7th World Champ. Latvian Gambit - Update May,3/2015

2012/2018 cycle

The tournament will be played in three stages: Preliminary, Semifinal and Final. The tournament will be played normally by e-mail and ICCF rules will apply (60 days for 10 moves, the time may NOT be exceeded).

It is planned to start the preliminary stage on end of April 2012.

The first two players of each Preliminary group will qualify for the Semifinal Round. Each competitor will play 2 games with the same opponent (one with White and one with Black), each section of the preliminary stage will involve 4 players. Each entry (containing name, email, country, elo rating), should be sent by email to Alejandro Melchor (amelchormunoz@gmail.com ), not later than middle of April 2012.

Preliminaries

+---------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ | 7WCHLG prelims (A)              |  1    2    3    4   | Tot | --------------------------------------------------------------   1.Prado, Juan H             ARG  | ****  ½ 0       1   |     |    2.Oren, Itamar              ISR  | 1 ½  **** 1 1   1 1 | 5,5 |       3.Kaytazki, Liubomir        BUL  |       0 0 ****    0 |     |       4.Foster, Duncan            USA  |   0   0 0 1    **** |     |      ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+    +---------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ | 7WCHLG prelims (B)              |  1    2    3    4   | Tot |   --------------------------------------------------------------  1.Anderson, John            ENG  | **** 1 0  1 0   w w |  2  |          2.Borrmann, Fritz           GER  | 1 0 ****  ½ 0   w w | 1,5 |    3.Plant, Kevin D            ENG  | 1 0  1 ½  ****  w w | 2,5 |    4.Todd, Daniel              USA  | w w  w w  w w  **** |with |      ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ +---------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ | 7WCHLG prelims (C)              |  1    2    3    4   | Tot | ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+    1.Ardila, Fernando          COL  | **** 1 ½        1   |     |    2.Bouget, Alexandre         FRA  |  ½ 0  ****          |     |   3.Zageris, Artur            USA  |         ****        |     |   4.Stewart, Michael R        USA  |  0             **** |     |      ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ +---------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ | 7WCHLG prelims (D)              |  1    2    3    4   | Tot |   ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+  1.Paiva Moreira, Américo    POR  | **** x x   1 1  1 1 |  4  |       2.Ferrero, Steve            USA  | x x  ****  x x  x x |  0  |Deceased  3.Frágola, Horacio          ARG  | 0 0  x x  ****  0 0 |  0  |       4.King, Daniel              USA  | 0 0  x x   1 1 **** |  3  |      ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ +---------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ | 7WCHLG prelims (E)              |  1    2    3    4   | Tot | ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+    1.Carlsen, Torben Erik      BRA  | **** 1 0   1 1  ½ ½ |  4  |       2.Vicary, Lance             CAN  | 1 0  ****  1 ½  1 ½ |  4  |        3.Evans, Stan W             USA  | 0 0  ½ 0  ****  1 0 | 1,5 |        4.Werner, Eduard            GER  | ½ ½  ½ 0   1 0 **** | 2,5 |      ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ +---------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ | 7WCHLG prelims (F)              |  1    2    3    4   | Tot |  ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+  1.Godart, François          BEL  | ****  1 1  ½ ½      |     |          2.Zielinski, Sergey         GER  | 0 0   **** 0 0 1 ½  | 1,5 |       3.Pech, Jaroslav            CZE  | ½ ½   1 1 **** w w  |  3  |        4.Sivak, Vladislav          UKR  |       0 ½  w w **** | 0,5 |      ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ +---------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ | 7WCHLG prelims (G)              |  1    2    3    4   | Tot |   ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+  1.Domingo, Jordi            ESP  | **** ½ ½  w w  w w  |  1  |       2.Fournier, Fréderic        FRA  | ½ ½  **** w w  w w  |  1  |        3.Zilbermintz, Lev          USA  | w w  w w  **** w w  |with |       4.Di Tora, Alessandro       ITA  | w w  w w  w w  **** |with |      ----------------------------------+---------------------+-----+ +------------------------------------------------------+-----+ | 7WCHLG prelims (H)              |  1    2    3    4  | Tot | ----------------------------------+--------------------+-----+  1.Koetsier, David A         NED  | **** 1 ½  ½ ½ w w  | 2,5 |       2.Cañizares, Pedro          ESP  | ½ 0  **** 1 1 w w  | 2,5 |        3.Klemens, Leszek           POL  | ½ ½  0 0 **** w w  |  1  |        4.Christiansen, Adam        USA  | w w  w w  w w **** |with |      ----------------------------------+--------------------+-----+

Spike 1.4

What's news Spike ?

