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6. Runde 3.03.2012 Réti 3 – Winterthur ASK 4

7. Runde 24.03.2012 Oberglatt – Réti 3

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5. Runde

Wir wussten, dass wir in Höngg gewinnen mussten, um an die Tabellenspitze unserer Gruppe zu gelangen – wir waren anderseits ebenso sicher, es sehr schwer zu haben.
Der Match begann schlecht für uns: Kari eröffnete agressiv, opferte einen Bauern für einen vielversprechenden Angriff, unglücklicherweise verlor er einen Läufer und musste aufgeben.  Pietro hatte es mit einem starken Gegner mit 2249 FP zu tun und, ohne grosse Fehler zu begehen, kämpfte und litt er sehr – schliesslich musste er kurz vor dem Endspiel mit zwei Bauern im Minus aufgeben: 0 : 2. An den anderen Brettern sah die Sache nicht so schlecht aus – auch wenn es offensichtlich schwierig war, noch ein Unentschieden aus dieser Begegnung heraus zu holen. Massimo eröffnete recht solide aber hatte Schwierigkeiten mit der Bedenkzeit. Nachdem er einen Springer gewann und eine nicht sehr sichere Stellung erfolgreich verteidigte, gelang ihm der Damentausch, was seinen Gegenspieler zur Aufgabe zwang: 1 : 2. Am 2. Brett eröffnete Otto zwar angriffig, ihm misslang aber die Umsetzung und er verlor einen Läufer: 1 : 3.  Jon spielte eine der abwechslungsreichsten Partien, die ich je gesehen habe. Er refüsierte im Mittelspiel eine Remis-Offerte, hatte 3 Minuten vor der Zeitkontrolle noch 3 Züge zu spielen. Die Partie dauerte mehr als 5 Stunden, Jon verlor erst nach mehr als 90 Zügen : 1 : 4.

- Pietro (Übers. Philipp) 

4. Runde

It was Pietro, the team's captain, who had communicated early that "Réti 3" had already achieved its season goal and that we could therefore free Massimo to play for Réti 2 and use the team to give new players a chance to face stronger opponents. This is what has happened this afternoon but how it finally ended up nobody would ever have expected:Facing players that were around 200 elo rating points stronger on each board we had nothing to loose and I have (acting as Pietro's deputy for once) communicated to the team that each draw and even each long fight would be a success for us this afternoon. And then things started: Grace - faced with a surprising and unpleasent piece sacrifice and a quite uncomfortable position - grasped her last chance and check-mated her opponent in one move, after he hadn't immediatly seen this threat and played his move a little bit too fast. In the meantime both Andreas and Giulio had produced promising positions and the afternoon was starting to get even more interesting than expected. Kari agreed to a draw a bit later on and also Alexandre who had given a rook for a bishop and a pawn was scaring his opponent with the bishop pair so much that the draw offer came from the other side of the board. Andreas was fighting the strongest player of the other team with the black pieces on board two. He did well in the opening, took over control in the center and had nice play but slowly the opponent started to recover from the opening, was gaining time and also free play. The game was starting to get tight. At the same time board three was starting to look nicer and nicer for Giulio who had realized that today it was his task to secure the team's win. A great centralized knight against a more then poor enemy bishop, an active rook and a material plus of a pawn with the threat of a second pawn win was the good-looking position that Giulio had on the board when his opponent finally decided to resign. The surprise was perfect and Andreas's defeat a bit later on was herewith much easier to digest. This was indeed a splendid afternoon for the team. The congratulation from my side goes to all five players that have contributed to a result which I would not even have dared to dream of.

