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World U20 Championship 2010 in Chotowa-Czarna, Poland

2010-08-24T04:12:00.000-07:00

World U20 Championship 2010 took place from 3rd to 16th August in Chotowa-Czarna, Poland.
In junior section there were 122 players fighting for the world U20 crown. First starting number was given to Dmitry Andreikin (2650) from Russia, second to Jon Ludwig Hammer (2636) form Norway and third to Wijk an Zee 2010 winner Panimarjan Negi (2615) from India.
After huge rivalry and some unexpected results Dmitry Andeikin won World U20 Championship with 10 points from 13 games without any lost. Second was Sjugirov Sanan (2610) from Russia with 10/13 but worse progres points. And third place was awarded to Polish pride Dariusz Świercz (2492) with 9/13.
Girls section didn't provide so much tension. Anna Muzychuk (2527) scored 11/13 Olga Girya was second with 10.5/13 and third was Rout Padmini with 10/13
Here are some helpful links to the tounament sites:
http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje/t_3906/final_standings&13.html
http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje/t_3905/final_standings&13.html
http://www.wjcc2010.pl/en
http://www.wjcc2010.pl/en/galerry

Championship of KKSz (The Oldest Club in Poland) 2010

2010-08-16T23:49:00.000-07:00

Championship of KKSz just ended. I've played there from 9th August. I can not say I played very well. But in the last round if I have won I would win the tournament. But actually I lost agaist someone ranked really low and took 4th place without any prize.
Videos with commentaries will soon be added. Here is the link to the tournament final standings:
http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje/f_60/final_standings&9.html

Study Chess Openings

2010-08-12T12:55:00.000-07:00

Chess openings is something that has to be studied in great detail.
Today I covered King's Indian Defence for White.
From now on you will be winning with Classical variation of King's Indian and mainly with Bayonet Attack.

I hope you'll have fun winning against King's Indian Defence.

Nine annotated games

2010-08-04T04:17:00.000-07:00

Hi.

For two days I was preparing videos about my games in 2009 Mistrzostwa KKSz (Championship of KKSz [oldest club in Poland]).

Here you can see videos:

In summary, Game 7 is so far the best game in my life.
But other games consisted of many blunders and inaccuracies.

Mateusz Zajac

Fourth blitz game

2010-08-02T11:18:00.000-07:00

And here is fourth game.

[Event "Partia rankingowa, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Główna sala gier"]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MateuszekZ"]
[Black "SyG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.08.01"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. d4 {2} Nf6 {1} 2. c4 {3} e5 {2} 3. dxe5 {2} Ng4 {1} 4. Bf4 {1} Nc6 {1} 5.
Nf3 {1} Bb4+ {1} 6. Nbd2 {1} Qe7 {1} 7. e3 {1} Ngxe5 {0} 8. Nxe5 {7} Nxe5 {0}
9. Be2 {1} O-O {1} 10. O-O {1} Ng6 {1} 11. Bg3 {2} Bd6 {1} 12. Bxd6 {7} Qxd6 {0
} 13. Qc2 {2} b6 {2} 14. Bf3 {2} Rb8 {1} 15. Rfd1 {11} Qe7 {1} 16. Rac1 {10} d6
{1} 17. b4 {5} Ne5 {1} 18. Be4 {7} f5 {9} 19. Bd5+ {2} Kh8 {1} 20. c5 {13} bxc5
{4} 21. bxc5 {1} f4 {3} 22. exf4 {5} Rxf4 {4} 23. Nf3 {3} Bg4 {18} 24. cxd6 {5}
cxd6 {1} 25. Re1 {95} Qf6 {16} 26. Qc7 {32} Rf8 {8} 27. Nxe5 {21} dxe5 {2} 28.
f3 {10} Bxf3 {22} 29. Bxf3 {2} Rxf3 {3} 30. gxf3 {2} Qg5+ {4} 31. Kh1 {1} Qf4 {
8} 32. Qc6 {2} h5 {7} 33. Qe4 {1} Qh4 {7} 34. Qxh4 {SyG resigns (Lag: Av=0.
65s, max=1.8s) 2} 1-0

So have fun with it.
Next time I'm gonna analyze one of my games, which was probably the best game I've ever played.
Two weeks ago I played enormous game but it will be annotated when it appears in the biggest Polish Chess Magazine "Szachista"

Third blitz game...

2010-08-02T11:14:00.000-07:00

This is third game.

