Game Of The Year III

End Of The Season

Tuesday August 22, 2006

Well, another chess season has come to a close for me.  It is time for me to move on to managing the websites for my other hobby (https://spamfootball.blogspot.com/), but I will return after the football season ends.

Before I go, I wanted to clean up some loose ends.  Of course, you can still send in news items or articles during the off-season, and I will email them along to the subscribers.  Any games I receive will be stored in my stockpile until next year.

You can also join Brian Wall’s email list (http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist) to keep receiving chess games all year round.

So, before I finish typing my chess thoughts for another year, I want to thank all the people who sent in games and articles, all the people who took the time to tell me something nice about the newsletter, and all the people who take the time to read this.

Game Of The Year

Last year at this time, I was hoping to turn things around from an off year.  My USCF rating had dropped from a personal best of 1852 to 1818, the number of higher-rated players I had beaten was down from the previous year, and I only won one prize last year.  I had started the year out well enough.  I even improved my rating to 1864, but then things just seemed to fall apart for me at the Southern Colorado Open.

It was the same story this year.  I was up exactly 12 rating points from the beginning of the year until the Southern Colorado Open again.  This time I was determined to write a new ending.  No second half slump for me this year.  But if I wanted a different result, I would have to do something different, wouldn’t I?

“So if you are tired of the same old story, turn some pages. I’ll be here when you are ready to roll with the changes.” 

K. Cronin

I took a page from the book of George Costanza.  If everything I did last year was wrong, then the opposite had to be right.  Looking for a small material advantage and playing that to an easy endgame while keeping my king safe was out the window.  Now, I was going after the opponent’s king from the beginning and sacrificing material to open up lines without any regard for my king’s safety.

In four of the five games I played in this year’s Southern Colorado Open, I castled after my opponent to the opposite side or not at all.  How did it work for me?  Well, after 2 games this way, I had 2 losses.

But I was unfazed.  In fact, I was mad.  I don’t know if it was the controlled anger I had somehow harnessed, or the fact that I was now on the lower boards, but I finally got a win.

As I looked over how I won this way, it dawned on me that not everything I was doing last year was wrong.  Perhaps, I should retrieve the baby and some of that bathwater from last year.

So, in my last round, I was going to be a little more balanced.  First, I wanted to be aggressive and go after the king.  Usually, in the Benko, I’ll take the pawn and try to hold onto the material.  This was the first time I played 5. b6.

I had overheard NM Josh Bloomer tells someone this shuts down black’s queenside attack.  I was hoping to get something going against black’s kingside and not worry about the queenside.

However, the black bishop was gumming up the works, and I didn’t want to trade off either of my bishops as they formed a nice turret with mounted machine guns.  I swung the turret to the right to fire on the kingside when I realized I had just missed a target on the queenside.  After I had fortified the kingside a bit, I swung the turret back to the queenside and decided to go after the small material advantage.

It was a winning plan and the start of a second half surge.  My USCF rating has climbed from 1803 to 1885, the number of higher-rated players I have beaten is up from the previous year, and I won five prizes this year.  Here’s to an even better year next season.

White to move

Game Of The Year III

[Event "Southern Colorado Open"]

[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]

[Date "2006.06.11"]

[Round "6.5"]

[White "Anderson, Paul"]

[Black "Zupa, Daoud"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "A57"]

[WhiteElo "1820"]

[BlackElo "1973"]

[PlyCount "105"]

[EventDate "2006.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Be7

9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 O-O 11. Qe2 Ne8 12. g4 Bh4+ 13. Nf2 g6 14. Kf1 Ng7 15. Bh6

Nf6 16. Kg2 Kh8 17. Rag1 Ng8 18. Be3 Ra7 19. Nfd1 Qd8 20. Qd2 f5 21. h3 Raf7

22. Rf1 Nf6 23. Qe2 Ra7 24. b4 Nd7 25. Na4 Qc7 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Nxc5 dxc5 28.

Qc2 Be7 29. Nb2 f4 30. Bf2 Bd7 31. Nc4 Rc8 32. Rb1 Bb5 33. a4 Bxc4 34. Bxc4 Rb8

35. Qd3 a5 36. Rhd1 Ne8 37. Qc3 Bd6 38. Bb5 Nf6 39. Be1 Raa8 40. Bd2 Kg7 41.

Rb3 Ra7 42. Rdb1 g5 43. Be1 h6 44. Bf2 Rf8 45. Bc6 Rf7 46. Bxc5 Bxc5 47. Qxc5

Nxe4 48. fxe4 f3+ 49. Rxf3 Rxf3 50. Kxf3 Qf7+ 51. Kg2 Rc7 52. Qd6 Re7 53. Rf1

1-0

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This Week In Chess

On August 15, the CSCC had 20 members in attendance.  In the USCF-rated ladder game (G90), Fred Eric Spell split a game with Tom Mullikin.

The rest of the participants played in a four round, Swiss tournament (G15).  Here are the results:

Player Score

Paul Anderson 3.0

Jason Check 3.0

Dan Avery 3.0

Buck Buchanan 3.0

Joe Pahk 3.0

DuWayne Langseth 2.5

Renae Delaware 2.5

Devin Smith 2.0

Virgil McGuire 2.0

Roy Roberts 2.0

Bill Whinemiller 1.0

Steve Jumper 1.0

Parker Woods 1.0

Jerry Maier 1.0

Chris McCarty 1.0

Michael Harmon 0.0

End Of The Guest Book

Due to the increasing amount of spam I am receiving on the guest book, I am removing that feature.  It lasted 2 years.

However, you are still welcome to send chess games and news items, ask questions, locate long lost friends, advertise chess products and websites, or just encourage me over email until I get a new system set up.

Thanks to all those who participated with the guest book!

Here are the final entries I removed including 2 “Question Of The Week” topics.  Remember those? Looks like the Paul Grimm [338], Dean Brown (336), and Andy Rea (334) race has gotten even closer!

Paul Anderson, Colorado Springs CO USA, Tuesday June 01, 2004 22:22:55 GMT

About the most active chess player in CO, I checked on Rea and Grimm in the MSA.  Rea wins for most active since 1991 (314 vs 254 games) but Grimm wins for the most active in CO (248 vs 155 games).  Grimm even beats Brown in CO and will probably catch Rea for total games shortly.  Of couse, this is all unofficial as I didn't check on anyone else.  But who else could it be?

Tim, Denver CO, Tuesday May 25, 2004 19:02:17 GMT

Another great newsletter!  My answer for the most active player has to be Paul Grimm.  He has an huge appetite for chess, and can never get enough.  He travels to just about every tournament within 100 miles, and sometimes more!  When there is an oppourtunity to play two games at the same time, he will, like at the Colorado Open, and membership meeting open.  Second choice is probably Andy Rea.  Andy also travels a lot, but Paul will set up side matches, and extra rated games as much as possible.  Third is probably Dean Brown.

Martin T. Deschner, Denver CO USA, Monday May 24, 2004 17:25:44 GMT

Colorado's Most Active Player??  I'd say Paul Grimm of Denver a/k/a The Grimm Reaper.  Paul loves to play chess alot, and he's very intense!  His chess play is as sharp as his crew cut! ---Martin Deschner, Internet Chess Expert

[Comments are about this newsletter: (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2004/05/almost.html)]

Inn Sohn, Colorado Springs CO, Monday May 24, 2004 23:07:26 GMT

I'm all for publishing short games.  I believe many classic mates like fool's mate, legal's mate,etc are useful in shortcutting calculations and practical in blitz.

Paul Cornelison, Boulder CO, Friday May 14, 2004 02:15:07 GMT

In response to your Question Of The Week:  Should a game lasting 9 moves be published?  Any game should be published no matter the length, as long as the game contains something of interest.... I have played many games of 9 or even less moves that are quite good!

Glen Suares, Wednesday May 12, 2004 01:08:08 GMT

Bad things happen to good people...for example the final round of the just completed Sigeman tournament. Top board Nielsen [2628] vs Hansen (2635) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bf4 Nbd7?? Brian Wall refers to such automatic, thoughtless play as a flipper-move.

Tim, Denver CO, Tuesday May 11, 2004 22:47:16 GMT

Personally I love short games.  I think that they are really good at illustrating some sort of point, and someone had to have made a mistake.  Even an absurd game like 1. f3 e6 2. g4 Qh5# can teach a lesson to someone (don't move pawns in front of the king for no reason!)  I also like lop-sided games, something like a master against a B player - where you can see what one person understands, that the other does not.  I also like games where someone "breaks the rules".  This is why Brian Wall's games are so exciting because he breaks rules, like "don't move the same piece twice in the opening".

Max, outside US Italy, Tuesday May 11, 2004 19:00:38 GMT

I have seen 6 moves games

martin deschner, denver CO usa, Tuesday May 11, 2004 18:35:49 GMT

Question: Should a 9-move game still be published??  Martin: Yes, of course!  Bias against Brian Wall and his Fishing Pole Variation wins is truly unfair!!  Sincerely...Martin Deschner, Internet Chess Expert

Tom Mullikin, Colorado Springs CO USA, Tuesday May 11, 2004 10:37:49 GMT

Sure, Publish a 9 move game.  I like "miniatures"!

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martin deschner, denver CO usa, Wednesday May 05, 2004 18:25:07 GMT

Interesting Newsletter.  I like the play-along feature with... start/stop/  That way, you can play over the game right away!  Regards...Martin Deschner, Internet Chess Expert

Shaun MacMillan, Falcon CO USA, Friday April 09, 2004 16:49:13 GMT

Hey Paul, We appreciate your time and effort on this website.  It's great, not the usual self aggrandizing wins by the author.  I promise to have that annotated game to you soon.

David Stuwe, Hugo CO USA, Tuesday April 06, 2004 05:27:41 GMT

Thanks for a truly chessic site!!

Renae Delaware, Colorado Springs CO, Tuesday March 09, 2004 16:55:11 GMT

Nice website Paul.  Thanks for bringing chess in the Springs online.

