Game Of The Year VI

End Of The Season

Tuesday August 25, 2009

Well, another chess season has come to a close for me.  It is time for me to move on to managing the website 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 at the Colorado Springs Chess News’ Yahoo! group.  You can also join the group 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

Well, I was going over the previous year for my new chess scrapbook and the end of the year newsletter when I realized that a lot has happened in the past 12 months.  According to last year’s calculations (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2008/08/game-of-year-v.html), this was going to be an off year.

However, things started quite differently as I scored 3 upsets in my first 2 events of 2009.  In addition, I put out my first chess video at the beginning of the year, and I wrote an article for the Colorado Chess Informant (January) about the video (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/02/whinemiller.html).

Later in the year, I wrote a couple more articles for the Informant, including The Gift Of Chess (April, https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/05/the-gift-of-chess.html) and Make Haste Slowly (July, https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/07/make-haste-slowly.html).

The number of milestones started early in the year with my 300th USCF-rated victory (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/03/300-club.html), and continued throughout the summer with my 500th USCF-rated game (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/the-quincenchessial.html) and my 150th newsletter (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/the-sesquicenchessial.html).

There was also a number of firsts for me this year.  I received my first response from a grandmaster about the newsletter when WGM Jennifer Shahade accepted my friend request on Facebook and I sent her a copy (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/joseph-of-aragon.html). I also gave my first simultaneous exhibition with the help of Mitch Anderson (see This Week In Chess).

However, the biggest first for me has to be making it past the expert level (2002) on my 500th game.  So, it seemed like the obvious choice for the Game Of The Year would have to be the one that put me over 2000.

There were several games to choose from since it was actually a combination of 2 events that contributed to the ratings gain.  The last game I played before going over was against Jeff Csima, but I wrote about that one in the 500th game newsletter and it was a grandmaster draw (hardly the highlight of the year).

However, the last game that was rated by USCF before going over was against Jeff Fox in the June Mating Game, but that game was played earlier and just rated afterwards, so it only helped contribute to the ratings gain because I did well in the Southern Colorado Open.  If I had done poorly in the Southern Colorado Open, Jeff’s game wouldn’t have mattered.

So, the key game had to come from Southern Colorado Open.  The game before Jeff Csima was probably the key, but I only won it because of a long rook and bishop versus rook endgame that did not get recorded, which makes it hard to publish.

So, I have chosen the victory prior to that one.  It is a game against Mark Krowczyk, who was also my opponent in the first Game Of The Year (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2004/09/game-of-year.html).

We have played twice, and he has made the Game Of The Year both times.  It is like I have something against him, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.  I just have really enjoyed our games together.  They are not easy wins, and the positions are very appealing to me.

In this game, Mark takes a gamble on move 29 that doesn’t work out, but it leads to my favorite chess position.  It is kind of surprising that the game felt like it was over at move 29, but it went on for 40 more moves.

I found myself getting lost in how beautifully the knights worked together holding on to all my pawns while Mark’s rook ran around franticly trying to find some purpose in life.

Then on move 52 it appeared.

The Hanging Knights Formation

It was the first time I had seen one of the Seven Wonders of the Chess World, and I was in awe.  The knights seemed to float there unsupported, yet completely protected with every piece working in harmony.  I agonized over what to move.  How do I break this up?

My best move was to resign and have the board bronzed with this position locked in place for all posterity.  Then I realized that I had the score sheet, so I moved.

Game Of The Year VI

[Event "Southern Colorado Open"]

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

[Date "2009.06.13"]

[Round "2.3"]

[White "Krowczyk, Mark"]

[Black "Anderson, Paul"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "A42"]

[WhiteElo "1765"]

[BlackElo "1986"]

[PlyCount "130"]

[EventDate "2009.06.13"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qb6 8. Ne2

Qb4+ 9. Bd2 Qxc4 10. Bc3 Nd7 11. O-O Nh6 12. Nf4 Qb5 13. a4 Qb6 14. g4 a5 15.

Qd2 Qc7 16. Nd3 f6 17. d5 Nf7 18. Be2 Ng5 19. Qe3 e5 20. f4 Nf7 21. Rf3 cxd5

22. exd5 Qb6 23. Nf2 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 O-O 25. Bb5 Nb6 26. Rd1 Bh6 27. Nh3 Rfc8 28.

Re2 Rc5 29. Bxa5 Rxa5 30. b4 Raxb5 31. bxc5 Rxc5 32. Ra2 Nxd5 33. Rb2 b6 34.

fxe5 fxe5 35. Kf2 Be3+ 36. Kg3 Bd4 37. Rb3 Nc3 38. Re1 Nxa4 39. Ra3 Rc3+ 40.

Rxc3 Nxc3 41. Nf2 Bxf2+ 42. Kxf2 d5 43. Ke3 d4+ 44. Kd3 b5 45. Ra1 h5 46. h3

hxg4 47. hxg4 Kg7 48. Ra6 Kh6 49. Rf6 Ng5 50. Rb6 Nf3 51. Kc2 Kg5 52. Kb3 e4

53. Kc2 e3 54. Re6 Ne1+ 55. Kc1 Nd3+ 56. Kc2 Nf4 57. Rd6 Nce2 58. Rb6 d3+ 59.

Kb3 Kxg4 60. Rd6 Nc1+ 61. Kb2 d2 62. Kc2 Kf3 63. Rb6 Ke2 64. Rd6 b4 65. Rd4 b3+

0-1

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This Week In Chess

On August 18th, the CSCC had 7 members in attendance.  The Director of Creative Chess Events, Renae Delaware, added another notch on her belt with the evening’s event.

The Anderson brothers had to face the club in a tandem simul without consulting each other.  All participants played black and faced Mitch Anderson on the odd moves and Paul Anderson on the even moves.  Here are the results:

Result Move Player

0.0 20 Jason Feith

1.0 21 Buck Buchanan

0.0 25 Dean Brown

0.5 99 Jeff Fox

Comments From Email

Martin Deschner, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:06 PM

I, too, have a policy for lost games, Paul.  I just tear up the score sheet!  Doesn't help with the learning process, does it?

Martin Deschner, Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:51 PM

Wow!  96 moves in Cabrera versus Anderson!  That's one more than the 95 Theses of Martin Luther.  DId anyone check for 50 moves without pawn move or capture draw option?

Regards.....Martin in Denver

[Comments are about this newsletter: https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/08/first-diagram.html]

2009 Monument Open Results with prize breakdowns

By Jerry Maier

2009 Monument Open: OPEN

Score Place Prize Player

5.0 1st $75.00 Daoud Zupa

5.0 1st $75.00 Hans M Morrow

4.5 U2000 $55.00 Julian Evans

4.0 Randy C Canney

4.0 Jim Geary

4.0 U1900 $25.00 Gordon Randall

4.0 $25.00 Armin Rapaport

3.5 Buck Buchanan

3.5 Kevin M Seidler

3.5 David Meliti

3.5 Duwayne Langseth [WITHDREW]

3.5 Gerardo Neri

3.0 Paul Anderson

3.0 Jeffrey J Csima

3.0 Paul Covington

3.0 Shaun T Macmillan

3.0 Daniel Zhou [WITHDREW]

3.0 U1700 $45.00 Rhett Langseth

2.5 Jeffrey Baffo [WITHDREW]

2.5 Timothy Martinson

2.5 Joseph T Fromme

2.5 Robert Rountree

2.5 Jeremiah Haynes

2.0 Anthea J Carson

2.0 Ted K Doykos

2.0 Chris Hanagan

1.5 Kurt Kondracki

1.5 Dean W Brown

1.5 Danielle Rice [WITHDREW]

1.5 Tom Mullikin

0.0 Gerry Morris [WITHDREW]

2009 Monument Open: U1500

Score Place Prize Player

6.0 1st $65.00 Chaitanya Neuhaus

4.5 2nd $50.00 Jim Cummings

4.0 U1450 $23.00 Yelena Kandybey

4.0 U1450 $23.00 Frank Riley

3.5 Alexa Lasley

3.5 George Kovats

3.5 Tim Kohler

3.0 Edward F Cronin

3.0 U1000 $14.00 Ginny Gaige

3.0 U1000 $14.00 Brian Riley

3.0 U1000 $14.00 Cynthia Langseth

2.5 Michael Martinson

2.5 Kathy Schneider

2.5 Mark Wells

2.0 Gary Crites

2.0 Cory Kohler

2.0 Asher Macenulty III

1.5 Frank Atwood

0.5 Alexander Freeman

Upcoming Events

8/25 Ladder games, CSCC

8/25 August 2009 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA

8/26 2009 August East Coast Deli final round, CSCC

8/27 2009 August USAFA Chess final round, CSCC

8/29 USAFA Quads #13, CSCC

9/1 Speed tournament, CSCC

For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

CSCC: Colorado Springs Chess Club (http://springschess.org/)

