Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Zaczek wins 2009 Winnipeg Blitz Championship
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Blitz Chess (5 minute) Night ! Touch Move
Blitz championship. But perhaps our players have been watching the videos from the recent World Blitz Championship in Moscow, or the BNbank Blitz Norway tournament.
So elegant !
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Blitz Chess night - Tuesday, December 15
As GM Boris Alterman says in his lectures on ICC, "Now, pay attention".
The event will have two sections - The main event will be the 2009 Winnipeg Blitz Championship - a knockout tournament (seeded Wimbledon style). So, I am projecting the top 16 entrants will play in the knockout.
But all players will also be simultaneously entered in a Swiss tournament. So, if a player is knocked out of the Championship section, they will continue to play in the Swiss section, carrying over the match points they earned in the knockout section.
Each round will consist of a 2 player match - alternating colours. If the match is tied after two games, an Armageddon one-game playoff will occur. White 5 minutes, Black 4 minutes with draw odds (that means the Black player "wins" if the Armageddon game is a draw). Higher rated player gets to choose which colour he will play in the Armageddon.
If there are 16 players in the knockout section - only 4 rounds will be required to determine the Champion - at a max of 30 minutes per round - that is only two hours. If there is closer to 32 players - an extra round will be required.
The Swiss will have the same number of rounds.
After those tournaments are over, we will have a "fun" (no prizes - just bragging rights) Swiss Blitz tournament that will use up the time to say 10:30 or so - so probably a 4 or 5 round single game per round - approximately an hour.
Entry fee $ 10 - for the night
See the proposed rules here
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Grand Prix and Shpan has been rated
See Grand Prix Crosstables
New established high ratings for
Leor Wasserman (1723)
Steven deGroot (1801)
Stephen Lipic (1799)
Richard Ott (1601)
Congratulations !
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
2009 Thank Gibbons Open has been rated
Stephen Lipic
Saul Magnusson
Clifford Goodman
# | Name | Old | Perf | New | High | Results | Tot |
1 | Lipic, Stephen | 1710 | 1866 | 1751 | 1751 | W 8 W 5 W 2 L 3 | 3.0 |
2 | Manicdao, Tomas | 1706 | 1784 | 1738 | 19 | W 7 W 4 L 1 W 6 | 3.0 |
3 | Swift, Ryne | 1808 | 1745 | 1802 | 1836 | L 5 W 8 D 4 W 1 | 2.5 |
4 | Magnusson, Saul | 1738 | 1743 | 1751 | 1751 | W 6 L 2 D 3 W 8 | 2.5 |
5 | Goodman, Clifford | 1684 | 1759 | 1694 | 1694 | W 3 L 1 D 0 D 0 | 2.0 |
6 | Letain, Cory | 1594 | 1450 | 1578 | 1622 | L 4 W 7 D 8 L 2 | 1.5 |
7 | Gibbons, Lorne | 1292 | 1258 | 1288 | 1446 | L 2 L 6 D 0 D 0 | 1.0 |
8 | Williams, Eric | 1466 | 1413 | 1454 | 12 | L 1 L 3 D 6 L 4 | 0.5 |
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thank Gibbons Open - November 28-29
Thank Gibbons Open
(sub-titled - Be Home by Saturday Supper)
University of Winnipeg
Room 5L24
wish to start earlier)
Update: A very competitive set of eight entrants are battling it out in essentially an under 1800 section.
Ryne Swift (1808)
Saul Magnusson (1738)
Stephen Lipic (1710)
Tomas Manicdao (1706)
Clifford Goodman (1684)
Cory Letain (1594)
Eric Williams (1466)
Lorne Gibbons (1292)
Standings and games at chessmanitoba.com
Note: Saturday's two rounds were over by 2:30 p.m. !
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Manitoba Junior has been rated
New high ratings achieved by:
Paolo Araull0 2187
Igal Raihman 1968
Leah Green 1304
Congratulations !
Thursday, November 12, 2009
ND Chessnuts Results 2009
In Match scores, we defeated Minnesota, but lost to North Dakota. (I will have to confirm the scores with Blair Rutter), but from what I can determine - Stephen Lipic and Blair Rutter both contributed a +2 score against Minnesota.
I scored 3 / 5 - clear 5th overall and good enough for a piece of some U2100 prize - apparently $ 100.
