Thursday, February 6, 2014

Potentially Passed Pawn : The Secret of Pawn Endings by Ernie P. Baltazar

[Event "Pawn Secret"]
[Site "Caloocan City"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[White "PASSED PAWN"]
[Black "by ErnieP. Baltazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Ernie P. Baltazar"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2pp3k/8/1P1P3K/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

{Passed pawns  Titira ang Puti at mananalo [Fine 1941].  Ang idea para manalo
ang puti ay manggagaling sa b4 na pawn, na may potensyal na maging passed pawn.
Ang mahirap dito ay mayroong mga forced move para maging passed pawn ang pawn
sa b4!} {Kapag naman ..... c5 2.} 1. d5 {Ang hari ng puti ay dapat na eksakto
ang layo sa d5 square para manalo .Dahil halimbawa kung ang Hari ay nasa h8,
ang binigay na sacrifice na pawn ay walang patutunguhan.} cxd5 (1... c5 2. bxc5
dxc5 3. d6 {At panalo kaagad ang Puti.}) 2. b5 d4 3. Kg3 d3 {Talo ang depensa
pera na lang kung makakahanap ng kontra atake ang itim bago maka queen ang
pawn.} 4. Kf2 {at inabutan ng Puti ang pawn ng itim.} 1-0



Wednesday, February 5, 2014

ZURICH CHESS CHALLENGE 2014 : FINAL STANDINGS



Final Standings (Classic &; Rapid Tournament)
RankNamePts.Elo
1Magnus Carlsen102872
2Fabiano Caruana92782
3Levon Aronian92812
4Hikaru Nakamura2789
5Boris Gelfand2777
6Viswanathan Anand32773

Final Standings (classic Tournament)
RankNamePts.Elo
1Magnus Carlsen82872
2Levon Aronian62812
3Hikaru Nakamura42789
4Fabiano Caruana52782
5Boris Gelfand52777
6Viswanathan Anand22773
Round 1Magnus Carlsen-Boris Gelfand 1:0
Levon Aronian-Viswanathan Anand 1:0
Hikaru Nakamura-Fabiano Caruana ½:½
Round 2Boris Gelfand-Fabiano Caruana ½:½
Viswanathan Anand-Hikaru Nakamura 0:1
Magnus Carlsen-Levon Aronian ½:½
Round 3Levon Aronian-Boris Gelfand ½:½
Hikaru Nakamura-Magnus Carlsen 0:1
Fabiano Caruana-Viswanathan Anand ½:½
Round 4Boris Gelfand-Viswanathan Anand 1:0
Magnus Carlsen-Fabiano Caruana 1:0
Levon Aronian-Hikaru Nakamura 1:0
Round 5Hikaru Nakamura-Boris Gelfand ½:½
Fabiano Caruana-Levon Aronian 1:0
Viswanathan Anand-Magnus Carlsen ½:½

Rapid Games


Final Standings (Rapid Tournament)
RankNamePts.Elo
1Fabiano Caruana42782
2Hikaru Nakamura2789
3Levon Aronian32812
4Magnus Carlsen22872
5Boris Gelfand2777
6Viswanathan Anand12773
Round 1Boris Gelfand-Magnus Carlsen 0:1
Viswanathan Anand-Levon Aronian 0:1
Fabiano Caruana-Hikaru Nakamura 1:0
Round 2Fabiano Caruana-Boris Gelfand ½:½
Hikaru Nakamura-Viswanathan Anand 1:0
Levon Aronian-Magnus Carlsen 1:0
Round 3Boris Gelfand-Levon Aronian ½:½
Magnus Carlsen-Hikaru Nakamura ½:½
Viswanathan Anand-Fabiano Caruana 0:1
Round 4Viswanathan Anand-Boris Gelfand ½:½
Fabiano Caruana-Magnus Carlsen 1:0
Hikaru Nakamura-Levon Aronian 1:0