[Event "Partia rankingowa, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Główna sala gier"]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MateuszekZ"]
[Black "SyG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.08.01"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. d4 {2} Nf6 {1} 2. c4 {3} e5 {2} 3. dxe5 {2} Ng4 {1} 4. Bf4 {1} Nc6 {1} 5.
Nf3 {1} Bb4+ {1} 6. Nbd2 {1} Qe7 {1} 7. e3 {1} Ngxe5 {0} 8. Nxe5 {7} Nxe5 {0}
9. Be2 {1} O-O {1} 10. O-O {1} Ng6 {1} 11. Bg3 {2} Bd6 {1} 12. Bxd6 {7} Qxd6 {0
} 13. Qc2 {2} b6 {2} 14. Bf3 {2} Rb8 {1} 15. Rfd1 {11} Qe7 {1} 16. Rac1 {10} d6
{1} 17. b4 {5} Ne5 {1} 18. Be4 {7} f5 {9} 19. Bd5+ {2} Kh8 {1} 20. c5 {13} bxc5
{4} 21. bxc5 {1} f4 {3} 22. exf4 {5} Rxf4 {4} 23. Nf3 {3} Bg4 {18} 24. cxd6 {5}
cxd6 {1} 25. Re1 {95} Qf6 {16} 26. Qc7 {32} Rf8 {8} 27. Nxe5 {21} dxe5 {2} 28.
f3 {10} Bxf3 {22} 29. Bxf3 {2} Rxf3 {3} 30. gxf3 {2} Qg5+ {4} 31. Kh1 {1} Qf4 {
8} 32. Qc6 {2} h5 {7} 33. Qe4 {1} Qh4 {7} 34. Qxh4 {SyG resigns (Lag: Av=0.
65s, max=1.8s) 2} 1-0

Second blitz game

2010-08-02T11:12:00.000-07:00

Here is my second live commented blitz game.

[Event "Partia rankingowa, 5m + 0s"]

[Site "Główna sala gier"][Date "2010.08.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tnt_73"]
[Black "MateuszekZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.08.01"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. d4 {3} Nf6 {2} 2. c4 {1} c5 {2} 3. Nf3 {4} cxd4 {2} 4. Nxd4 {1} b6 {1} 5.
Nc3 {2} Bb7 {1} 6. f3 {1} e6 {1} 7. e4 {1} a6 {1} 8. Be2 {1} d6 {1} 9. Be3 {1}
Nbd7 {1} 10. O-O {1} Qc7 {1} 11. Rc1 {1} Be7 {1} 12. b3 {1} O-O {1} 13. Qd2 {1}
Rfe8 {3} 14. Rfd1 {1} Rac8 {3} 15. g4 {1} Nc5 {77} 16. g5 {6} Nfd7 {3} 17. b4 {
4} e5 {7} 18. Nf5 {1} Ne6 {4} 19. Nxe7+ {6} Rxe7 {1} 20. Qxd6 {1} Qxd6 {1} 21.
Rxd6 {2} Ndf8 {8} 22. Rxb6 {3} Ng6 {5} 23. c5 {1} Ra8 {13} 24. c6 {8} Bc8 {1}
25. Nd5 {2} Rea7 {3} 26. c7 {5} Nd4 {6} 27. Bxd4 {4} exd4 {1} 28. Rb8 {
MateuszekZ poddaje się 1} 1-0

[Event "Partia rankingowa, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Główna sala gier"]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MateuszekZ"]
[Black "Roadking2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.08.01"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. d4 {1} c5 {1} 2. d5 {1} d6 {1} 3. c4 {2} b5 {2} 4. cxb5 {7} a6 {1} 5. e4 {2}
Nf6 {2} 6. Nc3 {2} g6 {0} 7. Nf3 {9} Bg7 {1} 8. Rb1 {7} O-O {1} 9. a4 {4} Bg4 {
2} 10. Qc2 {3} Bxf3 {2} 11. gxf3 {1} axb5 {1} 12. Nxb5 {4} Qa5+ {6} 13. Nc3 {4}
Nh5 {2} 14. Bd2 {2} Bxc3 {7} 15. Bxc3 {1} Qxa4 {0} 16. Qd2 {1} Nd7 {9} 17. Be2
{7} Ne5 {6} 18. O-O {10} Rfb8 {4} 19. f4 {3} Nc4 {4} 20. Bxc4 {1} Qxc4 {1} 21.
Rbe1 {10} Rb3 {19} 22. Kh1 {9} Nf6 {25} 23. f3 {5} Nh5 {10} 24. Rg1 {3} Kf8 {32
} 25. f5 {8} gxf5 {8} 26. Qh6+ {3} Ke8 {2} 27. Qxh5 {12} fxe4 {1} 28. Rg8+ {5}
Kd7 {1} 29. Rxa8 {1} Qxd5 {3} 30. Qxd5 {Roadking2 gibt auf (Lag: Av=1.03s,
max=2.1s) 2} 1-0

Wait for more!

