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          PROGRESSIVE ORTHODOX CHESS Email Tournament.
          ==========================------------------

Here (at long last!) are the results of the first email POC tournament.

Firstly - a reminder of the 1st round results:-
_______________________________________________________________________
1  Alfred Pfeiffer
2  Norbert Geissler
3  Bill Taylor
4  Fred Galvin
5  Martin Moller Pedersen
6  Joao Neto
7  Gabriele Cornacchini
8  Fabio Forzoni

        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
      ==========================
   1 #  -  0  1  0  1  1  0  1  #   4 /7  champ pool
   2 #  1  -  1  1  1  1  1  1  #   7 /7  champ pool
   3 #  0  0  -  0  1  1  0  1  #   3 /7    consolation
   4 #  1  0  1  -  1  1  1  1  #   6 /7  champ pool
   5 #  0  0  0  0  -  0  0  1  #   1 /7    consolation
   6 #  0  0  0  0  1  -  1  1  #   3 /7    consolation
   7 #  1  0  1  0  1  0  -  1  #   4 /7  champ pool
   8 #  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  -  #   0 /7    consolation
      ==========================
________________________________
To the chamionship pool:

Norbert Geissler      7 wins
Fred Galvin           6 wins
Gabriele Cornacchini  4 wins
Alfred Pfeiffer       4 wins


To the consolation pool:

Bill Taylor       3 wins
Joao Neto         3 wins
Martin Pedersen   1 win
Fabio Forzoni     0 wins
_______________________________________________________________________

In the second round the two pools played independently, with colors
reversed from in the first round.  The winners were decided from
the combined results of both rounds, but using only those games
between second-round poolmates.

Here are the 2nd round results:-

_______________________________________________________________________

CHAMPIONSHIP POOL
=================

1  Alfred Pfeiffer
2  Norbert Geissler
4  Fred Galvin
7  Gabriele Cornacchini

        1  2  4  7 
      ==============
   1 #  -  0  0  1  #   1 win
   2 #  1  -  0  1  #   2 wins
   4 #  1  1  -  1  #   3 wins
   7 #  0  0  0  -  #   0 wins
      ==============

CONSOLATION POOL
================

3  Bill Taylor
5  Martin Moller Pedersen  (withdrew)
6  Joao Neto
8  Fabio Forzoni

        3  6  8
      ===========
   3 #  -  0  0  #   0 wins 
   6 #  1  -  1  #   2 wins
   8 #  1  0  -  #   1 win
      ===========

When we add in the (restricted) results from the first round, we get...

        1  2  4  7
      ==============
   1 #  -  0  0  1  #   1 win  to  Alfred Pfeiffer
   2 #  2  -  1  2  #   5 wins to  Norbert Geissler
   4 #  2  1  -  2  #   5 wins to  Fred Galvin
   7 #  1  0  0  -  #   1 win  to  Gabriele Cornacchini
      ==============

Amazingly, the tie-breaker (quickest mate) failed to break EITHER tie.
We therefore declare Fred Galvin and Norbert Geissler to be JOINT CHAMPIONS.
                     ================================
The other two share third place.

        3  6  8
      ===========
   3 #  -  1  1  #   2 wins to  Bill Taylor
   6 #  1  -  2  #   3 wins to  Joao Neto
   8 #  1  0  -  #   1 win  to  Fabio Forzoni
      ===========

So Joao Neto is the consolation pool winner; Bill Taylor second.


Congratulations to all the place getters.

The games scores from the 2nd round are attached below.

Bill Taylor.
===========================================================================

===========================================================================
Asterisks denote moves made by BLACK.
Comments are by the winner unless otherwise noted.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

White: Joao Neto
Black: Bill Taylor

   RESULT: 1-0

1.   b4   * Na6
2. * f3     Nc5
3.   b:c5   f6
4. * Kf2  * d6
5. * Kg3  * d:c5
6.   f4     Bd7
7.   e3     g5
8.   Qh5++

   r . . q k b n r
   p p p b p . . p
   . . . . . p . .
   . . p . . . p Q
   . . . . . O . .
   . . . . O . K .
   O . O O . . O O
   R N B . . B N R

joao: A fool's mate once again! I think Bill was 
      in the moon when he played this! ;-)

---------------------
   White: Fabio Forzoni (forzoni@ats.it)
   Black: Joao Neto     (jpn@di.fc.ul.pt)

   Result: 0-1

1.   b4   * b5
2. * f3     f6
3.   e4     Kf7
4. * Qe2  * e5
5. * Qc4  * b:c4    Here is Fred Galvin's remark
6.   d4     f5
7.   d:e5   Qg5
8.   B:g5 * f:e4
9. * e6+  * d:e6
10 * Bf6  * g:f6
11 * Ke2    Bc5
12   b:c5   e5
13   f:e4   Bf5
14   e:f5   Kg7
15 * Ke3  * Na6
16 * Ke4  * Nh6
17 * Kd5  * Rd8+
18 * Ke6  * Re8++

    . . . r r . . .
    p . p . . . k p
    n . . . K p . n
    . . O . p O . .
    . . p . . . . .
    . . . . . . . .
    O . O . . . O O
    R N . . . B N R

Joao: After moves 7-8, it seems to difficult
      for a player to protect himself from its own mad King :-)
---------------------------

Bill - Fabio

RESULT 0-1

r . b q k b n r
p p p p p . . p
n . . . . p p .
. . . . . . . .
. O . . O . . .
. . . . . O . .
O . O O . . O O
R N B Q K B N R

1.    b4   * g6
2.  * f3     Na6
3.    e4     f6
4.  * Ne2  * N:b4
5.  * c3   * Nd3#
------------------
This is my first win in POC!


