KRATZAT WINS SEMI-FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Robert Kratzat (1- 1=0) won game two of the first round of the 2016 Championship semi-final match against Don Klug on Tuesday night. Mr. Kratzat held draw odds, thus the win propels him to the Championship round match against #1 seed Adolfo Prieto. Mr. Prieto won his match against#4 seed Paul Archibald 1-0 on Nov 8^th.  The four game match begins next Tuesday Nov 22^nd thru Dec. 13^th. Mr. Prieto holds draw odds in this match. Following are the two games between Mr. Kratzat and Mr. Klug.

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[Event “WCC Semi Final Championship”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2016.11.08”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Klug, D C.”]
[Black “Kratzat, Robert”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D05”]
[WhiteElo “1673”]
[BlackElo “1710”]
[PlyCount “53”]
[EventDate “2016.11.08”]
[EventType “match”]
[EventRounds “2”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 (6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7
8. Nc3 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5) 6… Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. e4 {(-0.24)} (9.
b4 Bd6 10. b5 Na5 11. Bb2 e5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc4 15. Qe2
Nxb2 16. Qxb2 {(-0.35)}) 9… e5 10. h3 Be6 11. Qe2 $2 {(-0.47)} (11. Ng5 h6
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. b4 Bb6 14. b5 $11) 11… Qc7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Ng5 Rad8 14.
Nxe6 Rxe6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Ng5 $6 (17. Rd1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19.
Bc4 Re5 20. Qf3 Rf5 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $11) 17… Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nf6 (18… Nf4 19.
Bxf4 exf4 20. Qc2 $11) 19. Rad1 h6 20. Bh4 Rde8 $4 (20… Red6 21. Bf5 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 g5 24. Bg3 Ne7 25. Bc2) 21. Bf5 Rd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Rd1
Qe7 24. Rd7 $1 {Diagram [#]} Qc5 $4 {(+6.70)} (24… Qxd7 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. f3
{(+2.24)}) (24… Qf8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rxb7 Rb8 27. Rc7 Nd8 28. Rxa7 Nc6 29.
Qg4+ Kh8 30. Rd7 Ne7 31. b4 {(+4.26)}) (24… Nxd7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Be4 Nd8
27. Qd1 Kf8) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qg4+ Kf8 27. Qh5 {with mate in 5} 1-0

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[pgn][Event “WCC Semi-Final Championship”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2016.11.16”]
[Round “1.2”]
[White “Kratzat, Robert”]
[Black “Klug, D C.”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A00”]
[WhiteElo “1710”]
[BlackElo “1673”]
[PlyCount “123”]
[EventDate “2016.11.16”]
[EventType “match”]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 Be7 (4… Bd6) 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c4
c6 8. Nc3 Bd6 (8… Qc7) 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5
13. O-O Bf5 14. Be2 $2 (14. f4 Bc7 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Bd4 Rad8) 14… Qxd1 (14…
Qe7 15. Qb3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1) 15. Rfxd1
Rad8 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Bc2 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 {Diagram [#]} Bb3 (19…
Rd2 20. Kf1 Bb3 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Ke1 Ra2 23. b5 cxb5 24. Rc8+ Nf8 25. Nc5 Ra1+
26. Kd2 Ra2+ 27. Ke1 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Ra2+ {1/2-1/2}) 20. Nd3 Be6 21. Kf1 Kf8 22.
Ke1 Ke7 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Bf3 h6 (24… Nd7 25. Nd3 Nf6) 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1
Kd6 27. Kd2 b6 28. Nd3 Bf5 29. Nb2 Be6 $11 (29… Be4 30. Ke2 Bxf3+ 31. gxf3 {
(-0.30)}) 30. Kc3 Nd5+ 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 (31… Kxd5 32. f3 f5 33. Kd3 g5 34. Nc4
c5) 32. g3 f5 (32… Ke5 33. Kd3 Be4+ 34. Ke2 f5) 33. h4 g5 (33… Ke5 34. Nd3+
Ke4 35. Ne1) 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Be4 37. Nc4+ Kd5 38. Ne5 Kd6 (
38… Bg2 39. Nd7 Ke6 40. Nf8+ Ke7 41. Ng6+ Kd6 42. Nf8) 39. Nf7+ Kd5 40. Ng5
b5 $2 (40… c5 41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Nh7 Bf3 43. Nf6+ Ke6 44. Nh7 Bg2) 41. Nh7 Bb1
42. Nf6+ Ke6 43. Ne8 Kd7 44. Ng7 Kd6 45. Kd4 a6 $2 (45… Be4 46. Ne8+ Ke7 47.
Nc7 Kd7 48. Na6 Kd6 49. Nc5 Bd5 50. a4 bxa4 51. Nxa4) 46. Ne8+ Kd7 47. Nf6+ Kd6
(47… Ke6 48. Nh7 Kd6) 48. e4 fxe4 49. Nxe4+ Bxe4 50. Kxe4 c5 51. bxc5+ Kxc5
52. Ke5 a5 53. f5 b4 (53… Kc6 54. Ke6 b4 55. axb4 a4 56. f6 a3 57. f7 a2 58.
f8=Q a1=Q 59. Qc8+ Kb6 60. Qb8+ Kc6 61. Qd6+ Kb7 62. Qe7+ Kb6 63. Qc5+ {(+0.28)
}) 54. axb4+ axb4 55. f6 b3 56. f7 b2 57. f8=Q+ Kc4 58. Qc8+ Kb3 59. Qb7+ Kc2
60. Qc6+ Kb1 (60… Kd1 61. Qf3+ Kc2 62. Qe2+ Kc1 63. Qc4+ Kd2 64. Qb3) 61. Kd4
Ka2 62. Kc3 {Black resigns} 1-0

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