I had the occasion to once again renew chess bonds and pit
skills against fellow executives and a sprinkling of
employees in the First Davao Executive and Employee Rapid
Chess Tournament held last October 13, 2013 at the NCCC
Mall Food Cove Hall, Matina, Davao City. The event was a
one day 5 rounds swiss system ably organized by my good
friend and now International Arbiter James Infiesto.
Seeded 9th in a field of 26 players, I had a good run
winning 4 consecutive games after losing my 1st round
assignment. I ended up tied with Ramil Langamon of Julie's
Bakeshop also with 4 points but was relegated to 4th place
due to a lower tie-break. The event was won by Perkins
Bayron of Bayron's Photoshop who edged fellow 4.5 scorer
businessman Rodrigo Catayas who settled for runner-up honors
due to a lower tie- break.I scored 2 wins using the Fried
Liver Attack which was quite surprising to me as I had never
used this line in previous tournament play.
Below is my 5th round game against Reynaldo De Guzman.
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| Caissa's Father vs. Reynaldo De Guzman |
[Event "2013 Davao Executive and Employee Rapid Chess Tourney"]
[Site "NCCC Mall Food Cove Hall, Matina, Davao City"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atty. Jong Guevarra Jr."]
[Black "Reynaldo De Guzman"][Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "1839"]
[BlackELO "1996"]
TWO KNIGHTS DEFENSE- THE FRIED LIVER ATTACK
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4!?
 The Fried Liver Attack, also known as the Fegatello Attack, is named for an Italian idiom "dead as fried liver " and dates back at least to the early 17th century, with the first known game recorded in Rome in 1610 between Guilio Cesare Polerio and Domenico. |
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nce7 9.d4 c6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxe7 Bxe7 12.0-0-0 Rf8 13.Qe4 Rxf2 14.dxe5 Bg5+ 15.Kb1 Rd2 16.h4 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Bxh4 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Rxd5 Qg5 20.Rd6+ Ke7 21.Qd5 1-0
