Round 7, board 2 next: Vela vs. Jauregui, next Monday Sept, 19th

   The stage is ready.
   The next battle is very important for all three contenders to the 2011 crown between the Spanish Torture musketeers.

   In the last 2 rounds (6 games) we all have the last chance to get as many points as possible for the last time in the year.

   Last Monday "El Galactico" Jauregui had his last white vs. "El Mambi" Ramirez. He will have to wait until he plays the next Round Robin Tournament to have that opportunity again. The same fact applies to all of us, and up next is my last white game vs. Jauregui, so I have to squeeze every drop of extraterrestrial juice that I can possibly get from him...

   I am well aware that a draw is all I need to continue on top, and that would be a good (safe) result for me, however, it's not in my blood nor in my will to come out to the chess arena and play it safe. Rather, just the opposite.

   I want to WIN!! I want to risk and squeeze, and sweat and push, and cry and bleed, and win at all costs!!

  I WANT VICTORY IN EVERY GAME!!! That's my philosophy, and I'm not changing out that now...

    This time I get to play with the advantage of having the leadership for the first time in the whole Match, and if there's nothing more than a draw at hand after trying out every tiny possibility, then, and only then, I wouldn't have to risk losing, and therefore a draw might be OK with me....

  But first... 
Well, first I have to try everything in my power to crush the black position, that being tactically or strategically.

  With that approach i would risk losing, but if I lose this game (and I can lose, of course!) I still have very good chances of coming back in the next three remaining battles.

   If it's a draw, a very hard-fought-out draw, then I will continue as the leader, even if only by the minimum difference, just one half a point over Ramirez. But I would have to play him with Black in the following game, so why not take advantage of my white pieces now, and try to demolish one of my opponents to go to the game against Ramirez with a possible whole extra point advantage?

Yeah...why not??

   They say in Mexico that "The world belongs to brave men..."

With that in mind:  I will be careful, but not to the point of taking absolutely no risks. I will be brave, but not to the point of sacrificing on speculative tactics... 

   In sum, I will continue playing as I did when I still was in the basement.

That attitude helped me to get out of it, and I believe the same mindset will take me to first place at the end of 2011 this Match. 

    I also have a chance to win vs. Jauregui our fourth encounter in a row...  A chance that I'll probably never have again in the future... Maybe never again!
   So why not come out fighting with a super sharp machete, instead of a white silky handkerchief, begging for a truce??

   My opponents, any of them, want a truce??

Well, first of all... 

I am here to fight!!!

I am here to claim victory!!

I am here to kill or be killed!!

You guys want peace??

Come and get it!

Come and earn it first!!

I rather resign the game on move one, before handing out even one single half a point on a platter!!

I will be fighting with everything I've got. I know Jauregui will do so too. He has no choice. If he loses this one, he's practically out of contention for first place, and that makes me want to win even harder than anything else, but we'll see....'cause the future is unpredictable and I'm not playing against a 6 year old kid. I am playing versus El Galactico and I am sure that he will be ready for a tough battle.

This is a war on 64 squares, but war, nonetheless...

  

I wish that you will play a great game Juan Pablo. I really do. I think you will.

So, just to finish this post I also want to ask you the same question I asked Jose the last time we played:

Are you ready to rumble my friend??? 

'Cause I AM MORE THAN READY!!!

   LETS HAVE ANOTHER GREAT FIGHT !!!!!!

To the victory, always!!!