Robert Kohler, cs CO hm, Thursday February 26, 2004 07:25:24 GMT

congrats on your website!

Upcoming Events

8/22 Bughouse tournament, CSCC

8/29 Ladder games, CSCC

9/2 2006 Membership Meeting Open, CSCA

9/2-9/4 2006 Colorado Open, CSCA

9/5 Speed tournament, CSCC

9/30-10/1 Wyoming Closed, CSCA

Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC

Denver Chess Club: DCC

Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA

Back In Black

Game Of The Week

This week’s game comes from the simultaneous exhibition given by National Master Josh Bloomer.  Josh was nice enough to allow all the participants their choice of color.

I was sitting next to Virgil McGuire and told him he could be whatever color he wanted.  Immediately, he flipped his board around and took white.  I also took white, but it didn’t help me as much as it did Virgil.  In fact, only three people selected black, and they all lost.

One of the daring few fellows to fearlessly follow the footsteps down the path less traveled was Philip Meyer.  I remember his brother, Sam Meyer, but I had never met Philip until tonight when I asked him if I could use his game.

Philip appears to be on the rise, as he has just started playing at the club, but his rating has almost climbed up to the level of his big brother, who I played at the club back in 2000.  Unfortunately, this evening Philip was facing a master with the white side of the Ruy Lopez and a queen sac, mating combo as his weapon.

White to move

Back In Black

[Event "NM Josh Bloomer Simul"]

[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]

[Date "2006.08.08"]

[Round "?"]

[White "Bloomer, Josh"]

[Black "Meyer, Philip"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "C78"]

[WhiteElo "2210"]

[BlackElo "1406"]

[PlyCount "43"]

[EventDate "2006.08.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4

Bb6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15.

e5 dxe5 16. Rxe5+ Kf8 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Qxf4 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Rae1 Bc7 21.

Re7 Bxf4 22. Rxf7+ 1-0

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This Week In Chess

Tuesday August 15, 2006

On August 8, the CSCC had 21 members in attendance.  The main event for the evening was a simultaneous exhibition by National Master Josh Bloomer.  Josh allowed all players their choice of color and one pass.  Joe Pahk and Virgil McGuire were able to draw Josh.  Here is the order in which the games finished:

Player Color Result Order

Tara Carson-Martinez W 0.0 1st

Paul Anderson W 0.0 2nd

Philip Meyer B 0.0 3rd

Tom Mullikin W 0.0 4th

Corey Chambers W 0.0 5th

Charles Martin B 0.0 6th

Dan Southard B 0.0 7th

Renae Delaware W 0.0 8th

Joe Pahk W 0.5 9th

Jerry Maier W 0.0 10th

Virgil McGuire W 0.5 11th

Anthea Carson-Martinez W 0.0 12th

Casual Chess Night

By Renae Delaware

Hello everyone, just a reminder this coming Saturday is the casual chess night at Agia Sofia.  For those of you interested but haven't been there before, here are the specs:

Where: Agia Sofia 719-632-3322, 2902 W. Colorado Ave. 80904. Located on the NW corner of 29th and Colorado, directly west of the firestation.

When: Saturday, Aug. 19th, 8pm-11pm

Who: Anyone!

Items to bring: Boards and clocks (Please remember so support Agia Sofia!)

Pikes Peak Open games

By Buck Buchanan

Here is a selection of games from the Pikes Peak Open.

Paul Anderson - Douglas Thigpen, King's Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.exd5 a6 10.0-0 Nfd7 11.Qc2 f5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bd2 Nf6 14.Bd3 Rxe1+ 15.Rxe1 h6 16.Qd1 Nbd7 17.Qe2 Nb6 18.Kh1 Bd7 19.b3 Qe8 20.Qf2 Qd8 21.h3 Qc7 22.Nd1 Re8 23.Ba5 Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 Be8 25.Nc3 Bf7 26.Na4 Nfd7 27.Qe7 Bf6 28.Bxb6 Qxb6 29.Qxd7 1-0

Joe Pahk - Gary Bagstad, KB Opening

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.Nxc3 d6 7.0-0 Bxc3 8.bxc3 h6 9.e5 Ne4 10.Qd5 Be6 11.Qxe4 d5 12.Bxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Bxd5 14.Nd4 Nc6 15.Ba3 0-0-0 16.f4 Rd7 17.Rfd1 Na5 18.Nf5 Nc4 19.Bb4 b6 20.Ne7+ Kb7 21.Nxd5 c5 22.Rab1 Kc6 23.Ne3 Nxe3 24.Rxd7 Kxd7 25.Ba3 Kc7 26.Kf2 Nc4 27.Bc1 Rd8 28.Ke2 a6 29.a4 Kc6 30.Be3 Nxe3 31.Kxe3 c4 32.Rc1 Rd3+ 33.Ke4 Rd2 34.g4 Rxh2 35.Rd1 Ra2 36.Rd6+ Kc7 37.Kd5 Rd2+ 38.Kxc4 Rxd6 39.exd6+ Kxd6 40.Kd4 g6 41.Kc4 h5 0-1

Cory Foster - David Hufnagel, Sicilian

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a3 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.Qd2 e5 10.Nf5 d6 11.Nxe7+ Nxe7 12.f3 Be6 13.0-0 d5 14.exd5 Nfxd5 15.Bg5 f6 16.Be3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Nf5 18.Qf2 Qd2 19.Bd3 Qxf2+ 20.Rxf2 Rfd8 21.Re1 Nd4 22.f4 Nc6 23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.Be4 Rd6 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Nxd1 Rd8 27.Nc3 b5 28.b3 Rd7 29.a4 b4 30.Ne2 Ng4 31.Rf3 Rd1+ 32.Rf1 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Nxh2+ 34.Kf2 Ng4+ 35.Kf3 Ne5+ 36.Kg3 g6 37.a5 Nd7 38.Nf4 Bf7 39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.Bxd5+ Kf8 41.Kf4 Ke7 42.Ke4 Kd6 43.Kd4 Ne5 44.Bb7 Nc6+ 45.Bxc6 Kxc6 46.Kc4 h5 47.c3 bxc3 48.Kxc3 Kb5 49.Kd4 f5 50.Ke5 Kxa5 51.Kf6 f4 52.Kxg6 h4 53.Kg5 h3 54.gxh3 f3 0-1

Art Glassman - Paul Anderson, Robatsch

1.e4 c6 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Na3 Nh6 6.d3 b5 7.Nc2 Bb7 8.a4 a6 9.g3 Nd7 10.Bg2 Nc5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.0-0 0-0 14.Be3 Nb3 15.Nfd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17.Nxd4 Qa2 18.Qe2 e5 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Nf3 f6 21.Qe3 Kg7 22.b4 Ra8 23.h3 Qa7 24.Qxa7 Rxa7 25.d4 Nf7 26.dxe5 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 fxe5 28.Rd1 Bc8 29.Rd6 Bd7 30.Bf1 Kf7 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Rd3 Ra2+ 33.Ke3 Be6 34.Rd2 Ra1 35.Kf2 Rc1 36.Rb2 Rxc3 37.g4 Kf6 38.Kg2 Kg5 39.Kh2 Bb3 40.Rd2 Rc2 0-1

Alexander Cacas - Josh Divine, French

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.0-0 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bd6 12.Re1 0-0 13.b3 Bd7 14.Bd2 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Be3? Qd6 18.Rc1 Bxh2+ 19.Kh1 Ng4 20.Rf1 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Qh6 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Qd3+ Kh8 0-1

Jeff Dimiduk - Larry Wutt, Sicilian

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be3 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Re8 9.g4 a6 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.h4 e5 12.Nb3 Ne7 13.h5 b5 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Bc5 Bb7 16.Bd6 Qb6 17.Qh2 Qe3+ 18.Nd2 Nc8 19.Bxe5 Kf7 20.Bf4 Qb6 21.Bg2 Rh8 22.Nb3 b4 23.Ne2 d5 24.g5 Nd7 25.Qh3 Nc5 26.Nxc5 Qxc5 27.Qd7+ Qe7 28.Rxd5! Bxd5 29.Qxd5+ Qe6 30.Qxa8 Ne7 31.Qb7 Qxa2 32.Qxb4 Rc8 33.Nd4 Rc4 34.Qb3 1-0

Gerry Sunderland - Joe Pahk, Sicilian

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.Nge2 Nf6 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.0-0 d6 8.h3 Ne8 9.Kh2 f5 10.f4 Nc7 11.Qe1 Ne6 12.Nd1 Ned4 13.Ne3 Nb4 14.Qd1 Qb6 15.c3 Nxe2 16.Qxe2 Nc6 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Nxf5 Rxf5 19.g4 Rff8 20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.Qe4 e5 22.f5 gxf5 23.gxf5 Rf6 24.Bg5 Qxb2+ 25.Qg2 Qxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Raf8 27.Bxc6 Rxf5 28.Rxf5 Rxf5 29.Be7 bxc6 30.Bxd6 c4 31.Rd1 cxd3 32.Rxd3 Kg8 33.Re3 Kf7 34.c4 Ke6 35.Bb8 Rf4 36.Ra3 Rxc4 37.Rxa7 Bf6 38.Kg3 h6 39.Kf3 Rc3+ 40.Kg2 e4 41.Bg3 Bg5 42.Ra5 c5 43.Ra6+ Kd5 44.a4 Rc2+ 45.Kf1 Bd2 46.a5 Kc4 47.Bc7 Ra2 48.Re6 e3 49.a6 Kd5 50.Rd6+ Kc4 51.Re6 Ra1+ 52.Ke2 Re1+ 53.Kf3 Rf1+ 54.Ke2 Rf2+ ½-½

