You've Got Another Thing Comin'! Part IV

Game Of The Week

Part III (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/youve-got-another-thing-comin-part-iii.html)

Round IV

Two players with the most Colorado Springs City Championships and only 4-time champions are LM Josh Blommer and Dan Avery.  Both Josh and Dan were club regulars in the late 90s and early 2000s.  Dan won 3 titles in my 1st four years at the club and added his 4th a couple years ago, becoming the 1st player to win titles in 3 different decades.  Josh grabbed a couple titles early in his club career and added a couple more at the end.

4x Champions (2):

2001 Josh Blommer

2005 Josh Blommer

2015 Josh Blommer

2017 Josh Blommer

1997 Dan Avery
1998 Dan Avery
2000 Dan Avery
2011 Dan Avery

In the final round, I remained on board 1, despite the draw with Imre.  I still had a chance at the title, but I had to beat Dan to even have a shot at the crown.  A draw or a loss would knock me out of contention.  A win could leave me and Imre tied for 1st, should he win as well.  However, Imre took a bye in the final round and made the game between Dan and me the deciding factor.

In Dan’s past 4 title runs, he had beaten me on his way to victory.  In my only title run, I had beaten Dan.  Now, it was down to the 2 of us in the final round with the title on the line for the 1st time.  Dan could claim his 5th title, or I would become a repeat champion.

After gaining little from my preparation for Imre, I opted to just play the game against Dan by reliving my 2010 victory over Dan and ignoring the 2011 debacle.

Avery,Dan - Anderson,Paul [A42]

CSCC Championship Colorado Springs (4.1), 29.10.2013

1.d4 c6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be3 Nd7 6.h3 a6 7.Nf3 b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.Be2 Rc8 10.0–0 Qc7

In 2010, I had won with the Black pieces in 36 moves, but, in 2011, I lost with the Black pieces in a tough endgame.  So, I figured it would probably be an endgame that decided the outcome and not an opening mistake.  The only thing I wanted from the opening was to encourage Dan to castle Kingside and do so myself.

11.Rc1 Qb8 12.Qd2 Ngf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.Bf4 Qe6 17.Rfe1 Rd818.Qc2 Qc8 19.Bf3 e6 20.Ne4 Nxe4

I was just about to achieve my goal of Kingside castle when Dan goes on the attack.  The Pawn push to e5 forces me to take the material or suffer a hideous position.  I am just hoping that I have not missed anything with my King and Queen in the center.  Fortunately, I can trade off some more material, hold my Pawn, and get my Queen out of the center.

21.Qxe4 0–0 22.cxb5 axb5 23.Rc2 Qa8 24.Qe3 Bd4 25.Qe2 c5 26.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.Be5 Rd5 28.Bxd4 cxd4 29.Qd3 Rc8 30.Rec1 Rxc2

I finally get to castle still up a Pawn.  I just need to activate my light Bishop, and the extra Pawn is going to amount to something.  When I see the opportunity to activate my dark Bishop to d4 and push the c5 Pawn, I realize the winning chances have swung heavily in my favor.  Dan is going to be fighting for a draw.  However, that is all he needs to get the title.

31.Rxc2 Qd7 32.f4 Kg7 33.Rd2 Qc7 34.g3 Qc4 35.Kf2 Kf6 36.Ke2 h5 37.Rc2 Qxd3+ 38.Kxd3 Kf5 39.Rf2 f6 40.Rf3 g5

I fix my Rook behind my Passed Pawn and look to trade off the Queens.  Once the Queens come off, I can activate my King and begin to press my Kingside Pawn advantage, looking for an opportunity to gain a second Pawn.

41.fxg5+ Kxg5 42.Rf4 e5 43.h4+ Kg6 44.Rf2 Rc5 45.Ke4 Rc1 46.Rf3 Re1+ 47.Kd5 Re3 48.Rf2 Kf7 49.Rc2 Rxg3 50.Rc7+ Kg6

I try to limit any activity Dan’s Rook can get, but I finally see an opportunity to get the second Pawn with my King in a relatively safe location.

51.Ke6 Rg4 52.Rf7 Rf4 53.Rf8 e4 54.Rg8+ Kh7 55.Kf7

Black to move & find all winning moves

Shirley Herman was nice enough to begin taping after Dan offered the draw, hoping to catch the end of the City Championship on video.  I declined the draw, but she kept taping and did finally catch the winning moment.

Chess is so anti-climactic.

55...Rg4 56.Rd8 e3 57.Kxf6 e2 58.Rd7+ Kh6 59.Re7 Rf4+ 0–1

Dan makes one last ditch effort to find a perpetual check and even offers the draw on move 55 with 53 seconds left on his clock.  Of course, Dan has to scream the draw offer, as I still have Judas Priest’s “You Have Another Thing Coming” blaring in my headphones.  Peter Barlay said, “It was the loudest draw offer I’ve ever heard.”  I didn’t realize that I had left myself only one winning move, but I found it.

