Game Of The Week
They were some of the better opponents I faced at the Ren Fest. So, I wanted to put together the best fantasy picks to create my chess team. I thought I should start with some Hall Of Famers as my first picks, but it turns out they are not easy to get ahold of. I ran into this Hall of Famer at the Denver International Airport back in April. To my shame, I rushed the picture and just got this blurry one and forgot to get his number.
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| Who is that masked man? |
Why would I want a football quarterback on my chess team?
Well, when I gave my retirement speech from football after my one season in college, I mentioned that I wanted to focus on chess. John Elway did the same thing.
Since Elway was out of the question, I figured I would go after my second Hall Of Fame choice.
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| LM Brian Wall with CSCA President Brad Lundstrom |
On September 3rd, LM Brian Wall was inducted into the Colorado Chess Hall Of Fame at this year's Colorado Open. So, I asked him, "As your first event as a Hall Of Famer, can you be board one in our club match?"
He replied, "I am playing in the Colorado Open already."
I asked, "Surely, you can get out of it. Is there anything you can do?"
He replied, "Ok, I will go over and delete my entry from Buck's computer."
To my shame, my request turned into a nightmare as Brian accidentally deleted all the entries from the Colorado Open, making the pairings impossible to re-create, cancelling multiple rounds, and delaying some rounds by hours. 2021 became the worst Colorado Open ever.
But I got my top board. So, it was worth it.
Well, not really. We did win the club match 11-5, and every team member scored a point for the team. That is, except, my ringer, Brian Wall, who went 0-2.
To my shame, all my effort to get a Hall Of Famer on board one ended up like John Elway in Super Bowl XXI. John's opponent won the game, earned the MVP, and only missed 3 passes all game. Brian's opponent, won both games, scored 98% accuracy in both games, and only missed 3 moves in this game.
The computer had a hard time finding any place for improvement in either game. It only gave this position as a place to retry a move for Brian to increase his 91.6% accuracy. I found the right move, but still had no clue how Brian would change the outcome. What a shame.
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| White to move |
Hall Of Shame
[Event "CSCC vs CSMCC"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2021.09.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wall, Brian"]
[Black "Quant, Kurtis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1881"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.09.05"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Nge7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bc5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Re1
Qc7 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Nc5 a6 18. Qh5 h6 19. Re3 Re8 20. Rf3 Re7 21.
Bg6 Nd8 22. Bxf7 Nxf7 23. Nxe6+ Bxe6 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. h3 Kg8 26. Qg6 Re7 27.
Qc2 Ne5 28. Re3 Nc4 29. Re1 Kf7 30. b3 Nd6 31. Qd3 Rhe8 32. f3 Kg8 33. Qd4 Nf5
34. Qb6 Kh7 35. Kf2 d4 36. g4 Ne3 37. Qxd4 Bg8 38. Rc1 Bd5 39. Rc3 Bc6 40. Kg3
Nf1+ 41. Kg2 Re1 42. Qd3+ Kh8 43. h4 R8e2+ 0-1
This Week In Chess
CSCC vs CSMCC: Colorado Springs Chess Club Won the Match
Finished On: Sep 5, 2021, 7:10 PM
Players per Team: 8
Time Control: 10 minutes|10
Colorado Springs Chess Club
11 vs 5
Mines Chess Club
After the club match, the Colorado Springs Chess Club held the Mines Overflow Blitz Arena Online (90 min, G/5+0). Paul Anderson won his 1st gold in the arena, while Tristan Cruz won his 1st silver medal. John Brezina notched a bronze medal.
Place, Mines Overflow Blitz Arena Online, Score
1 "#1 cschessnews (2206)" 30
2 "#2 tristancruz (1414)" 22
3 "#3 Czechmate1972 (1760)" 20
4 "#4 waynehatcher (1786)" 14
5 "#5 bozhenoff (1985)" 5
6 "#6 JJ7X (1728)" 5
7 "#7 albertgardner (1191)" 5
8 "#8 thefox400 (1155)" 5
9 "#9 msmcgough (1428)" 4
10 "#10 Cocomcfrecal (1031)" 2
11 "#11 Zer0R2 (953)" 2
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