BCC: Boulder Chess Club (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)

CSCA: Colorado State Chess Association (http://colorado-chess.com/)

WCA: Wyoming Chess Association (http://www.wyomingchess.com/)

KCA: Kansas Chess Association (http://www.kansaschess.org/)

UCA: Utah Chess Association (http://www.utahchess.com/)

First Diagram

Game Of The Week

This week’s game is my 4th published loss of the year.  I have had a policy of publishing 4 losses each year I have been writing the newsletter, and so far, I have remembered to include them.

However, this year was close, as I had to publish 2 losses back-to-back just to get them in before the Game Of The Year.  This time, I found an early game of mine while I was making a chess scrapbook.

It was my second year (1999) of USCF-rated tournaments, and the first time I had a game of mine diagrammed for the Colorado Chess Informant (January 2000), the Colorado State Chess Association’s quarterly magazine.  The position started at move 45. Qf6+ and was included in an article by Mark Scheidies called, “A Plan For Chess Playing Improvement:”

“In keeping with the “interference” theme, Daniel LeCocq, a Longmont 8th grader, pointed out a missed tactical opportunity found in the latest issue of Informant.  The position was from the Dan Cabrera – Paul Anderson round 2 game at the Southern Colorado Open.  After Black’s 44th move, the game continued…45. Qf6+ Qg6 46. Qf8+ Qg7 47. Qd6+ Qg6 48. Qxd7, and Mr. Cabrera went on to beat his higher rated opponent on move 97.  However, Mr. LeCocq found a much more forcing line from the diagrammed position at right:

White to move

Can you find the more forcing line? The answer is at the bottom of this page.”

First Diagram

[Event "Southern Colorado Open"]

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

[Date "1999.06.12"]

[Round "2.27"]

[White "Cabrera, Dan"]

[Black "Anderson, Paul"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D10"]

[WhiteElo "1495"]

[BlackElo "1571"]

[PlyCount "191"]

[EventDate "1999.06.13"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bd2

e5 9. Ng3 exd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Be2 Qxd4 13. O-O Be6 14. Rad1 Qd7

15. Bf4 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Bxd5 Rxd5

21. Bc3 Qd8 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Qf6 25. Qb4 b6 26. Re7 c5 27.

Qe1 Ra8 28. b3 Be6 29. Rc7 a6 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Qe2 Qa1+ 32. Nf1 Qd4 33. h3 Bd5

34. Rd6 Qe4 35. Ne3 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Be4 37. Qg4 Bf5 38. Qg3 Rb7 39. Qg5 Be6 40.

Qe5+ Kh6 41. g4 Rd7 42. Qf4+ g5 43. Rxd7 Bxd7 44. Qxf7 Qd3 45. Qf6+ Qg6 46.

Qf8+ Qg7 47. Qd6+ Qg6 48. Qxd7 Qf6 49. Nf5+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ Qf7 51. Qc6+ Qf6 52.

Qe8+ Qf7 53. Qxf7+ Kxf7 54. Nd6+ Ke6 55. Nf5 b5 56. Kg3 Ke5 57. Kf3 c4 58. bxc4

bxc4 59. Ke3 a5 60. Ne7 a4 61. Nc6+ Kd5 62. Nb4+ Ke5 63. a3 h6 64. f3 c3 65.

Kd3 Kf4 66. Kxc3 Kxf3 67. Nd5 Kg3 68. Kb4 Kxh3 69. Nf6 Kh4 70. Kxa4 h5 71. gxh5

g4 72. Nxg4 Kxh5 73. Ne5 Kg5 74. Kb5 Kf5 75. Nc6 Ke6 76. a4 Kd6 77. Kb6 Kd7 78.

Kb7 Kd6 79. a5 Kd7 80. a6 Kd6 81. a7 Kd7 82. a8=Q Kd6 83. Qd8+ Kc5 84. Qb6+ Kd6

85. Qb4+ Kd5 86. Qd4+ Ke6 87. Nb4 Kf5 88. Kc6 Ke6 89. Qd5+ Kf6 90. Kd6 Kg7 91.

Qe6 Kh7 92. Ke7 Kg7 93. Qf6+ Kh7 94. Qg5 Kh8 95. Kf7 Kh7 96. Qg7# 1-0

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This Week In Chess

On August 11th, the CSCC had 5 members in attendance.  The evening’s event was a 4-player, Round Robin, tournament (G15).  David Meliti started fast and cruised into 1st place.  Here are the results:

Score Player

3.0 David Meliti

2.0 Paul Anderson

1.0 Anthea Carson

0.0 Gary Frenzel

Results for It's a Hot Time in Town Tonight

By Liz Wood

Crosstable for Pueblo's It's a Hot Time in Town Tonight.

Score Player

5.0 Ted Doykos

3.5 Gordon Randall

3.0 Jeffrey Csima

3.0 Isaac Martinez

2.5 Julian Evans

2.0 Anthea Carson

2.0 Jerry Maier

2.0 Liz Wood

1.0 Tom Mullikin

0.0 George Kovats

Comments From Email

Stan Foster, Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:01 PM

I'm looking for a good beginner chess book for two boys that are nine years old.  Of all the books out there, do you have one or two that you would recommend?

[The book I recommend is LM Brian Wall's "How To Play Chess Like An Animal"]

Upcoming Events

8/18 Anderson(s) simul, CSCC

8/19,26 2009 August East Coast Deli final rounds, CSCC

8/20,27 2009 August USAFA Chess final rounds, CSCC

8/22-23 Monument Open, CSCA

8/25 Ladder games, CSCC

8/25 August 2009 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA

For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

CSCC: Colorado Springs Chess Club (http://springschess.org/)

BCC: Boulder Chess Club (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)

CSCA: Colorado State Chess Association (http://colorado-chess.com/)

WCA: Wyoming Chess Association (http://www.wyomingchess.com/)

KCA: Kansas Chess Association (http://www.kansaschess.org/)

Strange Case Of Dr. Class And Mr. Expert

Game Of The Week

Each year I have published 4 of my losses.  This year, it was tougher to pick a loss.  I just didn’t have many to choose from.  Prior to the Pikes Peak Open, I only had 3 USCF-rated losses. I had lost one to FM Renard Anderson, who is 7-0 against me.  The others were from two new Colorado experts as of this year, Mitch Anderson and Kevin Seidler.

I was quite surprised to see that I had lost so few, but I had a strange feeling that it could not last.  I was at an 83% winning percentage, which is 13 points higher than last year’s record.

Also, I was trying to make it past 2000 for the first time.  The fear of an impending losing streak with being so close to the expert mark started to change me.  I began to do things in chess I had never done before.  Things I wouldn’t have done if I had been in my right mind.  Things so terrible in chess that I hesitate to name the unspeakable acts.

However, much like the Ephesians of old, my fear of God is greater that I feel compelled to unburden my soul.

“And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.”

Acts 19:17-18 KJV

I began to offer grandmaster draws and withdraw from tournaments to avoid losses.

Was becoming an expert worth the price?  Could I live with myself knowing what had become of me?  Was there any way to rid myself of this terrible curse?  I had to find a cure for this monster I had become.

Fortunately, I ran into Dr. Cacas and Dr. Serna at the Pikes Peak Open, who had the prescription for my ailment.  They said, “Take 2 losses and call us in the morning.”

