Robson - Vigorito, Chicago 2007White to play.
The first-place finish and first IM norm of 13-year-old Ray Robson at the 6th North American FIDE Invitational in Chicago has led to widespread recognition of the youngster's Fischer-like talent. That recognition is well deserved. Robson played some great games, but none more impressive than his victory over closest tournament rival, IM David Vigorito, which I have annotated. This was probably Robson's most flawless performance in the event and an important contribution to opening theory--suggesting that Black has a bit more work ahead of him in this critical line of the Loewenthal Sicilian.
Those interested in finding out more about the tournament should check out the following articles (though there will likely be more news coverage in the coming week):
- The 6th North American FIDE Invitational concludes: Robson first, Vigorito second by Dennis Monokroussos
- 6th North American FIDE Invitational by Dennis Monokroussos
Analyzes some games, including Robson's fortunate victory over Muhammad. - Todd Blogs from Chicago by Todd Andrews at USCF
Analyzes Andrews's early-round draw with tournament winner Robson. - NACA FIDE tournament website
- Games at Monroi
3 comments:
I thought we just did not have the complete score of Robson's win over IM Angelo Young. But today I noticed Mig Greengard reported at the Daily Dirt that the win "came on a cell-phone forfeit on move 13. According to organizer Sevan Muradian this won't ruin Robson's norm since it took place over the board. In 2003 Dominguez and Ponomariov both lost games this way."
Todd Andrews at uschess.org:
In the following game, Ray took out IM David Vigorito in a game that Dave actually prepared Ray for! David tried to surprise Ray with the Lowenthal variation of the open Sicilian. However, Ray had seen the very lecture that Dave gave online and used his own knowledge against him.
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Thanks for pointing us to Todd Andrews's article, "All About Ray in Chicago." I guess you are refering to my review of ChessLecture.com. I will definitely have to renew my subscription!
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