COMP Stockfish 2.2.2 64-bit 4CPU (3253)

COMP Spike 1.4 Leiden 4CPU (3127)

CCRL (40’/40), 23/01/2012

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qe6 6. Ne3 Nf6 [6... c6] 7. Bc4 Qe5 8. d4!? exd3 9. O-O! Be7?! [9... Kd8!?] 10. f4 Qh5 [10... Qc5!?] 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Ned5 Kd8 13. Nxe7 Kxe7

14. g4N [14. Re1 Kd8 15. cxd3 Bormann - Gonsalves, corr, 1986 (15. Bxd3±); 14. Nd5 Kd8 15. f5! h6 (15... dxc2 16. Bg5 +-) 16. Bxd3±] 14... Nf6 15. g5 Nh5?! 16. Bxd3 Kd8 17. Be2 g6 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. f5 +- d6 20. Ne4 Kd7 21. g6 hxg6 22. fxg6 Kc6 23. Nf6 [controls g8-square] 23... Be6 24. Re1 Bc4 25. b3 Rf8

26. Bg5 [26. Bb2!] 26... Bg8 27. g7 Rf7 28. Re8 Rxg7 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. Nxg8 Nd7 31. Ne7 Kb5 32. c4 Ka6 33. Nd5 [33. Rf1] 33... Rc8 34. Rf1 c6 35. Nf6 Nxf6 36. Rxf6 Re8 37. Kf2 Ka5 38. Bd2 Kb6 39. Rxd6 Rf8 40. Ke2 Rh8 41. Be3 Kc7 42. Rf6 h4 43. Bxa7 Kc8 44. Rf7 Rh5 45. Bb6 Rh8 46. Rc7 Kb8 47. Kf3 Rg8 48. Rh7 Kc8 49. Rxh4 Kd7 50. Rh7 Kd6 51. Rxb7 Ke5 52. a4 Rf8 53. Ke3 Rf1 [1:0]

Thomas Dionisi

 


This is a very interesting game played by a young French player named Thomas Dionisi (pictured) against a Polish international master Warakomski. White here has perhaps not made the best choice of the seventh and eighth moves, allowing White to fully exploit the central position.

Warakomski Tomasz (POL) 2492

Dionisi Thomas (FRA) 2250

Warszawa POL, 17/12/2011 (8)

Europa Ch (active)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6

7. Ne3 [7. f3! is a stronger move here] 7... c6 [7... Nf6] 8. d5 [8. f3!] 8... Nf6 9. Bc4! Be7

10. Ne2N [In 1955, Fischer had played against Pupols 10.a4 to counter the threat b5. White can try 10. dxc6] 10... b5 11. Bb3 c5 12. c4 O-O 13. Nf4 Qg5 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nc6! 16. cxb5 Nd4 17. O-O [17. a4 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 d5 with compensations] 17... Qg6 [17... Nxb3 18. Qxb3 d5 19. Bd2 Qe5 idea Bd6 ~; 17... Qe5 18. Bd2 (18. a4 d5! 19. f4 exf3 20. gxf3 Bd6 -/+) 18... Nxb3 19. Qxb3 d5 20. Rae1 Bd6 21. g3 Qxe6 ~] 18. Nd5 Rae8 19. Nf4 Qf5 20. Be3

20... Ng4 [20... d5! 21. Bxd4 cxd4 (21... Qxf4? 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxd5 +-) 22. g3 d3 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. Rac1 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Qh3 (menace Ng4) 26. Bd1 Qxe6 ~] 21. h3 Ne5 22. Qh5 Qxh5? [22... Nxb5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 ~] 23. Nxh5 Rb8? [23... Nxb5 24. Ng3 c4 25. Ba4 Rb8 26. Nxe4 Nc7] 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Ng3 [25. a4! a6 26. Bd5 axb5 27. a5 ±] 25... e3 26. fxe3 dxe3± etc. [1:0]

Index

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5

This is a complete index of Latvian Gambit's variations

LAT01 (Various)

LAT01-01 3.(…)

LAT01-02 3.g4?

LAT01-03 3.b4?! Sénéchaud’s variation

LAT01-04 3.Qe2

LAT01-05 3.c4

LAT02

LAT02-01 3.d3 (…)

LAT02-02 3.d3 Nf6

LAT02-03 3.d3 fxe4

LAT02-04 3.d3 d6

LAT02-04 3.d3 Nc6

LAT03 (Mlotkowski’s variation)

LAT03-01 3.Nc3 (…)

LAT03-02 3.Nc3 d6

LAT03-03 3.Nc3 Nc6

LAT03-04 3.Nc3 Nf6

LAT03-05 3.Nc3 fxe4 4.(…)

LAT03-06 3.Nc3 fxe4 4.Nxe4

LAT03-07 3.Nc3 fxe4 4.Nxe5 (…)

LAT03-08 3.Nc3 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6

LAT03-09 3.Nc3 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Qf6

LAT04

LAT04-01 3.d4 (…)

LAT04-02 3.d4 fxe4 4.(…)

LAT04-03 3.d4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5.(…)

LAT04-04 3.d4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5. Nc3

LAT04-05 3.d4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5. Bc4

LAT04-06 3.d4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5. Be2

LAT04-07 3.d4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5. Bg5

LAT05

LAT05-01 3.exf5 (…)

LAT05-02 3.exf5 Bc5

LAT05-03 3.exf5 Nc6

LAT05-04 3.exf5 d6

LAT05-05 3.exf5 e4 4. (…)