- Jon Florin 

3. Runde

We expected to have a stronger team than Wollishofen 4, and in fact the match started quite well for us: Pietro got a clear advantage (a rook for a knight) after few moves.  His opponent then tried to counter attack but Pietro’s defense was solid, and the match ended after two hours (1-0). In the meanwhile, after a weak opening (a gambit without a clear compensation for the given pawn), Christian got an advantage thanks to a dubious sacrifice of his opponent: the pseudo-passed pawn he obtained was not enough, and in the end Christian won the match (2-0). Otto’s match was quite equilibrate: he got the pair of bishop with an opposite castles. He tried to block the bishop of the opponent, but at the end the position was really solid on both sides and the match resulted in a draw (2,5-0,5). Massimo obtained a better development after the opening, but his opponent’s position was still solid. Thanks to the pressure of the time (he had less than 20 minutes to play more than 20 moves), his opponent has to rush during the middle game and he made some mistakes, loosing first a bishop and then the queen (3,5-0,5). Finally, Karl played until the end a really open match: he gave the rook for two free pawns, and, even though his opponent had a good position, he was able to bring his two pawns to the 6th and 7th rows obtaining a draw (4-1).

- Pietro 

Réti 3

Otto und Pietro

2. Runde

Pietro fällt ein Stein vom Herzen: „The match started quite well for us: Massimo’s opponent didn’t show up, and after half an hour we were already leading 1-0. The other 4 matches were quite uncertain during the first two hours of playing, but at the end Otto found the right combination to win his match against a really young and promising player. On 1st board, Pietro suffered quite a lot after the opening, and he had to give up after almost 4 hours (2-1). On the other hand, Sebastian, after quite a good game, arrived to an endgame bishop vs. knight + several pawns on both sides, and the match resulted in a draw (2.5-1.5). On the last board, Jon, after playing a defensive opening, was able to push back the attack of his opponent, reaching an endgame with bishops of opposite colors in which he was slightly better. This game ended in a draw as well (3-2).“

-Pietro 

1. Runde

Pietros Bericht (Danke an Philipp für die Übersetzung): Die Begegnung kündigte sich als ausgeglichen an, und so ist sie auch herausgekommen. Nach einem ausgewogenen Beginn auf allen Brettern, war es der Réti-Teamleiter, der als erster fehlte. Er spielte zu passiv, brachte es nicht fertig, mit seinem Läufer drei Bauern zu stoppen. Kurz danach war es Philipp, der sich der Kraft eines beweglichen Läuferpaares beugen wusste. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatten wir auf den drei verbliebenen Brettern leichten Vorteil, gleichwohl schien es schwierig, den 0:2 Rückstand noch wettzumachen. Christian, Dank eines Fehlers seines Gegenübers, vermochte (den dabei gewonnenen Bauern) zum Sieg zu verwerten, und auch Massimo (zum Start und gleich am 1. Brett), nach langen Sequenzen mit leichtem Vorteil, vermochte den Stand auf ein 2:2 zu verkürzen. Nun war der Ausgang an Ottos Brett entscheidend. Nach sehr angriffigen Eröffnungszügen zog sich die Partie beachtlich in die Länge. Nach 4 Stunden stand es ausgeglichen, dh. Otto hatte eine Mehrqualität, sein Gegner dafür einen weit vorgerückten, gut gedeckten Freibauern nebst vielversprechendem Angriff - so einigte man sich auf ein Unentschieden, das niemanden wirklich befriedigt.

Italienische Originalfassung: Il match si preannunciava equilibrato e cosi' e' stato. Dopo un iniziale equilibrio su tutte le scacchiere, il primo a cadere e' stato Pietro, giocando troppo passivo e non riuscendo a fermare tre pedoni con il suo alfiere. Poco dopo anche Philipp si e' dovuto arrendere ad una coppia di alfieri troppo liberi per poter essere fermati. A quel punto, avevamo un piccolo vantaggio su tutte le tre scacchiere rimanenti, ma lo 0-2 sembrava difficile da rimontare. Christian, grazie ad un errore del suo avversario, e' riuscito a vincere la partita, e anche Massimo (al debutto e in prima scacchiera!), dopo essere stato per lunghi tratti in vantaggio, ha ottenuto il successo portando la situazione sul 2-2. A questo punto e' stata decisiva la partita di Otto: dopo un inizio molto aggressivo, la partita si e' prolungata notevolmente. Dopo oltre 4 ore di gioco e' arrivato il pareggio: da una parte Otto aveva un vantaggio materiale (torre per cavallo), ma l'avversario aveva un promettente pedone centrale passato difficile da fermare. In conclusione, un pareggio che non scontenta nessuno!

- Pietro