2012 WTM 11-Man Ballot (Moiseyev vs Beckwith)
October 6th, 2012
at the Cleveland Public Library (Main Library), downtown Cleveland, Ohio (
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October 7th - 9th, 2012
at the Rodeway Inn in Medina, Ohio (
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GM Alex Moiseyev
retains this World 11-Man Championship Title by defeating GM Richard Beckwith (4 wins - 0 Loss - 9 draws)
Here are the unannotated match games between defending champ Alex Moiseyev and challenger Rich Beckwith. Note that each game starts with a FEN position set up, since that's the easiest way to record 11-man ballot games.
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G1"][Date "2012-10-06"][Black "Moiseyev, Alex"][White "Beckwith, Rich"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,10,9,8,6,5,4,3,2,1."]1. 9-13 23-18 2. 5-9 18-15 3. 10x19 24x15 4. 11x18 22x15 5. 12-16 28-24 6. 16-19 24-20 7. 9-14 25-22 8. 14-18 29-25 9. 2-7 32-28 10. 7-11 21-17 11. 11-16 20x11 12. 19-24 28x19 13. 6-10 15x6 14. 8x24 22x15 15. 1x19 25-22 16. 24-28 17-14 17. 28-32 14-9 18. 32-28 1/2-1/2
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G2"][Date "2012-10-06"][Black "Beckwith, Rich"][White "Moiseyev, Alex"][Result "0-1"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,10,9,8,6,5,4,3,2,1."]1. 9-13 23-18 2. 5-9 32-27 3. 3-7 26-23 4. 11-16 30-26 5. 16-19 24x15 6. 10x19 23x16 7. 12x19 18-15 8. 7-11 22-18 9. 1-5 25-22 10. 19-23 26x19 11. 9-14 18x9 12. 11x25 29x22 13. 5x14 27-23 14. 8-11 28-24 15. 4-8 22-18 16. 6-9 19-15 17. 13-17 15-10 18. 17-22 10-6 19. 22-25 6-1 20. 25-30 1-6 0-1
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G3"][Date "2012-10-06"][Black "Beckwith, Rich"][White "Moiseyev, Alex"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,23,22,21:B12,11,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]1. 9-14 22-18 2. 5-9 25-22 3. 7-10 28-24 4. 11-16 24-20 5. 16-19 23x16 6. 12x19 18-15 7. 9-13 27-23 8. 8-12 23x16 9. 12x19 15-11 10. 19-24 26-23 11. 10-15 30-25 12. 24-28 22-18 13. 15x22 25x9 14. 1-5 29-25 15. 5x14 25-22 16. 3-8 31-27 17. 8x15 23-18 18. 14x23 27x11 19. 6-10 20-16 20. 10-15 16-12 21. 15-19 12-8 22. 19-23 8-3 23. 23-26 22-18 24. 26-31 18-14 25. 13-17 14-9 26. 17-22 21-17 27. 22-25 17-13 28. 25-30 9-6 29. 2x9 13x6 30. 30-26 3-7 31. 26-23 6-2 32. 31-26 2-6 33. 26-22 6-10 34. 22-26 10-14 35. 26-22 7-10 36. 23-27 32x23 37. 22-18 14-17 38. 18x27 10-7 39. 27-24 7-3 40. 24-20 17-22 41. 28-32 11-7 42. 32-28 7-2 43. 28-24 2-7 44. 24-28 7-11 45. 28-24 3-8 46. 24-28 8-12 47. 28-24 11-15 48. 24-28 22-26 49. 28-24 26-31 50. 24-28 15-19 51. 20-24 19-23 52. 24-20 31-26 53. 28-24 26-22 1/2-1/2
