So please don't let us pick 'durians' during the game, haha :P

Cabbage has master standard...

In this case, likely to see 廖明濠, 赖俊杰 and 卷心菜 move into Top 8s (Grade B) in the coming 3 rounds, say one by one on coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 to 13 Dec 2009 .......

Next week, 18 to 20 Dec 2009, 3 more rounds (knock-out system) for Top 8s to decide the final ranking.

correction -- 廖铭濠.

(cut and paste from the wrong place.)

magician88一骑绝尘直奔乙级，waterchess冲级需过两个cai jun关

目前只有magician88一骑绝尘直奔乙级，只要在剩下的3轮里面拿到1分，magician88就肯定升入乙级。提前恭喜一下magician88，英雄出少年。

如果magician88夺冠，那就真所谓
狮城英雄出少年，
双小称霸Ｂ组赛。
08亿豪一览众山低，
09铭濠独占凌绝顶。


碧山兄提到的Waterchess和卷心菜则路途漫长。笔者认为卷心菜此次机会渺茫，而waterchess晋级需过两个cai jun关。

怎见得？
waterchess此次抱着必升的决心参加B组个人赛，气势如虹，气场刚强，但第五第六轮可能会连遇两个cai jun守关，如能获得关云长附体，斩颜良诛文丑，则能一马平川，直通乙级。

今晚第五轮：waterchess vs 1号cai jun (cai jun jie)
预测第六轮：waterchess vs 2号cai jun (zhuang cai jun)


隆冬之际，新加坡象总好戏连台，群英大聚会上演激烈大搏杀。
敬请前往碧山象棋总会，绝对不能错过的好戏啊！

Caijun, 你的智商是经过专业机构认证的， 哈哈， 加油。
（现在把你哄开心， 明年过年给红包的时候要记得我哦 ～哈哈哈 ）

In theory, those in the first 12 boards (Top 24) with 2.5 points and above still have chances to enter Top 8 after Round 7 but a few need to represent team event tomorrow at NUS, .....

另外，女子应该也需要进前八才有奖金，否则没有。

as meal or transport allowance since they are instrumental to get the event going. Or maybe can return their register fees.

Just a small thought.

---kurubear

廖铭濠让我帮忙发给他的某个朋友看

廖铭濠记录

1 Round = (odd number + 1)/2 or (even number)/2

This is a really good game to understand the complexity of open-ended opening used by both outstanding players and importance of opening concepts.

[04R] Since Red is a horizontal 6-Rook and no longer protecting Red's right, could moving the Horse to line 4 a better choice? This will form a barrier to Black 8-rook, protect the 3-Soldier and 2-Artillery and most allow the Red Rook to create some havoc while ignoring Red's own right sector. The linked Red Artillery also provide a strong defence when needed to both sides.

[06R] Advancing the 7-Soldier to inconvenient the Black 3-horse might be another option making use of the overcrowding at Black right. If Red Rook can eat the 3-infantry, this 7-Soldier can also advances to add pressure to Black right.

[07R] Look like a opening error which allow black rook control the pawn line and extend control to both Red sectors. This results in success for the cross-palace artillery. Maybe can consider use the left Horse protect the 5-Soldier and then develop Red's left .

[09R] Once Black form the stable Fan-Gong-Ma formation, Red can consider to get ready to develop the slower left section.

[10R] My own choice would be to move the Horse to line-7 instead of line-9. This way I can linked the 2 Horse at line-5 if needed and can also be used faster to add pressure to Black right compared with the 9-Horse. Also because Red don't have 8-Rook to guard line-8. the Black 2-artillery basically has free movement which is risky for Red. One possible variation is

[10] 马8进7 车5平7 [11] 马3退1 炮2进4 [12] 炮7进1 车1进1 [13] 马7进6 炮2平5
[14] 士6进5 卒7进1 [15] 马6进5 马3进5 [16] 炮8进7 士5退4 [17] 车7平5


[17R] Can also consider 炮3进1 to trade and reduce pressure. One possible variation is

[17] 炮3进1 炮3平7 [18] 炮8平3 车2进9 [19] 马9退8


[20R] Another weaker variation also does not favour Red because of Black's threat to form a 5-artillery attack.

[20] 炮3退1 炮6平5 [21] 炮3平4 车8进5 [22] 马3进5 象3进5 [23] 炮8进6 马7进6


[20B] Black can also consider focusing on the 5-artillery attack with 2 rook (2nd-hand Kill Move). One possible variation is

[20] 马3进1 车8退2 [21] 车6平7 炮6平5 [22] 炮3平4 车8+7 [23] 炮4退1 车7平6
[24] 马1进3 车6退5


Red's fighting spirit (especially the Red 3-Horse) till the end is something all of us should emulate. Any mental or move weakness by Black in such case will mean a Red Victory or Draw.

A closely fought game till the end. Worthy of its Table 01 status.


---kurubear

Do you play I chess?cause the way u 复盘 certainly looks like one in the I chess magazines.haha =)