But the titled players kept avoiding me :-)
Yermolinsky took a first round bye, IM Victor Adler fell ill earlier in the week, and thus on Friday night I was paired with IM Sandor Kustar on first board.
After half an hour or so it was determined that he was not going to be able to play in the tournament, so Brian Thompson filled in and I was fortunate to win a see-saw endgame.
In the second rd I drew Aron Kaptsan. In third round I beat an expert, Nikita Barabanov and found myself with a surprising 2.5. I thought that I may have a crack at "Yermo" in round 4, but I assume the colours didn't work.
Aron and Zaczek both got to play Yermo. Aron lost in an interesting endgame, I saw Zaczek in the "private" skittles room analyzing with Yermolinsky after round 5, so that must have been fun for Jonathon.

These two, Mike Sailer and Dmitri Babarbanov tied for first with 4 points

Monday, November 9, 2009
Connections
It then occurred to me that the World Senior had just ended a few days earlier with Jānis Klovāns of Latvia tying for first. (Klovans has won the event on three previous occasions. )
On the way home Sunday, I asked Aron if he knew Klovāns. Yes, he replied, and related some stories.
What he didn't tell me was this !-
Championship of Latvia- 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rk | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | P | |
1 | Petkevich J. | * | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | |
2 | Shmits A. | 1/2 | * | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 10.0 | |
3 | Peterson A. | 1/2 | 1/2 | * | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 | |
4 | Zhuravliov V. | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | * | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | |
5 | Gutman L. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | |
6 | Kirilov V. | 1/2 | 0 | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | * | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 8.5 | |
7 | Klovans J. | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | * | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | |
8 | Abrosimov A. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 1/2 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | |
9 | Kaptsan A. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | * | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | |
10 | Kirpichnikov V. | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 1/2 | * | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | |
11 | Kliavinsh J. | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | |
12 | Chembaev E. | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 4.0 | |
13 | Matvik N. | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 | 1/2 | * | 0 | 1/2 | 4.0 | |
14 | Osipov I. | 0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 1 | * | 1 | 4.0 | |
15 | Daudzvardis J. | 0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 0 | * | 2.5 | |
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
2009 Manitoba Senior
Aaron Kaptsan, John Wierda, Gary Campbell, Andy Kohalmi, Lorne Gibbons.
Round 1 saw Campbell hold Kaptsan to a draw, and Kohalmi flagging in a won ending against Wierda.

Round 2 saw rating favorite Kaptsan on Board 1 defeat Wierda in what turned out to be the pivotal game of the tournament.
Round 3 saw Wierda with the bye - and pairings Gibbons-Kaptsan and Campbell-Kohalmi both had Black winning.
Round 4 pairings Wierda-Gibbons and Kaptsan-Kohalmi, had both rating favorites win.
The result is that Aron Kaptsan is the 2009 Senior Chess Champion of Manitoba at the young age of 80.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
2009 Manitoba Senior Championship
2009 Manitoba Senior Championship (60 and over)
Format: Four round Swiss system (players play all four games
- win or lose)
Time Control: Game/60
Location: University of Winnipeg - Room 3C14
Dates: November 8, 2009
Eligibility:
Open to those born before November 7, 1949
Registration: 9:30 am to 9:50 am - Sunday, November 8, 2009
Schedule:
Round 1 at 10:00 a.m.,
Rounds 2, 3, 4 tentatively scheduled for noon, 2:30, 4:30,
however if games are
finished in less than two hours rounds may start earlier.
$ 5 entry fee
Time Control: Game/60
Chess Federation of Canada membership not required
Class/Age prizes.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Mike Shpan Memorial Tournament
(This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 6 rounds)
Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
The "Shpan" is a Swiss (pairing) style tournaments with a time control of G /120 minutes [Each player has 2 hours to complete their moves, the game will be be 4 hours maximum]
Start time is 7:00 pm and the TD will confirm costs ( $ 20 entry fee and CFC membership required)
Registration for tournament - November 3 - approximately 6:30 pm to 6:50 pm
Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 4CM42
4CM42 <-click here for map
This is very near our old room of 5L24 and is in fact on the same floor.
Easiest way to get there is the same way to 5L24 - take the elevator at the north end (Ellice) to the 5th Floor(if that Elevator is operating) Otherwise, there is an elevator just to the west of the Bookstore.
