Good Knight - Bad Bishop !

Following was the position in Karpov-Kasparov match in 1985. Karpov won the game. Following link has the details.

http://www.chesscafe.com/chessok/chessok.htm

I had very similar position in team tournament against Gavin Mclanahan. Thought I could win, but just could not make it happen.



In fact the following position was very close to Karpov's game. I wish....

My latest loss with Eric

Following is my game with Eric in Team tournament. I saced a piece for 3 pawns (another Allen Becker inspiration), had a winning position and then just played badly to lose !

http://www.geocities.com/saubhikr/souvikvseric.htm

Following was the position just before Nf7 sac

Following was the position just before the blunder fxg. Ne3+ wins.

Catastrophe !!

Catastrophe !! By all means !

I have lost 3 games, 2 to lower rated players. All from winning positions ! Drew with another lower rated player. Lost 32 points !!

Never in my life I lost 3 games in a tournament, never in my life I had such a poor outing ! I can't say I played badly as in the opening and middle games, I outplayed my opponents. But in the ending, the technique (calculating long variations consistently ) and lack of stamina let me fall apart.

Don't know what to say.....

Team Championship - Parker, Fricano, Cardenas & Souvik

In Team Championship, I am playing in the team of Parker, Fricano and Cardenas. This a very good team to be a part of. However, all of us are so entertaining and unpredictable, I am expecting we will surely offer a lot of surprises. Following are our December 2007 rating.

ANTHONY LEE PARKER 1982 (Current 2009)

PAUL ROYAL FRICANO 1960 (Current 1939)

SOUVIK ROYCHOUDHURY 1936 (Current 1976)

DAVID R CARDENAS 1916 (Current 1930)

IM Mesgen Amanov will be in Milwaukee for chess camp

IM Mesgen Amanov will be in Milwaukee for chess camp this Sunday. Ashish's academy is arranging this. Following link will give you more information.

http://www.vajachess.com/id5.html

Joseph Anthony Kellam (Unrated->1998) - A sensational pereformance

Cardenas won another tournament in SWCC, this time game in 29, Winter Blitzzard III with 3/3. However, there is a joint winner, named Joseph Anthony Kellam who started the tournament as Unrated and finished with 3/3 with sensational 1998 end rating (quick) ! Only time will tell whether this is an exception or the rule. However, I wish him all the best. It seems that all the 6:00 pm training sessions and other initiatives of SWCC folks to draw new people to chess is paying off.

I had a funny tournament - arrived late and missed the first round, then blundered and lost second round and finally won the last round. No regret as this won't affect the main rating and I wanted to play chess for fun which I did.

Click here for the full details SWCC WINTER BLITZZARD III

Cardenas, Kellam 3.0
Geder, Fricano, Munoz, Sagunsky, Bruce 2.0
Souvik, Andrew, Zimmermann 1.5

Souvik vs Fricano (ICICLE Swiss) - A roller coaster game

White is a pawn up but lost after simple d6! by black followed by Bxc4 (missed in the game)




Does the Bxh5 works ? (Actualy played in the game)


Link to Souvik vs Fricano (ICICLE Swiss)