-----------------------------------------
 WHITE: Norbert Geissler (norbert.geissler@mchb.siemens.de)
 BLACK: Fred Galvin (galvin@math.ukans.edu)

 RESULT: 0-1

 r n b . k b n r
 p p . Q . . p .
 . . . . . . . p
 . . p . p . . .
 . . . . . . . .
 . . . K . . . .
 O O O O . O O O
 R N B . . B . R
 
  1.  e4    *c5
  2. *Ke2    f5
  3.  exf5   h6
  4. *Kf3   *e5
  5. *f6    *Qxf6+
  6.  Ke2    Qf3+
  7.  Nxf3   Kf7
  8.  Nxe5+ *Ke8
  9. *Kd3   *d6
 10. *Qg4   *dxe5
 11. *Qd7+   White resigns

COMMENT by NG: I truely believe, that by best play of 
               both sides, a POC game is ALWAYS won by black !
               And that by this play, the decisive last moves
               are those from move 8, ie. moves 11 to 15.
               All not definitely "blundered" games of our tournament
               show this behaviour with the exception of the game
               Taylor-Neto of the first round, which was won by white
               with move 9, but black definitely missed there to win
               with move 8 !
 ----------------------------------------

WHITE: Alfred Pfeiffer (apf@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de)
BLACK: Fred Galvin (galvin@math.ukans.edu)

RESULT: 0-1

r n b . . b n r
. . p k . . p .
p . . . . p . p
. . . . . . . .
. . p . . . . .
O . N . . . . .
O B . . . O O O
R . N . q . K R

 1.  d4   *b5
 2. *Kd2   f6
 3.  e4    h6
 4. *Kc3  *d5
 5. *Kb4  *e5+
 6.  Kc3   Qe7
 7.  Kd2   Qa3
 8.  bxa3 *dxe4
 9. *Bc4  *exd4
10. *Qg4  *bxc4
11. *Qd7+  Kxd7
12.  Nc3   d3
13.  Bb2   dxc2
14.  Nge2  c1Q+
15. *Nxc1 *a6
16. *Ke1  *e3
17. *Kf1  *e2+
18. *Kg1  *e1Q++
--------------------

WHITE: Fred Galvin (galvin@math.ukans.edu)
BLACK: Gabriele Cornacchini (gacornac@tin.it)

RESULT: 1-0

. . . r k b . r
p p N . p . . .
. . n p O n . p
. . p . . . p .
. . . . . . . .
. . . O K . . .
O O O B . . O O
R . . . . B N R

 1.  e4   *c5
 2. *Ke2   f5
 3.  exf5  h6
 4. *d3   *Qa5
 5. *Qd2  *Qxd2+
 6.  Bxd2  d6
 7.  f4    Be6
 8.  fxe6 *Nc6
 9. *f5   *g5
10. *f6   *Nxf6
11. *Ke3   Rb8
12.  Nc3   Rc8
13.  Nd5   Rd8
14.  Nc7++

COMMENTS
I could be wrong, but it seems to me that Black could have prevented White
from mating on move 7. E.g., I don't see a mate for White after 8.... *Na6
9. *Kf3 *0-0-0 10. *c3 *b6 11. *a3. Usually, if White can't mate on move
7, then Black can win on move 8; I'm not sure that applies in this position.
---------------
Anyway, thanks for organizing an interesting tournament! 


---------------------------
WHITE: Alfred Pfeiffer 
BLACK: Norbert Geissler

RESULT: 0-1
                     r n b k . b n r
                     p p . . Q . p p
                     . . . . . . . .
                     . . p p . p . .
                     . . . . . . . .
                     . . . B . K . .
                     O O O O . O O O
                     R N B . . . N R
 
                1.    e2-e4   * Nb8-c6
                2. * Ke1-e2      f7-f5
                3.    e4:f5     Nc6-b8
                4. * Ke2-f3   *  e7-e6
                5. * Kf3-g4   *  e6:f5+ 
                6.   Kg4-f3     Qd8-e7
                7.   Bf1-d3     Qe7-e2+
                8.   Kf3:e2   *  c7-c5
                9. * Ke2-f3   *  d7-d5
               10. * Qd1-e2+  * Ke8-d8
               11. * Qe2-e7+    resign
-----------------------------------------

WHITE: Gabriele Cornacchini 
BLACK: Alfred Pfeiffer 

RESULT: 0-1

       r n b . Q . . r
       p p p . . k b p
       . . . . p n p .
       . . . p . . . .
       . . . . . K . .
       . . . . . . . .
       O O O O . O O O
       R N B . . B N R

  1.    e2-e4  *  g7-g6
  2. * Ke1-e2     f7-f5
  3.    e4:f5    Ke8-f7
  4. * Ke2-e3  * Ng8-f6
  5. * Qd1-g4  * Nf6:g4+  
  6.   Ke3-e2     e7-e6
  7.    f5-f6    Qd8-e7
  8.    f6:e7  * Bf8-g7
  9. * Ke2-f3  * Ng4-f6
 10. * Kf3-f4  *  d7-d5
 11. * e7-e8=Q+
                 White resigns
-----------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------
WHITE: Norbert Geissler (norbert.geissler@mchb.siemens.de)
BLACK: Gabriele Cornacchini (gacornac@tin.it)

RESULT: 1-0

r n b q k b n r
p p p p p . . p
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . O p .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
O O O O K O O O
R N B Q . B N R

1.   e4    * g6
2. * Ke2     f5
3.   e:f5    g5
4. resign

COMMENT: Gabriele resigned due to lack of
         time to play on, not because the position is lost.
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