Here then, as I close up Microsoft Word and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy expert to an end.

Black to move

Strange Case Of Dr. Class And Mr. Expert

[Event "Pikes Peak Open"]

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

[Date "2009.08.01"]

[Round "3.4"]

[White "Anderson, Paul"]

[Black "Serna, Jeffrey"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "A10"]

[WhiteElo "2003"]

[BlackElo "1757"]

[PlyCount "134"]

[EventDate "2009.08.01"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 e5 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. b3 Be6 8. Ng5

Bd7 9. Bb2 Ng4 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Bf6 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6

15. Be2 Rc8 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. O-O-O b5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Qc2 O-O 20. Kb1 f4 21. Rhe1

Bf5 22. Ka1 dxc5 23. dxc5 e3 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Rcd8 26. Qc2 e2 27. Rc1 Rde8

28. Qd3 f3 29. gxf3 Nf4 30. Qc3 Rd8 31. Rg1 Rf7 32. Rce1 Rd3 33. Qe5 Rxb3 34.

Qb8+ Qf8 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Ka2 Rxf3 37. Bd4 Rd7 38. Be3 Rxe3 39. dxe3 Rd2+ 40.

Kb3 Nd3 41. Kc3 Nxe1 42. Rxe1 Rd5 43. Kb4 Rh5 44. Rxe2 Rxh2 45. Rd2 Rh5 46. Rd6

a5+ 47. Kxa5 Rxc5 48. a4 bxa4+ 49. Kxa4 Ke7 50. Rd4 g5 51. Kb3 h5 52. Ra4 Kf6

53. Ra8 h4 54. Rh8 Rf5 55. Kc3 Kg7 56. Rh5 Kg6 57. Rh8 Rxf2 58. Kd3 Rf7 59. Ke2

Rc7 60. Kf3 c5 61. Kg4 c4 62. Rg8+ Kf6 63. Rf8+ Kg7 64. Rf5 c3 65. Rf1 c2 66.

Rc1 Kg6 67. e4 Rc3 0-1

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This Week In Chess

On August 4th, the CSCC had 5 members in attendance.  The evening’s event was a 4-player, quadruple-Round Robin, blitz tournament (G5).  David Meliti ran out of gas again, as he lead for most of the night until the final round where Mitch Anderson gave him his 1st and only goose-egg and opened the door for me to leapfrog into the top spot.  Here are the results:

Score, Player

9.0 Paul Anderson

8.0 David Meliti

4.0 Mitch Anderson

3.0 Jeff Fox

2009 July East Coast Deli Results

By Jerry Maier

The East Coast Deli continues on in grand fashion.  July had a total of 18 players battling for a share of the $161 prize fund.

Score Player

4.0 Richard Buchanan

4.0 M Paul Covington

3.0 David Meliti

3.0 Shaun T Macmillan

3.0 Laurence R Wutt

3.0 Gerard Sunderland

3.0 James M Powers

2.5 Anthea J Carson

2.5 Fred Eric Spell

2.5 Dean W Brown

2.0 Dragan Plakalovic

2.0 Thomas L Mullikin

2.0 Earl Macenulty III

1.5 Bill Whinemiller

1.5 Gerald J Maier

1.0 Robert Har Staten

1.0 Isaac Martinez

1.0 Alexander Freeman

2009 July USAFA Chess Results

By Jerry Maier

The inaugural 2009 July USAFA Chess tournament had a modest turnout of 14 players and a $126 prize fund.  The majority of individuals playing on Thursday night are not playing on Wednesday at the East Coast Deli.  We look forward to greater participation from the cadets and staff once the Academy's school year is in full session.

Score Player

4.5 David Meliti

3.0 Anthea J Carson

3.0 Gerardo Fern Neri

3.0 Dean W Brown

2.5 Anthony Telinbacco

2.5 Kurt Kondracki

2.5 Isaac Martinez

2.0 Rhett Ly Langseth

2.0 Matthew Lasley Sr

2.0 Daniel Jus Picard

1.5 Alexa E Lasley

1.5 Gerald J Maier

1.0 James M Powers

1.0 Melissa May Steck

Comments From Email

Martin Deschner, Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:15 PM

I like the "pawn-wedge formation" that was achieved with 11.e5.  I've had good luck playing games with pawns on d4-e5-f4 or c4-d5-e4. (Foster versus Anderson). Regards.....Martin in Denver

[Comment is about this newsletter: https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/07/mate-in-seven.html]

Upcoming Events

8/11 Fischer-random tournament, 4-SS, G/10, CSCC

8/12,19,26 2009 August East Coast Deli, CSCC

8/13,20,27 2009 August USAFA Chess, CSCC

8/15 Super Saturday G/29 II, CSCA

8/18 Anderson(s) simul, CSCC

8/22-23 Monument Open, CSCA

For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

CSCC: Colorado Springs Chess Club (http://springschess.org/)

BCC: Boulder Chess Club (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)

CSCA: Colorado State Chess Association (http://colorado-chess.com/)

WCA: Wyoming Chess Association (http://www.wyomingchess.com/)

KCA: Kansas Chess Association (http://www.kansaschess.org/)

Mate In Seven!

Game Of The Week

This week’s game comes from the Pikes Peak Open.  I did not do as well this year as I did last year.

Last year, I won 3 games (announcing mate in all 3), drew 1, and lost 0, taking home 2nd place.

This year, I won 2 games, drew 0, and lost 2, taking home my tail between my legs.

The only consistent factor from last year is that I announced mate in all my wins again this year.  In the past 8 games at the Pikes Peak Open where I did not announce mate, I either drew or lost.

I think next year I will just announce “Mate in 47!” at the beginning of every game.  I don’t have to announce mate correctly.  In fact, I often miscalculate the mate.

However, according to Randy’s Rule #1 (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2008/06/greener-pastures.html), accuracy is not important as long as you err on the high side.  Also, I think it was LM Brian Wall who told me that it has to be at least mate in 3 to be able to announce.

I have announced "mate in 2" in the past, but that was my second attempt at announcing mate.  I announced mate in 3 twice after that, but once it was actually mate in 2.

This year I extended my personal best announcements to a mate in 4 and a mate in 7 (and both were correct, although the best line was not played).  I even took some consolation from the fact that my Fritz 8 engine has trouble getting the mate in 7 correct.

Black to move

Before 46…Rf2+ it says #8 but when you play that move it jumps to #6.  In the game, Cory didn’t find the best defense, and I was able to announce mate in 3 and play it out correctly.

I don’t mind playing out these mates, as I clearly have a lot of room for improvement in this area.  I am just glad Cory didn’t go to lunch and let me win on time.

Mate In Seven!

[Event "Pikes Peak Open"]

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

[Date "2009.08.01"]

[Round "1.4"]

[White "Foster, Cory"]

[Black "Anderson, Paul"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "B12"]

[WhiteElo "1534"]

[BlackElo "2003"]

[PlyCount "98"]

[EventDate "2009.08.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qb6 8. Ne2

Nh6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 f5 11. e5 Nf7 12. Kh1 Na6 13. Qc2 Nc7 14. Be3 dxe5 15.

fxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe3 17. Qb3+ e6 18. Qxb7 Qb6 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxc6 Rad8

21. Rad1 Bxe5 22. Nc1 Kf7 23. Nd3 Bd6 24. b4 e5 25. a4 Ke6 26. a5 e4 27. Rfe1

Kf6 28. Nb2 Be5 29. Na4 Ne6 30. b5 Nf4 31. b6 axb6 32. axb6 Nd3 33. Re2 Nf2+

34. Kg1 Nxd1 35. Kf1 Nxc3 36. Nxc3 Bxc3 37. Rc2 Be5 38. b7 Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Rfd8

40. Ba4 g5 41. Rc6+ R1d6 42. Rc8 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Bxh2 44. Rc6+ Ke7 45. Rh6 Bg3+

46. Kf1 e3 47. Bb5 Rf2+ 48. Kg1 Rd1+ 49. Bf1 Rdxf1# 0-1

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=97806

This Week In Chess

On July 28th, the CSCC had 10 members in attendance.  The evening’s event was a 7-round, double-Round Robin, blitz tournament (G5).  I suffered a rough start, and David Meliti ran out of gas, as we tied for 1st place.  Here are the results:

Official Score, Actual Score, Player

5.5 11.5 Paul Anderson

5.5 11.5 David Meliti

4.5 10.5 Mitch Anderson

4.5 10.5 Buck Buchanan

0.0 3.0 Jaan Schlemermeyer

WD 3.0 Anthea Carson

WD 2.0 Lee Oats

WD 0.0 Isaac Martinez

Pikes Peak Open 2009 Prizes

By Jerry Maier

Thought you might want a list of the prize breakdowns:

Score Place Prize Player

4.5 1st $80.00 Renard Anderson

4.5 1st $80.00 Julian Evans

4.0 3rd $61.00 Jeffrey Baffo

4.0 3rd $61.00 Brian Wall

3.5 U1800 $50.00 Jeffrey Serna

2.5 U1500 $40.00 Daniel Picard

2.5 U1600 $11.25 Jeremiah Haynes

2.5 U1600 $11.25 Christopher Hanagan

2.5 U1600 $11.25 Kurt Kondracki

2.5 U1600 $11.25 Cory Foster

2.0 U1300 $35.00 Josiah Ortega

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Upcoming Events

8/4 Speed tournament, CSCC

8/5,12,19,26 2009 August East Coast Deli, CSCC

8/6,13,20,27 2009 August USAFA Chess, CSCC

8/8 It's a Hot Time in Town Tonight Tournament, CSCA

8/11 Fischer-random tournament, 4-SS, G/10, CSCC

8/15 Super Saturday G/29 II, CSCA

For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

CSCC: Colorado Springs Chess Club (http://springschess.org/)

BCC: Boulder Chess Club (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)

CSCA: Colorado State Chess Association (http://colorado-chess.com/)

WCA: Wyoming Chess Association (http://www.wyomingchess.com/)

KCA: Kansas Chess Association (http://www.kansaschess.org/)

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Game Of The Week

This week’s game comes from a new event in the Colorado Springs area.  Jerry Maier holds it at the Air Force Academy on Thursday nights.  This tournament is similar to his East Coast Deli tournament, on Wednesday nights, as they both give the players one G90 each night and run one round per week.

I decided to stop by last Thursday, as I live close to the Academy, and I hadn’t gone on base since 9/11.  Every game had finished by the time I got there, but it wasn’t a totally wasted trip as David Meliti gave me his game for this week’s newsletter.

He had sent me a couple of games earlier in the week, but in a format that wasn’t easy to use.  Who knew chess players used something other than Chessbase to store their games?  This is David’s fourth solo appearance in the Game Of The Week:

• Chess Ambassador https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2008/03/chess-ambassador.html
• Maybe DuWayne Was Right? https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2008/05/maybe-duwayne-was-right.html
• Badger-Baiting Bill https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/badger-baiting-bill.html

 

This is also his opponent’s fourth appearance in the Game Of The Week:

• Quick Draw McGraw https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2005/04/quick-draw-mcgraw.html
• Wishful Thinking https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2005/05/wishful-thinking.html
• Game Of The Year II https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2005/08/game-of-year-ii.html

 

Tony Telinbacco hasn’t had the best of luck in print.  So far, his best result in the Game Of The Week was the draw against Dean Brown in “Quick Draw McGraw.”

Also, he recently made some national news when Shannon Fox beat him in a game chosen by GM Lev Alburt for his Back to Basics column [Shock And Awe Out Of The Blue Sky, May 2009].

However, the bad publicity hasn't diminished Tony’s conviction to chess.  He runs a couple of scholastic clubs at the library and has shown a foursquare refusal to yield to the negative media bias.

White to move

Foursquare

[Event "July USAFA Chess"]

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

[Date "2009.07.23"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Telinbacco, Tony"]

[Black "Meliti, David"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "D02"]

[WhiteElo "1813"]

[BlackElo "1896"]

[PlyCount "96"]

[EventDate "2009.07.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2

Ne4 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. dxc5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bxc5 13. e4 O-O 14. exd5

Ne5 15. Qe4 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Bf4 Ng6 18. Bd2 a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bc2 Rfe8

21. Rfe1 Ne5 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Nc4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. b3 Nb6 26. Bd3 Rc8

27. Rc1 d4 28. c4 Nd5 29. Rd1 Nc3 30. Rd2 g6 31. Kf1 f5 32. a3 Kf7 33. f3 Kf6

34. g3 Ke5 35. Kf2 Ne4+ 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. fxe4 Kxe4 38. cxb5 axb5 39. a4 d3 40.

Ke1 Ke3 41. Kd1 Rf8 42. Kc1 bxa4 43. bxa4 Rc8+ 44. Kd1 Rb8 45. Kc1 Rb1+ 46.

Kxb1 Kxd2 47. a5 Ke2 48. a6 d2 0-1

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=97698

This Week In Chess

On July 21st, the CSCC had 10 members in attendance.  The event for the evening was quads.  The members were split into groups of four and played each other in a round robin tournament (club-rated G20 or USCF-rated G30).  Here are the results:

Score Player

USCF

3.0 David Meliti

2.0 Anthea Carson*

1.0 James Powers

0.0 Kevin Kaaoush

Club

3.0 Jeff Fox

2.0 Paul Anderson

1.0 Isaac Martinez

0.0 Jason Feith

* Substitution for 3rd round: Paul Anderson

Upcoming Events

7/28 Players’ choice, CSCC

7/29 2009 July East Coast Deli Final Rounds, CSCC

7/30 2009 July USAFA Chess Final Rounds, CSCC

8/1-2 Pikes Peak Open, CSCA

8/4 Speed tournament, CSCC

8/5,12,19,26 2009 August East Coast Deli, CSCC

For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/)

Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)

Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/)

Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/)

Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/)

Make Haste Slowly

Game Of The Week

“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”

Ecclesiastes 7:8 (KJV)

This is one of those proverbs that seem to have a direct chess application.  Just change “end of a thing” to endgame and “beginning” to opening and you will get my drift.

Can you win a chess game when losing the opening?  I think so.

Can you win a chess game when losing the endgame.  I think not.

I have gotten to where I am in chess today by taking advantage of this truth.  I have not worried about studying opening theory.  I was just hoping to develop my pieces without being too far behind when my opponent had to start thinking.

I started chess so late; I never had any thoughts about becoming a Grandmaster.  I just wanted to play well against my dad, but when I focused on endgame skills and increasing my level of patience, my rating increased.

I reached a peak of 1994 and was hoping to make the expert level before I start learning about these chess openings.  However, it is never easy to cross these milestones for some reason.  I remember trying to break into the class A rating for 3 years before landing at 1805 on December 5th, 2004.

Breaking 1900 was even harder, as it took another 3 years, falling from 1885, 1897, and 1899 before crossing over with 1904 on January 5th, 2008.

Now, in one year, I had a shot at passing 2000.  Would my endgame skills and patience be up to the challenge?

I am not the quickest endgame player.  I know I have to move fast in the opening to avoid the pitfalls of time pressure.  I would rather suffer some weaknesses in the opening than try to rely on my endgame skills with 2 minutes on the clock.

Some players have mastered the art of patience in time pressure, but they are usually masters.  My dad’s favorite quote from his senior yearbook was, “Make haste slowly” (D. Anderson, 1961).

I think he was just trying to be clever then, but now I find a lot of wisdom in his statement.  I currently lack the ability to think patiently yet move quickly.  I am just not a clutch player.

They wouldn’t give me the ball with 2 seconds left on the clock.  I would probably be the guy who threw it to the other team when trying to get it inbounds.

They wouldn’t put me in the lineup with 2 minutes left and down 4 points.  I would probably be the guy who missed hearing the play and threw the ball out of bounds on 4th down.  This inability cost me my first shot at expert.

