MCC Online Saturday Allegro (Ongoing 2020 thread)

[Thai Ly]

With the passing of MCC's trial for its online Allegro now several weeks old, the format of the MCC Online Allegro is now becoming more and more settled.

Because of that, this thread will now serve as the ongoing place on Chesschat to find out developments and results for MCC's Online Allegro.

Remember to always click on the MCC's Allegro Webpage - http://www.melbournechessclub.org/ev...turday-allegro - to get the Tornelo link to the next Saturday Allegro (this will change every week), as well as instructions on how to enter, current entry fees and prizes.

[Thai Ly]

Below is the Tornelo link to Allegro on 25 April - https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/ku/ev...egro-online--4

[Thai Ly]

Congrats to the following players for winning their respective divisions in today's Allegro:

Minors - Gabriel Cipreanu (eligible to play in next Allegro's Challengers Division)
Challengers - Shuhan Lin (eligible to play in next Allegro's Premier Division)
Premier - FM Michael Baron

Full results and games can be found here.

[antichrist]

Is it possible to view the games automatically move by move? On my phone the game commands are far isolated from the board.

[machomortensen]

Congratz! Mr. Baron. I was up in the middle of the night - Copenhagen time - and followed your last moves in the second round. Then I changed to Daniel P vs. Tony T.

Cool that MCC keeps organizing this tournament.

[MichaelBaron]

Congratz! Mr. Baron. I was up in the middle of the night - Copenhagen time - and followed your last moves in the second round. Then I changed to Daniel P vs. Tony T.

Cool that MCC keeps organizing this tournament.

Thank you, sadly - after rd6....my brain refused to continue working.

[scd]

Congratulations on MCC Allegro Online #4 prize winners

Premier

1st: Michael Baron (6/7) +9 rating
2nd: Ari Dale (5.5/7) -9 rating, Frank Lekkas (5.5/7) +24 rating


Challengers

1st: Shuhan Lin (6/7) +33 rating
2nd: Robinson He (5.5/7) +73 rating, Arthur Gao (5.5/7) +14 rating


Minor

1st: Gabriel Cipreanu (7/7) +13 rating
2nd: Tomaz Starc (5/7) -6 rating, Folker Schaumann (5/7)

[scd]

Spotlight game for Allegro number 4 is Michael Baron vs Kayson Wang round 2. In this game you see the ebb and flow of advantage with experience eventually prevailing.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&p...YWE4Yzk2Njk0NQ

PGN viewer: https://chessmicrobase.com/microbase...token=nt64h7sz

[scd]

Register now for next MCC Allegro on Saturday 2nd May:

https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/ku/ev...egro-online--5

[MichaelBaron]

Register now for next MCC Allegro on Saturday 2nd May:

https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/ku/ev...egro-online--5

Note that one does not have to be member of MCC to play! All welcome! A chance for the non-MCC players who live far from Melbourne CBD to play at MCC !
Also some very instructive games commentary provided by Alexei throughout the tournament.

[MichaelBaron]

Today's Allegro Results:
https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/ku/ev...ne--5/pairings

[scd]

Congratulations on last weeks MCC Allegro Online #5 Winners

Premier: Frank Lekkas (6.5/7) +26 rating, Michael Baron (6/7) +2 rating
Challengers: Kevin Zhang (5.5/7) +82 rating, Hartley Shawcross (5.5/7)
Minor: Adeeb Keshtiar (6.5/7)

You can see results and download the games here:

https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/ku/ev...nline--5/games

[scd]

This week's spotlight game is three game fragments as a masterclass of chess tactics with the winner of Allegro-5 Frank Lekkas. Here is some game analysis in a PDF.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&p...OTMyZTA4OTQ2NQ

[scd]

The next Allegro is open. It helps us if you sign up early.

https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/ku/ev...egro-online--6

[MichaelBaron]

Defending Champion Frank Lekkas, Ari Dale and myself are in already!