Caruana,Fabiano (2782) - Carlsen,Magnus (2872) [A05]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Be3 Bc5 9.Bxc5 Nxc5 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Qd2 h6 12.Rfc1 Rc8 13.b4 Ncd7 14.a4 Qe7 15.Nb5 a6 16.Nbd4 Bg6 17.Nb3 e5 18.Nh4 Bh7 19.Bh3 d4 20.Nf3 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Nb6 22.a5 Nbd5 23.Rc5 Rd8 24.Na1 e4 25.Nxd4 exd3 26.exd3 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 Nxb4 28.Qc3 Ne4 29.Nf5 Qf8 30.Qxb4 Nxc5 31.Nc2 Nd3 32.Qc3 g6 33.Nfd4 Nc5 34.Bg2 Qd6 35.h4 h5 36.Qe3 Qf6 37.Nf3 Qf5 38.Nfd4 Qf6 39.Kh2 Kg7 40.Qc3 Nd7 41.f4 b5 42.Nb4 Nb8 43.Nd5 b4 44.Nf5+ 1-0

Nakamura,Hikaru (2789) - Aronian,Levon (2812) [A01]
1.b3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.h3 h6 5.Nf3 e6 6.c4 Be7 7.g4 Bh7 8.Rg1 Nbd7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.h4 Ne4 11.g5 hxg5 12.hxg5 0-0 13.d3 Bb4+ 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Nxd2 c5 16.a3 Bxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Re8 18.f4 Qb6 19.Kf2 Qxb3 20.g6 Bxg6 21.f5 d4 22.e4 Bxf5 23.exf5 Re3 24.Rb1 Qd5 25.Rxg7+ Kf8 26.Rg2 Ne5 27.Qd1 Re8 28.Bc1 b6 29.Qh5 Qf3+ 30.Qxf3 Rxf3+ 31.Kg1 Rxf5 32.Rf2 Rh5 33.Bf4 Re6 34.Be2 Rh3 35.Rd1 Ke7 36.Kg2 Rh8 37.Bh2 Rg6+ 38.Kf1 f6 39.Ke1 Ng4 40.Bxg4 Rxg4 41.Kd2 Rg6 42.a4 Rhg8 43.Re1+ Kd7 44.Ree2 Kc6 45.Kc2 f5 46.Kb3 Rf8 47.Re7 f4 48.Rxa7 Re6 49.Kc4 Re1 50.Bxf4 Rc1+ 51.Bxc1 Rxf2 52.Kb3 Rf3 53.Kc2 c4 54.dxc4 Rc3+ 55.Kb2 Rxc4 56.Bd2 d3 57.Kb3 Rc2 58.Bf4 Rf2 59.Rc7+ Kd5 60.Rd7+ Kc6 61.Rc7+ Kd5 62.Be3 Rf1 63.Rd7+ Ke4 64.Bxb6 Rb1+ 65.Kc4 Rxb6 66.Rxd3 Ra6 67.Ra3 Ra5 68.Kb4 Ra8 69.Kc5 Rc8+ 70.Kb6 Kd5 71.a5 Kd6 72.Rd3+ Ke7 73.a6 Rb8+ 74.Kc7 Rb1 75.Re3+ Kf7 76.Ra3 Rc1+ 77.Kb6 Rb1+ 78.Ka5 1-0