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G4"][Date "2012-10-06"][Black "Moiseyev, Alex"][White "Beckwith, Rich"][Result "1-0"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,23,22,21:B12,11,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]1. 9-14 22-18 2. 5-9 25-22 3. 7-10 28-24 4. 11-16 24-20 5. 16-19 23x16 6. 12x19 18-15 7. 19-24 20-16 8. 10x19 27x20 9. 8-12 22-17 10. 6-10 32-28 11. 3-8 29-25 12. 9-13 25-22 13. 1-5 30-25 14. 2-6 31-27 15. 14-18 1-0
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G5"][Date "2012-10-06"][Black "Beckwith, Rich"][White "Moiseyev, Alex"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,23,21:B12,11,10,9,8,7,5,4,3,2,1."]1. 10-15 25-22 2. 15-19 24x15 3. 11x25 29x22 4. 8-11 22-18 5. 1-6 28-24 6. 7-10 26-22 7. 3-7 30-26 8. 9-13 24-20 9. 6-9 22-17 10. 13x22 26x17 11. 9-13 17-14 12. 10x17 21x14 13. 13-17 14-9 14. 5x14 18x9 15. 17-21 9-5 16. 21-25 5-1 17. 25-30 31-26 18. 11-16 20x11 19. 7x16 1-5 20. 16-19 23x16 21. 12x19 5-9 22. 30x23 27x18 23. 19-23 18-15 24. 4-8 15-10 25. 23-26 9-14 26. 26-30 14-18 27. 30-25 32-27 28. 8-12 27-24 29. 25-21 18-22 30. 12-16 24-20 31. 16-19 20-16 32. 19-24 16-11 33. 24-28 11-8 34. 28-32 8-4 35. 32-28 4-8 36. 28-24 8-11 37. 24-19 10-7 38. 19-15 11x18 39. 2x11 18-23 40. 11-16 23-27 41. 16-20 1/2-1/2
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G6"][Date "2012-10-06"][Black "Moiseyev, Alex"][White "Beckwith, Rich"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,23,21:B12,11,10,9,8,7,5,4,3,2,1."]1. 10-15 25-22 2. 15-19 24x15 3. 11x25 29x22 4. 8-11 22-18 5. 7-10 28-24 6. 3-7 26-22 7. 4-8 24-20 8. 10-15 30-25 9. 7-10 27-24 10. 12-16 32-28 11. 8-12 24-19 12. 15x24 28x19 13. 1-6 31-27 14. 9-14 18x9 15. 6x13 22-18 16. 10-14 18x9 17. 5x14 25-22 18. 13-17 1/2-1/2
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G7"][Date "2012-10-07"][Black "Moiseyev, Alex"][White "Beckwith, Rich"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,27,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1"]1. 10-15 22-17 2. 12-16 23-18 3. 15x22 25x18 4. 16-20 24-19 5. 11-15 19x10 6. 6x22 30-25 7. 8-11 25x18 8. 1-6 26-23 9. 4-8 29-25 10. 8-12 17-13 11. 11-16 18-14 12. 16-19 23x16 13. 12x19 32-28 14. 20-24 27x20 15. 19-23 21-17 16. 7-11 28-24 17. 23-27 24-19 18. 27-32 25-21 19. 6-9 13x6 20. 2x18 19-15 21. 32-28 15x8 22. 3x12 17-14 23. 28-24 21-17 24. 24-19 17-13 25. 19-15 13-9 26. 18-22 9-6 27. 22-25 14-10 28. 15-11 6-2 29. 25-30 10-7 30. 30-25 7-3 31. 25-22 3-7 32. 11-15 2-6 33. 22-17 7-10 34. 15-18 6-2 35. 17-13 2-6 1/2-1/2
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G8"][Date "2012-10-07"][Black "Beckwith, Rich"][White "Moiseyev, Alex"][Result "0-1"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,27,26,25,24,23,22,21:B12,11,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1."]1. 10-15 22-17 2. 12-16 23-18 3. 15x22 25x18 4. 16-20 24-19 5. 11-15 19x10 6. 7x23 26x19 7. 5-9 17-13 8. 9-14 29-25 9. 8-11 25-22 10. 1-5 22-17 11. 14-18 30-25 12. 3-7 27-24 13. 20x27 32x14 14. 6-10 25-22 15. 4-8 31-27 16. 11-15 27-24 17. 2-6 19-16 18. 8-12 16-11 19. 7x16 14x7 20. 5-9 24-20 21. 16-19 7-3 22. 19-23 3-7 23. 15-19 22-18 0-1