Douglas Thigpen - Cory Foster, Ruy Lopez

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Ng4 6.h3 h5 7.c3 b5 8.Bb3 d6 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bb7 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.Ng5 d5 13.Bxd5 Qd6 14.f4 Qh6 15.Bxf7+ Ke7 16.Qxg4 Qh2+ 17.Kf2 Bc8 18.Qg3 Qh6 19.Nc3 Nxd4 20.Be3 Ne6 21.Nd5+ Kd8 22.Rfd1 and White won after another 9 moves. 1-0

Joe Aragon - Corey Chambers, English

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.0-0 e5 7.Qc2 c6 8.Rb1 Be6 9.b3 Qd7 10.Ng5 d5 11.Nxe6 Qxe6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Ba3 Rfd8 15.e3 e4 16.Rbc1 Ne5 17.Na4 Rac8 18.Qb1 Nf3+ 19.Bxf3 exf3 20.Kh1 Qh3 21.Rg1 Ng4 0-1

Jeff Dimiduk - Imre Barlay, Sicilian

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Be2 Qc7 9.Bf3 Be7 10.Qd3 0-0 11.h4 Rb8 12.0-0-0 b5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nc6 Nc5 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Qe2 e4! 17.Bxe4 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.Rhe1 Re8 20.b4 Na4 21.Ne4 Qxb4 22.Bxf6 Qa3+ 23.Kb1 gxf6 24.Nxf6+ Kh8 25.Qe5 Nc3+ 26.Qxc3 Qxc3 27.Nxe8 Qb4+ 28.Ka1 Qe7 29.Nd6 Rd7 30.Ne4 Qxh4 31.g3 Qd8 32.Rc1 Rd4 33.Ng5 Kg7 34.Rxe6 Rd1 35.Kb2 Qd4+ 36.c3 Qf2+ 37.Rc2 Rd2 38.Rf6 Rxc2+ 39.Ka3 Qc5+ 40.Kb3 Qxc3# 0-1

Paul Anderson - Jim Johnston, Owen. Notes by Paul from his CS Chess e-mail.

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bxg2 6.Qh5+ g6 7.fxg6 Nf6 last book move 8.g7+ Nxh5 9.gxh8Q Qf6?? the pressure is too much, Black crumbles [9...Nf6 10.Bg5 Kf7 11.Qxh7+ Nxh7 12.Bxd8 Na6+- ] 10.Qxh7 Nf4 11.Bxf4 Qxf4 12.Ne2 Qf3 [12...Qh6 there is nothing else anyway 13.Qxh6 Bxh6+- ] 13.Rg1 Nc6 14.Qg6+ Kd8 15.Rxg2 d5 16.a3 Na5 17.Nd2 Qh3 18.Nf4 Qh8 19.Qf7 [19.Qxe6 Qf6 20.Qxf6+ Kc8 21.Qf5+ Kb7 22.Qxd5+ Ka6 23.c5+ b5 24.Rg6+ Bd6 25.Bxb5+ Kxb5 26.cxd6+ c5 27.a4+ Kb6 28.Qxc5+ Kb7 29.Rg7+ Ka6 30.Qb5# ] 1-0

DuWayne Langseth - Art Glassman, QP

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e3 Nbd7 4.Be2 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.0-0 Bd6 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 Qe7 9.Nbd2 e4 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.Nb5 Be6 12.Nxd6 Qxd6 13.Nc4 Nxc4 14.bxc4 Rfd8 15.Qxd6 Rxd6 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Rxd6 Rxd6 18.Bd4 Nd7 19.c5 Rd5 20.c4 Rg5 21.c6 bxc6 22.Bxa7 Ra5 23.Bd4 Ra4 24.Bd1 Rb4 25.c5 Bd5 26.a4 Nb8 27.a5 Na6 28.g4 Bc4 29.Kg2 f6 30.h4 Kf7 31.Kg3 Ke6 32.Ra4 Rxa4 33.Bxa4 Kd5 34.Kf4 Nxc5 35.Bxc5 Kxc5 36.Kxe4 Bd5+ 37.Kf5 Kb4 38.Bc2 Kxa5 39.e4 Bf7 40.h5 Kb4 41.e5 Kc3 42.Bb1 fxe5 43.Kxe5 h6 44.f4 c5 45.f5 Kb2 46.Be4 c4 47.f6 c3 48.fxg7 c2 49.Bxc2 Kxc2 50.Kf6 Bg8 51.Kg6 Kd3 52.g5 1-0

Alexander Cacas - Douglas Thigpen, King's Indian. Young Douglas scores an upset with a model King's Indian.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nd7 10.Rb1 f5 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nb3 h5 14.Qe1 g5 15.Qf2 Ng6 16.c5 Rf7 17.Bd2 Bf8 18.Kh1 g4 19.Na5 a6 20.Nc4 Rg7 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Nb6 g3 23.Qg1 gxh2 24.Qf2 Rb8 25.Nxc8 Rxc8 26.Rfc1 h4 27.Kxh2 Nh5 28.Rg1 Ng3 29.Rbc1 Rh7 30.Bf1 Qd7 31.Ne2 Rxc1 32.Bxc1 Nh8! 33.Nxf4 exf4 34.Bxf4 Ng6 35.Qe3 Nxf4 36.Qxf4 Bh6 37.Qf6 Be3 38.Qg6+ Rg7 39.Qf6 Qe7 0-1

Shaun MacMillan - Josh Divine, Dutch

1.c4 f5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 c6 6.d4 Bd6 7.Bg5 0-0 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Bxd5+ Kh8 11.Bxb7 Bxb7 12.Qxb7 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qd5 14.Qxd5 Nxd5 15.Rc1 f4 16.Nh3 Kg8 17.gxf4 Nxf4 18.Nxf4 Bxf4 19.Bxf4 Rxf4 20.e3 Rf7 21.Rc8+ Rf8 22.Rc7 Rf7 23.Rc3 Nd7 24.Rc7 Raf8 25.Rf1 Nf6 26.Rxf7 Kxf7 27.f3 Ke6 28.Ke2 Rb8 29.b3 Nd5 30.Rc1 Kd6 31.Rg1 Rb7 32.Kd2 Rf7 33.a3 Rxf3 34.Rxg7 Rxe3 35.Rxh7 Rxb3 36.Rxa7 Rb2+ 37.Kd3 Rxh2 38.Ra6+ Kc7 39.Kc4 Nb6+ 40.Kd3 ½-½

Michael Lauria - David Hufnagel, Sicilian. Another nice upset, this time by the South Carolina youngster.

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 0-0 8.g4 e5 9.Qd2 Nd4 10.Nge2 Be6 11.f4 Ne8 12.f5 Bd7 13.0-0-0 f6 14.h4 Nc7 15.Rdf1 b5 16.g5 b4 17.Nd1 Rb8 18.h5 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 fxg5 20.hxg6 h6 21.Rh5 Ne8 22.Rfh1 Nf6 23.Rxh6 Bxh6 24.Rxh6 Kg7 25.Bxg5 Rh8 26.Qe3 Ng4 27.Bxd8 Nxe3 28.Rxh8 Kxh8 29.Bf6+ Kg8 30.Nxe3 Kf8 31.Ng4 Be8 32.g7+ 1-0

 

Jerry Maier - Robert Zing, Richter

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.Bb5 h6 8.Bf4 e6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.Nb5 0-0 12.Re1 a6 13.Bc7 Qc8 14.Bd6 Bxd6 15.Nxd6 Qc7 16.Nxb7 Qxb7 17.h4 c4 18.g4 Qc7 19.Kg2 Nf6 20.g5 Ne4 21.gxh6 gxh6 22.Rg1 Kh7 23.h5 Rg8+ 24.Kf1 Rxg1+ 25.Nxg1 Qh2 26.Qe2 Rg8 27.Nf3 Qh1+ 28.Ng1 Qxg1# 0-1

Larry Wutt - Josh Divine, Grunfeld Reversed

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 (This is risky. The Gruenfeld is good for Black; White, with an extra tempo, should certainly get a superior game out of it.) 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.c4 Bb7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nc3 e4 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qa4+ Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.Rfd1 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Ke6 17.Rac1 Ba6 18.c4 Bxc4 19.Bxe4 Bxa2 20.Bg2 Rhc8 21.Ra1 Bc4 22.e4 Rd8 23.Rd4 Rd7 24.exd5+ Bxd5 25.Re1+ Kf6 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.Bxd5 Rd8 28.Ba2 Rd2 29.Ra1 a5 30.Bc4 Rd4 31.Ra4 Ke5? 32.Rxa5+ Kf6 33.Ba2 Rd1+ 34.Kg2 Ra1 35.Ra6+ Ke7 36.Bc4 Rc1 37.Ra7+ 1-0

Cory Foster - Corey Chambers, Pirc

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 Na6 7.a3 c5 8.f5 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nh5 10.g4 Bxd4 11.gxh5 e5 12.Bh6 Qh4+ 13.Kd2 Bd7 14.Qf3 g5 15.Nd5 g4 16.f6! Rfe8 (16...gxf3 17 Ne7+ Kh8 18 Bg7 mate) 17.Qe2 Qxh5 18.Be3 Rac8 19.Rag1 Kh8 20.c3 Bxe3+ 21.Qxe3 h6 22.Be2 Rc5 23.h3 Rxd5+ 24.exd5 e4 25.hxg4 Qxd5+ 26.Kc1 h5 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Qg7# 1-0

Comments From Email

Brian Wall, Thursday, August 10, 2006 6:23 AM

my response to your Ren Fen email turned into a giant one of my own - as far as your unbeaten streaks it's obvious doing the newsletters is making you a stronger player - in order to teach Chess I have to stay sharp and learn a lot too so my students help me indirectly and directly.  The secret to improving is an open mind - the huge edge of kids is just trusting and not getting too upset over failure.

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Comments From The Guest Book

martin deschner, denver CO usa, Wednesday August 09, 2006 18:05:25 GMT

The recent Anderson versus Johnston game was very interesting and dynamic!  Seems to me Black had the opportunity to play Bxh1, getting the White rook, but let it slip by.  After White plays his 12.Ne2 attacking the enemy Black Queen on f4, this rook capture possibility disappears for good.  Do you agree?

