World Championship Match : Ron King vs. Sergio Scarpetta

[Ingo_Zachos]

Bad luck for Ron King.

Sergio Scarpetta scored the equalizer in the 13th game, and the second game of the morning session ended in a draw,

So now the chip count is even:

Ron King (Barbados) 1
Sergio Scarpetta(Italy) 1

Drawn: 12

Still ten games to go and too close to call.

While the excitement grows, do not forget to watch the games:

http://www.stickam.com/giacomelli?code= ... IgaPJdhbNt#_=_


Hope u enjoy it,


Greetinx from cloudy Old Europe,

Ingo Zachos

[MostFamousDane]

While the excitement grows, do not forget to watch the games:

http://www.stickam.com/giacomelli?code= ... IgaPJdhbNt#_=_

Ingo Zachos

Am I the only one having big problems following the games ???

(I am referring to the transmission stopping not to the fact we are watching the board from the side)

[Ingo_Zachos]

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Am I the only one having big problems following the games ???

(I am referring to the transmission stopping not to the fact we are watching the board from the side)

There is no transmission as there is a break now. That`s why it stopped.


Greetinx,

Ingo


PS:
But would be nice if the chatroom were still open after the end of transmission.

[MostFamousDane]

....

Am I the only one having big problems following the games ???

(I am referring to the transmission stopping not to the fact we are watching the board from the side)

There is no transmission as there is a break now. That`s why it stopped.

GRRRRRR I know that I am not a (complete) idiot - it keeps happening during the games.

[Alex_Moiseyev]

2-6 instead of 26-22 seems to do it.

I corrected my previous step to replace "after 30-25" by "after 19-15".

[George Hay]

Sune, yes, on my computer screen sometimes the picture stops moving!
--George Hay

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Fantastic, really fantastic !!! Just received an email from Ryan Pronk with text of Game 13 which ... completeley repeat G12 with my analyses yesterday showing how Sergio missed a win in Game 12. It seems like Sergio read ACF forum yesterday and Ron didn't ! WOW

My analytical work were not for nothing !

This is perhaps first time when Internet had serious influnce on real play.

[Event "Game 13"]
[Date ""]
[Black "Scarpetta"]
[White "King"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 3-8 25-22 4. 11-16 27-23 5. 16-20 31-27 6. 9-14 29-25 7. 8-11 19-16 8. 12x19 23x16 9. 5-9 17-13 10. 14-18 26-23 11. 1-5 23x14 12. 10x26 30x23 13. 9-14 23-19 14. 6-10 25-22 15. 5-9 13x6 16. 2x9 16-12 17. 9-13 12-8 18. 11-16 19x12 19. 4x11 12-8 20. 14-17 21x14 21. 10x26 8-3 22. 7-10 3-7 23. 10-14 7x16 24. 26-31 16-11 25. 15-18 11-16 26. 18-22 16-11 27. 22-25 11-15 28. 25-30 27-23 29. 20x27 15-18 30. 14-17 18-15 31. 30-25 15-19 32. 25-22 19-24 33. 31-26 1-0

No comments ... see all details with diagrams in my yesterday posts in this topic.

Respectfully,

Alex Moiseyev

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I will post later more on this game and line - due to importancy, analytical and and historical values.

[Ingo_Zachos]

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GRRRRRR I know that I am not a (complete) idiot - it keeps happening during the games.

I now see what you mean.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

PS:

Just try to refresh the site from time to time after it is down. It does not load up automatically on restart it seems.

[tommyc]

Hmmm Scarpetto makes a bad end-game mistake Ron King 2-1 and must be favorite to retain.?

[Chexhero]

The better checker players are also the better endgame players, they find ways to win. Ron pressed hard and tired Sergio. Bad loss for Sergio, a game he should have drew, now it is going to be extemely tough for Sergio to win the next 2 of 8 games left. If I am Ron, I just want to try and play easy lines to keep the title.

[john reade]

Is this in Game 16? It looked like a draw to me.

[Ingo_Zachos]

The 15th and 16th games of the World Championship Match
were tense and hard fought and in game 16 Ron King won an ending on a blunder.

The score now is:

Ron King (Barbados) 2
Sergio Scarpetta (Italy) 1



Greetinx from cloudy and rainy Dortmund, Germany

Ingo Zachos


PS: Tommy, did you read my post on the 1st Checker Book in America?

[john reade]

Did Ron King refuse to accept a draw?

There were 2 points where Sergio took a long time over his move. I put both positions on the computer and found them to be drawn after 20 moves.

Why was he taking so long?

[Alex_Moiseyev]

G16. S. Scarpetta vs R. King

White to move and draw.

23-27 draw the game (still some play remain) but Sergio played losing 5-9? 18x27 9-18 27-24* 17-22 (or 18-22 24-20 16-19 10-15 19-23 15-18 WW) 1-6 and resigned.

Pretty.

Why was he taking so long?

See above.


Alex

[MostFamousDane]

Why was he taking so long?

Because he was in a weak position working hard to get a draw