sometimes chess.com pushes its community members to meet in real life.
Established in 2008, Team Ukraine has already experienced two meetings of community members.
It seems a good idea if team mates who won together hundreds of matches could finally shake hands to each other!
The first one happened last year, where Team Ukraine participated in Business Chess League.
My friend @UAArtur Artur Sevosteenko wrote an excellent blogpost about the event:
Team Ukraine Becomes a Real Team!
The second event called Team Ukraine Chess BBQ-2019 happened yesterday in Kyiv,
(National Expo Center of Ukraine)
Main occasion for event was start of Season 4
Agenda (from Ukrainian): 1. Simul and Blindfold by masters 2. Grill and beer 3. Networking
- Preparations
Hand-made meat for BBQ by Sergey Shchukhomet @shchukhomet
Position on the Board: daily game @AlexanderMatlak - @shchukhomet (Team Ukraine 960 Championship)
https://www.chess.com/daily/game/231023830
- Participants (from left):
Standing:
Dmytro Pylypenko @pylypenkodmytro ; Radomyr Pylypenko @pylypenkoradomyr ;
Oleg @mongol24 ; Dmitro Oliinyk @dmytro9 ; Roman Kifliuk @romakif ; Vadim Mitrofanov @Motopony ; Sergey Shchukhomet @shchukhomet ; Dmytro Nikolaienko @Dmytro_Nikolaienko ; Alexander Matlak @AlexanderMatlak ; Alexey Palekha @rainspistols; Vitaliy Kovalenko @vital715 ; Olexander Pryhodko @ukrop2016
Sitting:
Mykola Fuzik @Ninifu ; Andriy Baidikov @adriano81 ; Olexander Shtymak @shtymak1994 ; Max Golota @mxgolota ; Bogdan Feschenko @kykyryzka
- Simul:
We are ready for simul!
IM Alexey Palekha @rainspistols started all 7 games with d2-d4!
Keep on fighting, guys!
It is getting harder for Black…
Congratulations for winner, thanks to participant!
Max Golota @mxgolota was close to draw, but….
IM Alexey Palekha @rainspistols made a shot analysis of the game:
https://www.chess.com/ru/blog/rainspistols/ceans-chess-bbq-2019-9
- Barbecue:
Sergey Shchukhomet @shchukhomet – good chess player, great grill master!
- Blitz, networking:
Crazy position in game
Bogdan Feschenko @kykyryzka (White) - Roman Kifliuk @romakif (Black)
@romakif is going to make a winning move Ne4+!
Olexander Pryhodko @ukrop2016 - winner of Isaak Lipnitsky Memorial (Team Ukraine traning blitz tournament)
Prize (book about Isaak Lipnitsky) from author - Mykola Fuzik @Ninifu
- Friendly Match Team Ukraine – Philippine United Live:
Despite not stable connect, 4 players decided to play in Live Match via mobiles
during BBQ
https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/team-ukraine/3512
Team Ukraine lost heavily, but we gained some valuable experience.
If you don`t have 4G or LTE, for Live Matches it`s better using internet browser to chess.com rather than mobile app.
In this way, I managed to win the first game
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3841390219
The second game was funny. First, my opponent in better position blundered a Queen promotion.
Then I blundered that newborn Queen. Finally, the game ended with…Draw!
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3841412410
Playing Live Chess after 6 hours of drinking beer is not easy….but enjoyable!
I wish all of you guys to meet some of your chess.com friends and team mates in real life.
After Chess BBQ-2019, Team Ukraine decides to make this event regular (at least – annual!)
Best regards, Alexander