[It looks like 7 ...Bg7 is the better play for black making it easier to take the rook.  Even then the attack on the black king is strong as black only won 13 out of 51 games in chessbase.  Here is the only black win before 1990:]

[Event "Wch U20"]

[Site "Dortmund"]

[Date "1980.??.??"]

[Round "10"]

[White "Akesson,Ralf"]

[Black "Short,Nigel D"]

[Result "0-1"]

[Eco "A40"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bxg2 6.Qh5+ g6 7.fxg6 Bg7 8.gxh7+ Kf8 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Qh4 Nc6 11.Ne2 Bxh1 12.Nd2 e5 13.Ng3 e4 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Ngxe4 Rxh7 16.Qf4 Nxd4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nxf6 Qe7+ 19.Nde4 Rh4 20.Ng4+ Qf7 21.Qg3 Re8 22.Kf1 Qxc4+ 23.Kg2 Nf5 24.Qa3+ d6 0-1

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Bill Coyle, Canon City, CO, Wednesday May 26, 2004 20:03:02 GMT

Paul (is that your name).  Great newsletter.  Thanks for the inspirational piece on Dean Brown.  By the time I got the part about his precipitous drop from the rarefied atmosphere around 1542 to the 1300s, I was rolling on the floor.  Then I realized with a shock that my own rating has dropped about the same amount from my own halcyon days.  This insight gave me new appreciation for Dean's heroic efforts against ringers, foreigners, kids under 12 and the other pretenders that make life so difficult for us--I mean, of course, for the true affictionados like myself. Bill Coyle, 1402 and bouncing.

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Upcoming Events

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9/30-10/1 Wyoming Closed, CSCA

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Whose Book Is It Anyway?

Game Of The Week

This weekend I played in the Pikes Peak Open.  It is quickly becoming my favorite tournament.  Four out of my top ten prizes have come from the Pikes Peak Open, including this year where I tied for 1st place.  I have never finished in first or second place here before so it was sort of a milestone for me.

Of course, it helped that the turnout was a little on the light side.  No masters or experts showed up.  In fact, I think I was the only one from Colorado who showed up, as the state of New Mexico was nice enough to come up here to play me.

Another reason I am partial to the Pikes Peak Open is that it is part of both my longest unbeaten streaks for USCF-rated games.  In 2004, it started a streak of 13 unbeaten games over the course of 5 different events including such memorable games as:

• the draw against expert Eric Billaux (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2004/08/battle-of-unbeatens.html)
• a win against Jeff Fox (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2005/02/quick-as-fox.html)
• and two “Game Of The Year” choices (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2004/09/game-of-year.html, https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2005/08/game-of-year-ii.html).

The streak finally ended at the hands of Mikhail Ponomarev in the 2005 Colorado Springs Open.

This year the streak spans 4 different events starting with the Southern Colorado Open, as I mentioned last week when I was trying to find my last lost to publish (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2006/08/causing-stampede.html).

Well, it is a good thing I didn’t wait to publish my next loss because I just may never lose again.  This year’s Pikes Peak Open has broken the old record and set my mark at 14 unbeaten games and counting.

In all honesty though, I am not really sure why things have gone so well for me these past 14 games.  I am still missing things that seem so obvious when Fritz looks over the games.  In fact, in every game I won this weekend I missed a key move that would have changed the game dramatically.

But so did my opponents.  Maybe they aren’t as obvious as Fritz makes them seem.  I was talking with Arthur Glassman about problems with Fritz and his thoughts on how it should be used to avoid its pitfalls.

I liked what he was saying, but I am the kind of guy that wants some concrete examples before I buy into something.  I forgot to ask him if he could show me an example, but I may have stumbled across one myself.

I played Jim Johnston from New Mexico in the fourth round of the Pikes Peak Open.  He threw something at me I had never seen before.  I looked at 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 for a long time and thought I was going to be better.  I did end up better, and I was surprised when he told me all his moves in the opening were book.

Of course, I had missed 7. …Bg7, and I thought that is where he had gotten out of book.  But I was shocked to see the Fritz full analysis finish with “Nf6 last book move”!

Could that be correct?  I searched the position in the Fritz database.  Nf6 returned 0 games.  Bg7 returned 5 games.  Even the opening tree showed 0 games for Nf6 and 4 games for Bg7.  What book is Fritz using?  I looked at my MCO-14 and couldn’t find anything.  I am not even sure I know how to use that crazy book.

Finally, I tried Chessbase online.  I found 2 games that went Nf6.  Thomas Jepsen (2215) defeated Peter Jakobsen (2330) in 1990 with it.  The other one was Michael Shepherd (2037) losing to Stephen Gordon (2216).

Is that what makes it book?  Jakobsen looks to have blundered his game away, and Gordon got pretty much what I did.  It just makes me wonder...

White to move

Whose Book Is It Anyway?

[Event "Pikes Peak Open"]

[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]

[Date "2006.08.06"]

[Round "4.2"]

[White "Anderson, Paul"]

[Black "Johnston, Jim"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "A40"]

[WhiteElo "1838"]

[BlackElo "1753"]

[PlyCount "37"]

[EventDate "2006.08.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bxg2 6. Qh5+ g6 7. fxg6 Nf6 8.

g7+ Nxh5 9. gxh8=Q Qf6 10. Qxh7 Nf4 11. Bxf4 Qxf4 12. Ne2 Qf3 13. Rg1 Nc6 14.

Qg6+ Kd8 15. Rxg2 d5 16. a3 Na5 17. Nd2 Qh3 18. Nf4 Qh8 19. Qf7 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=93639

[Event "DEN-chT 9091"]

[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]

[Date "1990.??.??"]

[Round "6"]

[White "Jakobsen,Peter"]

[Black "Jepsen,Thomas"]

[Result "0-1"]

[Eco "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bxg2 6.Qh5+ g6 7.fxg6 Nf6 8.g7+ Nxh5 9.gxh8=Q Nf6 10.Bh6 Kf7 11.Bxf8 Qxf8 12.Qxf8+ Kxf8 13.Nd2 Bxh1 14.f3 Nc6 15.Kf2 Nb4 16.Bb1 Ke7 17.Ne2 Rg8 18.Ng3 Bxf3 19.Kxf3 Rf8 20.Be4 Nxe4+ 21.Kxe4 d5+ 22.cxd5 exd5+ 23.Ke5 c6 24.Nf5+ Kd7 25.Kf4 Nc2 26.Rg1 Ke6 27.Nf3 Rxf5+ 28.Kg4 h5+ 29.Kg3 h4+ 30.Kg2 Rf4 31.Rc1 Nxd4 32.Nxd4+ Rxd4 33.Rxc6+ Ke5 34.Rc2 Rf4 35.Rc7 d4 36.Rxa7 d3 37.Rd7 Ke4 38.Re7+ Kd4 39.Re6 d2 0-1

This Week In Chess

Tuesday August 8, 2006

On August 1, the CSCC had 18 members in attendance.  In the USCF-rated ladder game (G90), Tom Mullikin terrorized Jerry Maier and Joe Pahk pummeled Fred Eric Spell.

The rest of the participants played in a double round robin, speed tournament (G5).  Here are the results:

Player Score

Josh Bloomer 19.5

Paul Anderson 15.5

Buck Buchanan 15.0

Bill Whinemiller 15.0

Josh Divine 13.5

Renae Delaware 10.0

Larry Wutt 6.5

Virgil McGuire 5.0

Steve Jumper 5.0

Chris Wynkoop 3.0

Jason Feith 2.0

Pikes Peak Open Standings

By Buck Buchanan

Here is the crosstable for the Pikes Peak Open, which I directed in Manitou Springs Aug. 5-6.

Player Score

Paul Anderson 4.0

Imre Barlay 4.0

Jeffrey Dimiduk 3.5

Douglas Thigpen 3.5

DuWayne Langseth 3.5

Larry Wutt 3.5

Arthur Glassman 3.0

Jim Johnston 3.0

Michael Lauria 3.0

Jacob Zax 3.0

Gary Bagstad 3.0

Josh Divine 2.5

Isaiah Jesch 2.5

Joe Aragon 2.5

Robert Zing 2.0

Gerry Sunderland 2.0

Alexander Cacas 2.0

Joseph Pahk 2.0

Cory Foster 2.0

Shaun MacMillan 2.0

Tom Mulliken 2.0

Anthea Carson 1.5

David Hufnagel 1.5

Corey Chambers 1.0

John Cardie 1.0

Jerry Maier 1.0

Fred Eric Spell 0.5

Comments From Email

Randy & Teyana Reynolds, Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:42 PM

I’m honored to be lumped in with Tyler and Daoud as “formidable”, but our last game ... still felt like a cakewalk for you.  Trading down to a lost endgame is a big temptation for me, it seems…

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Comments From The Guest Book

John Farrington, Colorado Springs CO USA, Tuesday August 03, 2004 01:44:59 GMT

kEEP UP THE GOOD WORK... GREAT COLUMN.

Bob, US, Monday August 02, 2004 06:34:04 GMT

Hi there, Please try out my free chess clock. http/www.componentxtra.com/html/chessclock.htm

Ann Davies, Arvada CO USA, Tuesday July 06, 2004 16:39:11 GMT

I am not sure how it is that I receive your newsletter - but I do enjoy it.  I know that putting together something like this takes lots of time and effort.  After I read the latest newsletter, I almost wish I lived near the Springs so that I could be a member of your chess club.  It sounds like you folks are a great group who really enjoy chess and try to make things interesting.

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Upcoming Events

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8/22 Bughouse tournament, CSCC

9/2 2006 Membership Meeting Open, CSCA

9/2-9/4 2006 Colorado Open, CSCA

9/30-10/1 Wyoming Closed, CSCA

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Causing A Stampede

Game Of The Week

This past weekend I played my last day at the Renaissance Festival for this year.  Since it was the last day, I was hoping to finish on a high note and go unbeaten, but it was not my day.