Make Haste Slowly

[Event "Colorado Springs Open"]

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

[Date "2009.03.08"]

[Round "5.2"]

[White "Deloslado, Edelreich"]

[Black "Anderson, Paul"]

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

[ECO "B06"]

[WhiteElo "1697"]

[BlackElo "1990"]

[PlyCount "77"]

[EventDate "2009.03.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. h3

Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bh6 Rfe8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. Rad1

e5 15. d5 c5 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. c4 a6 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. Be2 h6 20. g3 Rb8 21. a4 Nf8

22. Rf1 N8h7 23. Kh2 Qc7 24. h4 Qd7 25. Qe3 g5 26. Rg1 Rh8 27. f4 Rbe8 28. f5

Reg8 29. Rg2 Kf8 30. Rdg1 Ke7 31. Na2 Qxa4 32. b4 Qxa2 33. bxc5 Qxc4 34. cxd6+

Kd7 35. Qb6 Qc8 36. Bd1 Ke8 37. Rc2 Qd8 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Qxb7 1/2-1/2

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=97697

On move 31. Na2, with little time left on his clock, Edelreich pins all his hopes on one last ditch effort to get to my king.  This is the last time I put much thought into my move.  I considered the possibility that sending my queen out on a material raid could leave the door to the hen house open, but I saw the potential queen trade and figured that would be too hard for him to see in his time pressure.  Plus, it appears as if he is already starting to crumble in the time pressure, as I am getting at least a couple of pawns.

31...Qxa4-+ 32.b4? [>=32.Qa3 Qxa3 33.bxa3 Nxe4 34.Bf3-+ ]

Ok, I get a knight too and the queen sac is still in play.

32...Qxa2 33.bxc5 Qxc4 34.cxd6+ [34.Bxc4?? White will choke on that 34...Ng4+ 35.Kh1 Nxe3-+ ]

Well, this was not the move I wanted and should have been easy to see, but I did not.  Perhaps I should have taken this as a sign to reconsider my plan, but I did not.

Black to move

34...Kd7 [>=34...Kf8 and Black has prevailed 35.Rb1 Qxe4 36.Qxe4 Nxe4 37.Rxb7 Kg7-+ ] 35.Qb6+- [35.Bxc4?? materialistic play, which will be punished 35...Ng4+ 36.Kh1 Nxe3-+ ]

My planning has failed me.  He hasn’t taken the bait…twice.  Now, I am in panic mode.  He is playing too well in extreme time pressure, and my dreams of an easy endgame have disappeared.

35...Qc8 [35...Qxe4?? will allow the opponent to give mate in 2 36.Qc7+ Ke8 37.Qe7# ] 36.Bd1 Ke8 37.Rc2 Qd8?? but even a better move would not have saved the game [>=37...Qb8 38.Rc7 Kf8 39.Rxb7 Kg7 40.Rxb8 Rxb8 41.Qxa6 Nxe4+- ] 38.Rc7 Kf8 39.Qxb7 1/2-1/2

Edelreich offers a draw with 2 seconds left on his clock.  His offer awakens me from my time pressure haze.  I realize my clock is fine.  I have not made the most of my time.  I rushed through my last eight moves just to keep his clock running.

Now, I have a decision to make.  Do I take the draw or not?

I knew before this game started that not playing this game would give me a rating of 1999.  So, a win would be the only way to make expert rating (2004).  A draw to a lower rated player would move me back to 1994.

However, I have totally ruined my position, and he is only one move away from gaining another hour on his clock.  My only hope is to find a move that is complicated enough to make him hesitate, so that the 2 seconds elapse before he hits his clock.

Of course, if he makes the move fast enough, the draw offer is not likely to return, and I will lose the 2nd place prize money.

So, do I choose greed or vanity?  I just sat there wishing it had never come to this.

The money and the feeling that I did not deserve to win compelled me to take the draw.  My first shot at expert was gone.  My second strike would come a couple weeks later, as a victory over Mitch Anderson would have put me at 2005, but he didn’t want his rating to fall below 2000 and didn’t give me any chances for a win.  Maybe I will get another shot this summer and this goal will end better than it has begun.

This Week In Chess

On July 14th, the CSCC had 9 members in attendance.  The participants played in a single, round robin tournament (G15).  Anthea Carson and David Meliti suffered only 1 loss to tie for the top spot.  Here are the results:

Score Player

4.0 David Meliti

4.0 Anthea Carson

3.5 Paul Anderson

2.5 Buck Buchanan

1.0 Tikila Nichols

0.0 Jason Feith

Colorado Springs Chess Club 3rd Quarter Schedule

By Buck Buchanan

Here is the chess club schedule for the next quarter:

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COLORADO SPRINGS CHESS CLUB

July - September 2009

The Colorado Springs Chess Club meets Tuesday evenings in the downstairs Game Room of the Acacia Apartments Building at 104 E. Platte, just north of Acacia Park. The building opens about 6:30 PM. Most activities begin registration about 7:30, with play starting at 8:00. On most evenings, club ladder games are also available, including USCF-rated G/90 games. For more information call Buck at 685-1984 or e-mail buckpeace@pcisys.net .

Players should arrive no later than 8:00 to get into the building.

In addition to Tuesday evenings, club members are gathering for chess at these times:

Wednesdays: East Coast Deli, 24 S Tejon. Rated tourney, G/90, 1 game a night., games start 6:00 PM.

Thursdays: USAFA Chess, Rated G/90 tourney, Milazzo Center, Bldg 5226, games start 6:00 PM.

3rd Saturday of month (7/18, 8/15, 9/19) Agia Sophia coffee house, 2902 W Colorado, 8:00 PM.

Air Force Academy Quads, USCF rated. 7/25, 8/29. See Dean Brown or websites for info.

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July

7 Speed tournament

14 Round Robin G/15

21 Quads: USCF rated G/30, otherwise G/20

28 Players’ choice

August

August 1-2, Manitou Spgs City Hall: Pikes Peak Open. Register with Jerry Maier.

4 Speed tournament

11 Fischer-random tournament, 4-SS, G/10

18 Anderson(s) simul

August 22-23, Monument Open. See websites for info.

25 Ladder games

September

1 Speed tournament

Sept 5-6, Denver: Colorado Open state championship tournament

8 Ladder games

15 “Pick-from-a-hat” thematic 4-SS G/15

22 Bughouse

29 Team tournament, 4-SS, G/15. 2 players alternate moves, no consultation

Club Championship tournament October 13 - November 3.

Upcoming Hot Time in Town Tonight chess tournament in Pueblo

By Liz Wood

August 8, 2009

It's a Hot Time in Town Tonight Tournament --- An Open One-Day Rated Chess Tournament5SS, G/30 TD 5

Location: at the Daily Grind, 209 S. Union, Pueblo (take 1st Street exit, three blocks to Union; Union & D Street)

Registration 9:00-9:45, Rounds 10, 11:15, 12:30, 2:30, 3:45.

Entry fee: $20; Sr, Jr, Unr $15; CSCA & USCF required, OSA. Pre-registration entry fee: $15, which must be paid at the time of pre-registration. Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed at the conclusion of the event. Final round byes must be requested before the start of Round 2, and are irrevocable.

For further information, contact Liz Wood, chessliz@comcast.net ( 719-566-6929 ) or Jerry Meier, (719-660-5531) Send pre-registrations to: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 or pmjer77@aim.com by August 6th.

Upcoming Events

7/21 Quads: USCF rated G/30, otherwise G/20, CSCC

7/22,29 2009 July East Coast Deli Final Rounds, CSCC

7/23,30 2009 July USAFA Chess Final Rounds, CSCC

7/25-26 Boulder Chess Festival Open, BCC

7/25 USAFA Quads #12, CSCC

7/28 Players’ choice, CSCC

For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/)

Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)

Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/)

Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/)

Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/)

Brown Van Gang

Game Of The Week

By Barbie Fortune

I do not believe I ever defeated Al Ufer even though we were often paired.  Al, Kathy Schneider, and I enjoy chess and the tournaments, but we would quickly sink to the back tables at tournaments where we would often be paired with one another and have some rousing games.  Al Ufer, Dean Brown, and Kathy Schneider always came to Casper or Cheyenne to play in the Wyoming Open.