Anand,Viswanathan (2773) - Gelfand,Boris (2777) [B92]
Zurich CC 2014 - Rapid Zurich (4), 04.02.2014
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Bxd5 11.exd5 0-0 12.0-0 Nc5 13.Qd2 Nfe4 14.Qb4 a5 15.Qc4 Rc8 16.Qb5 b6 17.f3 Nf6 18.Rfd1 Nh5 19.g3 g6 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Bd2 Ra8 22.f4 Ng7 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Be3 Rb8 25.Qc4 Nf5 26.Bf2 Rxb2 27.Rab1 Rb4 28.Rxb4 cxb4 29.Qc6 Bd6 30.c4 bxc3 31.Qxc3 e4 32.Bg4 Bb4 33.Qb3 e3 34.Bxe3 Nxe3 35.Qxe3 Re8 36.Qd4 Bd6 37.Kg2 Qc7 38.Rd2 h5 39.Re2 Rxe2+ 40.Bxe2 Qc2 41.Qc4 Qd2 42.a4 Qe3 43.Qd3 Qe5 44.Bf3 Kg7 45.Bd1 h4 46.Qf3 hxg3 47.hxg3 Qd4 48.g4 Qd2+ 49.Kf1 Bc5 50.Bb3 Qc1+ 51.Ke2 Qb2+ 52.Kd1 Bb4 53.Qe3 Bd6 54.Bc2 Qa1+ 55.Ke2 Qh1 56.Qc3+ Kg8 57.Qc8+ Kg7 58.Qc3+ Kg8 59.Qc8+ Kg7 60.Qc3+ Kh7 61.Qf3 Qh2+ 62.Kd3 Kg8 63.Qe4 Bb4 64.Kc4 Qc7+ 65.Kb5 Qb7+ 66.Kc4 Qc8+ 67.Kd3 Qc3+ 68.Ke2 Qe1+ 69.Kf3 Qf1+ 70.Ke3 Bd6 71.Kd4 Qf2+ 72.Kd3 Bb4 73.Qe3 Qg2 74.Qe4 Qd2+ 75.Kc4 Qc3+ 76.Kb5 Qc5+ 77.Ka6 Qc8+ 78.Kb5 Bd6 79.Bd1 Qc5+ 80.Ka6 Qc8+ 81.Kb5 Kh7 82.Bc2 Qc5+ 83.Ka6 Bc7 84.Kb7 Qb6+ 85.Kc8 Bd6 86.Qc4 Qb8+ 87.Kd7 Qf8 88.Qe4 Qb8 89.Qc4 Qf8 90.Qe4 Qb8 91.Qc4 ½-½

Round 5Boris Gelfand-Hikaru Nakamura  0:1
Levon Aronian-Fabiano Caruana  ½:½
Magnus Carlsen-Viswanathan Anand  ½:½

Carlsen,Magnus (2872) - Anand,Viswanathan (2773) [C67]
Zurich CC 2014 - Rapid Zurich (5), 04.02.2014
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 0-0 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.c3 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.Bf4 d5 14.Bd3 g6 15.Nd2 Ng7 16.Nf3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Nxf5 18.Qe2 c6 19.Re1 Ng7 20.Be5 Ne6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Ne5 Re8 23.Ng4 Qd8 24.Qe5 Ng7 25.Qxe8+ Nxe8 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Nf6+ Kf8 28.Nxe8 Kxe8 29.f4 f5 30.Kf2 Kf7 31.b4 b5 32.g3 Kf6 33.Kf3 Ke6 34.Ke3 Kf6 35.Kf3 Ke6 Ke4 Ke5+ ½-½

Aronian,Levon (2812) - Caruana,Fabiano (2782) [A04]
Zurich CC 2014 - Rapid Zurich (5), 04.02.2014
1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 e6 8.Bh2 Nc6 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.c3 b6 11.b4 a5 12.Qb3 Bb7 13.a3 h6 14.c4 Nd8 15.c5 axb4 16.axb4 Nf7 17.Nh4 Kh7 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nc4 Bd5 20.Qb2 Ne4 21.Nf3 Qb7 22.b5 Rfc8 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Ra1 Rxa1+ 25.Qxa1 Qc7 26.Nfd2 Nxd2 27.Nxd2 e5 28.Bf3 Bxf3 29.Nxf3 Qc4 30.Qf1 Qb4 31.Kh1 Ng5 32.Nxg5+ hxg5 33.dxe5 dxe5 34.f3 e4 35.fxe4 Qxe4 36.Qc1 Be5 37.Qc6 Qb1+ 38.Bg1 Bg3 39.Qd7+ Kh6 40.Qd4 Kh7 41.Qd7+ Kh6 42.Qd4 Kh7 ½-½