Not only were the number of opponents a little slow early in the day, but also when I did get some takers, they were the slow, deliberate, methodical, tournament-style players.  So, instead of moving between the two boards making alternating moves in a nice rhythm, I spent most of my time just standing there watching two people just stare at their boards and occasionally scratching their heads.

At least, I finally got to see the entire parade that passes right by our booth every weekend.  And I really enjoyed watching the elephant put the obnoxious, teasing teenager in his place by knocking him out of the path, that had been cleared for him by his trainers, with a swipe of his trunk across the boy’s face leaving a trail of warm, moist trunk slime.

I could understand how the elephant felt.  I kind of wished I could have done the same thing to these slowpokes, who were still only three moves into their games.  Of course, just like the elephant, being the entertainer means you have to maintain your decorum and not let your emotions get the best of you or else you’ll get beaten.  I don’t know how many times the elephant was beaten that day, but I was twice.

One of my losses was to Joe Haines, who said he wished he had kept score.  I told him, “If you write it down, I will publish it.”  There was little hope that I could remember it after the 30+ games I played that day.  His comment and the end of the Renaissance Festival had reminded me how close I am to the end of the chess season.

I only have four more times to pick a game to publish.  One of those four games is supposed to be a loss by me since I sort of promised to publish four losses each year, and I am only at three so far.  But Joe couldn’t remember the game either, so I searched my database for my last USCF-rated loss.

I was surprised to see I hadn’t lost in 10 games including 2 complete tournaments while facing such formidable opposition as Tyler Hughes, Daoud Zupa, and Randy Reynolds.  I guess I disliked my last beating so much it sent me on a rampage like a mad circus elephant.

Black to move

Causing A Stampede

[Event "Southern Colorado Open"]

[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]

[Date "2006.06.11"]

[Round "4.4"]

[White "Abresch, Martin"]

[Black "Anderson, Paul"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "A02"]

[WhiteElo "1561"]

[BlackElo "1820"]

[PlyCount "109"]

[EventDate "2006.06.10"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Ne4 7. Qf3 f6 8. Nxd7

Qxd7 9. d3 Nd6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O h5 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Rfc1 hxg4

15. Qxg4 Bf5 16. Qf3 Rh4 17. c4 Nf7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e4 Bh3 20. Qf2 Qg4 21.

Nf3 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Nxh4 Bh3 24. Ng6 Bd6 25. e5 fxe5 26. fxe5 Bb4 27.

d4 Bd2 28. Ne7+ Kb8 29. Rc2 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Bg4 31. Rf1 Ng5 32. Rc3 Bxd4 33. Rg3

Bxb2 34. Rxg4 Ne6 35. Rg6 Nc5 36. Rxg7 d4 37. Rg8 Rxg8 38. Nxg8 c6 39. b4 Ne4

40. e6 Kc7 41. Rf7+ Kc8 42. e7 Nd6 43. Rf8+ Kc7 44. Rd8 d3 45. Rxd6 Kxd6 46.

e8=Q Kd5 47. Ne7+ Kc4 48. Nf5 Bc1 49. Qe4+ Kc3 50. Nd6 d2 51. Qc4+ Kb2 52. Qb3+

Ka1 53. Nf5 c5 54. Ne3 d1=Q+ 55. Nxd1 1-0

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This Week In Chess

Tuesday August 1, 2006

On July 25, the CSCC had 16 members in attendance.  In the USCF-rated ladder games (G90), Jerry Maier mated Kathy Schneider and Joe Pahk pancaked Tom Mullikin.

The rest of the participants played in a thematic, Swiss tournament (3SS, G20).  The theme for the evening was the Benko Gambit so all games had to start after 1. d4, Nf6 2. c4, c5 3. d5, b5 4. cxb5.  Here are the results:

Player Score

Paul Anderson 2.5

Josh Divine 2.5

Virgil McGuire 2.0

Steve Jumper 1.0

Matthew Tucker 1.0

Dean Brown 1.0

Renae Delaware 0.0

Brett Poulson 0.0

Comments From The Guest Book

Martin Deschner, Denver CO USA, Wednesday July 26, 2006 22:09:20 GMT

Looks like you are a "speed bump" for Tyler Hughes on his road to Chess Master!  Good draw.

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John, Thursday December 02, 2004 14:28:30 GMT

Beautiful site!

Comments From Email

Brian Wall, Tuesday, July 25, 2006 6:08 PM

Hilarious Tyler email -I laughed out loud three times at -1 - Do you mind if I CC a hundred of my closest friends?2 - Quoting from the Bible about David and Goliath.3 - After Tyler dropped the piece, I laughed and asked myself -How the hell is Tyler going to draw this?  Great job.

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Upcoming Events

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8/8 Josh Bloomer Simul, CSCC

8/15 G/15 tournament - 4-SS, CSCC

9/2 2006 Membership Meeting Open, CSCA

9/2-9/4 2006 Colorado Open, CSCA

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Giant Killer

Game Of The Week

This week’s game comes from the Springs Polgar/Denker Fundraiser.  The main purpose of this event is to raise some money to help this year’s state scholastic champions (Tyler Hughes and Kaila Smith) travel to the Denker and Polgar tournaments in August.

The event raised $235 from entry fees and donations.  I always seem to play against the intended recipient in these events, which makes it tough to go for the win as you may knock the person you are raising funds for out of some additional money.

Well, this year was no different.  The field was a little bottom heavy rating-wise with only 3 players being rated over 1800.  I was one of the 3 along with Dan Avery and Tyler Hughes, and I played on board 3 all day until the 3rd round where I finally moved up to face a higher rated opponent, Tyler Hughes.

He got behind in time and dropped a knight.  I had considered offering a draw when he got in time pressure, but I didn’t think he would accept it, as he seemed intent on winning at all costs.  Plus, the last time we played (the 2005 fundraiser), the game was close, and he was in time pressure again but hung on to win it.

So, when it did finally end in a draw, I was pretty happy.  I had improved on my last result against him, I was able to refocus after blundering away my lead in the game, and I hadn’t knocked him out of the prize money.  The icing on the cake was that with the draw and Dan Avery’s loss on board 2 that round, I got a fortuitous pairing for round 4.

In addition to how well the tournament worked out for me, the game was interesting to me because it was eerily similar to my win against NM Josh Bloomer earlier this year (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2006/03/gimme-three-points.html).  I searched my Fritz database for positions after 9. Bb5+, and out of almost 400 games, I have reached that position twice, one win and one draw against 2150+ opponents.

It was as if I had stumbled across a weapon that fit me like a stone in the hand of David:

“Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. "I cannot go in these," he said to Saul, "because I am not used to them." So he took them off. Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine” 

1 Samuel 17:38-40

 

White to move

Giant Killer

[Event "Springs Fundraiser"]

[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]

[Date "2006.07.22"]

[Round "3.1"]

[White "Hughes, Tyler"]

[Black "Anderson, Paul"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "D12"]

[WhiteElo "2186"]

[BlackElo "1838"]

[PlyCount "159"]

[EventDate "2006.07.22"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.

Nc3 e6 9. Bb5+ Nfd7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ke2 f6 12. Rhc1 Ke7 13. h3 h5 14. Ne1 g5

15. Nd3 Nc6 16. Na4 Rhc8 17. b3 Rc7 18. f3 Rac8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Rg1 hxg4 21.

hxg4 Rh8 22. Rh1 Rcc8 23. Rac1 Ncb8 24. Nf2 Kf7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. e4 Rc2 27.

Nc3 Bf4 28. Rd1 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxc3 30. Nd1 Rc8 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Rh2 Kf7 33. Bd3

Kg7 34. a3 Na6 35. Bb5 Nf8 36. Kd3 Be8 37. Bxe8 Rxe8 38. exd5 exd5 39. Ne3 Rd8

40. Nf5+ Kf7 41. b4 Nc7 42. Rh8 Nce6 43. Rh1 Ng7 44. Ne3 Ng6 45. Rc1 Nf4+ 46.

Kd2 Rd7 47. Rc8 Ke6 48. Rc1 f5 49. Re1 Kf6 50. gxf5 Re7 51. Ng4+ Kf7 52. Rxe7+

Kxe7 53. f6+ Kf7 54. fxg7 Kxg7 55. Ne5 Ne6 56. Ke3 b5 57. Nd7 Nc7 58. f4 Kg6

59. Ne5+ Kf5 60. fxg5 Kxg5 61. Nf7+ Kf5 62. Nd6+ Kg5 63. Nxb7 Kf5 64. Nc5 Na8

65. Nd3 Nb6 66. Ne5 Kg5 67. Kd3 Kf4 68. Ng6+ Kf3 69. Ne5+ Kf4 70. Kc3 Ke4 71.

Nc6 Na8 72. Na7 Nc7 73. Nc6 Ke3 74. Kb3 Kd3 75. a4 bxa4+ 76. Kxa4 Kc4 77. Ka5

Nb5 78. Ka6 Nxd4 79. Nxd4 Kxb4 80. Nc6+ 1/2-1/2

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Upcoming Events

7/25 Benko Gambit Thematic : 4-SS, G/15, All games start 1d4, Nf6 2 c4, c5 3 d5, b5 4 cxb5, CSCC

8/1 Speed tournament, CSCC

8/5-6 Pikes Peak Open, CSCA

8/8 Josh Bloomer Simul, CSCC

9/2 2006 Membership Meeting Open, CSCA

9/2-9/4 2006 Colorado Open, CSCA

Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC

Denver Chess Club: DCC

Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA

The Comedy Stylings Of Lee And Andrew

Game Of The Week

This past weekend I was camping up at Mueller State Park with the family, but I didn't want to skip a week with the newsletter.  So, I decided to turn the reins over to a guest host this week.

