Yuriy Vovk | |||
Left or right? Here is the question! ![]() Hello everybody! Just returned from France where played some games in Top-16 (main French League). I was lucky to play in Paris (frankly speaking in one of it's suburbs Ville de Clichy-la-Garenne) so metro was the only transport I used after having my flight. But I got dead-luck - I was not able to find my hotel for a lot of time coming out the metro. The funniest was that hotel is just 400 meters away Porte de Clichy metro station and is easily visible. Do you think I am an idiot? Well possibly yes,
But now let's speak about chess. Top 16 is usually played in two phases (3 games in first+4 games in second). 16 teams are divided into 2 groups ("A" and "B") 8 teams each. So 7 games are played in each group using robin system. After that first and last 4 teams from group "A" and "B" are merged with their corresponders.(4 winners from group "A" + 4 winners from group "B";etc). Group of winners is called Poule Haute and Group of Losers:) is called Poule Basse. Teams play only with that teams they never played before and preceding results are taken into account. Last two teams from Poule Basse leave the Championship. This year my team Mulhouse Philidor plays in strong"B" (ah this pairings) group. I was invited on 1st phase, but this one contained only 2 games, because of bankruptcy of one of the teams.
So we had to face 2 strong teams: Clichy (Jakovenko, Fressinet; etc) and Metz Fischer (Riasantsev, Postny). I had to play with black with Sebastien Maze (2554) in first game and with Jacques Elbilia (2402) in second one. First game I drew and second one I won. 1,5 of 2! Nice result! But to pity my team had no big luck!
Vovk,Y (2545) - Elbilia,J (2402) TOP 16 GpB Clichy FRA (3), 28.03.2010
With his last move my opponent moved his rook from f8 to e8. How to use it? Check your solution here.
Also I got some new experience in Paris! I found that there is a Temple of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church! I couldn't miss that opportunity and visited that place (but to pity temple was closed) and make a little photo- reporting from this little Ukrainian island in Paris! Sorry for bad quality - I used my telephone for it! Have a fun and good luck!
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