In 2nd round of Waukesha Open, Stanley Garvin (1884) lost to Gregory Reese Jr (1146). Garvin was once rated in expert category (2013) and is coming back after a long gap. Garvin had black and was in severe time pressure. He sac-ed a pawn on queenside to get counterplay in kingside. However, the pawn reached 6th rank with threat of queening. He then blundered a few pawns. However, Gregory was also playing fast (though he had 29 mins) and allowed Queen-King skewer but Garvin's clock ran out of time (position below).
One point to note that Gregory played really well during this fast play. I feel with enough practice and coaching, he is definitely going to reach much higher rating. Is Gregory going to join our list of under 10 wonder kids ? Time will tell.
Results:
Souvik Roychoudhury (2) beat D Ruel (1)
Gregory Reese Jr (2) beat S Garvin (1)
J Coons (2) beat J Smith (1)
J Mading (1) lost to J Hetzel (2)
M Lawrence (2) beat J Rochlay (1)
Current standing (with 2 points)
1. Souvik (1962)
2. J Coons (1862)
3. J Hetzel (1697)
4. M Lawrence (1533)
5. Gregory Reese Jr (1146)
I played King's indian defense with colors reversed (means one tempo down) - a very risky decision. During the game I felt I was losing (being a kings indian player myself, was seeing a lot of white moves). However, nothing serious happened and I could close the king side and open up queenside to win the game. Will publish the game over the weekend.
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