2. Ortiz (2214) – GM Parligras (2574) 1-0
For most of the game black pretty much outplays his lower rated opponent; then somehow the tables turn and Black missteps allowing white a much better game. Honestly it isn’t entirely clear what is going on in this one.
1. Wong (1565) – Frick (2057) 1-0
So here is the number one upset of the round; things were pretty much in black’s hands until move 50; when he made a really unfortunate king move to g5. I think this sort of blunder comes from an underestimation of your opponents position and a failure to acknowledge the danger that he was in. Black probably thought, “Hey, I’m up a piece, this should be simple.” Alas, it was not simple.
Nice blog 🙂 Number 1 should be Wong – Frick, 1-0 though. Can’t really see black winning that one 😉
There was another instance where someone was also forfeited against someone much weaker, I deliberately left those out. You are correct though, that was the biggest upset of the round :).
I think you misunderstood me, I just pointed out that you got the colors / score reversed in the heading of your number 1 in this post (pg. 6).
OMG, you’re right! Totally missed the point there, thanks for catching that. I thought you were referring to something else, I fixed the typo; good catch! Let me know if you find others, I’m sure there out there…
Now it’s better, but still a little wrong 😉 1-0, not 0-1.