Jude Acers At World Seniors - Ongoing Daily Results

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After beating a 1918 rated player in Round 1, in Round 2, American NM Jude Acers (2215) draws Latvian GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (2507).

In (IMHO) a very wild, exciting game throughout, Acers forced perpetual check with Q, N, 2 pawns against Q and 4 pawns with Sveshnikov threatening to queen a pawn. Acers has 1.5/2.

The 2012 World Senior Championship has 109 entrants including 12 GMs, 14 IMs, and 4 WGMs.

Only Jude Acers and Illinois Expert Leonid Bondar (2023) are representing the USA.

Good luck guys!

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[Event “22nd World Senior Chess Championship”]
[Site “Kamena Vourla, Greece”]
[Date “Wed Nov 14 2012”]
[Round “02”]
[White “Acers, Jude”]
[Black “Sveshnikov, Evgeny”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]

  1. d4 d5 2. bg5 f6 3. Bh4 Nh6 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 Nf5 7. fxe4 Nxh4 8. Qh5+ Ng6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Nf3 e5 11. Bc4 Qd7 12. O-O bc5+ 13. Kh1 Qg4 14. Bf7+ Ke7 15. Bxg6 Qxg6 16. Qh4 Qg4 17. Qe1 Rb8 18. Nbd2 Ba6 19. h3 Qf4 20. c4 Be3 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe3 Rb6 23. Nf3 Qxb2 24. e5 Kd8 25. exf6 Bxc4 26. Qe7+ Kc8 27. f7 Bxf1 28. f8=Q+ Rxf8 29. Qxf8+ Kb7 30. Rxf1 Ra6 31. Qf5 Rxa2 32. Rb1 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34. Kh2 a5 35. Qxh7 a4 36. Qd3 a3 37. Qb3+ Kc8 38. Qe6+ Kb7 39. Qb3+ Kc8 40. h4 a2 41. Qe6+ Kb7 42. Qb3+ Kc8 1/2-1/2
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  1. d4 d5, 2. bg5

Levitsky’s, aka Hodgson’s aka Queen’s Bishop Attack.

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After seven rounds, Jude Acers is the surprise name near the top of the leaderboard of GMs and IMs, with 5/7 and in contention for an IM-norm.

Round 6: Win vs IM Craig Pritchett
Round 7: Draw vs GM Vlastimil Jansa
Round 8 (Board 6): Plays black vs. GM Nikolai Pushkov

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If he wins the tournament, it’s significantly better than an IM norm - it’s the GM title.

Jude is a unique character/player - it would be delicious irony if this is the way he secured this international title.

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For an ‘ongoing daily results’ thread, this one has been rather inactive.

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Sorry, was at the White House to get my Thanksgiving pardon.

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Player details for USA
Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Pts. Res.
Acers Jude 2214 USA Rp:2337 Pts. 5.0
1 84 Alavi Mir Mahmood 1918 IRI 4.0 s 1
2 2 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2507 LAT 7.0 w ½
3 5 IM Sharif Mehrshad 2462 FRA 6.0 w 0
4 55 De Andres Gonalons Fernando 2072 ESP 4.5 s 1
5 49 Beltz Robert 2105 GER 4.5 w 1
6 17 IM Pritchett Craig W 2348 SCO 6.0 s 1
7 7 GM Jansa Vlastimil 2451 CZE 6.5 w ½
8 11 GM Pushkov Nikolai 2404 RUS 6.5 s 0
9 14 IM Karasev Vladimir I 2376 RUS 6.0 w 0
10 103 Bornand Herbert 0 SUI 5.0 s play on Friday

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Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Pts. Res.
Acers Jude 2214 USA Rp:2256 Pts. 6.0
1 84 Alavi Mir Mahmood 1918 IRI 4.5 s 1
2 2 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2507 LAT 8.0 w ½
3 5 IM Sharif Mehrshad 2462 FRA 6.5 w 0
4 55 De Andres Gonalons Fernando 2072 ESP 5.5 s 1
5 49 Beltz Robert 2105 GER 5.5 w 1
6 17 IM Pritchett Craig W 2348 SCO 7.0 s 1
7 7 GM Jansa Vlastimil 2451 CZE 6.5 w ½
8 11 GM Pushkov Nikolai 2404 RUS 7.0 s 0
9 14 IM Karasev Vladimir I 2376 RUS 6.5 w 0
10 103 Bornand Herbert 0 SUI 5.0 s 1
11 16 GM Rantanen Yrjo A. 2348 FIN 6.0 w

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Acers Jude 2214 USA Rp:2235 Pts. 6.0
1 84 Alavi Mir Mahmood 1918 IRI 4.5 s 1
2 2 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2507 LAT 8.5 w ½
3 5 IM Sharif Mehrshad 2462 FRA 7.0 w 0
4 55 De Andres Gonalons Fernando 2072 ESP 5.5 s 1
5 49 Beltz Robert 2105 GER 6.5 w 1
6 17 IM Pritchett Craig W 2348 SCO 7.0 s 1
7 7 GM Jansa Vlastimil 2451 CZE 7.5 w ½
8 11 GM Pushkov Nikolai 2404 RUS 7.5 s 0
9 14 IM Karasev Vladimir I 2376 RUS 7.0 w 0
10 103 Bornand Herbert 0 SUI 5.5 s 1
11 16 GM Rantanen Yrjo A. 2348 FIN 7.0 w 0