Tag: Mihail Marin

Matt Herman Wins in Milan at Edoardo Crespi International

December 12th, 2010 · · - No comments - Tags: , , , , , , ,

Matt Herman, an untitled American, put up a statistically unbelievable performance in Milan this week. With a FIDE rating of 2149, he managed an incredible performance rating of 2571, earning an IM norm and scoring 6.5 out of 9 giving him clear first. There were 20 titled players in the open section and Herman faced 7 of them, winning two games against IMs, one game against GM David Alberto, and drawing three more games against GM opposition including Mihail Marin! Check out the standings on scacchisticamilanese.it.

While I couldn’t find the pgns for the Edoardo Crespi International, here is a game of his with WGM Jennifer Shahade, and below, find a particularly sparkling win of his for the NY Knights in the USCL.

Ruy Lopez, Breyer

November 6th, 2010 · · -, Ruy Lopez, Ruy Lopez Breyer 2 comments - Tags: , , , , , , ,

In his last few encounters with the black pieces against Anand, Carlsen has employed the Ruy Lopez Breyer variation three times and drawn all three games. As a fan, it’s odd to see these two battling in an open game so deeply in the same variation, almost matchlike, because both of them tend to be 1.d4 players. While the world anticipates the real match to come between these two (though that may not happen) I can’t help but wonder if this “battle in the breyer” is serving merely as a proxy for their behind the scene preparations in the catalan, or would they attempt to surprise one another with 1.e4 in a match setting? More on the Breyer, after the jump…

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