I have annotated a selection of games from the Deathmatch between IM Yaacov Norowitz and GM Boris Avrukh (Replay, PGN), played Sunday, June 22 on the Chess.com server. Commentator IM Daniel Rensch called it "The most exciting deathmatch in history," and he pointed out that it was also the biggest comeback in Chess.com deathmatch history, with Yaacov overcoming a 5-point deficit to take the match based on his excellent performance in bullet.
The rules of the match were that the contestants would play a series of 5-minute, 3-minute, and 1-minute bullet for set periods (adding up to 3 hours), competing for $1,000, with the winner of each time category gaining $100 and the overall winner getting $500. As expected, GM Avrukh performed better at the "slower" time controls, winning the 5-minute by a score of 5-2 and the 3-minute by a score of 6.5-4.5, so that he was leading by 5 points going into the Bullet games. However, IM Norowitz won the Bullet games with a convincing 8-2 margin, thus winning the overall event by a point in the final game, taking the match 14.5 - 13.5. It was a very exciting finish, with Norowitz winning the final three games.
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| GM Simon Williams interviews IM Yaacov Norowitz |
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| Avrukh - Norowitz White to play and win. |
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| Norowitz - Avrukh White to play and win. |
More on Yaacov Norowitz
- A New Yorker and a Nomad to Contest Death Match 25 by Mike Klein, Chess.com June 19, 2014
- Yaacov Norowitz Lecture
- Yaacov Norowitz, Google Video Star
- Yaacov Norowitz Invited to Open Championship
- Norowitz Batting 4.38 Heading into Final Round
- US Championship, Rounds 3 & 4
- Yaacov Earns IM in Reykjavic
- Yaacov Norowitz on Color Complexes
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