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

ZURICH CHESS CHALLENGE 2014 : FINAL STANDINGS

Final Standings (Classic &; Rapid Tournament)

Rank	Name	Pts.	Elo
1	Magnus Carlsen	10	2872
2	Fabiano Caruana	9	2782
3	Levon Aronian	9	2812
4	Hikaru Nakamura	7½	2789
5	Boris Gelfand	6½	2777
6	Viswanathan Anand	3	2773

Final Standings (classic Tournament)

Rank	Name	Pts.	Elo
1	Magnus Carlsen	8	2872
2	Levon Aronian	6	2812
3	Hikaru Nakamura	4	2789
4	Fabiano Caruana	5	2782
5	Boris Gelfand	5	2777
6	Viswanathan Anand	2	2773

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

Round 2	Boris Gelfand	-	Fabiano Caruana	½:½
	Viswanathan Anand	-	Hikaru Nakamura	0:1
	Magnus Carlsen	-	Levon Aronian	½:½

Round 3	Levon Aronian	-	Boris Gelfand	½:½
	Hikaru Nakamura	-	Magnus Carlsen	0:1
	Fabiano Caruana	-	Viswanathan Anand	½:½

Round 4	Boris Gelfand	-	Viswanathan Anand	1:0
	Magnus Carlsen	-	Fabiano Caruana	1:0
	Levon Aronian	-	Hikaru Nakamura	1:0

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

Rapid Games

Final Standings (Rapid Tournament)

Rank	Name	Pts.	Elo
1	Fabiano Caruana	4	2782
2	Hikaru Nakamura	3½	2789
3	Levon Aronian	3	2812
4	Magnus Carlsen	2	2872
5	Boris Gelfand	1½	2777
6	Viswanathan Anand	1	2773

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

Round 2	Fabiano Caruana	-	Boris Gelfand	½:½
	Hikaru Nakamura	-	Viswanathan Anand	1:0
	Levon Aronian	-	Magnus Carlsen	1:0

Round 3	Boris Gelfand	-	Levon Aronian	½:½
	Magnus Carlsen	-	Hikaru Nakamura	½:½
	Viswanathan Anand	-	Fabiano Caruana	0:1

Round 4	Viswanathan 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 5	Boris 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
Rank	Name	Elo	Pts.
1	Magnus Carlsen	2872	3
2	Levon Aronian	2812	3
3	Hikaru Nakamura	2789	2.5
4	Fabiano Caruana	2782	2.5
5	Viswanathan Anand	2773	2.5
6	Boris Gelfand	2777	1.5

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