I had thought about asking LM Brian Wall to fill in for me, but then I realized that in his last tournament he was beaten out by a pair of 1300s.  These guys took home over four times as much prize money as Brian did.

Plus, why just have one guest host when you can have a team of fresh talent in the Colorado chess-writing scene.  So, without further ado, I introduce to you the latest pair of humorists, who haven't been seen since the likes of Abbott and Costello...LEE and ANDREW!

Andrew Stolzmann:

"I just finished playing in the Denver Open which was the first tournament I have ever played, and while there I ran into the 1300 anti-hero of your story, Lee Lahti.  We played to a draw in the 4th round (in a very fun game that I messed up the notation for in which Lee had 12 seconds left on the clock by the end), and got to talking with him after the 5th round.  A very cool guy...except in the 5th round where he knew his won game would win a share of first.  I have never seen anyone so cautious with a Queen endgame mate, or anyone so worn out after winning a tournament.  He also mentioned his game against you at the Ren. festival, since the festival was the reason I decided to play in the Denver Open.  I also played a monk there (Richard Buchanan), and after discovering that I had beaten a 2000 rated player (on ONLY my third try, no less!  I lost the first two on purpose to lull him to sleep...) I had the chess itch.  The 3 dollars I dropped at the festival was worth it, since I also split a share of first at the Denver Open with Lee in the U1400.  Maybe Richard will be able to spank me again at the Open in August, but I doubt I'll play well enough for that unless I draw him first round.  Anyways, thank you monks for getting me into tournament chess!"

Lee Lahti:

"Thanks for adding to my "press clippings" from the last month or so.  Between getting published in the Informant, having Brian Wall write the now infamous 1300 article in the same Informant, and my being mentioned in the latest Colorado Springs newsletter - many people are learning who I am and how easily I can be beaten.  I had a good string of luck at the Denver Open the last couple of Saturdays.  I fell behind in 4 of 5 games but still managed to go undefeated (3 wins, 2 draws) to share 1st with 2 others in the Under 1400 section.  I have enclosed my 4th round game against Andrew Stolzmann (unrated, appox 1405 provisional rating after the Denver Open), who was also one of the Under 1400 winners.  We each had 2.5 after 3 rounds, we drew in the 4th round, then both won our 5th round games to share part of the Under 1400 title.  It is a typical Under 1400 game - with an occasional flash of brilliance or two and some good play mixed in with some awful move choices.  I have done some analysis with Fritz' help and added comments about the game.  Please use it in an upcoming newsletter, if you can. Make any adjustments to my commentary as you need.  By the way, my son loves his chainmail bracelet.  It is now the latest piece of armor for his Knight costume.  If you guys ever need a peasant to help out at the gaming tables some weekend at the Renaissance Festival, I would be more than willing to come down and play.  I am hoping to attend the Springs Denker/Polgar Fundraiser tourney in a couple of weeks.  Not sure if you will be playing or if you will be working at the Ren. Fest.  If you are playing, maybe we will get the chance to play a real game.  It was good to meet you last weekend.  My son and I enjoyed our game.  I look forward to a real match sometime in the near future."

White to move

The Comedy Styling Of Lee And Andrew

Lahti,Lee (1331) - Stolzmann,Andrew (1429) [A34]

Denver Open 2006 - Under 1400 Section Denver (4), 08.07.2006

[Lahti,Lee]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.b3 d4 7.Na4 a6 8.0-0 b5 9.cxb5 axb5 10.Nb2 Bb7 11.Nd3 c4 12.Nfe5

I spent about 7 minutes calculating a response to 11. ...c4. I looked at several options and got down to 2 - 12. bxc bxc, 13. Nb2 and what I played. bxc is the best response. Luckily my opponent did not find either of the 2 lines that really turn the tide in his favor.

12...Qc7 [12...Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qd5+ 15.Nf3 cxb3 16.Bb2 -+ -1.5; 12...cxd3 13.Nxc6 Qd6 14.a4 Bxc6 -+ -2.8] 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.bxc4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 bxc4 16.Nb2 Bb4 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.Qa4+ Qc6+

I missed the counter check that Qc6 produces.

19.f3 Qxa4 20.Nxa4 Nd5

Even material, but Fritz saying Black is ahead positionally by 1. 2. I would definitely agree, as White is completely bound up.

21.e4 dxe3 22.dxe3 Ra8 23.Nb2 Bc3

All best moves, according to Fritz.

24.Kf2??

Then back to reality in the Reserve sections!!! Played to alleviate the fork by Nxe3. Rf2 is a much better move.

24...Ke7 25.Rd1 Rhd8 -+ -1.6 [25...Rhb8 26.Nxc4 Bxa1 27.Ba3+ Kd8 28.Rxa1 Rc8 29.Nd6 Rc2+ 30.Kg1 Rxa3 And its all but over with this variation.] 26.a4 Nb6

-0.8 with that move

27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Ra2 Bxb2

Starts to lets White back into the game.

29.Rxb2 Nxa4 30.Rb4 Nc5 31.Rxc4 Nd3+ 32.Ke2 Nxc1+ 33.Rxc1

= 0.03. White is completely back in the game.

33...f5 34.h3 h5 35.Rc4 g5 36.h4 g4 37.f4 Kf6 38.Rd4 Rd5

I thought the game was going to be a draw at this point. Fritz completely agrees = 0.00.

39.Kd3 Ke7 40.e4 Rxd4+ 41.Kxd4 fxe4 42.Kxe4 Kf6 43.Kd3 Kf5 44.Kd4 Kf6 45.Kd3

Draw offer by White, declined. 45. Ke4 is a won game for White in this position. Unfortunately I did not see it and I did not have time to calculate it out as I had less than 3 minutes remaining on my clock at this point. [45.Ke4 Ke7 46.Ke5 Kf7 47.f5 exf5 48.Kxf5 Ke7 49.Kg5 ]

45...Ke7 46.Ke4 Kf6 47.f5??

A mistake that should have handed Black the game.

47...exf5+ 48.Kf4 Kg6?? [48...Ke6 49.Kg5 Ke5 50.Kxh5 Kf6 51.Kh6 f4 and White cannot stop the promotion. Luckily Black did not see it.] 49.Ke5 f4 50.Kxf4 Kf6 51.Ke4 Ke6 52.Kd4 Kf5 53.Kd5 Kf6 54.Ke4 Ke6 55.Kf4 Kf6 56.Ke4 Ke6 57.Kd3 Ke5 58.Ke3 Kd5 59.Kf4 Kd4 60.Kg5 Ke4 61.Kxh5 Kf3 62.Kg5 Kxg3 63.h5 Kf3 64.h6 g3 65.h7 g2 66.h8Q g1Q+

White wins the promotion race, but promotion with Check puts Black on the offensive. With only 30 seconds on Whites clock, problems can arise if defense is played incorrectly.

67.Kf5 Qb1+ 68.Kg5 Qc1+ 69.Kg6 Qc2+ 70.Kf7 Qc4+ 71.Kg7 Qd4+ 72.Kh7 Qh4+ 73.Kg8 Qd8+ 74.Kh7

Draw agreed upon with 7 minutes on Black's clock, 12 seconds remaining for White. 1/2-1/2

[Event "Denver Open 2006 - Under 1400 Section"]

[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]

[Date "2006.07.08"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Lahti, Lee"]

[Black "Stolzmann, Andrew"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "A34"]

[WhiteElo "1331"]

[BlackElo "1429"]

[PlyCount "147"]

[EventDate "2006.07.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. b3 d4 7. Na4 a6 8. O-O b5

9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nb2 Bb7 11. Nd3 c4 12. Nfe5 Qc7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. bxc4 Bxg2

15. Kxg2 bxc4 16. Nb2 Bb4 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Qa4+ Qc6+ 19. f3 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 Nd5

21. e4 dxe3 22. dxe3 Ra8 23. Nb2 Bc3 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Rd1 Rhd8 26. a4 Nb6 27.

Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ra2 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Nxa4 30. Rb4 Nc5 31. Rxc4 Nd3+ 32. Ke2 Nxc1+

33. Rxc1 f5 34. h3 h5 35. Rc4 g5 36. h4 g4 37. f4 Kf6 38. Rd4 Rd5 39. Kd3 Ke7

40. e4 Rxd4+ 41. Kxd4 fxe4 42. Kxe4 Kf6 43. Kd3 Kf5 44. Kd4 Kf6 45. Kd3 Ke7 46.

Ke4 Kf6 47. f5 exf5+ 48. Kf4 Kg6 49. Ke5 f4 50. Kxf4 Kf6 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Kd4

Kf5 53. Kd5 Kf6 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Kf4 Kf6 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. Kd3 Ke5 58. Ke3 Kd5 59.

Kf4 Kd4 60. Kg5 Ke4 61. Kxh5 Kf3 62. Kg5 Kxg3 63. h5 Kf3 64. h6 g3 65. h7 g2

66. h8=Q g1=Q+ 67. Kf5 Qb1+ 68. Kg5 Qc1+ 69. Kg6 Qc2+ 70. Kf7 Qc4+ 71. Kg7 Qd4+

72. Kh7 Qh4+ 73. Kg8 Qd8+ 74. Kh7 1/2-1/2

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This Week In Chess

Tuesday July 18, 2006

On July 11, the CSCC had 14 members in attendance.  In the USCF-rated ladder game (G90), Jerry Maier mustered the win against Kathy Schneider.

The rest of the participants played in a double round robin, speed tournament (G5).  Here are the results:

Player Score

Paul Anderson 14.0

Buck Buchanan 11.5

Renae Delaware 10.5

Josh Divine 10.5

Virgil McGuire 9.0

Joe Pahk 8.5

Paul Christensen 3.0

Chris McCarty 3.0

Steve Jumper 2.0

Club Quarterly Schedule

By Buck Buchanan

Here is the CSCC schedule for July - September. *********************************************************************************************** COLORADO SPRINGS CHESS CLUB

 July

4 No meetime

11 Speed tournament

18 Eccentric Pairings tournament: 4-SS, G/15

July 22: Denker/Polgar Scholastics Fundraiser tournament: 4-SS, G/60, Manitou Spgs Masonic Lodge

25 Benko Gambit Thematic : 4-SS, G/15, All games start 1d4, Nf6 2 c4, c5 3 d5, b5 4 cxb5

August

1 Speed tournament

Aug 5-6: Pikes Peak Open: 5-SS, Manitou Spgs City Hall. Sign up with Buck.

