David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week |
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| Tuesday, 26 November 2013 | ||||||||||||||||
 By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com  In this special weekly column we will be looking at the most unexpected upsets that happened last week. Players usually face opponents of a similar level. Considerably less frequent are situations when a significantly lower-rated player succeeds in beating a much stronger adversary. This week we have an anti-record: only 11 upsets. Top-10: Durovka (1783) - Ruckshloss (2229), 1-0, 446 points Hess (2285) - Tsomaia (1859), 0-1, 426 points Klimina (1345) - Zejda (1825), 1-0, 380 points Bata (1568) - Lintner (1943), 1-0, 375 points Palliser (2456) - Surtees (2091), 0-1, 365 points Tabola (1990) - Chudinovskikh (2334), 1-0, 344 points Strnad (1683) - Klimina (1345), 0-1, 338 points Dhulipala Bala Chandra Prasad (2185) - Vishnu (2505), 1-0, 320 points Prince (2243) - Dzhumaev (2557), 1-0, 314 points Koci (1439) - Hruby (1746), 1-0, 307 points Average gap: 362; White won 7 games, Black won 3 games View the games The featured player of the week is Martin Šilhár from Slovakia. Here is the message we have received from him:  Please include your photo in the e-mail, or we might stalk one of your online profiles (like we did in Martin's case)  Hi,
I saw a challenge on your website, to send a "David vs. Goliath" game.. I would like to contribute :)If you took a quick glance of the game and found anything, PLEASE let me know, it would be really fantastic experience for me. Pušec (2078) - Šilhár (1708)
1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.Bd3 d6 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.a3 0-0 8.Ne2 Bd7 9.h3
You can find the whole match here: ŠK Senec - KŠ Pezinok B.Qe8 10.g4 g6 11.gxf5 exf5 12.Bd2 a5 13.f4 a4 14.Nxa4 Nxd4 15.exd4 Bxa4 16.b3 Bd7 17.a4 Ne4 18.h4 Bf6 19.Bxe4 Qxe4 20.Qxe4 fxe4 21.0-0-0 Bg4 22.Rde1 c6 23.Be3 b5 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.Nc3 Rac8 26.Kd2 Bf3 27.Rh2 bxa4 28.Nxa4 Bd8 29.Rb1 Ba5+ 30.b4 Rb8 31.Kc3 Rfc8+ 32.Nc5 dxc5 33.dxc5 Rd8 34.Rd2 Rxd2 35.Bxd2 Be2 36.Rb2 Bd8 37.Be3 Bd3 38.Bd4 Bxh4 39.Be5 Be1+ 40.Kd4 Rxb4+ 41.Rxb4 Bxb4 42.c6 Kf7 Replay the game If you have ever won a game against someone rated 300 points or above of yourself, please send it to us for publication. Any additional information (a photo, annotations, etc.) will be appreciated. Related reading: Episode 52 Episode 51 Episode 50 Episode 49 Episode 48 Episode 47 Episode 46 Episode 45 Episode 44 Episode 43 Episode 42 Episode 41 Episode 40 Episode 39 Episode 38 Episode 37 Episode 36 Episode 35 Episode 34 Episode 33 Episode 32 Episode 31 Episode 30 Episode 29 Episode 28 Episode 27 Episode 26 Episode 25 Episode 24 Episode 23 Episode 22 Episode 21 Episode 20 Episode 19 Episode 18 Episode 17 Episode 16 Episode 15 Episode 14 Episode 13 Episode 12 Episode 11 Episode 10 Episode 9 Episode 8 Episode 7 Episode 6 Episode 5 Episode 4 Episode 3 Episode 2 Episode 1
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