David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week |
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| Tuesday, 13 August 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. Last week there were no extraordinary upsets, but the number of such games was relatively high - 31. Top-10: Pribyl (2318) - Sourek (1840), 0-1, 478 points Ward (2432) - Tambini (1979), 0-1, 453 points Simecek (1939) - Dolansky (1515), 0-1, 424 points Pereira (1597) - Pertuzatti (2000), 1-0, 403 points Skorepa (1755) - Zapletal (2154), 1-0, 399 points Giannoulakis (1916) - Vojtek (2298), 1-0, 382 points Steinbauer (1464) - Simacek (1845), 1-0, 381 points Lansky (1813) - Pribylova (1437), 0-1, 376 points Spacek (2011) - Zpevak (2386), 1-0, 375 points Pein (2391) - Alexiadis (1917), 0-1, 374 points Average gap: 405; White won 5 games, Black won 5 games View 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 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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