Jon and I would invite many people to join us at an Italian restaurant in Craig, CO back when Rick and Mary Nelson would host the Northwest Open.  Al, Dean, Kathy became known as the Brown Van Gang.  We would all eat tons of pasta and debate our games for hours along with the Nelsons and anyone from Cheyenne who had crammed into our car for a weekend of chess.  This became a tradition, and we kept it up wherever we were playing:  Cheyenne, Denver or Craig.

Al Ufer also helped organize one of the Manitou Springs tournaments where, in addition to the rated tournament, there was an unrated community tournament.  He had prizes for it as well as the rated tournament.  It was the first time I ever won a tournament.  A win shared with Renae Delaware, perhaps the start of her career.

Once at a tournament in Manitou Springs, my husband Jon was the TD or one of the TD group, and as the round was about to start, no one could find Al.  Jon looked everywhere even dispatching people to walk down the street to see if he was in a restaurant.  We were all starting to get worried when Al appeared.  He had been sleeping on the floor in the tournament hall, but he was perpendicular to one of the pillars in the back and thus invisible to the rushed searchers.  Al was well rested and indignant about all of the fuss.

White to move

Brown Van Gang

[Event "Colorado Open"]

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

[Date "1999.09.06"]

[Round "6"]

[White "Ufer, Allan"]

[Black "Fortune, Barbara"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "B12"]

[WhiteElo "1111"]

[BlackElo "862"]

[PlyCount "59"]

[EventDate "1999.09.04"]

1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Nd7 4. Bf4 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O c5 8. b3 Nf5

9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. c4 dxc4 11. bxc4 Bg7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Qb3 exd5 14. Rd1 O-O 15.

cxd5 Bd7 16. Qe3 Ba4 17. Nc3 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Nc4 19. Qc1 Qa5 20. d6 Qa3 21. Nd5

Rfe8 22. Qxc4 b6 23. Ne7+ Rxe7 24. dxe7 h6 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. exd8=Q+ Kh7 27.

Qdd3 Qc1+ 28. Bxc1 h5 29. Qxf5+ Kg8 30. Qcxf7+ 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=97578

This Week In Chess

On July 7th, the CSCC had 11 members in attendance.  The evening’s event was a 7-round, double-Round Robin, blitz tournament (G5).  David Meliti came out of the woodwork to take everyone down a notch and claim the top spot.  Here are the results:

Score Player

11.5 David Meliti

10.5 Paul Anderson

10.5 Jeff Fox

9.5 Buck Buchanan

6.0 Dean Brown

5.0 Klayton Kendall

3.0 Jason Feith

0.0 Mitchell Pjontek

Comments From Email

Martin Deschner, Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:10 PM

For a Class C Player, Joseph Aragon plays a strong game of chess!  I saw him draw Master Bardwick in a Queen and Pawns vs. Queen and Pawns endgame at a Simul.  At the Glendale Chess Club, Aragon won by attacking his opponents center, while being two pieces down!  I'm still shaking my head over the Glendale CC game!

[Comment is about this newsletter: https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/joseph-of-aragon.html]

Klayton Kendall, Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:13 PM

...I think your club is great, and everyone was very welcoming to me.  I hope to participate more in the future...

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Upcoming Events

7/14 Round Robin G/15, CSCC

7/15,22,29 2009 July East Coast Deli Final Rounds, CSCC

7/16,23,30 2009 July USAFA Chess Final Rounds, CSCC

7/16 July 2009 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA

7/21 Quads: USCF rated G/30, otherwise G/20, CSCC

7/25-26 Boulder Chess Festival Open, BCC

For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/)

Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)

Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/)

Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/)

Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/)

Joseph Of Aragon

Game Of The Week

This week’s game comes from way back in my chess history yet is not one of my upset victories.  How did I find game 14 out of 500?

Well, I started a chess scrapbook this weekend.  Actually, it was a cycling scrapbook originally.  It contains my cycling photos and patches from different tours like RAGBRAI (13,14, and 15), the Harmon Fifty, and the Fall Frenzy.  The cycling hobby only lasted 3 years (1985-1987), and the scrapbook remained dormant until I realized I had collected a handful of chess memorabilia during my 12 years.

I just needed some statistics and highlights to fill in the pages.  So, I scoured some old Colorado Chess Informants.  It was fun to relive the past as I ran across some interesting items.

Facebook friend WGM Jennifer Shahade was in Denver placing 3rd in the 1998 US Women’s Championship at age 17, Craig Wilcox was starting The Colorado Chess Academy on 1062 Delaware Street, and LM Brian Wall had dark hair.

Being new to chess, I figured I would have time to see all these things in time.  However, they all soon disappeared and have little chance of returning.

Speaking of disappearance, I also noticed that I am missing a plaque from the Colorado Chess Tour 2006-2007 yet I have an extra one from 2001-2002.  Anyone want to trade?

Well, despite missing some huge Colorado chess experiences, my first year was enjoyable enough to keep me coming back for more.  My highlights were placing 3rd in the Colorado Springs Chess Club championship, going 2-0 vs. Andy Hortillosa (1936), and having a victory published in the Colorado Chess Informant [July 1998] for the first time.  Here is the game.

Black to move

Joseph Of Aragon

[Event "May Daze"]

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

[Date "1998.05.02"]

[Round "1.18"]

[White "Aragon, Joseph"]

[Black "Anderson, Paul"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "B13"]

[WhiteElo "1413"]

[BlackElo "1672"]

[PlyCount "46"]

[EventDate "1998.05.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. c3

O-O 9. Qc1 Ng4 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. b3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Nf3 Rac8 15.

Bh6 Na5 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd2 Nxd4 19. Re1 Nc2 20. g4 Be4 21. Nxe4

Nxe4 22. Nd3 Rxc3 23. Kf1 Rxd3 0-1

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=97422

This Week In Chess

On June 30th, the CSCC had 11 members in attendance.  Most of the participants played in the double, round robin, bughouse tournament (G5).

Bughouse is a chess variant where a two-man team, playing opposite colors on two separate boards, challenges another two-man team, and one partner can use the other’s captured pieces.  Therefore, once one partner captures a piece, the other partner can now drop that piece onto any vacant square (as long as it is not a pawn onto the eighth rank) of his board in lieu of making a regular move.  The partners can advise each other regarding moves or captures, and either partner can win to gain the point for the team.

My wife and I celebrated our 19th dating anniversary by creating our own "Love Dare" as we put our marriage to the ultimate trial by fire, a bughouse team!  Here are the results:

Score Couple and Relationship Status

8.0 Buck Buchanan & Renae Delaware, soulmates - you were made for each other

5.0 Lee Oats & Matthew Anderson, acquaintances - the beginning of a beautiful friendship

3.0 Jason Feith & Jeff Fox, antagonistic - needs work

3.0 Paul Anderson & Linda Anderson, antagonistic - needs work

1.0 Mitchell Pjontek & Kathy Schneider, the odd couple - better go your own way

Change In East Coast Deli Times

By Jerry Maier and Fred Spell

Hi All,

Due to recent requests from the East Coast Deli, we (Jerry and Fred) are altering the meeting time to an hour earlier.  Therefore, weekly registration is now from 5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. every Wednesday, with games between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

The reason for the time change is that the owners’ of the deli thought they would be able to make a profit by staying open an hour later than usual based on the additional chess player related business.  This has not been the case and they are actually losing money by staying open the addition l hour.  Their normal Wednesday closing time is 9:00 p.m.  The owners are still happy to supply us the space free of rent with no additional cover charge; however, they have requested that we start an hour earlier.  Based on the enthusiastic reaction to the new venue from the players, it was decided that the best win-win situation for all parties concerned was to accommodate their request.

These tournament growing pains will soon subside.  I realize that again this is short notice but the players have rallied in the past and I see no reason why we wouldn’t again.  Please pass the word along to your fellow chess players, those currently attending and those who have expressed an interest in playing on Wednesdays.  Players who are negatively impacted by the time change are urged to speak with Jerry as soon as possible.

Sincerely, Jerry Maier and Fred Spell

Aug. Sept. Oct. East Coast Deli Announcements

By Jerry Maier

2009 August East Coast Deli, August 5 - 26, 2009

4 round Swiss system tournament.

