Tani Adewumi clinches first IM norm in New York

[AdminX]

https://en.chessbase.com/post/tani-adew ... st-im-norm#

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[Event "2022 New York Spring Invitational IM D"]
[Site "New York, USA"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "PARAGUA,Mark"]
[Black "ADEWUMI,Tanitoluwa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[EventDate "????.??.??"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 {[%emt 0:2:46]} 1...c5 2.Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 3.g3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 3...Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 4.Bg2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 4...Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:41]} 5.Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 5...d5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 6.exd5 {[%emt 0:0:46]} 6...Nxd5 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 7.O-O {[%emt 0:0:8]} 7...Be7 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 8.Rd1 {[%emt 0:0:31]} 8...Bf6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 9.Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} O-O {[%emt 0:8:49]} 10.Ne4 {[%emt 0:5:51]} 10...Be7 {[%emt 0:2:38]} 11.c4 {[%emt 0:4:2]} 11...Nc7 {[%emt 0:2:35]} 12.b4 $1 {[%emt 0:4:56]} 12...Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 13.Qd3 {[%emt 0:13:41]} 13...Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:9:25]} 14.Qxf3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:1:19]} 15.d4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 15...f5 {[%emt 0:0:32]} 16.Nc5 {[%emt 0:1:16]} 16...b6 {[%emt 0:1:55]} 17.Bf4 {[%emt 0:4:49]} 17...Bd6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 18.Nd3 {[%emt 0:0:54]} 18...Ba6 {[%emt 0:9:36]} 19.c5 {[%emt 0:2:19]} 19...Bxf4 {[%emt 0:3:43]} 20.Qxf4 {[%emt 0:4:14]} 20...Nd5 {[%emt 0:2:1]} 21.Bxd5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 21...Qxd5 {[%emt 0:2:42]} 22.Nxb4 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 22...Qc4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 23.Rab1 $2 {[%emt 0:10:51] Stockfish 15: +0.37/34} ( 23.Qd2 {Stockfish 15: +1.65/30} 23...Qe2 24.Nxa6 Qxa6 25.Rac1 bxc5 26.dxc5 Qc6 27.Qa5 f4 28.Rd6 Qe4 29.Qc3 fxg3 30.hxg3 Rf3 31.Qc4 Qxc4 32.Rxc4 Rf6 33.f4 Rc8 34.c6 Kf8 35.Rb4 Rf7 36.Rb7 Rfc7 37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Rxc7 a6 39.Kf2 Rd4 40.Ra7 Rc4 ) 23...bxc5 {[%emt 0:4:12]} 24.Nxa6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Qxa6 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 25.dxc5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 25...Qc6 $2 {[%emt 0:9:8] Stockfish 15: +2.87/32} ( 25...Rad8 {Stockfish 15: +0.95/34} 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qc7 Rc8 28.Qe7 Qxa2 29.Rc1 h6 30.c6 Qd5 31.Qb7 Qd8 32.c7 Qd7 33.Qxa7 Kf7 34.h3 Qd2 35.Qa1 Qd6 36.Qc3 Kg8 37.h4 Kh7 38.h5 Kg8 39.Qb3 Kf7 40.Qb7 Qd7 41.Rc5 Qd1+ 42.Kg2 Qd7 43.Qb6 Kg8 ) 26.Qd6 {[%emt 0:10:10]} 26...Qxd6 $1 {[%emt 0:1:0]} 27.Rxd6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 27...Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:52]} 28.Rb7+ {[%emt 0:0:29]} 28...Kf6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 29.Rdd7 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 29...g5 $1 {[%emt 0:6:16]} 30.Rxh7 {[%emt 0:1:12]} 30...g4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 31.h3 {[%emt 0:3:44]} 31...Rac8 {[%emt 0:5:0]} 32.hxg4 {[%emt 0:2:48]} 32...fxg4 {[%emt 0:0:25]} 33.Rhg7 {[%emt 0:4:40]} 33...Rxc5 {[%emt 0:6:9]} 34.Rxg4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 34...Ra8 {[%emt 0:1:22]} 35.Rgg7 {[%emt 0:1:41]} 35...Rc2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 36.Rbf7+ {[%emt 0:7:5]} 36...Ke5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 37.Rxa7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 38.Rxa2 $2 {[%emt 0:0:9] Stockfish 15: 0.00/134} ( 38.Raf7 {Stockfish 15: +2.79/28} 38...Ra1+ 39.Kg2 Re1 40.Kf3 Ra4 41.Rg6 Kd6 42.Rg8 e5 43.Re8 Kc5 44.Kg2 Kc6 45.Rf6+ Kd5 46.Rd8+ Ke4 47.Rf7 Ra6 48.Re8 Re2 49.Rf4+ Kd5 50.Rf5 Kd6 51.Rf6+ Kd7 52.Rxa6 Kxe8 53.Kf3 ) 38...Rxa2 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 39.Rf7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 39...Kd6 {[%emt 0:0:56]} 40.Kg2 {[%emt 0:0:39]} 40...e5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 41.g4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 41...Ke6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 42.Rf8 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 42...Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:35]} 43.Rf3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 43...Ra8 {[%emt 0:1:2]} 44.Kg3 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 44...Rg8 $1 {[%emt 0:1:32]} 45.Kh4 {[%emt 0:3:1]} 45...Rh8+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 46.Kg5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 46...Rg8+ $1 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 47.Kf5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 47...Rf8+ {[%emt 0:0:7]} 48.Ke4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 48...Rg8 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 49.Rg3 {[%emt 0:3:11]} 49...Rf8 {[%emt 0:2:49]} 50.f3 {[%emt 0:3:3]} 50...Ke6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 51.Rh3 $1 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 51...Rf6 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 52.Rh8 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 52...Rf4+ {[%emt 0:0:15]} 53.Ke3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 53...Kf7 $1 {[%emt 0:0:33]} 54.Rh6 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 54...Ra4 {[%emt 0:0:38]} 55.g5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 55...Rf4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 56.g6+ {[%emt 0:3:45]} 56...Kg7 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 57.Rh5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 57...Kxg6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 58.Rxe5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 58...Ra4 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 59.Re4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 59...Ra2 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 60.Kf4 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 60...Kf6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 61.Rb4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 61...Ra6 {[%emt 0:0:37]} 62.Kg4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 62...Rc6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 63.f4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 63...Ra6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 64.Rb5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 65.Rh5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 65...Rc4 {[%emt 0:1:49]} 66.Rh6+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} 66...Kg7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 67.Rb6 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 67...Rc5 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 68.f5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 68...Rc1 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 69.Kf4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} 70.Ke5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 70...Re1+ {[%emt 0:0:8]} 71.Kd5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 71...Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:27] White loses 0.08 pawn per move (2 mistakes), Black loses 0.12 pawn per move (1 mistake).} 1/2-1/2
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I saw this on Chessbase.com, and there is not doubt that Tani is progressing in skill quite nicely. However what really caught my eye, was my friend who I had not seen in a while Mark Paragua. At the time we met some years back he was a IM so I was happy to see that he is now a GM.

[mvanthoor]

WHAAaT...

Learn the rules, win a New York Championship a year later with 5.5/6, and get your first IM-norm 3 years later at 11.

In short: if you have to STUDY for chess as a kid, years and years in a row to break 1500-1600, you can just as well drop the entire thing because you'll never amount to anything. I started at 7, maybe 8, it took me 8 years of playing (not studying; just playing against other kids) to reach somewhere around ~1850, which was determined by the fact that I could score ~50% against the teacher overseeing the school's chess club, who had an official rating of ~1850, and basically got stuck there for the rest of my life.

I can have peaks of ~2000 Elo when I _really_ apply myself to a game (defeated some ~2000 Elo players in local competitions when I played in a chess club in the late 90's), but I'd be surprised if I ever pass 2100, even if i decide to start studying again. I can see myself reaching ABRSM level 8 on the piano much more easily. (Now I hover at level 4-5; also after a 15 year hiatus.)