Game Of The Week
A couple years back, I came up with a method to organize chess tactics. I called it the DROP Method. The DROP method is an acronym for the basic kinds of tactics. It is meant to remind you not to drop your pieces and help you get your opponent to drop theirs.
I said that the DROP Method was a work in progress, and it was. So, I thought I would revisit each of the four kinds of chess tactics to provide more examples. The first kind of tactic in the DROP Method is Discovery, which I revisited on June 12th (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2021/06/d-is-for-discovery-ix.html). The second kind of tactic in the DROP Method is Removal.
Removal is a chess move that attacks a support.
The Removal is played when the player stops an opponent's piece from supporting the actual target. The supporting piece will typically be of an equal or lesser value than the attacking piece. However, the Removal can give up material, as the protection on the real target is now gone and creates a second attack that cannot be defended.
The target can be the King (Mate threat), a valuable piece (Material threat), or even a square (Mobility threat).
Different types of Removals are referred to by different names, but the idea is the same: The support of the target is removed. Here are some names for the different types of Removal:
I said that the DROP Method was a work in progress, and it was. So, I thought I would revisit each of the four kinds of chess tactics to provide more examples. The first kind of tactic in the DROP Method is Discovery, which I revisited on June 12th (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2021/06/d-is-for-discovery-ix.html). The second kind of tactic in the DROP Method is Removal.
Removal is a chess move that attacks a support.
The Removal is played when the player stops an opponent's piece from supporting the actual target. The supporting piece will typically be of an equal or lesser value than the attacking piece. However, the Removal can give up material, as the protection on the real target is now gone and creates a second attack that cannot be defended.
The target can be the King (Mate threat), a valuable piece (Material threat), or even a square (Mobility threat).
Different types of Removals are referred to by different names, but the idea is the same: The support of the target is removed. Here are some names for the different types of Removal:
- Clearance (Removal by passing support)
- Deflection (Removal by forcing support to move)
- Interference (Removal by interposition; Interception)
- Undermining (Removal by capturing support; trade)
- Sacrifice (Removal by capturing support; Exchange; Greek Gift, Desperado)
Here is an example from the Colorado Springs Chess Club's online, Sunday-night tournament, Discovery Rapid Online. Black has just forked White's Rooks with 31...Ne3. But White has a Removal tactic to avoid the loss of material. Can you find it?
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| White to move |
R Is For Removal X
[Event "Discovery Online"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Brezina, John"]
[Black "Anderson, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.06.13"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
1. e4 h6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nc6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. Nc3 Nxe5 6. Nxe5 Qxe5 7. Bd3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 d6 11. a3 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 a6 13. Qc1 Bd4 14. Bf4 Qh5 15.
Ne2 Bb6 16. Ng3 Qc5 17. b4 Qc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Rd8 20. Qb2 Ne8 21. Rad1
Be6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 f6 24. Bg3 Qc4 25. Bd3 Qf7 26. a4 c6 27. Qc1 Bc7 28.
Bxc7 Nxc7 29. Qf4 Nd5 30. Qf5 g6 31. Qh3 Ne3 32. Qxh6 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 Qg7 34. Qf4
Kf8 35. Re1 g5 36. Qg3 Re8 37. Qd6+ Re7 38. h3 Rae8 39. Bc4 Qh6 40. Re6 Qh5 41.
Rxf6+ Kg7 42. Rf5 Qg6 43. Qd4+ Kh6 44. Qg4 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Qd6+ 46. f4 Qg6 47.
Rxg5 Qxg5 48. Qxg5+ Kh7 49. Bd3+ R1e4 50. Bxe4+ Rxe4 51. Qf5+ 1-0
This Week In Chess
https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/discovery-rapid-online-2397817
Place, Discovery Rapid Online, Score
1 "#1 jfoxhoot (1706)" 3.0
2 "#1 Czechmate1972 (1730)" 3.0
3 "#3 msmcgough (1627)" 3.0
4 "#4 cschessnews (1769)" 2.5
5 "#5 KingVed (1538)" 1.5
6 "#6 linuxguy1 (1882)" 1.0
7 "#6 pretbram (1497)" 1.0
8 "#8 albertgardner (1479)" 1.0
9 "- grahamjcjg (785)" 1.0
10 "- DuWayneL (1692)" 0.0
Place, Discovery Rapid Online, Score
1 "#1 jfoxhoot (1706)" 3.0
2 "#1 Czechmate1972 (1730)" 3.0
3 "#3 msmcgough (1627)" 3.0
4 "#4 cschessnews (1769)" 2.5
5 "#5 KingVed (1538)" 1.5
6 "#6 linuxguy1 (1882)" 1.0
7 "#6 pretbram (1497)" 1.0
8 "#8 albertgardner (1479)" 1.0
9 "- grahamjcjg (785)" 1.0
10 "- DuWayneL (1692)" 0.0
2021 City Speed Chess Championship
With the club closed at the beginning of the year, we were unable to hold our traditional January event, the Colorado Springs City Speed Chess Championship. It began in 1996 and has been an annual tradition since then. Since COATI is letting us use their site, we decided to keep the tradition going and motivate the President to get the plaques updated.
Eleven players have won the title. You could be number 12!
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| City Speed Chess Champions from 1996 to 2018 |
Year, Champion, #
1996 Bruce Monson 1
1998 Ron Smits 3
2003 Jason Caldwell 5
2004 Brian Wall 6
2009 Mitchell Anderson 8
2010 David Meliti 9
2020 Gunnar Andersen 11
2007 Richard Buchanan 7
2013 Richard Buchanan
2016 Paul Anderson 10
2018 Paul Anderson
2019 Paul Anderson
1997 Dan Avery 2
2000 Dan Avery
2001 Dan Avery
2008 Dan Avery
2011 Dan Avery
2012 Dan Avery
1999 Josh Bloomer 4
2002 Josh Bloomer
2005 Josh Bloomer
2006 Josh Bloomer
2014 Josh Bloomer
2015 Josh Bloomer
2017 Josh Bloomer
Here is the event info:
June 23 & 30
26th Annual Colorado Springs City Speed Chess Championship
Site: COATI Uprise, 514 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903.
EF: $10 (includes 2 weeks); $5 discount for CSCC Supporting Members
Prizes: Cash prizes announced at event. The Championship winner will be added to the club plaque.
Reg.: About 6:00pm until 6:45pm.
Rds.: 7:00pm.
Qualifier (6/23): One section open to all; 6SS. TC: G/5+0.
Championship (6/30): Top 6 players from Qualifier; Double RR. TC: G/5+0.
Consolation (6/30): Open to all. Double 5SS. TC: G/5+0.
Ent.: Paul Anderson. Phone: (719) 551-9833 SMS. E-mail: cschess@juno.com.
Bring sets and clocks.
Here is a photo of the President of the club congratulating me for becoming the 10th City Speed Champ in 2016.
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| President presents Paul the plaque! |
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