David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week |
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| Tuesday, 17 September 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com  In this special weekly column we are 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 18 upsets, including a remarkable game which ended in checkmate on move 11 (Zhanbai Uulu (1843) - Neves (2212), 1-0, 369 points). Top-10: Gulay (1634) - De Serioux (2108), 1-0, 474 points Martinez (2101) - Alev (1632), 0-1, 469 points Firat (2423) - Yargici (1970), 0-1, 453 points Ivanov (2398) - Tuner (1964), 0-1, 434 points Uysal (1928) - Asgarizadeh (2354), 1-0, 426 points Ozdover (2005) - Wang (2430), 1-0, 425 points Zarebski (2013) - Krysztofiak (2435), 1-0, 422 points Pon (1919) - Antal (2321), 1-0, 402 points Yuksel (2060) - Dastan (2455), 1-0, 395 points Zor (1948) - Saiyn (2337), 1-0, 389 points Average gap: 429; White won 7 games, Black won 3 games View the games While normally we don't publish online upsets for a number of reasons (unofficial ratings; hard to verify the real identities of the players, etc.), this time we decided to make an exception. However, in the future please abstain from sending us your online blitz matches.   Hi Please find the attached games for David vs. Goliath article on your site. The following is my best online blitz chess wins (Chanukya Krishna Chama (1702) vs GM Arnaudov Petar G (2487), 3min+0s, chessarena, 2013.07.12) 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 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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