Thursday, February 26, 2009

Stalemate in Northern derby

23th Feb, 2009

Premeirship Games
Yishun Sports Stadium

Ricnesh 2 Ben 2 (with a draw)

Ben might be hammering down on his opponent two days ago, but when these two top-class masters meet anything can happen, Ben has two superb win and two doubious lost and a hard-fought draw.

Ricnesh was trailing till the very last minute, but credit to the Indian master, he fought back well and equalized at the very last game.

Current Overall Score
Ben 13 Ricnesh 8 (with 3 hard-fought draws) - 24 games played

Complete Demolish !!! 4-0

21st Feb, 2008

Premeirship Game

ZM Ben Karpov 4 IM V.Ricnesh 0

Ben geefully extended his lead over deadly rival Ricnesh last saturday in the Yishun Stadium Sports Complex.
The two locked horns in four highly entertaining games, but it was Ben who preveiled 4 wins to 0, scoring the biggest win over his rival since last year's 7-1 routing.
Twice Ben took black and twice he took white.

Current Overall Score
Ben 11 Ricnesh 6 (with 2 draws)

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Nothing, but happy

Once again ZM Ben Karpov has to go home empty-handed, but this time he seems to be in a better mood after the whole tournament.

The local based star grabbed 5 points out of a possible 7. He won 4, drew 2 and lost only once in 7 games.

Out of the 7 games, he played the English Opening and Caro-Kann defence three times each and used the Ponziani (Unusual Line) once in the last game. In all Ben is unbeatable at home (white).

Said Ben at a post tournament interview: "I can be proud of my effort today, I did well, and played sanely, I have no regrets, if they were to give out eight more prizes I would have gotten something, as a whole I am happy about it".

The next tournament featuring Ben would be at March 17, at the national school individuals.

Until then, farewell...