Game Of The Week
This week's game comes from the Colorado Springs Chess Club's Sunday-night, online, rapid tournaments. It was played by Koen Beaver and John Wagner. Koen started with the club online in February and has played in 12 events. John is new to the club and this was his first event. He was very patient to wait 9 minutes for Koen's first move.
The computer will start the rounds immediately after the last game of the previous round ends, and sometimes, you get caught away from the computer.
"Hey mind taking a look at my last game in the tournament. I was busy when the game started so I ended up starting the game with 1:03. I got an advantage early with a tricky Caro Kann line. Then when simplifying I mouse slipped with B4 giving my opponent a large advantage. However I was able to create a large attack and win back some material. Eventually I found myself in the Lucena position which I had studied and soon won the game. Thanks!"
Koen Beaver
I was more than happy to look at the game since I usually have a hard time picking a game to go over and getting a submission makes the choice much easier. Plus, I wasn't going to have much time this week to look at games with a trip to the state fair and a George Thorogood concert in Pueblo.
It is also nice to get a submission because it makes me feel like I am not alone.
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| Pueblo State Fair - 2021 |
The concert was awesome! At 71, George Thorogood can still rock. He is definitely hanging out with his dear Old Grand-Dad nowadays.
At the concert, I realized that George is not only a great musician but also a heck of a prognosticator. He is the Nostradamus of Rock'N'Roll. His songs predicted how my pandemic chess-life would go with eerie accuracy.
It started with my 30-minute walks, three times per week, to the closest destination from my house. 15 minutes up the hill to the liquor store and 15 minutes back got my goal done. The reward for my exercise routine was a dollar shot from their sampler display at the counter. I soon learned that I preferred 3 kinds of shots.
George saw this coming years ago in his vision: "One Burbon, One Scotch, One Beer."
Well I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when
I've been drinking bourbon, whiskey, scotch and gin
Gonna get high man I'm gonna get loose
Need me a triple shot of that juice
Not only did he foresee my exercise routine, but also, he nailed my two-year, chess routine of sitting at the computer playing in the chess club's online events with another classic vision:
I chess alone, yeah
With nobody else
I chess alone, yeah
With nobody else
Yeah, you know when I chess alone
I prefer to be by myself
Of course, some of his predictions are not nearly as impressive. You don't have to be a prophet to predict how the marriage routine is going to go like he did in his 1988 gem: "You Talk Too Much."
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Proverbs 27:15 KJV
The game was awesome! At 1 minute on his clock, Koen realized his game had started and now he had to bullet his moves. He gained 1 minute by moving fast and missed a Mate-in-1. The game went back-and-forth, with each player giving up their advantage. However, John got caught up in the fast pace an also missed a mate.
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| Black to move. Mate-in-4. |
I Chess Alone
[Event "Ten Four Online"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Beaver, Koen"]
[Black "Wagner, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1144"]
[BlackElo "1418"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2021.08.29"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. Nh3 e5 8. dxe5
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bc5 10. Nf4 Bh7 11. f3 Nh6 12. Nfxh5 Nf5 13. Nxf5 g6 14. Nf6+ Kf8
15. Ne3 Kg7 16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Bd3 Re8 19. Ng4 Nd7 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21.
exf6 Bd4 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. b4 Bxa1 24. h5 Bxf6 25. hxg6+ Kg7 26. Rh7+ Kf8 27.
Rxf7+ Kg8 28. Bc4 Rad8+ 29. Bd3 Rxd3+ 30. cxd3 Rf8 31. Rxb7 Bc3 32. Kc2 Bd4 33.
Rc7 Rf6 34. Rd7 Bb6 35. a4 a5 36. Rb7 Bd4 37. bxa5 Rxg6 38. g4 Rf6 39. a6 Rxf3
40. a7 Bxa7 41. Rxa7 Rg3 42. Ra6 Rxg4 43. Rxc6 Rxa4 44. Rf6 Kg7 45. Rf1 Rd4 46.
Kc3 Rd7 47. d4 Rc7+ 48. Kd3 Rd7 49. Kc4 Rc7+ 50. Kd5 Rd7+ 51. Ke5 Re7+ 52. Kd6
Re3 53. d5 Rd3 54. Ke6 Re3+ 55. Kd7 Rd3 56. d6 Rd5 57. Ke6 Rd2 58. Ke7 Re2+ 59.
Kd8 Rd2 60. d7 Rd3 61. Rf5 Rd1 62. Ke7 Re1+ 63. Kd6 Rd1+ 64. Rd5 1-0
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