Gelfand,Boris (2777) - Nakamura,Hikaru (2789) [A80]
Zurich CC 2014 - Rapid Zurich (5), 04.02.2014
1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Ne2 0-0 10.c4 Nb4 11.Nc3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Qe7 14.Rac1 Bd7 15.Ne5 b5 16.Qb3 Rfc8 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Rfd1 Qf7 19.a4 b4 20.Ne2 a5 21.h3 h6 22.Be5 Nd7 23.Bg3 Bf8 24.Nd4 e5 25.Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Nxf5 Ke6 28.e4 Rc2 29.Rd5 Rc5 30.Ne3 Nb6 31.Rd8 Be7 32.Re8 Kf7 33.Rb8 Nxa4 34.Nd5 Bf6 35.Rb7+ Kg6 36.f4 exf4 37.Nxf4+ Kh7 38.Ne6 Rc6 39.e5 Bg5 40.Nxg7 Nc5 41.Ra7 Kg6 42.Ne8 a4 43.h4 Be3+ 44.Kh2 a3 45.bxa3 b3 46.h5+ Kxh5 47.e6 Nxe6 48.Rb7 Rb6 49.Rxb6 0-1

Blitz Final Rankings
RankNameEloPts.
1Magnus Carlsen28723
2Levon Aronian28123
3Hikaru Nakamura27892.5
4Fabiano Caruana27822.5
5Viswanathan Anand27732.5
6Boris Gelfand27771.5

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Malabon Blitz Chess Rated Players : February 2014 Philippine Blitz Chess Association Rating List


Malabon Chess Association  
February 2014
Philippine Blitz Chess Association


RANK NAME FED RATINGS GAMES
1 Baltazar, Melwyn Kenneth MCA 2240 43
2 Lorenzo, Aaron Kimuel MCA 2090 59
3 Sadongdong, Fred MCA 2025 27
4 Diaz, Joel MCA 2020 50
5 Miranda, Armando MCA 2010 62
6 Baltazar, Ernesto MCA 1995 50
7 Colindres, Emil MCA 1995 20
8 Ricafort, Marlon MCA 1950 20
9 Baltazar, Michael Kevin MCA 1935 20
10 Barcelon, Bryan MCA 1935 12
11 Dy, Giovanni MCA 1935 20
12 Octaviano , Philip MCA 1935 39
13 Sardowa, Ricardo MCA 1935 21
14 Peralta, Rico MCA 1925 43
15 Ortega, Irvin MCA 1920 18
16 Serrano, Jethro MCA 1920 62
17 Abarca, Edwin MCA 1900 20
18 Evangelista, Ritchie MCA 1890 14
19 Bernabe Frederick MCA 1875 15
20 Chu,Ed MCA 1875 37
21 Jeremias, King MCA 1875 20
22 Lacao, Michael MCA 1875 24
23 Sebastian , Rogelio MCA 1875 35
24 Ibanez, Pio Kit MCA 1860 20
25 Pitero , Paterno MCA 1860 19
26 Caballero, Glen MCA 1845 19
27 Habana, Edgardo MCA 1845 19
28 Alamo, Adamson MCA 1830 14
29 Custodio, Fernando MCA 1830 43
30 Dela Cruz, Rupert MCA 1830 14
31 Espiritu, Jun MCA 1830 12
32 Geolingo, Gero MCA 1830 13
33 Salvador Marvin MCA 1830 15
34 Yap, Renato MCA 1815 27
35 Bien, Fernando MCA 1800 10
36 Dejero, Domingo MCA 1800 13
37 Dela Cruz, Louie MCA 1800 26
38 Baldera, Josse MCA 1785 13
39 Gonio Gerald MCA 1785 15
40 Santiago, Fernando MCA 1785 30
41 Berdadero, Joshua MCA 1770 14
42 Domens, Joe MCA 1770 9
43 Rebandaban, Joey MCA 1770 21
44 Tan, Charlie MCA 1770 55
45 Arellano, Ric MCA 1755 14
46 Del Rosario, Arturo MCA 1755 18
47 Salcedo, Edgar MCA 1740 13
48 Wijangco, Bu MCA 1740 13
49 Bartolome, Remark MCA 1725 13
50 De Guia, Aries MCA 1725 35
51 Nadera, Chessa Mae MCA 1725 26
52 Tinio, Alvin MCA 1695 13
53 Gatbunton , Allan MCA 1685 21
54 Chua, Ric MCA 1680 9
55 Espiritu, Danilo MCA 1675 48
56 Jimenez Jeffrey MCA 1665 15
57 Baldera, Celso MCA 1650 19
58 Baylon, Joana Marie MCA 1650 14
59 De Castro, Joey MCA 1635 25
60 Serna Marvin MCA 1515 58

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