Play The Author - Thematic tournament with Lars Schandorff

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9/20/2021 – Last week, Grandmaster Lars Schandorff from Denmark faced nine brave CBM readers for the fourth "Play The Author" round-robin tournament this year. The chosen opening was 4.Bg5 Bg7!? in the Grünfeld. The Danish GM won the tournament and all games, except one draw. While a Canadian player reached the second place, the youngest participant (13 years old) from Germany, managed to get the third place. | Photo: Facebook - Lars Schandorff
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Play the Author - Lars Schandorff

 
Gruenfeld Defence with 4.Bg5 Bg7!?

Although five of the participants were German, and the majority once again, we also had two players from Canada, and either one player from England, Spain, and even Madagascar.

The so called "Gruenfeld - Stockholm Variation" stood strong, and most of the games were won with Black. The number of draws was quite high, which is unusual in Blitz-Tournaments.

The youngest participant was just 13 years old, and the oldest 74 years old.

The cross table. Chessbard1972 got the only draw against "Sjandy", alias Lars Schandorff.

The Playchess video&audio section was busy. From America, Africa, and Europe, people were able to play in the same room, see each other, and talk to each other.

The endgame in the board below is complicated, but Black should actually be able to win it.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Bxf6 3 Bxf6 0 6.cxd5 1 c6 3 7.dxc6 2 Bxd4 4 8.Nf3 10 Bxc3+ 10 9.bxc3 2 Nxc6 3 10.e4 21 Qxd1+ 0 11.Rxd1 2 0-0 2 12.h3 4 Be6 11 13.a3 10 Rfd8 6 14.Nd4 3 Nxd4 25 15.cxd4 2 Rac8 0 16.d5 4 Bd7 5 17.Be2 14 Rc2 7 18.Bd3 14 Ra2 9 19.0-0 8 Rxa3 6 20.Rfe1 4 Rc8 0 21.e5 3 b5 15 22.Rb1 5 Rxd3 9 23.e6 1 fxe6 11 24.dxe6 1 Be8 9 25.Ra1 3 Rcd8 0 26.Rxa7 5 Rd1 15 27.Rxd1 2 Rxd1+ 3 28.Kh2 0 b4 15 29.Ra8 5 Kg7 6 30.Rxe8 2 Kf6 0 31.Rb8 1 Rb1 6 32.Rb6 2 b3 2 33.g3 2 b2 5 34.Kg2 0 TimeB 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Chessbard19722163Ludovicus12841–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem9
Xjrvl1620Blitzmaster0516200–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem9
Bookers801620Semprun19881–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem9
Sjandy1865Andi Gregor18361–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem9
EKoehler1628Gimiller15721–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem9
Gimiller1572Chessbard197221630–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem8
Semprun1988EKoehler16280–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem8
Blitzmaster051620Sjandy18650–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem8
Ludovicus1284Xjrvl16201–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem8
Andi Gregor1836Bookers8016200–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem8
Xjrvl1620Chessbard197221630–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem7
Sjandy1865Ludovicus12841–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem7
Bookers801620Blitzmaster0516201–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem7
Semprun1988Gimiller15721–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem7
EKoehler1628Andi Gregor1836½–½2021Zurubang's Swiss sytem7
Chessbard19722163Sjandy1865½–½2021Zurubang's Swiss sytem6
Ludovicus1284Bookers8016200–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem6
Gimiller1572Xjrvl16201–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem6
Andi Gregor1836Semprun1988½–½2021Zurubang's Swiss sytem6
Blitzmaster051620EKoehler16280–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem6
EKoehler1628Ludovicus12840–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem5
Sjandy1865Xjrvl16201–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem5
Semprun1988Blitzmaster0516200–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem5
Bookers801620Chessbard197221631–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem5
Andi Gregor1836Gimiller15721–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem5
Ludovicus1284Semprun19880–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem4
Chessbard19722163EKoehler16281–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem4
Blitzmaster051620Andi Gregor18360–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem4
Xjrvl1620Bookers8016200–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem4
Gimiller1572Sjandy18650–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem4
EKoehler1628Xjrvl16201–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem3
Blitzmaster051620Gimiller15721–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem3
Bookers801620Sjandy18650–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem3
Semprun1988Chessbard19722163½–½2021Zurubang's Swiss sytem3
Andi Gregor1836Ludovicus12841–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem3
Sjandy1865EKoehler16281–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem2
Xjrvl1620Semprun19880–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem2
Ludovicus1284Blitzmaster0516200–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem2
Gimiller1572Bookers801620½–½2021Zurubang's Swiss sytem2
Chessbard19722163Andi Gregor18360–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem2
Andi Gregor1836Xjrvl16201–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem1
Ludovicus1284Gimiller15720–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem1
EKoehler1628Bookers8016200–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem1
Blitzmaster051620Chessbard19722163½–½2021Zurubang's Swiss sytem1
Semprun1988Sjandy18650–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem1

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