Author: Brian Richardson
Date: 08:51:51 11/07/00
Commonts from opponents (or others) welcomed... Round 1 Zchess v Tinker 0-1 Eco code is E32 Nimzo-Indian: classical variation Tinker in book for 33 moves !! up to 33. ... Ke7 then blew what should have been a draw with the blunder 39. ...Kd6?? which Tinker does not seem to want to play when I reproduce the position offline. Round 2 Tinker v Mint 1-0 Interesting game with Tinker's pawn "sacrifice" with 14. h5!? Tinker played most of the game with a pawn down, but was finally able to open up the h file at 42. Rh1 and went on to win. Round 3 Tinker v Amateur 1-0 Long game with extended early endgame tactical battle Tinker finally up a pawn with 72. Nxd4, then up another with 76. Nxh4, and eventually to win. This was Tinker's best CCT game. Round 4 Junior v Tinker 1-0 Sicilian with Tinker out of book at 14. ...b5 Junior still in book and after 15. b3 Tinker took 6 minutes to play ...Rc5, which someone observed is a "classic tactical error". After a complex exchange with Junior apparently still in book (manually operated?) until move 27. h6 when Tinker was already down. Round 5 Tinker v Yace 0-1 Tinker was down a pawn right out of book, sigh... but with some attack possibilities and was able to get even again, but then was outplayed and down 2 pawns in the endgame. A good loss. Round 6 Insomniac v Tinker 1-0 Tinker in book until move 21, during which time Tinker's kingside pawn cover was shredded. Then, Tinker was down an exchange and while Tinker held on for a while, Insomniac exploited the advantage well. Round 7 Terra v Tinker 1-0 Terra opened with C4, which Tinker does not usually see, not that it would make much difference. After another long exchange Tinker was down again a major for a minor. Terra's 2 rooks eventually mopped up and win. Round 8 Tinker v Dorky 1-0 Dorky forfeit Tinker only got a book about a week before the tournament. I still have yet to figure out what is a "good" book move, so Tinker was simply playing the most frequently played move each time. Also, have to reduce open A/H file penalties, and look at bad trade code again. Time management was also an issue and needs some more work. Overall, I think Tinker played pretty well, but the competition was also stronger this time than in CCT1, IMO. Tinker is about 1 year old now and started playing on ICC in January this year. It has been a lot of fun. Let's not wait another year for CCT3!
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