[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: A first look back at the 11th North American FIDE Invitational

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
A first look back at the 11th North American FIDE Invitational
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1211947409.shtml


   While [1]the event was going on, I only offered brief comments about
   my play and almost none about any of the other games. Now, with a
   little more time at my disposal, I'd like to draw some attention to
   some other games from that event.
   I'll start with an odd pair of games from Robert Loncarevic, one of
   the tournament dark horses. In two consecutive rounds, his game
   finished on move 13, and neither one was a draw! In round 2, he played
   a dubious line of the Petroff, lost a pawn for nothing, and gave up.
   That game could have continued a while longer, but when he won in
   round 3 the resignation was entirely appropriate - he was giving
   checkmate the very next move! As that game includes a rather neat
   opening trap, it's worth checking out, and in any case both games can
   be replayed (with my comments) [2]here.

References

   1. http://nachess.org/fide/
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/11thchicago_loncarevic_rds2_3.htm