8 Josh Bloomer Simul

15 G/15 tournament - 4-SS

22 Bughouse tournament

29 Ladder games

September

Sept 2-4, Denver: Colorado Open state championship tournament

5 Speed tournament

12 Team tournament G/15: Team members alternate moves, no consultation. Sum of ratings < 3400

19 Quads tournament

26 Ladder games

Note: Club Championship tournament will be Oct. 10 - 31.

Casual Chess Night

By Renae Delaware

Hello Everyone, By popular demand, we've decided to set a monthly schedule for a casual chess night.  Here are the specs:

When: The 3rd Saturday of each month

Where: Agia Sofia Coffee House & Bookstore, 719-632-3322, 2902 W. Colorado Ave. 80904, On the NW corner of Colorado Ave & 29th St. Directly to the west of the firestation.

Time: 8pm to close (11pm). I have the Russian tea room reserved during this time However, I'm sure they will not mind if you show up early!

Who: Anyone! I only ask that you please help support them (if you're able.) If they stay in business, we can keep coming back.

Bring your own sets and clocks.

Comments From Email

Grochowski, Robin J., Monday, July 10, 2006 1:43 PM

Colorado Springs Chess Club Players:  It was great seeing everybody again this year.  The Team Tournament was great.  Hope to see everyone next year again.  Robin

Reynolds, Randy, Monday, July 10, 2006 1:59 PM

Ha ha ha!!  I love the headlines for this week!  It sounds almost like the Open section of the Denver Open!  Though, in all fairness, it should read “nobody NAILED anybody” or “nobody NUCLEARized anybody”.  Also, what would a G0 time control be like?  White to lose in 0 moves, against any defence. I guess if there were time delay on the G0 clock, it could be a very interesting time control…

CARL BERG, Monday, July 10, 2006 4:23 PM

Brian, thanks for your efforts in chess.  We, the silent, really do value them!Carl Berg

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Upcoming Events

7/18 Eccentric Pairings tournament: 4-SS, G/15, CSCC

7/22 Springs Polgar/Denker Fundraiser, CSCA

7/22-23 2006 Kansas Open, CSCA

7/25 Benko Gambit Thematic : 4-SS, G/15, All games start 1d4, Nf6 2 c4, c5 3 d5, b5 4 cxb5, CSCC

8/5-6 Pikes Peak Open, CSCA

9/2-9/4 2006 Colorado Open, CSCA

Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC

Denver Chess Club: DCC

Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA

Remembering Al Ufer

Game Of The Week

It is one year ago today, since Al Ufer passed away.  Last year, I asked people for games they played with Al, and I still had some left over.  With nothing going on at the club this week, it seemed a fitting time to remember Al.

One of the people to respond was Jon Fortune.  Here is the game and what he said last year:

"I enjoyed playing Allan very much.  He was the terror of the Wyoming reserves.  He also had taught a number of his children to play and I met and played his son Tom in a correspondence match.  He was proud of the legacy of chess he passed on to his children.  His draw with me enabled him to win the reserve section of the tournament in Casper in 2001."

White to move

Remembering Al Ufer

[Event "2001 Wilmer E. Stevens Memorial WY Open"]

[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]

[Date "2001.05.20"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Fortune, Jonathan Ray"]

[Black "Ufer, Allan"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "E61"]

[WhiteElo "1334"]

[BlackElo "1102"]

[PlyCount "82"]

[EventDate "2001.05.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. h3 Nh5 7. Bh2 Re8 8. e3

e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxe5 c6 12. Nd3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 c5 14. O-O-O

Be6 15. Nf4 Nc6 16. Be2 Nxf4 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxf4 Nb8 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Rd1

Kf8 21. a3 a6 22. g4 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Kc2 b4 25. axb4 cxb4 26. cxb4 Rxb4

27. Rb1 Ra4 28. Kd2 Ra2+ 29. Ke1 Bd5 30. f3 Ra3 31. e4 Be6 32. Rb2 Ra5 33. Kf2

h5 34. Kg3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kg7 36. Rb4 Rc5 37. f4 Rc3+ 38. Bf3 Bc4 39. Kg2 Rc2+

40. Kh3 Rc3 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

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This Week In Chess

Monday July 10, 2006

On July 4, the CSCC had 0 members in attendance.  In the USCF-rated ladder games (G90), nobody beat anybody.  None of the participants played in the evening’s main event (G0).  There were no results. 

Comments From Email

Brian Wall, Tuesday, July 04, 2006 3:24 PM

great email about Lee Lahti -I really laughed at the title -The Wrath of Brother Paul - Qc8 was to cover a square already covered - a6. He probably couldn't believe his luck that Brown's Queen was really trapped although one wonders if it would have helped - considering he handed over all his pieces next anyway -

what do 1300's see when they look at the board?

A- the wood finish

how many 1300's does it take to set a digital clock?

A- None, they're not allowed to touch them

[It is not often I disagree with a master, but I think it goes...how does a master set a chronos for delay?  A- He asks a 1300.  Right, Dean?]

Josh "JD" Smith, Tuesday, July 04, 2006 7:55 PM

I remember having to face the powerful Dean Brown and how much he taught me.  Dean is always the epitome of concentration at the board and schooled me good in our first encounter.  I remember how proud I was as a 1195 player at the Loveland Open beating him and taking 1st place in the U1610 section!!  Always the most active player in Colorado (other than me), I remember countless road trips with Dean, Kathy, and Al up to Loveland and Craig.  Dean always had a place on his floor for me during Colorado Springs tournament with the alarm clock dogs of his in the back yard barking at hot air balloons!  Anyway, Dean is what good chess memories are all about.

Josh

PS - I seem to recall a day where 2 chess monks defeated all comers and then faced off against one another to break the streak..........I'll let the readers guess who won

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Pete Short, Tuesday, July 04, 2006 11:14 PM

Tien Nguyen.... Wins U1600 at the 34th Annual World Open

1 Nguyen, Tien Q 1578 W139 W180 W190 W86 L4 W116 W73W3 W6 8.0

World Open, U1600 Champion!!!  Everyone congratulate Tien for an outstanding accomplishment!

[Well done Tien!]

Upcoming Events

7/11 Speed tournament, CSCC

7/22 Springs Polgar/Denker Fundraiser, CSCA

7/22-23 2006 Kansas Open, CSCA

8/5-6 Pikes Peak Open, CSCA

9/2-9/4 2006 Colorado Open, CSCA

9/2 2006 Membership Meeting Open, CSCA

Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC

Denver Chess Club: DCC

Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA

Wrath of Brother Paul

Game Of The Week

This week I am finally getting to the game I mentioned in the June 13th newsletter that I forgot to enter into Fritz.  It is from Dean Brown who gave me the game back on the sixth of June, but was actually played on the seventh of May during the Wyoming Open.  I think he was just then putting it into his computer so he was a month behind as well.

But there were a couple of things that happened to me this week that makes this game seem rather timely.  First, I received the wonderfully written and excellently edited Colorado Chess Informant.

One of the first articles I looked at was the Brian Wall article, “The Day 1300’s Ruled The Earth.” Admittedly, I just read the jokes and didn’t look at the game, but I noticed the end of the article mentioned Dean and Lee’s game.

I thought, “Hey, I have that game and know exactly what Brian is referring to about Dean’s trapped queen.”

I wasn’t sure where Lee thought the escape square was as he could have been thinking of 2 squares his queen move covers (both of which were already covered by the knight).

However, I am sure most of the Informant readers were not aware of the game, and I didn’t see it anywhere else in the publication.  So, that seemed a nice enough reason to publish the game now.

But the second thing was the clincher.  I was playing chess at the Renaissance Festival this past Sunday when guess who shows up?  It was Lee Lahti himself dressed as a peasant, and he has come to play brother Paul.

He was the only one to beat me that day, but in my defense, I was playing five people at the time. I usually play two boards with one person each, but it just happened that when Lee showed up I had talked a nice young lady and her two companions into a game, as long as they could all consult.  Then Lee suckered me into thinking that I was going to be playing his son, who sat at the board and moved the pieces.  But it was really Lee behind the curtain, fixing all the mistakes while I was distracted with the three-headed, chess-by-committee group on board one.

As I handed over the chain mail bracelet, I told him I would publish his loss as payback.  He just cackled and ran off clutching his chain mail bracelet.

Black to move

Wrath of Brother Paul

[Event "Wyoming Open"]

[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]

[Date "2006.05.07"]

[Round "5"]

[White "Brown, Dean"]

[Black "Lahti, Lee"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "A15"]

[WhiteElo "1422"]

[BlackElo "1295"]

[PlyCount "35"]

[EventDate "2006.05.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Bg4 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qb3 Na6 8.

Qxb7 Nc5 9. Qc6 Qc8 10. Ne5 Qe6 11. Nxg4 Qxg4 12. Qxc7 Qxc4 13. Bxa8 Rxa8 14.

Qxe7 Nfe4 15. d3 Nxd3 16. exd3 Qxd3 17. Qxe4 Qa6 18. Qxa8+ 1-0

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This Week In Chess

Tuesday July 4, 2006

On June 27, the CSCC had 22 members in attendance.  In the club-rated ladder games (G15), Bill Whinemiller (2.0-1.0) wasted one of his opportunities to complete the trifecta against Fred Eric Spell (1.0-2.0).