Time Control: All Rounds: G/90, t/d5

Site: East Coast Deli, 24 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Directions: The Deli is located between Pikes Peak and Colorado Avenues. Street parking can be tricky, although there is free parking near the movie theatre (north east) and around the court buildings (1 block south and east). The Plaza of the Rockies has paid parking for $1 after 5:00 p.m., located between S. Tejon and S. Nevada on Colorado Ave.

Open: Open to all

Entry fee: $10 covers the entire month of Wednesdays

Prizes: Cash prizes per entries paid on final Wednesday of event, usually 85%-90% of entry fees, for a 1st place with Under sections based on number of players (typically 3).

Registration: 5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. every Wednesday, Rounds: 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. August 5, August 12, August 19, August 26. 1 game per evening. TD assumes you are playing all rounds unless notified in advance. One ½ point bye is allowed this month.

Entries: Jerry Maier 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919

Phone: (719) 660-5531 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (719) 660-5531      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

E-mail: pmjer77@aim.com

Please support the deli if able. Food may be ordered anytime and we have a dedicated waitress for the evening. Once in the establishment, take the long hall to the back room.

USCF membership required: See the TD if you need to renew or join.

2009 September East Coast Deli, September 2 - 30, 2009

5 round Swiss system tournament.

Time Control: All Rounds: G/90, t/d5

Site: East Coast Deli, 24 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Directions: The Deli is located between Pikes Peak and Colorado Avenues. Street parking can be tricky, although there is free parking near the movie theatre (north east) and around the court buildings (1 block south and east). The Plaza of the Rockies has paid parking for $1 after 5:00 p.m., located between S. Tejon and S. Nevada on Colorado Ave.

Open: Open to all

Entry fee: $10 covers the entire month of Wednesdays

Prizes: Cash prizes per entries paid on final Wednesday of event, usually 85%-90% of entry fees, for a 1st place with Under sections based on number of players (typically 3).

Registration: 5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. every Wednesday, Rounds: 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. September 2, September 9, September 16, September 23, September 30. 1 game per evening. TD assumes you are playing all rounds unless notified in advance. Two ½ point byes are allowed this month.

Entries: Jerry Maier 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919

Phone: (719) 660-5531 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (719) 660-5531      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

E-mail: pmjer77@aim.com

Please support the deli if able. Food may be ordered anytime and we have a dedicated waitress for the evening. Once in the establishment, take the long hall to the back room.

USCF membership required: See the TD if you need to renew or join.

2009 October East Coast Deli, October 7 - 28, 2009

4 round Swiss system tournament.

Time Control: All Rounds: G/90, t/d5

Site: East Coast Deli, 24 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Directions: The Deli is located between Pikes Peak and Colorado Avenues. Street parking can be tricky, although there is free parking near the movie theatre (north east) and around the court buildings (1 block south and east). The Plaza of the Rockies has paid parking for $1 after 5:00 p.m., located between S. Tejon and S. Nevada on Colorado Ave.

Open: Open to all

Entry fee: $10 covers the entire month of Wednesdays

Prizes: Cash prizes per entries paid on final Wednesday of event, usually 85%-90% of entry fees, for a 1st place with Under sections based on number of players (typically 3).

Registration: 5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. every Wednesday, Rounds: 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. October 7, October 14, October 21, October 28. 1 game per evening. TD assumes you are playing all rounds unless notified in advance. One ½ point bye is allowed this month.

Entries: Jerry Maier 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919

Phone: (719) 660-5531 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (719) 660-5531      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

E-mail: pmjer77@aim.com

Please support the deli if able. Food may be ordered anytime and we have a dedicated waitress for the evening. Once in the establishment, take the long hall to the back room.

USCF membership required: See the TD if you need to renew or join.

Upcoming Events

7/7 Speed tournament, CSCC

7/8,15,22,29 2009 July East Coast Deli Final Rounds, CSCC

7/9,16,23,30 2009 July USAFA Chess Final Rounds, CSCC

7/10-12 2009 Kansas Open & Kansas Quick Championship, KCA

7/11 2009 Colorado Quick Championship, CSCA

7/16 July 2009 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA

For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/)

Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)

Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/)

Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/)

Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/)

High Flight For Virgil

Game Of The Week

When I started coming to the Colorado Springs Chess Club, I noticed a couple of older gentlemen playing together.  Every week they played at the same table, in the same chairs, on the same set, and with the same clock.  They were always there before me chatting and playing until the night’s event started.

They reminded me of Statler and Waldorf from the Muppet Show, except without the heckling.  They had the best seats in the house.  They were the patriarchs of the chess club.  When you were paired with one of them, you went to their table.

After a couple of years, Jack Farrington stopped coming to the club, but Virgil McGuire was still there.  Same table, same chair, same set, and with the same clock, just waiting for someone to play.

I often filled that chair across from him, before the event started, to play and share what was new.  I also made the walk over to his table 42 times to play a rated game.  We had our first rated game on March 24, 1998, and he beat me.

He always played very solid and didn’t make a lot of mistakes.  Our games were always sudden death time control and usually ended by the loser making the worst mistake in time pressure.  But we always enjoyed them.

Our final game was played on July 17, 2007 in the club’s Low Rated Challenge, where the lower rated players got to choose their opponents.  Virgil picked me.

He knew how much I had improved over the years and was always complimentary about my progress.  He was not one to shy away from a challenge.  I got the win.  Maybe he just wanted to see me off on a high note.  I will miss him.

Here is a poem from his remembrance:

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,

I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung

My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .

Up, up the long, delirious burning blue

I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace

Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —

And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod

The high untrespassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

— John Gillespie Magee, Jr

Black to move

High Flight For Virgil

[Event "Cabin Fever Reliever"]

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

[Date "2002.02.19"]

[Round "4.4"]

[White "McGuire, Virgil"]

[Black "Anderson, Paul"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "B12"]

[WhiteElo "1538"]

[BlackElo "1695"]

[PlyCount "79"]

[EventDate "2002.02.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. b3 cxd4 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3

Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Qe2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 dxc3 14. Nxc3

Nf6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Rac1 Ba3 17. Rc2 O-O 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Bxb4 Re8 20. Rfc1 b6

21. Rc7 Ne4 22. f3 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qc2 Qf4 25. Nb2 g6 26. Nd3 Qd4+ 27.

Nf2 Qb4 28. Ng4 Kg7 29. Kh1 Red8 30. Ne5 Rf8 31. Qc6 Qf4 32. Nd7 Rfd8 33. Qc3+

d4 34. Qe1 Kh6 35. Ne5 Rf8 36. Ng4+ Kg7 37. Qxe6 Rfd8 38. Qc6 d3 39. Qc3+ Kf8

40. Qh8# 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=97421

This Week In Chess

On June 23rd, the CSCC had 10 members in attendance.  The participants played in the club-rated ladder games (G15).  Each player faced an opponent similar in rating in a 2 game match and then was repaired with a different opponent for additional games.  Here are the results:

Wins, Losses, %, Player

4 0 100.00% Bill Whinemiller

3 1 75.00% Paul Anderson

2 2 50.00% Harrison Kearney

2 2 50.00% Kevin Kaaoush

1 1 50.00% Mitch Anderson

1 2 33.33% Dean Brown

1 3 25.00% Jason Feith

1 4 20.00% Mitchell Pjontek

Comments From Email

Renae Delaware, Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:38 PM

It is with a very sadden heart that I report word of Virgil McGuire's passing.  For many of us he was a beloved member of the CSCC & dear friend for many, many years.  For those of you who did not know Virgil, he was a very modest man who absolutely loved to play chess.  I first met Virgil when I started playing at the chess club in 2003; though he was a member for several years before that.  He was a very sweet man and his loss will be felt in the chess community.

Virgil passed away on Wednesday, June 17th.  To read his obituary posted in...The Gazette, please click (or copy/paste) this link: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazette/name/virgil-mcguire-obituary?id=22721824

Best wishes,~Renae

Richard Cordovano, Monday, June 22, 2009 3:11 PM

I am deeply saddened by the loss of a fine old gentleman.  I enjoyed Virgil's friendship, visited him at home once, and played countless ten-minute games with him.  It is about 3PM in Colorado Springs as I write this from Baltimore - I will say a prayer of godspeed and remembrance.

