Russian Draughts World Cup

Game 1. A. Plakhin - G. Kolesov
1. gh4 fg5 2. hf6 ge5 3. cb4 – (game lot) – hg7 4.bc3 gf6 5.fg3 fg5 6.ef4 ge3 7.df4 ba5 8.cd4 ac3 9.db2 ab6 10.ab4 bc5 11.ba5 ef6 12.bc3 fe7 13.ab2 cb414.gh4 bd2 15.ce3 eg3 16.hf2 fe5 17.hg3 dc5 18.gf4 eg3 19.fh4 ef6 20.ef4 cd6 21.ed2 fe5 22.gh2 eg3 23.hf4 de7 24.de3 ef6.

25.hg5 fh4 26.bc3 hg3 27.fh2 hg5 28.hg3 cb4 29.ed4 – (if 29. cd4 then killer move – 29... dc5 and 30... gh4+) – bd2 30.dc5 db4 31.ae1.
1.01 - 1.01
1-1

Game 2. G. Kolesov - A. Plakhin
1.gh4 fg5 2. hf6 ge5 3.cb4 hg5 4.bc3 gh4 5.ab2 ef4 6.eg5 hf6 7.bc5 bd4 8.cg7 hf6 9.bc3 ab6 10.hg3 fe5 11.de3 ba5 12.ed4 ef6 13.fe3 cb6 14.ef4 ba7 15.cd2 bc5 16. db6 ac5 17.de3 fg7 18.gh2 gh6 19.ed2 de7 20.gh4 eg3 21.hf4 fe5 22.fg5hf4 23.eg5 ef6 24.ge7 df8 25.hg5.
0.44 - 0.54
1-1

Game 3. G. Kolesov - A. Plakhin

1.e3>h6 h6>a5. (game lot Í-23: white piece å3 removed to h6, black piece h6 removed to à5). 2.gh4 fe5 3.fe3 bc5 4.gf2 cb6 5.cb4 ac3 6.db4 ba5 7.bc3 gf6 8.fg3 hg7 9.cd2 bc7 10.gf4 eg3 11.hf2 fe5 12.hg3 cb6 13.gh4 gf6 14.fg3 cd4 15.ec5 bb2 16.ac3

16... ab6 17.de3 bc5 18.gf4 eg3 19.hf2 fe5 20.fg3 (whites offer draw) 20. ... cd4 21.ec5 ef4 22.gc7 db2 23.ac1 ac3 24.ef2.

Black time out. 0.56 - 1.00 2-0.

The staying three parties in first set were finished with draw. World Champion wins 1:0.

The second set: first micromatch - draw.

Set 2, micromatch 2, game 2

G. Kolesov - A. Plakhin

1.a3>c5 b6>a3. Game lot b-7.
2.gf4 db4 3.ca5 fg5 4.bc3 gf6 5.cd4 gh4 6.fg5 hf4 7.eg5 hg7 8.gh6 ed6 9.ab2 dc5 10.db6 ac5 11.bc3 fe5 12.cd4 ec3 13.dd6 ce5 14.ed2 dc7 15.dc3 cd6 16.fe3 gf6 17.ef4 eg3 18.hf4 dc5 19.fg5 cb4 20.ge7 bd2 21.ce3 fd6 22.ed4 dc5 23.db6 ab2 24.hg7 bc1 25.gf2 cd2.

26.gh8 de1? 27.fe3.
White won.
0.47 - 1.20
2:0

A. Plakhin - G. Kolesov

1.g3>a5 e7>h4. Game lot å-31.
2.hg3 fg5 3.gf4 gf6 4.cd4 fe5 5.df6 ge7 6.bc3 hg7 7.ab2 bc5 8.gh2 cb4 9.ac5 db4 10.cd4 ba3 11.bc3 gf6 12.fg5 hf4 13.eg5 cb6 14.ac7 bd6 15.de3 ab6 16.gh6 de5 17.fg3 hf2 18.eg3 ba5.

19.gh4 ab4 20.ca5 ec3 21.ab6 cb2 22.ba7 ba1 23.hg3 dc7 24.gf4 cb6 25.ac5 ac3 26. fg5 ce5 27.cb6 eb8 28.ed4?!
After 28.ba7 bh2 29.ab8 fe5 30.bf4! he5 31.ef4 – draw.

28... bh2 29.dc5 hb8. 30.cd2 bd6 31.de3 db4 32.bc7 bc5 33.ef4 ab2 34.cb8 ba1 35.fe5 fd4 36.bf4 ed6 37.fb8 cd6.
While won.

Gavril Kolesov has won with score 2:0 (by sets)!