You've Got Another Thing Comin'! Part IV

[Event "CSCC Championship"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2013.10.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Avery, Dan"]
[Black "Anderson, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.10.08"]
[TimeControl "5400"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. h3 a6 7. Nf3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Qb8 12. Qd2 Ngf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qe6 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Qc2 Qc8 19. Bf3 e6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 O-O 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rc2 Qa8 24. Qe3 Bd4 25. Qe2 c5 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Be5 Rd5 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qd3 Rc8 30. Rec1 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Qd7 32. f4 Kg7 33. Rd2 Qc7 34. g3 Qc4 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke2 h5 37. Rc2 Qxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Kf5 39. Rf2 f6 40. Rf3 g5 41. fxg5+ Kxg5 42. Rf4 e5 43. h4+ Kg6 44. Rf2 Rc5 45. Ke4 Rc1 46. Rf3 Re1+ 47. Kd5 Re3 48. Rf2 Kf7 49. Rc2 Rxg3 50. Rc7+ Kg6 51. Ke6 Rg4 52. Rf7 Rf4 53. Rf8 e4 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Kf7 Rg4 56. Rd8 e3 57. Kxf6 e2 58. Rd7+ Kh6 59. Re7 Rf4+ 0-1

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This Week In Chess

On March 11th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club held a Quad event (RR, G30).  Since we didn't have enough rated players for 2 Quads, the rated section was changed to a Swiss tournament (3SS, G30).  The unrated players managed to form a Quad (RR, G20).

Here are the results:

Score Player

USCF-rated Swiss (3SS, G30):

2.5 Imre Barlay
2.0 Joe Pahk
1.5 Mark McGough
1.5 Alex Freeman
1.5 Daniel Herman
0.0 Shirley Herman

Unrated Quad (RR, G20):

3.0 Paul Anderson
2.0 Buck Buchanan
1.0 Peter Barlay
0.0 Earle Wikle

Tuesday Night Chess Tour Standings for 1st Quarter

MAX POSSIBLE 36.00 36.00

1 Paul Anderson 23.50 23.50
2 Richard Buchanan 20.50 20.50
3 Daniel Herman 18.33 18.33
4 Koji DelConte 14.00 14.00
5 Joe Pahk 13.50 13.50
6 Mark McGough 11.33 11.33
7 Shirley Herman 9.00 9.00
8 Josh Bloomer 8.00 8.00
9 William Benedek 7.50 7.50
10 Eugin Pahk 6.00 6.00
11 Imre Barlay 6.00 6.00
12 Mike Madsen 5.00 5.00
13 Sara Herman 4.00 4.00
14 Dean Brown 4.00 4.00
15 Alex Freeman 3.33 3.33
16 Katie Wise 3.00 3.00
17 Kevin Kaaoush 3.00 3.00
18 Alex Torres 3.00 3.00
19 Gary Atkinson 2.00 2.00
20 John Byrne 2.00 2.00
21 Robert Jimenez 2.00 2.00
22 Ron Dotson 2.00 2.00
23 Chris Wynkoop 2.00 2.00
24 Larry Klezdik 2.00 2.00
25 Earle Wikle 2.00 2.00
26 Peter Barlay 2.00 2.00
27 Bobby Dzagen 1.00 1.00

Colorado Springs Open Standings

By NM Buck Buchanan

4.5 Jackson Chen
4.5 LM Brian Wall
4.5 Chris Peterson
4.0 LM Randy Canney
4.0 NM Philipp Lamby
4.0 DuWayne Langseth
3.5 Gunnar Andersen
3.5 Victor Huang
3.5 Mark Krowczyk
3.5 Scott Lett
3.5 Earl Wikle
3.5 William Shand
3.5 Ron Rossi
3.5 Pierre Julien
3.5 Bill Pursel
3.0 Ryan Swerdlin
3.0 Dean Clow
3.0 Rhett Langseth
3.0 Phil Brown
3.0 Katie Wise
3.0 Robert Carlson
3.0 Alexander Freeman
3.0 Brady Barkemeyer
3.0 Andy Wu
3.0 Anthea Carson
3.0 Joe Pahk
3.0 Mike Madsen
2.5 Dean Brown
2.5 Mark Schlagenhauf
2.5 Kevin Gene Lucas
2.5 Alex Cacas
2.5 Roger Redmond
2.5 Clifton Ford
2.5 William Benedek
2.5 Jeffrey Davis
2.5 Steven Readel
2.5 Akshat Jain
2.5 Gary Bagstad
2.0 David Logan
2.0 Charles Alexander
2.0 Will Wolf
2.0 Scott Swerdlin
2.0 Daniel Herman
2.0 Mihaly Toth
2.0 Albert Kim
2.0 Derek Miller
2.0 Kevin Meng
2.0 Luke Thurman
1.5 Shirley Herman
1.5 Justin Alter
1.5 Rebecca Herman
1.5 Vibi Varghese
1.5 Ryan Walters
1.5 Mukund Gurumurthi
1.5 Chris Butler
1.5 Eric Meng
1.5 Eugin Pahk
1.5 Sara Herman
1.0 Carlos Santillan
1.0 Taras Skibicky
1.0 Jason Lee
1.0 Young Hong
1.0 Atharva Vispute
1.0 Tara Martinez
0.5 Kathy Schneider
0.5 Saisaketh Janga
0.0 Darian Titus