GAME NIGHT: Before I start the review, I just want to apologize to Scorpion Nation for skipping my Recap of Week 4 (as if anybody even cares, be honest). Anyway, onto what my experience of the match was… Delicious chicken salad!!! Seriously, Abstrax, Inc. continues to out due itself by making an incredibly comfortable environment for the players and TD (no wonder we can’t win a freaking’ match). In fact, I think people are even coming through the doors off the street just to take advantage of the refreshments. I mean really, have you ever had anything better then the combination of that croissant bread and chicken salad we had during the match? Oh yeah, back to chess. Can anything get better then Elliot’s review? I don’t think so, but I will do my best.
Yo, Yo, Yo... Something funny!
I will also review the games in reverse order, starting with board 4, and then I will “Back that Thang Up” like Juvenile, and get to Jandi’s incredibly awesome finish. David played like a G! Simple as that. Whoever was playing white in that game (I really didn’t even notice) decided it would be a good idea to play an English Attack structure with the Bishop on g5. I don’t think David made a single mistake, sacked like Kaspy, and unless Zorigt finds 18.Kb1 instead of 18.Rdg1, the game is over. She didn’t: lights out.
For lack of a better way to say it: Robby really “#&*^%#@ the Pooch” on that one! Unlike Elliot, I actually liked Robby’s choice of line (yes Elliot, he is getting old but don’t remind him) the only problem was a series of inaccurate moves after that. First off, I also play this line for white, and in my experience white does much better when he leads with the g-pawn instead of the h-pawn: 16.g4 is good, and follows the game 1-0 Renteria,J-Bermudez Adams,W/Istanbul 2000 (maybe others like it, but that is what I have). Playing 18.Bh3 as Elliot recommended was also a clear improvement over helping black on the King-side with 18.gxh5. Anyway, not to “Beat the Dead Robby” but this game could have been better. He will forget about it and move on though (perhaps a therapy session of 4-8 hours of bullet chess will be required, but nonetheless, move on he will).
Remember who you are Simba, you are the one and true king! So go get some, yo!!
Uuummm. This game stunk. GM-Elect Rogelio Barcenilla is suffering from a simple case of the “Post Norms”. This is a very common affliction, with a very simple cure. Diagnosis: “A player earns his final Norm, and proceeds to play like poopy for a couple of tournaments” (I think that is the literal scientific term, no joke). He has miscalculated in his last two losses (Nakamura and Bercys) like I have never seen him do before. Cure: “Remember who you are”! Much like Mufasa demands of his son Simba in the Lion King, Rogelio needs to stop trying new stuff (Nakamura Game 1.Nf3 = New Stuff = loss, Bercys Game, Benoni instead of KID = New Stuff = loss) and play like the player who became a GM! Go get em’ Simba (or else the monkey, I think my name is Rafiki, will smack you in the head with a wooden stick). Man I watch too many Disney movies…Or maybe the Disney movies are the key!!! Maybe I can avoid my own “Post Norm Poopiness” by realizing the truth: There is no Spoon!
"Do not try and bend the spoon, that's impossible... Instead, only try and realize the truth: There is no spoon! Then you will realize that it is not the spoon that bends, but only yourself..." I LOVE THAT LINE!!! GO NEO!!!
I have a good theory as to why Alejandro was able to trick Bart into resigning in a drawn position: Zagavory! If you don’t know what that means, look up the Russian word for conspiracy. Okay, I just told you what it means! First we took Jandi, and now UTD is upset. So why would Bart sabotage his own team for Jandi “the trader”? Because he is upset that Jandi LEFT HIM BEHIND! Mark my words (really, I am just trying to create as much controversy as possible) Bart will play for the Scorpions at some point in the future… Anyway great game by Jandi, resourceful game by Bart, should have been a draw, but Jandi, Bart, and just about every player on ICC not using a computer analysis engine, thought the game was over. So we win!
And that brings up a good point: All you people out there who argue with the “Is and Gs” during the games, when all you’re doing is quoting Rybka, you are polluting the internet with your nonsense!!! Stop it!! Do you know that all those “evaluations” you’re getting from your analysis engine are making your calculation worse when you play your own games? Yes, that’s right! Solve the position yourself, and your games will get better.
Sorry about that. I wasn’t trying to be mean. I need some coffee.
Until next time…
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