Week 7 Analysis

So I've been investigating several ways of displaying game analysis. So far, this method intrigues me the most. Let me know what you think of it!

Edit: Switched to this method.


Notes: Analysis done with the aid of the Chess Tiger engine.
An 'A' denotes the move has an annotation.
A '▼' denotes variations.

Week 7 Results

Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Carolina Cobras 0.5-3.5
GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) - IM Lev Milman (2502) 0.5-0.5
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) - IM Jonathan Schroer (2441) 0-1
FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) - FM Oleg Zaikov (2376) 0-1
Aaron Kahn (2291) - Udayan Bapat (2179) 0-1

Look for a more detailed report tomorrow night.

Week 7 Lineup

Wednesday, 7:15 PM EDT
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment

Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Carolina Cobras
GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) - IM Lev Milman (2502)
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) - IM Jonathan Schroer (2441)
FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) - FM Oleg Zaikov (2376)
Aaron Kahn (2291) - Udayan Bapat (2179)

Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.

Week 6 Results

New Jersey Knockouts vs. Baltimore Kingfishers 2-2
GM Joel Benjamin (2644) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) 0-1
IM Dean Ippolito (2500) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) 1-0
NM Mackenzie Molner (2397) - FM Ray Kaufman (2348) 1-0
NM Victor Shen (2265) - Aaron Kahn (2259) 0-1

Benjamin-Erenburg after 30. ... Ke7

After enticing Benjamin's queen to the back rank, Sergey blocks in the white queen, planning to push his queenside pawns. After some maneuvering and eventually letting the white queen out, black's b-pawn could not be stopped. Sergey has improved to 2-0 against GM Benjamin. How many people can say that?


Enkhbat-Ippolito after 45. ... Rf7

Enkhbat had just over 4 minutes while Ippolito was just above 1 minute. Meaning to play 46. Ra8, Enkhbat mouseslipped 46. Ra7. Apparently not noticing that the slip had occurred, he was still trying to play Ra8, which was then set as the premove, so when Ippolito played Kxf3, it caused Enkhbat to make another move 47. Ra8. If not for the double mouseslip, he might have been able to notice that 47. Kc6 was still winning. (For example: 47. Kc6 Kg2 48. d6 Kxh2 49. Rxc7 Rf8 50. d7 Kg1 51. Rc8 h2 52. Rxf8 h1=Q+ 53. Kb6 {not 53. Kc7 Qh2+ when black can find a perpetual})


Molner-Ray Kaufman after 25. ... Ne3

In rematch of Week 1, Mackenzie Molner seems to have Ray's number as again it was the first game of the night to finish. Test your wits by figuring out how Molner finished the game.

Kahn-Shen after 40. c5

In severe time trouble, Shen plays 40. ... Rc3+? (dxc5 may have put up more resistance in light of the trick 41. Ne5+ Kg7 42. dxc5 Bxc5+ 43. Kd2? Be3+!). Aaron eventually won a piece and the game after stopping black's pawns.

With only the draw and Philadelphia's defeat of Boston, the Baltimore Kingfishers fall to 6th place. They are 1.5 match points behind Boston in the race for the last playoff spot.

Week 6 Lineup

Wednesday, 7:15 PM EDT
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment

New Jersey Knockouts vs. Baltimore Kingfishers
GM Joel Benjamin (2644) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592)
IM Dean Ippolito (2500) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446)
NM Mackenzie Molner (2397) - FM Ray Kaufman (2348)
NM Victor Shen (2265) - Aaron Kahn (2259)

Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.