Ippolito - Erenburg
Black to play
Twenty-five-year-old Israeli GM Sergey Erenburg won the 2nd NJ Futurity International with a score of 7.5/9, a full point ahead of his nearest competitor, GM Leonid Yudasin. Erenburg drew all three of the other GMs in the event and beat everyone else. I have analyzed his best game, against IM Dean Ippolito, which justly won the brilliancy prize donated by Pete Tamburro (see "Two Brilliancies from the 2nd NJ Futurity 2008"). Ippolito's Dean of Chess Academy hosted the tourney, which ran from July 7-11.
Black plays a shocker in the diagram above, going on to win in scintillating style. I have also analyzed the game Ju - Scekic, which featured the gambit 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 c6!?! White played a bit too passively and was eventually overcome with a vigorous attack. Scekic demonstrated an aggressive style in the event and his games are worth a look.
Erenburg also took clear first place at last year's NJ Futurity. No norms were scored in either tournament. I have posted the rest of the games online. You can also view the PGN file of all games from the NJSCF site or download the CBV from NJoyChess.
Related articles:
- Erenburg Wins NJ Futurity Again by Jennifer Shahade at USCF
- NJ Futurity II -- Erenburg Repeats! at the NJ Knockouts Blog
- Ehlvest and Erenburg Lead Futurity, New Jersey Futurity Starts and Erenburg Wins NJ Futurity (2007) by Jennifer Shahade
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