Exist November Masters Cup 2008, Round 2
The Exist Masters Cup is proving to be a fast-paced event! Round 3 is almost over but I’m here to give you an account of Round 2:
The players have more or less consolidated their play after getting used to the atmosphere from the first round. We have Nap taking an advantage early in his game against Marlon, who suffered from a blind spot to lose his rook and never recovered. Jonas and Julz profited from early mistakes by their respective opponents and cruised to easy victories ending in checkmate. Nuks played his usual solid game against Chris to blast away his opponent’s pieces and force resignation. Eyds gained an early advantage in his game against Cata but later faltered in defense to provide his opponent a breakthrough and fell by way of checkmate. Marjun and Rey fought valiantly, giving us an exciting game that saw the advantage going from one to the other. Rey lost his queen to an oversight in the middlegame but fought on until Marjun lost his queen to a similar oversight in the endgame. Both players then fell under time pressure, but Rey eventually prevailed.
The results:
| White | Black | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Nap | Marlon | 1-0, Checkmate |
| Mang Lucio | Jonas | 0-1, Checkmate |
| Venz | Julz | 0-1, Checkmate |
| Nuks | Chris | 1-0, Resignation |
| Eyds | Cata | 0-1, Checkmate |
| Rey | Marjun | 1-0, Time |
We are now awaiting the result of the game between Julz and Mang Lucio to wrap up Round 3. Watch out for the recap soon!
