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Good luck to Alan Tate in the Euro Individuals. I don't know what Alan would consider a succesful tournament and with a starting rank of 262 out of 350 it will be tough but I hope he does well.
I see Sarunas Sulskis, who is taking part in Prestwick 2012, will also be playing in the event, so I'll be keeping an eye on him too.
Opening ceremony today. Round 1 tomorrow.
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Round 1 Result
88 88 GM Smeets Jan 2610 0 ½ - ½ 0 FM Tate Alan 2350 262 =)
Round 2 Draw
99 262 FM Tate Alan 2350 ½ ½ GM Vajda Levente 2597 100
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[pgn][Event "13th EICC round_1"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1.88"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Ne7 6. Nd2 Bg6 7. f4 Nf5 8. Bf2 h5
9. g3 Nd7 10. Ngf3 Be7 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Qb3 a5 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. a4 Nd7 15. Kf1
f6 16. h3 O-O-O 17. Kg2 Nh6 18. Rae1 Rde8 19. Nh2 fxe5 20. fxe5 Ref8 21. Ref1
Nf7 22. g4 Ng5 23. Be3 h4 24. Nhf3 Nxf3 25. Nxf3 Be4 26. Kh2 g5 27. Nxg5 Bxh1
28. Kxh1 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Nf8 30. Kg2 Kd7 31. Bd3 Ke8 32. Kf2 Rg8 33. Nf3 Kf7 34.
c4 dxc4 35. Bxc4 Nd7 36. b3 Nb6 37. Bd3 Nd5 38. Bd2 Nb4 39. Be4 {...} 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pos]6r1/1p2bk2/2p1p3/p3P3/Pn1PB1Pp/1P3N1P/3B1K2/8 b - - 0 39[/pos]
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Two very good results to start with. I hope Alan can maintain it. He needs to get his FIDE rating above 2400 as well.
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My apologies Andy, I cut and pasted from the tournament website. Round 1 was a result. A very impressive draw, with black, against Jan Smeets.
Round 2 is the pairing. Alan Tate is white against GM Vajda Levente, graded 2597. The match will take place later today. Both players have a half point from their first round games. The games is on board 99, Alan's starting rank is 262, his opponent started the tournament ranked 100.
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Unfortunately Alan lost today.
99 262 FM Tate Alan 2350 ½ 0 - 1 ½ GM Vajda Levente 2597 100
I wonder what the odds were before the start of the Championship on him meeting the opponent he has drawn in the third round.
123 262 FM Tate Alan 2350 v GM Sulskis Sarunas 2596 101
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way to go Alan, Alan told me he had a won game in round 2, would like to see that one
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[pgn][Event "13th EICC round_2"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[Round "2.99"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Kb1 a6 12. g4 b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5
Nb6 15. Qc6 Rb8 16. h4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 a5 19. g5 Rb4 20. Qc3 Qd7 21.
Rd5 Rfb8 22. Bc1 c6 23. Rxa5 d5 24. exd5 cxd5 25. b3 Bd8 26. Rc5 Be7 27. Rc7
Qd8 28. Rc6 Qe8 29. Ra6 Rc4 30. Qa5 Qc8 31. Rh2 Bb4 32. Qxd5 Qxa6 33. Bb2 Rcc8
34. h5 Qf1+ 35. Bc1 Ba3 0-1[/pgn]
Position after blacks move 29.
[pos]1r2q1k1/4bppp/R7/3p2P1/2r4P/1PQ2P2/P1P5/1KB4R w - - 0 30[/pos]
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A second draw against a GM for Alan Tate today.
[pgn][Event "13th EICC round_3"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "3.123"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxd5 Rb8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Rad1
Be6 15. Qd3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rxb2 17. Bxa7 Qa8 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Bxd4 20. Qxd4
Rbxc2 21. Qxd6 Qxa2 22. Qf6 Qb2 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. g3 Rd2 26. Qa8
h6 27. Qc6 g5 28. Qe4 Qd4 29. Qxd4+ Rxd4 30. h3 h5 31. Kg2 h4 32. Ra1 hxg3 33.
Kxg3 Kg6 34. Ra5 Rd3+ 35. f3 f5 36. Ra8 Rd1 37. Rg8+ Kh6 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Ra8
Rg1+ 40. Kf2 Rh1 41. Kg3 Rg1+ 42. Kf2 Rh1 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
Round 4 brings a fourth GM to the table.
119 123 GM Lintchevski Daniil 2564 v FM Tate Alan 2350 262
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119 123 GM Lintchevski Daniil 2564 1 1 - 0 1 FM Tate Alan 2350 262
Though Alan's tournament rating performance so far is 2399. So not all
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Round 5 and hopefully =) 146 262 FM Tate Alan 2350 v Scekic Veljko (Montenegro) 2186 312
Play starts at 1pm UK time. 47 live boards for anyone searching for an idea or two for SNCL.
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