Philadelphia Inventors

11:38

We win!! Kavi somehow wins a rook after his opponent blunders. Final score: 2.5-1.5 Philly!!

11:11

Kavi suddenly seems to have drawing chances after WIM Battsetseg missed easier wins. For example 27.... Ra1 + would have won on the spot.

10:50

Bartell draws ... so we need to draw on board four to equalize the match. Kavi offers a draw.

10:49

Kudrin resigns...

10:47

Still not looking so good on boards 1 and 4 as Kudrin and Kavin look close to resignation

10:40

Lenderman wins!!!

10:30

Looks tough for the Inventors with losing positions of boards 1 and 4 and a winning one on board 2. So it all comes down to Bartell winning as black in a slightly better position. His opponent seems to be low on time, giving hope to all the Philly fans out there.

10:02

Reason to hope on board two, with Lenderman attempting to squeeze GM Kaufman in a Q + B versus Q + N ending.

9:50

With moves like 22. Rd1, 23. Rc3, and 24. Rcd3, Lenderman seems to constantly go against Fritz's suggestions. With the way he's been playing off-late, maybe its time to hound my dad for a new engine...

9:42

Board four looks tough for us as Kavi is down a pawn and black seems to be applying pressure.

9:38

Boards two and three look promising for us after Bartell simplified and Lenderman made strong, simple moves.

Its looking like a tough match for us as we are worse on boards 1 and 4 and roughly equal on the middle boards. Kudrin employed a weird dragon system with 11.... Nxd4 after the usual Yugaslav setup. Eventually, he sacrificed an exchange to pry open the a- and c- files; possibly an unsound idea. White most likely has enough compensation, but it could peter out to a draw or even a win for the Inventor after a mistake in the dynamic position.