Contact: Lorne Gibbons, TD
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Grand Prix Finals
Jaroslaw Czypinski, please contact Lorne.
October 2009 TNT has been rated
New high ratings acheived by:
Arvin Dawa 2107 (provisional)
Aaron Green 1980
Stephen de Groot 1787
Leor Wasserman 1684
Brian Evans 1632
Shashika Kumaragamage 1361 (provisional)
Congratulations !
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Manitoba Junior Championship
Location: University of Winnipeg Room 5L24
Dates: November 14 & 15, 2009
Eligibility: Open to Manitoba residents under 20 years of age as of December 31, 2009.
Tournament - In 2 sections:
Players in the Open Section will compete for the "Ole Hellsten Award" and be declared the Manitoba Junior Champion. The Champion is eligible to represent Manitoba at the Canadian Junior Championship.
The Reserve Section is only open to players rated under 1000 in the 'Chess and Math' system.
Registration: 9:00 am to 9:45 am - Saturday, November 14, 2009
Schedule:
The Open Section is a two-day event
Rounds at 10:00 a.m. and 2:30 pm on each of November 14 and 15.
Time Control: Game / 120 minutes
The Reserve Section is a one-day event - November 14 only.
Rounds at 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Time Control: Game / 25 minutes
Entry Fee:
Open Section: $ 15 (and CFC required)
Reserve Section: $ 5 (no CFC Membership required)
Other:
Tie Breaker, if necessary, in Open Section:
One game with Game /15 minutes
followed by Game / 5 minutes
until Champion is declared.
Reserve section tiebreaker, if necessary, will be Game / 5 minutes.
Further information will likely be posted at:
http://www.manitobajrchess.blogspot.com/
Monday, October 12, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
September TNT has been rated
Aaron Green 1976 (+75 !)
Arvin Dawa 2074 (provisional)
Saul Magnusson 1738 (+90 !)
Brian Evans 1622
Ryne Swift 1836
Michael Pang 1701
Leor Wasserman 1672
# | Name | Old | Perf | New | Results | | ||||
1 | Green, Aaron | 1901 | 2238 | 1976 | W 17 W 5 W 9 D 2 | 3.5 | ||||
2 | Dawa, Arvin | 2072 | 2049 | 2074 | W 13 W 20 W 3 D 1 | 3.5 | ||||
3 | Magnusson, Saul | 1648 | 2142 | 1738 | W 23 W 7 L 2 W 15 | 3 | ||||
4 | Rutter, Blair | 1878 | 2126 | 1911 | W 21 D 0 D 11 W 9 | 3 | ||||
5 | Zaczek, Jonathon | 2126 | 2024 | 2119 | W 15 L 1 W 16 W 8 | 3 | ||||
6 | Green, Jim | 1762 | 1845 | 1781 | L 9 D 21 W 18 W 20 | 2.5 | ||||
7 | Schulz, Waldemar | 2000 | 1768 | 1972 | W 14 L 3 D 15 W 16 | 2.5 | ||||
8 | Boron, Anthony | 2003 | 1904 | 1995 | W 10 L 9 W 14 L 5 | 2 | ||||
9 | Lipnowski, Samuel | 2272 | 1886 | 2248 | W 6 W 8 L 1 L 4 | 2 | ||||
10 | Evans, Brian | 1588 | 1788 | 1622 | L 8 L 12 W 20 W 21 | 2 | ||||
11 | Swift, Ryne | 1831 | 1760 | 1836 | W 19 D 0 D 4 L 0 | 2 | ||||
12 | Lauritson, Jim | 1923 | 1722 | 1906 | L 18 W 10 W 13 L 0 | 2 | ||||
13 | Pang, Michael | 1696 | 1677 | 1701 | L 2 W 19 L 12 W 18 | 2 | ||||
14 | Milord, Frank | 1630 | 1635 | 1636 | L 7 W 17 L 8 W 19 | 2 | ||||
15 | Lipic, Stephen | 1722 | 1714 | 1723 | L 5 W 18 D 7 L 3 | 1.5 | ||||
16 | Wasserman, Leor | 1671 | 1631 | 1672 | D 0 W 22 L 5 L 7 | 1.5 | ||||
17 | Gibbons, Lorne | 1294 | 1366 | 1293 | L 1 L 14 W 0 D 0 | 1.5 | ||||
18 | Ott, Richard | 1482 | 1576 | 1499 | W 12 L 15 L 6 L 13 | 1 | ||||
19 | Green, Leah | 1242 | 1458 | 1268 | L 11 L 13 W 21 L 14 | 1 | ||||
20 | Greenberg, Harley | 1750 | 1445 | 1714 | W 22 L 2 L 10 L 6 | 1 | ||||
21 | Trueman, Francis | 1474 | 1318 | 1452 | L 4 D 6 L 19 L 10 | 0.5 | ||||
22 | D'arcangelo, Joseph | 1071 | 1311 | 1170 | L 20 L 16 L 0 L 0 | 0 | ||||
23 | Kernetsky, Myron | 1985 | 1248 | 1958 | L 3 L 0 L 0 L 0 | 0 |
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Abe Yanofsky Memorial has been rated
Congratulations to those who achieved new high ratings:
Trevor Vincent (2304 !)
