I Told Brian Williams To Resign

Friday The 13th

Friday, February 13th, 2015

I am back for another season of chess news and games.  Last year, I set my record for peak rating (USCF 2098), and earlier this year, I was certified as a Club Tournament Director.  This means that I don't have to beg players for their games.  The TD can publish any game from an event he directs.  So, less of my games!

I also added some new chess clips to the Colorado Springs Chess News' Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/cschessnews

One of those videos appears in the horror film, "Friday The 13th, Part II."  Of course, the only person to survive the massacre is the chess player.

Hope you enjoy them!

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from my famous battle with Brian "Williams" Rountree.  The battle occured when Garry Kasparov split from FIDE, around the time of the first Iraq war.  It was about 10 years before the famous helicopter attack in 2003, where Brian and I survived another amazing battle.

The first time, our battle played out over the chess board.  We were the top 2 chess news reporters in the US at that time and the only ones who could play chess at Garry Kasparov's press conference, when he announced his newly formed Professional Chess Association.  Since the Fischer Boom had died out, Brian and I were selected to battle for the right to take on the World Chess Champion for his title and hopefully restart the American chess craze again with the "Anderson Boom."

We were to play a one-game, winner-take-all match.  I had a couple things in my favor.  The time control was fast at G30, and I got white.  Brian was eager to test out the new delay of 10 seconds, which was double the old delay.  However, it failed to help.

We got to this position when I told Brian to resign.

White to move

I Told Brian Williams To Resign

[Event "Cabin Fever Reliever"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anderson, Paul"]
[Black "Rountree, Brian "Williams""]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.02.03"]
[TimeControl "1800"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Nde4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 h6 11. a3 f5 12. Nc3 a5 13. e3 Ra7 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Qc2 b6 16. Qa4 Ne7 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Rc8 20. Rac1 Kf7 21. Rc2 Ke6 22. Rfc1 d5 23. a4 c5 24. bxc6 Rac7 25. e4 fxe4 26. dxe4 d4 27. Bh3+ Nf5 28. b4 axb4 29. Bxb4 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Rb2 Kd6 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Rxb6 e4 34. Kf1 d3 35. Ke1 Kd5 36. Rb7 Kd6 37. Rxc7 Kxc7 38. Rc4 f4 39. Bd7 fxg3 40. hxg3 Ra8 41. Rxe4 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=99672

This Week In Chess

On February 10th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club finished its USCF-rated Cabin Fever Reliever (4SS, G30).  10 players joined.

Here are the results:

Score Player

3.0 Paul Anderson* 1st $12.00
3.0 Jeff Fox 1st $12.00
3.0 Daniel Herman* 1st $12.00
2.0 NM Buck Buchanan*
2.0 Benjamin Maye* U1800 $10.00
1.5 Mark McGough*
1.5 Dean Brown*
1.5 Shirley Herman*
1.0 Brian "Williams" Rountree*
0.0 David Silva

* The Colorado Springs Chess Club paid the Supporting Members' entry to this event