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Six Invitational : DAY 1
DAY 1
On the schedule of events, arrival was fixed for 9:00 a.m. and games
were supposed to start 10:00 a.m, however the African timing thing
surfaced and even the organizers arrived late. First player to arrive was
Demola Sorungbe who is
ChessHeights’ Mr.
Efficient and last to arrive was Bayo
Adegboyega who was coming from Ogun State. One thing that stood out
was everyone’s appreciation of the quality of the venue as it was
tastefully furnished, chilled and quiet.
The pairings for the 1st round were;
Bayo
Adegboyega vs.
Demola Sorungbe
Bunmi Olape
vs. Ajibola Olanrewaju
Charles Campbell
vs. Tunji Rojugbokan
Even the veterans make mistakes; or perhaps it was the fact that
Bayo was 30 minutes late, somehow
Demola played white against the pairing order. But
that didn’t save him from the
'Shaolin master'
who defended with some fancy move order
(started as
french transposed to sicilian then back to french), and then seized
the initiative when Demola missed a bishop
sacrifice at move 18 that would have won the
game for him. Bayo’s play from then on is a
study in how to win a winning position, which can be quite difficult
against a player of Demola’s class.
Sorungbe,Ademola -
Adegboyega,Adebayo
[C02]
30.11.2007
1.e4 e6 2.d4
c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 cxd4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.0–0 f6 7.Re1 fxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Rxe5 Nf6
10.Rg5 Kf7 11.Nd2 Bd6 12.Nf3 Rf8 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Re1 Rae8 16.Ne5+
Kg8 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Qg4 Nf6 19.Qxd4 e5 20.Qc3 Qd7 21.Qb3 Qf7 22.Be3 e4
23.Bf1 h6 24.Rf5 Qe6 25.Rxf6 Rxf6 26.Qxb7 Rf7 27.Qa6 Qe5 28.g3 d4 29.Bf4
Rxf4 30.gxf4 Qxf4 31.Bg2 e3 32.Re2 Rf8 33.f3 Qxh2+ 34.Kf1 Qg3 35.Qc6 Kh8
36.Qe4 Bc5 37.a3 Qd6 38.Ke1 Rb8 39.b4 a5 40.Kf1 axb4 41.axb4 Bxb4 42.Kg1
Qf6 43.Bh1 Bd6 44.Bg2 Qg5 0–1
Game 2 of round 1 was quite shocking. How does
Bunmi
‘the
undertaker’ Olape do it?
In a paltry
15 moves he forced Ajibola to resign. The game
was already over before the photographers could get round to taking their
pictures. In the game, Ajibola defended with
his favorite defense (The Petroff) and he was
able to attain an inferior but playable position as at move 8. He must
have lost concentration as his subsequent moves continued to be inferior
culminating in a move 13, bishop takes knight on c3, blunder that lost the
queen and of course the game.
Bunmi ‘The Undertaker’ Olape
(2) Olape,Bunmi -
Olanrewaju,Ajibola
[C48]
30.11.2007
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.0–0 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.Bc4 Bb4 10.Qf3 Bg4 11.Qg3 0–0 12.Bg5 Be6 13.e5 Bxc3 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.exf6
1–0
As for game 3 of
round 1, it was victory for local hero,
Tunji
Rojugbokan of
University of Lagos. He employed the Queens Indian against Campbell’s
d4 and was able to seize the initiative at move
12. A series of poor decisions landed
Campbell
in a lost endgame where all his creative efforts to save the game were
easily parried by Tunji.
(3) Campbell,Charles -
Rojugbokan,Tunji [E14]
30.11.2007
1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.0–0 0–0 7.Nbd2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qc2
Nbd7 10.b3 c5 11.Bb2 g6 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Qb1 a6 14.Rfd1 b5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Be2 Nce4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Nd4 Bd6 19.g3 Qe7 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 Qd7
22.a3 Qe7 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qc1 Qc7 25.Qxc7 Bxc7 26.f3 Nc5 27.f4 Bd6 28.Bc3
Ne4 29.Bb2 Bh3 30.Bd3 Kf8 31.Bf1 Bg4 32.a4 bxa4 33.bxa4 Bc8 34.Nb3 Ke7
35.Bd4 Bb4 36.Bd3 Kd6 37.Kf1 Kc6 38.Kg2 Nc5 39.Bxc5 Bxc5 40.e4 dxe4
41.Bxe4+ Kd6 42.Bd3 Bb7+ 43.Kf1 Bb6 44.Ke2 f5 45.h3 a5 46.Bb5 Bd5 47.Nc1
Kc5 48.Nd3+ Kd4 49.Ne5 Kc3 50.g4 fxg4 51.hxg4 Kd4 52.Nd7 Bd8 53.f5 gxf5
54.gxf5 h5 0–1
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