Mosquitoes too hot to handle for Snowballs
Round 1 of the Pro Chess League saw the Mosquitoes facing the Snowballs Stockholm. The Swedes combined knowledge of the rules with a pocket calculator to come up with the highest rated team of round 1 at 2518. Especially board 1 Georg Meier is a renowned member of the online chess community. With a 60 point rating lead, the Snowballs were the favorites going into the. However, it were the Mosquitoes who ultimately came out on top.
| Stockholm Snowballs | 6 | - | Amsterdam Mosquitoes | 10 |
| GM Georg Meier | 2630 | GM Wouter Spoelman | 2584 | |
| GM Evgenij Agrest | 2593 | GM David Klein | 2509 | |
| GM Erik Blomqvist | 2574 | IM Christov Kleijn | 2437 | |
| WIM Inna Agrest | 2273 | Lennart Dek | 2288 | |
| Av rating | 2518 | Av rating | 2455 |
First experience suggests the first round will be most revealing during the PRO Chess League. In this round the players are facing their board counterparts. The Mosquitoes directly took a 3-1 lead from which the Snowballs never managed to recover. Especially impressive were the performances of GM Wouter Spoelman and GM David Klein. They achieved a score of 4/4 and 3.5/4 respectively, almost deciding the match between them.
| Round 1 |
Round 2 |
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| Georg Meier - Wouter Spoelman | 0-1 | David Klein - Georg Meier | ½-½ | |
| Evgenij Agrest - David Klein | 0-1 | Wouter Spoelman - Evgenij Agrest | 1-0 | |
| Christov Kleijn - Erik Blomqvist | ½-½ | Erik Blomqvist - Lennart Dek | 1-0 | |
| Lennart Dek - Inna Agrest | ½-½ | Inna Agrest - Christov Kleijn | 0-1 | |
| Round 3 |
Round 4 |
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| Georg Meier - Christov Kleijn | 1-0 | Lennart Dek - Georg Meier | 0-1 | |
| Evgenij Agrest - Lennart Dek | 1-0 | Christov Kleijn - Evgenij Agrest | ½-½ | |
| Wouter Spoelman - Erik Blomqvist | 1-0 | Erik Blomqvist - David Klein |
0-1 | |
| David Klein - Inna Agrest | 1-0 | Inna Agrest - Wouter Spoelman | 0-1 |
Below are the wins from both Wouter and David over GM Agrest. The winning combination of Wouter is even nominated for the best move of the week award! Do not forget to vote via Twitter!