Sincerely, Richard Cordovano

Jerry Maier, Monday, June 22, 2009

Virgil will be deeply missed by the Colorado Springs Chess Community.  He was a staunch supporter and always made new players feel welcome.  My sincerest sympathies at his passing.~Jerry Maier

Martin Deschner, Sunday, June 21, 2009 3:48 PM

Wow!  A grandmaster draw in Anderson vs. Csima in only 10 moves!  After 9. Ng5 h6 10.h4, Wall's students would wait 5-10 additional moves before allowing a draw!  In the time of GM Bobby Fischer, draws under 19 moves were greatly discouraged.  When Fischer, himself, had a short draw, he explained that the rule was to stop the "Soviet Cheaters" and not aimed at Bobby Fischer himself!

[Comment is about this newsletter:  https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/the-quincenchessial.html]

USAFA Quads #11

By Jerry Maier

Here are the results of the USAFA Quads #11.

Quad Alpha

Score Prize Place Player

3.0 $40.00 1st Markus D Petters

2.0 Gerardo Fern Neri

1.0 Anthon Telinbacco

0.0 Cory Edwar Foster

Quad Bravo

Score Prize Place Player

2.0 $20.00 1st Gerald J Maier

2.0 $20.00 1st James M Powers

1.0 Mark K Wells Usaf

1.0 Gary G Frenzel

Quad Charlie

Score Prize Place Player

2.0 $20.00 1st Kevin J Kaaoush

2.0 $20.00 1st David Kennedy

1.0 Alexander Freeman

1.0 Robert Mitchell

Upcoming Events

6/30 Bughouse!, CSCC

7/1,8,15,22,29 2009 July East Coast Deli, CSCC

7/2,9,16,23,30 2009 July USAFA Chess, CSCC

7/7 Speed tournament, CSCC

7/10-12 2009 Kansas Open & Kansas Quick Championship, KCA

7/11 2009 Colorado Quick Championship, CSCA

For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/)

Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)

Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/)

Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/)

Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/)

The Sesquicenchessial

Game Of The Week

Last week I wrote about my 500th USCF-rated game.  Since there was no term to describe the occasion of playing 500 chess games, I had to create my own:  The Quincenchessial.

I had remembered the big stink my hometown, Naperville, had made back in 1981 when it celebrated its sesquicentennial of the year it was founded.  Apparently, some guy, Joe Naper, took two months to sail across the Great Lakes and was too tired to cross the DuPage river so he plopped his butt right there in 1831.

The thought occurred to me that if 150 years had its own designation, surely 500 years would as well.  So, I just modified the term for my own purposes.  And the first chess holiday was born.

Well, I soon realized that I had more milestones to come.  This week’s game marks the quinquennial of my father’s day emails.  I have been forgetting my card to my dad the past couple of years, but I have been making up for it by publishing his chess victories over me.  Isn't that much better than a tie anyway?

And this year’s game is especially memorable, as our email match has now hit the semicenchessial mark.  Even the Karpov vs. Kasparov World Chess Championship match in 1984 only made it to 48 games before being terminated.

This was the game that put us past the two former World Champs and was a long awaited, hard earned win for my dad after a drought of 6 games (4 loss, 2 draw) and 2.5 years.  In addition, it turns out to be my 150th published newsletter, just in time for my dad to now claim he has beaten Colorado’s newest expert (https://www.uschess.org/datapage/ratings_graph.php?memid=12728345).

Happy Father’s Day! 

Event, Paul Anderson’s Lexicon Of Chess Holidays

5 years = Quinquennial

50 games = Semicenchessial

150 games = Sesquicenchessial

500 games = Quincenchessial

White to move

The Sesquicenchessial

[Event "19-14-16"]

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

[Date "2008.10.09"]

[Round "?"]

[White "Anderson, Douglas"]

[Black "Anderson, Paul"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "B10"]

[PlyCount "83"]

[EventDate "2008.05.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 g6 3. a3 Bg7 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. Be3 e5 8. Nbd2

Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Ba2 Rc8

15. Kb1 a5 16. c4 d4 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ng5 Nc5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.

dxe4 a4 22. h4 Qc6 23. f3 Rc7 24. g4 Rec8 25. g5 Bg7 26. h5 Bf8 27. hxg6 hxg6

28. Rh3 b5 29. Rdh1 Bg7 30. Qh2 Kf8 31. Rh7 f5 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. Qh8+ Rg8 34.

Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. cxb5+ Kg7 36. bxc6 Rxc6 37. Rc1 Ra6 38. Bd5 Ra7 39. Rc4 Ra5 40.

Bc6 Ra6 41. Bxa4 Kf7 42. Bd1 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=97420

This Week In Chess

On June 16th, the CSCC had 9 members in attendance.  The main event was the conclusion of the two-week, USCF-rated June Mating Game Tournament (4SS, G30).

Paul Anderson, Dean Brown, and Bob Staten withdrew from the event opening the door for Mitch Anderson to claim the top prize and James Powers to jump in and snag the U1800 prize.  Here are the final results:

Score, Prize, Place, Player

3.0 $18 1st Mitch Anderson

2.5 $12 2nd Josh Divine

2.0 Paul Anderson

2.0 Jeff Fox

1.5 Buck Buchanan

1.5 $12 U1800 James Powers

1.0 Dean Brown

1.0 Bob Staten

0.0 Mitchell Pjontek

Comments From Email

Josh "JD" Smith, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:56 PM

Was that a Mike Fuchs response that I saw in there?  Roommate from way back!  It’s fun to read the names on your email list and remember old friends.  Fromme, Splichal, Schultz just to name a few...  You guys should stop by Utah sometime.  I have all of the top rated players in the state playing a tournament in my basement this weekend!  Anybody know how to get a hold of Randall Moore?

Brian Wall, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:12 PM

After 17 years of playing Chess I was about to become a Chessmaster.  I normally played 1 d4 d5 2 e4 (The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit).  I was so scared my unsound gambit would lose to Steven Henderson and I would never become a Master I offered a draw after 1 d4 d5 which he accepted.

My idea of a major upset is anyone 400 or more points above me lucky enough to weasel out a draw.

DuWayne Langseth, Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:51 AM

Way to spook him into a draw with a fishing pole attack!

Jeffrey Csima, Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:43 AM

I was surprised to hear our game last Sunday was such an important one for you, especially since a little bird told me you were going for a grandmaster draw even before the game began!  I normally play for a win and don't mind taking it to 150 moves if need be, but you caught me in a fatigued state after a fairly grueling tournament with 6 games in 2 days.  My brain was feeling a bit numb and indeed the NBA finals was looming as well.  Having the black pieces and not losing too many rating points helped the decision too.  If my glazed-over brain had seen the continuations stemming from 10 ... d4!  I probably would've declined the draw.  Instead I was only looking for ways to win the knight with little compensation for white, but I didn't see any so that was a key reason for my acceptance.  Next time we meet up you can look forward to a proper fight!

The question by Ann Davies is interesting I'd like to add my 2c on it.  I agree there is no official ratings difference that counts as an upset.  I suppose even a single rating point would qualify technically but most people don't take it that far.  Personally I use 200 rating points as the cutoff.  That's roughly where the higher rated player has about a 0.75 point expected result, which can be thought of as a 50-50 chance to win or draw with no chance to lose.  In reality there is obviously some chance to lose but it's small enough to deserve a special name like "upset" I'd say.

As a newcomer to your mailing list I'd also like to compliment you on your fine newsletter and hope you keep up the good work for years to come!

[Comments are about this newsletter:  https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/the-quincenchessial.html]

Upcoming Events

6/23 G/15 Ladders, CSCC

6/24 East Coast Deli’s June Open final rounds, CSCC

6/27 USAFA Quads #11, CSCA

6/30 Bughouse!, CSCC

7/1,8,15,22,29 2009 July East Coast Deli, CSCC

7/2,9,16,23,30 2009 July USAFA Chess, CSCC

For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/)

Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)

Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/)

Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/)

Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/)