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G9"][Date "2012-10-08"][Black "Moiseyev, Alex"][White "Beckwith, Rich"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,22,21:B12,11,10,9,8,6,5,4,3,2,1."]1. 11-16 24-20 2. 3-7 20x11 3. 8x15 22-18 4. 15x22 25x18 5. 4-8 28-24 6. 8-11 24-19 7. 11-15 18x11 8. 7x23 26x19 9. 10-15 19x10 10. 6x15 29-25 11. 1-6 25-22 12. 6-10 27-23 13. 9-14 31-27 14. 15-19 23x16 15. 12x19 30-26 16. 5-9 32-28 17. 9-13 27-23 18. 10-15 23x16 19. 14-18 16-11 20. 18x25 26-23 21. 25-30 23-19 22. 15x24 28x19 1/2-1/2
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G10"][Date "2012-10-08"][Black "Beckwith, Rich"][White "Moiseyev, Alex"][Result "0-1"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,22,21:B12,11,10,9,8,6,5,4,3,2,1."]1. 11-16 24-20 2. 9-14 20x11 3. 8x15 22-17 4. 4-8 28-24 5. 2-7 17-13 6. 5-9 26-23 7. 15-19 24x15 8. 10x26 30x23 9. 12-16 27-24 10. 16-20 24-19 11. 1-5 31-27 12. 8-11 25-22 13. 14-17 21x14 14. 9x25 29x22 15. 6-10 19-16 16. 11-15 13-9 17. 5x14 0-1
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G11"][Date "2012-10-08"][Black "Beckwith, Rich"][White "Moiseyev, Alex"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,23,22,21:B12,11,10,9,8,7,6,4,3,2,1."]1. 9-13 28-24 2. 11-15 22-18 3. 15x22 25x18 4. 8-11 29-25 5. 4-8 25-22 6. 11-16 24-20 7. 16-19 23x16 8. 12x19 27-23 9. 8-12 23x16 10. 12x19 18-15 11. 3-8 22-18 12. 19-24 32-28 13. 10x19 26-23 14. 19x26 28x19 15. 8-11 30x23 16. 7-10 18-14 17. 10x17 21x14 18. 11-15 1/2-1/2
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G12"][Date "2012-10-08"][Black "Moiseyev, Alex"][White "Beckwith, Rich"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W30,17,10,7,K6:BK19,16,3,1."]1. 19-15 7-2 2. 16-20 30-25 3. 20-24 25-21 4. 24-27 10-7 5. 1x10 2-6 6. 27-31 7-2 7. 31-26 17-13 8. 26-22 2-7 9. 22-17 21x14 10. 10x17 7-10 11. 15-11 6-9 12. 17-22 9-14 13. 22-26 13-9 14. 11-16 14-18 15. 26-31 18-23 16. 16-20 9-6 17. 3-8 6-2 18. 8-11 2-7 19. 20-16 7-3 20. 16-12 3-7 21. 12-16 7-2 22. 16-20 2-6 23. 11-16 23-18 1/2-1/2
[Event "2012 11-Man Ballot WCM G13"][Date "2012-10-09"][Black "Beckwith, Rich"][White "Moiseyev, Alex"][Result "1/2-1/2"][Setup "1"][FEN "B:W32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,23,22:B12,11,10,9,8,6,5,4,3,2,1."]1. 11-15 22-17 2. 8-11 17-13 3. 9-14 25-22 4. 4-8 29-25 5. 2-7 24-19 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 5-9 25-21 8. 11-15 32-28 9. 15x24 28x19 10. 8-11 22-18 11. 10-15 19x10 12. 6x22 26x10 13. 7x14 13x6 14. 1x10 30-26 15. 3-7 26-22 16. 11-15 1/2-1/2
Games 14-16 were not played, since Alex had a wide enough margin of
victory to clinch the title. Congratulations to both players!