David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week |
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| Tuesday, 29 October 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. 24 upsets will be featured this week. Top-10: Roussel (1944) - Riff (2445), 1-0, 501 points Liu (1892) - Omar (2388), 1-0, 496 points Woong (1794) - Ali (2288), 1-0, 494 points Sultan (1931) - Battulga (2396), 1-0, 465 points Ahmed (1737) - Annurudha (2175), 1-0, 438 points Tang (2174) - Rakhmanov (2603), 1-0, 429 points Bosboom (2390) - Arben (1967), 0-1, 423 points Young (2029) - Ahlander (2442), 1-0, 413 points Rousos (1369) - Haigh (1776), 1-0, 407 points Bayarsaihan (2022) - Abdulaziz (1626), 0-1, 396 points Average gap: 446; White won 8 games, Black won 2 games View the games UPDATE: Thanks to IM Jean-Noel Riff for pointing out that his game ended in a draw (for some reason the pgn says 1-0). Our apologies to the "Goliath"  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 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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