David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week |
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| Thursday, 14 March 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 comparable level. Considerably less frequent are situations when a significantly lower-rated player succeeds in beating a much stronger adversary. The previous week was rather special. Normally we have a short list of about 20 games with rating differences above 300 points, among which the top-10 are chosen. We decided not to lower our standards. Only 8 games have been found though: Malakhatko (2571) - Peczely (2072), 0-1, 499 points Tan (2269) - Tsagarakis (1853), 0-1, 416 points Chiang (2030) - Aleskerov (2409), 1-0, 379 points Aksoy (1707) - Hadzi Manev (2071), 1-0, 364 points Stosevski (2136) - Gjeorgjievski (1779), 0-1, 357 points Krstevski (2154) - Pencheva (1803), 0-1, 351 points Tairi (1835) - Ozkan (2184), 1-0, 349 points Aksoy (1791) - Stojanovski (2125), 1-0, 334 points Average gap: 381; White won 4 games, Black won 4 games Replay the games 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 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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