Bob Kratzat upset co-2012 defending Champion Adolfo Prieto to win the 2013 Watertown Chess Club Blitz Championship on February 26th. The Blitz Game time allowed is just 5 minutes per opponent for all moves in the game. A forfeit occurs when an opponent’s time elapses. Mr. Kratzat swept the field of six opponents to win with a score of 6-0=0.
After the 6th round win over Mr. Prieto, Mr. Kratzat needed only win against his last opponent, Linval White. Mr. White nearly pulled off his own upset, but resigned as his clock ticked down towards a forfeit. Mr. Kratzat has completed two successive years in the Club’s Blitz Tournaments undefeated.
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Feb 26,2013 |
Results vs Opponent |
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Points |
Win |
Lose |
Draw |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Points | ||
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1 |
Kratzat |
6.0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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x |
1 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1 |
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2 |
Prieto |
5.0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
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0 |
x |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
0 |
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3 |
Klug |
3.0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
x | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
0 |
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4 |
Brock |
2.0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
1 | x | 0 | 0 | 1 |
0 |
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5 |
Kelsey |
2.0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 | 1 | x | 1 | 0 |
0 |
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6 |
White |
2.0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 | 1 | 0 | x | 1 |
0 |
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7 |
Kubis |
1.0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x |
0 |
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