Take a break from studying chess

2010-08-01T14:31:00.000-07:00

Ok so I think every chessplayer needs a break.
That's why I decided to give you once a week some encouragement to play chess.
These series will be about chess beauties literally!

The prettiest chessplayers!

Lets start with Maria Manakova

Maria Manakova (born 1 March 1974) is a Woman Grandmaster of chess, born in Russia. During her chess career, in several years she lived in Serbia and played for Yugoslav chess women's team. Manakova was first board reserve on the silver medal winning Yugoslav team at the European Team Championship in Batumi 1999, although she didn't play any games.
On the July 2010 FIDE list, her Elo rating is 2306.
She posed nude for the Russian men's magazine Speed in 2004. (wikipedia)
In one interview she poured corn on female players in "dirty, baggy trousers", urging them to wear miniskirts instead to attract sponsors.

Ok now get back to studying!

My first live commented game

2010-08-01T10:32:00.000-07:00

Ok so here is my first live commented game.
It is from my youtube channel: www.youtube.com/user/zajacblog

Ok so here is game notation:

[Event "Partia rankingowa, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Główna sala gier"]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MateuszekZ"]
[Black "Amerasu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.08.01"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. d4 {1} Nf6 {1} 2. c4 {2} e6 {1} 3. g3 {2} d5 {2} 4. Bg2 {1} Be7 {1} 5. Nf3 {
1} O-O {2} 6. O-O {1} dxc4 {1} 7. Qc2 {3} a6 {2} 8. Qxc4 {3} (8. e3 b5 9. Ne5
Ra7 10. a4) 8... b5 {2} 9. Qc2 {1} Bb7 {2} 10. Nc3 {1} Nbd7 {2} 11. Rd1 {2} c5
{3} 12. dxc5 {1} Bxc5 {2} 13. Bg5 {3} Qb6 {6} 14. e3 {2} Rac8 {9} 15. a3 {2} a5
{4} 16. Qe2 {3} h6 {8} 17. Bf4 {5} Nd5 {11} 18. Nxd5 {3} Bxd5 {11} 19. Ne5 {1}
Nxe5 {7} 20. Bxe5 {1} (20. Bxd5 Ng6 21. Be4 Nxf4 22. gxf4) 20... Bxg2 {2} 21.
Kxg2 {1} Rfd8 {10} 22. Qg4 {2} Bf8 {4} 23. Rxd8 {16} Qxd8 {9} 24. Bc3 {8} b4 {5
} 25. axb4 {1} axb4 {2} 26. Rd1 {1} Qe8 {17} 27. Bxb4 {2} Qc6+ {6} 28. Kg1 {8}
f5 {15} 29. Qd4 {8} e5 {12} 30. Qd2 {1} Bxb4 {23} 31. Qxb4 {2} Qf3 {2} 32. Qd2
{6} e4 {21} 33. b4 {2} h5 {8} 34. h4 {2} Rc6 {6} 35. Qd5+ {5} Kh7 {5} 36. Qd2 {
18} Rg6 {3} 37. Kh2 {1} Rg4 {4} 38. b5 {8} Rg6 {31} 39. Rb1 {16} Rb6 {6} 40.
Rb2 {1} Rb7 {3} 41. Qd5 {8} Ra7 {10} 42. Ra2 {9} Rxa2 {17} 43. Qxa2 {1} g5 {1}
44. hxg5 {1} h4 {1} 45. Qf7+ {. 2} Kh8 {1} 46. Qe8+ {Zeit ' 2} 1-0

Just copy and paste it to a new Chessbase or Fritz window to view it in game notation

Turnament which I talk about is in the article here: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6555

Oh and forgive me my English. I'm not native English speaker.

First steps...

2010-08-01T05:51:00.000-07:00

Hi. This will be my first entry. I started this blog to share my chess knowledge and to force myself to study chess.
If you want to know something about me, go to About me section.

Firstly I would like to show you some of my live commented games. I will play at Playchess site and maybe sometimes I would choose Freechess.com

I hope you'll have fun and we'll spend great time together trying to improve our chess understanding.