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David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week

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Friday, 27 December 2013
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By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com

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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.


31 upsets will be featured in the final episode of year 2013. By strange coincidence, we had the same number of games and an identical average gap in the top-10 matches last week.

Believe in your own powers, and you might become a "David" in 2014!

Top-10:


Van Niekerk (1459) - Kuckling (1993), 1-0, 534 points
Gude (2119) - Kandaurov (1605), 0-1, 514 points
Kazemi (1740) - Didar (2212), 1-0, 472 points
Sultan (1954) - Rishi (2373), 1-0, 419 points
Reshef (2253) - Minald (1848), 0-1, 405 points
Li (1846) - Nuri (2250), 1-0, 404 points
Safronova (1562) - Ternovoy (1964), 1-0, 402 points
Kandaurov (1605) - Karibayev (2002), 1-0, 397 points
Viryasov (1648) - Sarkina (2021), 1-0, 373 points
Sengupta (1533) - Thorpe (1897), 1-0, 364 points

Average gap: 428; White won 8 games, Black won 2 games

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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.

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