LAT05-06 3.exf5 e4 4. Ng1

LAT05-07 3.exf5 e4 4. Qe2

LAT05-08 3.exf5 e4 4. Nd4

LAT05-09 3.exf5 e4 4. Ne5 (…)

LAT05-10 3.exf5 e4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5.Be2 (…)

LAT05-11 3.exf5 e4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5.Be2 d5

LAT05-12 3.exf5 e4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7

LAT05-13 3.exf5 e4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5.Be2 d6

LAT06

LAT06-01 3.Bc4 (…)

LAT06-02 3.Bc4 Nf6

LAT06-03 3.Bc4 Nc6 4. (…)

LAT06-04 3.Bc4 Nc6 4. d3

LAT06-05 3.Bc4 Nc6 4. d4

LAT06-06 3.Bc4 b5 4. (…)

LAT06-07 3.Bc4 b5 4. Bxg8

LAT06-08 3.Bc4 b5 4. Bg3

LAT06-09 3.Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 (...)

LAT06-10 3.Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5.d4 Qxg2 6.Qh5 g6 7.Bf7 Kd8 8.Bxg6 Qxh1 9. Ke2 (...)

LAT06-11 3.Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5.d4 Qxg2 6.Qh5 g6 7.Bf7 Kd8 8.Bxg6 Qxh1 9. Ke2 Qxc1

LAT06-12 3.Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5.d4 Qxg2 6.Qh5 g6 7.Bf7 Kd8 8.Bxg6 Qxh1 9. Ke2 c6 10.Nc3 (...)

LAT06-13 3.Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5.d4 Qxg2 6.Qh5 g6 7.Bf7 Kd8 8.Bxg6 Qxh1 9. Ke2 c6 10.Nc3 Kc7

LAT06-14 3.Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5.d4 Qxg2 6.Qh5 g6 7.Bf7 Kd8 8.Bxg6 Qxh1 9. Ke2 c6 10.Nc3 e3

LAT06-15 3.Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5.d4 Qxg2 6.Qh5 g6 7.Bf7 Kd8 8.Bxg6 Qxh1 9. Ke2 c6 10.Nc3 Nf6

LAT07

LAT07-01 3.Nxe5 (…)

LAT07-02 3.Nxe5 Qe7

LAT07-03 3.Nxe5 Nf6

LAT07-04 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.(…)

LAT07-05 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.d4

LAT07-06 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Qh5 g6 5.Nxg6 Nf6 6. (…)

LAT07-07 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Qh5 g6 5.Nxg6 Nf6 6. Qh4

LAT07-08 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Qh5 g6 5.Nxg6 Nf6 6. Qh3

LAT07-09 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5. (…)

LAT07-10 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5. exf5

LAT07-11 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5. e5

LAT07-12 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5. Bc4

LAT07-13 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5. d4

LAT07-14 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 (…)

LAT07-15 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Nf6

LAT07-16 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5

LAT07-17 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. (…)

LAT07-18 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 (…)

LAT07-19 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 c6

LAT07-20 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qe6 6. (…)

LAT07-21 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qe6 6. d3

LAT07-22 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qe6 6. Ne3

LAT07-23 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qg6

LAT07-24 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. (…)

LAT07-25 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. d4

LAT07-26 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 (…)

LAT07-27 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 Nf6

LAT07-28 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 c6

LAT07-29 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 c6 7. (…)

LAT07-30 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 c6 7. Nxe4 d5 8.Ng3

LAT07-31 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 c6 7. Nxe4 d5 8.Ng5

LAT07-32 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 c6 7. d3 exd3 8.Bxd3 d5 9.O-O (…)

LAT07-33 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 c6 7. d3 exd3 8.Bxd3 d5 9.O-O Bd6

LAT07-34 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 c6 7. d3 exd3 8.Bxd3 d5 9.O-O Bc5

LAT07-35 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 (…)

LAT07-36 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. (…)

LAT07-37 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Ne3 (…)

LAT07-38 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Ne3 c6

LAT07-39 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Ne3 Nc6

LAT07-40 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Be2 (…)

LAT07-41 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Be2 d5

LAT07-42 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Be2 Nc6

LAT07-43 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Be2 Qd8

LAT07-44 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 (…)

LAT07-45 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qf7

LAT07-46 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Bf5

LAT07-47 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.(…)

LAT07-48 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.Be3

LAT07-49 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.Nd5

LAT07-50 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.Qe2

LAT07-51 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.Bf4

LAT07-52 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.Ne3

LAT07-53 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.f3 (…)

LAT07-54 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.f3 Be7

LAT07-55 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.f3 Nf6

LAT07-56 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.f3 exf3 8.Qxf3 (…)

LAT07-57 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.f3 exf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6

LAT07-58 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.f3 exf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6

LAT07-59 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.f3 exf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.(…)

LAT07-60 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.f3 exf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Nb5

LAT07-61 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.f3 exf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.d5

LAT07-62 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7.f3 exf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Bd3

Welcome

All are welcome on this new blog that will discuss mainly the Latvian Gambit. The blog will be bilingual: Spanish and English (or perhaps... in French).

Theory, games and notes will be the common concern of its authors: Alejandro Melchor Muñoz and Frederic Fournier.

Enjoy!