David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week |
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| Tuesday, 17 June 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
 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 are proud to present to you, among other upsets, quite a few of GM losses to amateurs: Top-10: Karavade (2399) - Aakanksha (1802), 0-1, 597 points Burovic (2002) - Damljanovic (2568), 1-0, 566 points Bogosavljevic (2532) - Burovic (2002), 0-1, 530 points Gregori (2042) - Narciso Dublan (2538), 1-0, 496 points Mrdja (2385) - Low (1961), 0-1, 424 points Asgarov (2192) - Kravtsiv (2587), 1-0, 395 points Mgeladze (2198) - Parligras (2581), 1-0, 382 points Xylogiannopolous (2137) - Dobrov (2515), 1-0, 378 points Agasiyev (2403) - Gokerkan (2025), 0-1, 378 points Kravtsiv (2587) - Azarya (2217), 0-1, 370 points Khalifman (2617) - Kostin (2312) didn't make it to the top-10, but one hardly ever sees the ex-FIDE World Chess Champion lose, especially with White and to lower-rated players. Average gap: 452; White won 5 games, Black won 5 games. View all the games The featured player of the week is Dario Drezzadore. Here is the message we have received from him: Hi! I am Dario and I read your blog. I won recently a David vs. Goliath game, and I saw you published the result on the site (on 29th April).
I'd like to suggest you to "push more" my game and to publish it, since my opponent had quite a strong ELO (2537).
I just wanted to be evil, really, but the game is interesting (1.g4!) and with no big mistakes. You could say it's an hypermodern opening - like a GM commented - but that's only if you feel the need to categorize everything.
If you want to add some text line to the game, you could write something tragic like:
"In a world where computers dominate chess, there's little space for human-style players. If you want to revolt against modern chess, just mind to go all the way, from the first move on"
The game was played the 26th april 2014 in Coimbra, Portugal, at the Open "Queima das Fitas"
Drezzadore, Dario (2066) - Andres Gonzales (2537), 1-0, 471 points
Hope you see my point.
Well, now I just wanted to spread some fun. Keep up the good work
Smiles,
Dario
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 71 Episode 70 Episode 69 Episode 68 Episode 67 Episode 66 Episode 65 Episode 64 Episode 63 Episode 62 Episode 61 Episode 60 Episode 59 Episode 58 Episode 57 Episode 56 Episode 55 Episode 54 Episode 53 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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