Paolo Araullo (2148)
Jonathon Zaczek (2126)
Rolando Bince (2117)
Igal Raihman (1953)
Aaron Green (1901 !)
Steven de Groot (1774 +84 !)
Ryne Swift (1831)
Saul Magnusson (1648)
Leor Wasserman (1671)
Michael Pang (1696)
Keer Keer (1474)
Clifford Goodman (1684)
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
September TNT starts Tuesday, September 1
September TNT starts September 14 rounds - September 1, 15, 22, 29 - (This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 4 rounds)Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.Note that there is no game on September 8.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
August TNT has been rated
Congratulations to the following who have achieved new rating highs:
Jonathon Zaczek 2125
Ken Einarsson 1800
Ryne Swift 1802
Michael Pang 1679 (+67 !)
Gary Crawford 1439 (+54)
Steven de Groot 1690
Saul Magnusson 1578
Justin Villeneuve 1356 provisonal
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
August 2009 TNT Standings after 3 rounds
# | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Tot | |
1 | Aron Kaptsan | 2027 | W25 | W23 | W12 | 3.0 | |
2 | Myron Kernetsky | 2009 | D29 | W17 | W15 | 2.5 | |
3 | Jay S Khedkar | 2008 | W30 | D8 | W16 | 2.5 | |
4 | Igal Raihman | 1905 | H--- | W29 | W20 | 2.5 | |
5 | Blair Rutter | 1810 | D20 | W18 | W19 | 2.5 | |
6 | Aaron Green | 1779 | W26 | W9 | H--- | 2.5 | |
7 | Ryne Swift | 1779 | H--- | W14 | W21 | 2.5 | |
8 | Jonathon Zaczek | 2121 | H--- | D3 | W23 | 2.0 | |
9 | Rolando Bince | 2086 | W24 | L6 | W26 | 2.0 | |
10 | Jim Lauritson | 1939 | L19 | W32 | W27 | 2.0 | |
11 | Waldemar Schulz | 2027 | D18 | L15 | W29 | 1.5 | |
12 | Anthony Boron | 2015 | W28 | D19 | L1 | 1.5 | |
13 | Harley Greenberg | 1782 | L21 | W33 | H--- | 1.5 | |
14 | John Klokow | 1774 | D31 | L7 | W28 | 1.5 | |
15 | Ken Einarsson | 1768 | H--- | W11 | L2 | 1.5 | |
16 | Arie Wasserman | 1698 | W33 | H--- | L3 | 1.5 | |
17 | Steven De Groot | 1680 | H--- | L2 | W30 | 1.5 | |
18 | Keith Czarny | 1626 | D11 | L5 | W31 | 1.5 | |
19 | Michael Pang | 1612 | W10 | D12 | L5 | 1.5 | |
20 | Brian Evans | 1579 | D5 | W31 | L4 | 1.5 | |
21 | Saul Magnusson | 1564 | W13 | H--- | L7 | 1.5 | |
22 | Lorne Gibbons | 1238 | H--- | D30 | H--- | 1.5 | |
23 | Stephen Lipic | 1717 | W27 | L1 | L8 | 1.0 | |
24 | Clifford Goodman | 1678 | L9 | L26 | W32 | 1.0 | |
25 | Gary Campbell | 1651 | L1 | L27 | W33 | 1.0 | |
26 | Richard Ott | 1483 | L6 | W24 | L9 | 1.0 | |
27 | Gary Crawford | 1385 | L23 | W25 | L10 | 1.0 | |
28 | Leor Wasserman | 1650 | L12 | H--- | L14 | 0.5 | |
29 | Frank Milord | 1647 | D2 | L4 | L11 | 0.5 | |
30 | Cory Letain | 1622 | L3 | D22 | L17 | 0.5 | |
31 | Keer Keer | 1433 | D14 | L20 | L18 | 0.5 | |
32 | Alex Iomdina | unr. | H--- | L10 | L24 | 0.5 | |
33 | Justin Villeneuve | 1306 | L16 | L13 | L25 | 0.0 |
August 2009 TNT Round 3 Results
No draws ! No upsets ! Boron disappointed the rest of the pack with 1.5 by failing to stop Kaptsan who now sits alone 3-0. It will likely be Khedkar's task next week to create a tie for first.