The rest of the participants paired up into teams with combined ratings less than 3400 for the Team tournament (4SS, G15).  The higher rated partner is paired against the higher rated of the opponents, and the combined score of the team is used to make the pairings.  The team of Virgil McGuire and Joe Pahk survived as the top team.  Here are the results:

Team Rating Score

Virgil McGuire/Joe Pahk 3155 5.5

Paul Anderson/Jason Feith 2475 4.0

Renae Delaware/Paul Christensen 2725 4.0

Josh Divine/Steve Jumper 3100 4.0

Robin Grochowski/Andrew Grochowski 3150 4.0

Richard Buchanan/Gary Frenzel 3230 4.0

Dean Brown/Tom Mullikin 2590 3.5

Dan Southard/Chris McCarty 2650 3.0

Comments From Email

Glenn Miller, Monday, July 03, 2006 11:11 PM

For your purposes, or for no purpose whatsoever, see Pix from RenFest.  I have higher resolution if you want.  I do appreciate your newsletter.  It’s a must read every week!

[View new photos on Photos link to "Happy Monk" and "Thinking Monk"]

Upcoming Events

7/4 NO MEETING, Happy 4th of July!, CSCC

7/8 Denver Open, DCC

7/11 Speed tournament, CSCC

7/22 Springs Polgar/Denker Fundraiser, CSCA

7/22-23 2006 Kansas Open, CSCA

8/5-6 Pikes Peak Open, CSCA

Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC

Denver Chess Club: DCC

Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA

Just A Game

Game Of The Week

This week’s game comes from the June Mating Games Tournament that was held at the CSCC the past two weeks.

The first week, I showed up late and Virgil McGuire says to me, as I walk in the door, “I have started your clock already.”  I scrambled to his board, which is always set up in the same place and always early, for longer than I have been coming to the chess club.

But Virgil is a closet comic.  The pairings hadn’t even been made yet.  He was also the one who won the naming contest for this tournament, although this year someone has added an “s” on the end.

After the first week, only Virgil and I had 2 points, and we knew we’d meet in the third round next week.  I warned him, “Don’t start my clock early!”

This meeting was going to be our 40th (only one behind my record-holder for most rated games played against, Jeff Fox (41)) and a similar situation to the 2004 June Mating Game.

In 2004, again we were the only ones to make it through the first two rounds with 2 points (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2004/06/mr-white-with-rook-in-endgame.html).  We weren’t paired that year, and Virgil ended up with 2 points but held on for part of 2nd place.

I managed to change my fate a bit by winning both games this year (my third time winning this tournament outright and my second time finishing a USCF-rated, Swiss tournament with all wins).  I also added to my record for most points against one opponent in rated play (27), which just happens to be Virgil, ahead of Jeff Fox (20) and Dean Brown (19).

But I should have stayed at 26.  Virgil was crushing me.  Everyone, who saw the game, kept asking me, “How did you win that one?”  I told them my secret was that my MP3 player was on the right song: 

Just A Game

As my frustration with my mistakes grew, the song kept whispering in my ears:

“It’s just a game; you’re in it all the way.  It’s just a game; don’t let yourself slip away.  It’s such a shame, I heard somebody say.  It’s just a game; and all I can do is play.” 

R. Emmett of Triumph

The next thing I knew, Virgil was tipping over his king.  Of course, just like the slave who whispers, “All glory is fleeting” to the conquering general during his triumph, my MP3 player’s next song was:

Just Got Lucky

Black to move

Just A Game

[Event "June Mating Game"]

[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]

[Date "2006.06.20"]

[Round "3.1"]

[White "Anderson, Paul"]

[Black "McGuire, Virgil"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D53"]

[WhiteElo "1820"]

[BlackElo "1622"]

[PlyCount "119"]

[EventDate "2006.06.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. a3

dxc4 9. O-O-O a6 10. e4 b5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bd7 13. Kb1 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nxd5

15. exd5 g6 16. dxc6 Bf5 17. Rxd8 Bxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Rfxd8 19. g3 Rd6 20. Bg2 Rad8

21. Re1 Bf8 22. Ne5 Rd2+ 23. Kc3 Rxf2 24. Bh3 Bg7 25. Bd7 Rf3+ 26. Kb4 Rxg3 27.

Ka5 Rxg5 28. Nf3 Rd5 29. Kxa6 R5xd7 30. cxd7 Rxd7 31. Kxb5 Bxb2 32. a4 c3 33.

Re2 Kg7 34. a5 Rd5+ 35. Kb4 c6 36. Rc2 f5 37. a6 Rb5+ 38. Ka4 Rb8 39. Nd4 Ra8

40. Ka5 c5 41. Ne6+ Kf6 42. Nc7 Ra7 43. Kb6 Rxa6+ 44. Nxa6 c4 45. Kc5 f4 46.

Kd4 Kf5 47. Nc5 g5 48. Ne4 g4 49. Nd6+ Kg5 50. Ke4 Ba3 51. Nxc4 Bc5 52. Rxc3 f3

53. Rc1 f2 54. Ne3 g3 55. Rxc5+ Kh4 56. Rc1 Kh3 57. Kf3 Kh2 58. Rf1 g2 59. Nxg2

Kh3 60. Rh1# 1-0

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This Week In Chess

Tuesday June 27, 2006

On June 20, the CSCC had 15 members in attendance.  The main event was the conclusion of the two-week, USCF-rated June Mating Games Tournament (4SS, G30).  I took home the top prize with Dan St. John showing up for just the 2nd week and claiming the 2nd place money.  Here are the final results:

Player Score Place $

Paul Anderson 4.0 1st $25.00

Dan St. John 2.5 2nd $10.00

Virgil McGuire 2.0

Joe Pahk 2.0 U1400 $5.00

Tikila Nichols 2.0 U1400 $5.00

Dean Brown 1.5

Fred Eric Spell 1.5

Charles Martin 1.0

Kathy Schneider 1.0

Jason Check 1.0

Tom Mullikin 0.0

SCO 2006 Results

By Dean Brown

Player Score

Hughes, Tyler 5.5

Wall, Brian D 5.0

Ponomarev, Philipp 5.0

Anderson, Renard 4.0

Dasgupta, Samik 4.0

Karagianis, Peter 3.5

Barlay, Imre 3.5

Martinez, Norbert 3.5

Anderson, Paul D 3.5

Abresch, Martin 3.0

Telinbacco, Tony 3.0

Wutt, Laurence R 3.0

Bagstad, Gary L 3.0

Zupa, Daoud G 2.5

Zax, Jacob M 2.5

Divine, Josh 2.5

Fromme, Joseph T 2.5

Presicci, Manny R 2.5

Wentz, Mickey R 2.5

Krutkramelis, K 2.0

Sunderland, Gerard 1.5

Stark, Nathan A 1.5

Sotaridona, L 1.5

Carson, Anthea J 1.0

Reserve Section

Davies, Ann 5.5

Delaware, Renae 4.5

Leeds-Tilley, Kyle 4.0

Evoniuk, Joey 4.0

Lim, Hoang U 4.0

Varghese, Vibi 3.0

Kullback, Brendan 3.0

Igoe, Michael A 3.0

Lahti, Lee F 3.0

Zing, Robert 2.5

Kullback, Paul 2.5

Frenzel, Gary G 2.5

Mullikin, Thomas 2.5

Pahk, Joseph H 2.5

Spell, Fred Eric 2.0

Maier, Gerald J 2.0

Schneider, Kathy 2.0

Johnson, Ken 2.0

Comments From Email

Danny Diekman, Sunday, June 18, 2006 6:15 PM

Happy fathers day to all the Dads

Grochowski, Robin J., Monday, June 19, 2006 10:34 AM

We (myself and my son Andrew) should be in the Colorado Springs area by the 27th and hope to play in the 6/27 Team tournament: 4-SS, G/15, 2 players on a team, sum of club ratings < 3400, CSCC

Josh "JD" Smith, Monday, June 19, 2006 2:05 PM

I got to chat with Pete for a little bit during the National Open.  We sat next to each other a few times during the blitz tournament.  It was way too strong for me.  I finished something like 20/32 and was pretty much the lowest rated player!  I did beat IM Anthony Saidy and had a 2147 performance rating though

Brian Wall, Thornton CO USA, Tuesday June 20, 2006 02:58:52 GMT

As you know I love your newsletter so much I post it to my Taom list and my Yahoo group.  I always look forward to it and mourn football season which takes you away from us.  Chess is a cruel game - someone usually loses and our job is to point out why.  Chess writing is almost synonymous with Black Humor, no matter how much we try to sugarcoat it.

I think I most look forward to the cruelty, that's the funniest to me because Chess is simply a brutal game and we all have to adjust to that.  I think a lot more people could write about Chess - if they would only try, they would immediately succeed.

As you know our efforts get very few responses.  I know hundreds of people read our stuff and enjoy it (I have to believe that to keep going) but for some reason very few respond in any way.  In my case, I haven't met in person half the people I write to and that may inhibit them.  As you have expressed before, Thank God for Tim Brennan, who usually manages some response if we hit a home run.

I have seen Renae Delaware laugh long and hard and uncontrollably at some of your teasing newsletters so I want to assure you that you hit the mark perfectly sometimes.  The last big laugh she had was the 1300-lightbulb joke about dropping 3 light bulbs without compensation, knowing she had just dropped 3 pieces for no reason after launching a double-Fishing Pole attack on both sides of the board against Brandon Kullback, Round 3, 2006 Southern Colorado Open.  Each email I do is really an inside joke with one person which I share with the world.  Yours are like that too.  Keep up the good work, my email brotherman.

Brian Wall 2006 Wyoming Open trophy winner

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Upcoming Events

6/27 Team tournament: 4-SS, G/15, 2 players on a team, sum of club ratings < 3400, CSCC

7/1 & 7/8 Denver Open, DCC

7/4 Speed tournament (possibly), CSCC

7/22-23 2006 Kansas Open, CSCA

8/5-6 Pikes Peak Open, CSCA

10/14-15 Larimer County Open, CSCA

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