The August auditions for "So You Think You Can Play Chess", conclude on August 25.
Bd | Res | White | Black | Res | ||
1 | 0 | Anthony Boron | Aron Kaptsan | 1 | ||
2 | 0 | Ken Einarsson | M Kernetsky | 1 | ||
3 | 1 | Jay S Khedkar | Arie Wasserman | 0 | ||
4 | 0 | Brian Evans | Igal Raihman | 1 | ||
5 | 1 | Blair Rutter | Michael Pang | 0 | ||
6 | 1 | Ryne Swift | Saul Magnusson | 0 | ||
7 | 0 | Stephen Lipic | Jonathon Zaczek | 1 | ||
8 | 0 | Richard Ott | Rolando Bince | 1 | ||
9 | 0 | Gary Crawford | Jim Lauritson | 1 | ||
10 | 1 | Waldemar Schulz | Frank Milord | 0 | ||
11 | 0 | Leor Wasserman | John Klokow | 1 | ||
12 | 1 | Steven De Groot | Cory Letain | 0 | ||
13 | 0 | Keer Keer | Keith Czarny | 1 | ||
14 | 0 | Alex Iomdina | Clifford Goodman | 1 | ||
15 | 1 | Gary Campbell | Justin Villeneuve | 0 | ||
½ | Lorne Gibbons | BYE | ||||
½ | Aaron Green | BYE | ||||
½ | Harley Greenberg | BYE |
Please send your games ! Early thanks to Michael Pang, Blair Rutter, Steven De Groot, and John Klokow !
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Canadian Closed Round 9
So 4-5 in a very tough and experienced crowd. A very credible result.
Trevor's FIDE rating is estimated to be 2131 on the September list.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Canadian Closed Round 7
2 rounds to go. He has White vs. Aman Hambleton (2234) Saturday.
[Event "Canadian Closed 2009"]
[Date "2009.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Henry, Liam"]
[Black "Vincent, Trevor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5.
Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7 12.
f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bc5 Bb7 16. Nd6 Bd5 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. h3 Nh6
19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxc5 21. g4 Rac8 22. Bd3 d6 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Nd6 Ne7 25.
Bf5 Rcd8 26. g5 Rxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Bg4 d4 29. Re1 Rd8 30. f5 Nd5 31. c3 Ne3
32. cxd4 cxd4 33. Kb1 Qf4 34. a3 Qxg5 35. Qa5 h5 36. h4 Qf6 37. Bh3 Rc8 0-1
18. h3 appears to be the first new move. White with 25. Bf5 allows Trevor to preserve the exchange for a move, when he gives it back under favourable circumstances. The rest is easy for a player of Trevor's caliber.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Canadian Closed Round 6
Friday he plays Black against Liam Henry.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Canadian Closed Round 5
Tayar -Vincent
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 Nf6 9.Bc4 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxe4 11.Bb6 Qg5 12.Nc7 Kd7 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.O-O d5 16.c4 d4 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Bd6 19.f4 exf4 20.cxd4 f3 21.Rxf3 Rhf8 22.Rh3 Rf4 23.Rd3 Ke7 24.c5 Bc7 25.Bxc7 Rxc7 26.d5 exd5 27.Rxd5 Rf5 28.Rxf5 1-0
15...d5 looks like a new move, but 17...Nxc3 may be a problem...the silicon beast prefers 17...Nf6, as in the game Black's centre gets busted up and his king is stuck in the middle. But White apparently missed some moves to grab a big advantage, and Trevor is close to equalizing after 27...Qf6 instead of 27...Rf5??