Killer Curfew

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from the Colorado Springs Chess Club's event:  CSCC Killer TD Rapid Online (3SS, G/10+10).  I chose this game as a protest against club Treasurer, Mark "The Money Man" McGough for shooting down my idea of giving out some prizes for the online events.

I thought it would be nice for the club to do something for the players who showed up for our virtual tournaments.  I was willing to do all the grunt work and count up the cyber-medal tallies, and the club could donate cash and food to the top winners like McDonald's used to do during the olympics.

Here are the current cyber-medal counts:

Player, Gold, Silver, Bronze - Total

cschessnews 3 3 0 - 6 [not prize eligible]
BrianWall 2 1 2 - 5
jfoxhoot 0 0 3 - 3
deanclow 1 0 1 - 2
Termenoil 0 1 0 - 1
Alf8892 0 1 0 - 1
linuxguy1 0 0 1 - 1
EPWikle 0 0 1 - 1
DFSStar 1 0 0 - 1
waynehatcher 1 0 0 - 1
KingVed 0 1 0 - 1
RayFchess 0 1 0 - 1

Of course, I would have excluded the officers from receiving any prizes to avoid any conflict of interest complaints.  After all, just the sheer joy of running this club week after week is thanks enough for all the man-hours of dealing with one headache after another.  Plus, I only ran for President of the Chess Club to meet women anyway, but I digress.

But, nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Mark jumps in before I even have a chance to finish my pitch, "I am sick of this online !@#$%^&*!  I want to open the club!  I will even pay for all the sneeze-guards and hand sanitizers for every board." 

He was so upset that he protested the last online event by withdrawing after his round one game.

Well, two can play that game, buster.  I will meet your protest with a protest of my own:  publishing your loss.  And, I will go one better.  I will raise your protest with a curfew.

Executive Order #1:

As President of the Colorado Springs Chess Club, I hereby decree:  no turtles shall be allowed to play a chess game after 10 pm!  Three hours is long enough!!  Just move faster!!!

The curfew will continue until I can find someone who agrees with me that online prizes matter.

White to move

Killer Curfew

[Event "CSCC Killer TD Rapid Online "]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "cschessnews"]
[Black "msmcgough"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "1425"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
[EndTime "18:28:55 PDT"]
[Termination "cschessnews won by resignation"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nh3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. e3 Rb8 9. b3 b5 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. cxd4 b4 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bf1 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Rfc8 16. Qe2 Qb5 17. Rec1 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Na5 19. Nd3 Kf8 20. h3 Ke8 21. g4 h6 22. f3 Kd7 23. h4 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Ne5+ Ke8 26. Kd3 Nd7 27. Nxd7 Kxd7 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. Rag1 Rbc8 30. Nf1 Nb7 31. Ng3 Nd6 32. e4 dxe4+ 33. fxe4 Nb5 34. Ne2 a5 35. d5 Rxh1 36. Rxh1 exd5 37. exd5 Kd6 38. Rh7 Rf8 39. Ke4 Nc7 40. Be5+ Kd7 41. Ng3 Nb5 42. Nf5 Nc3+ 43. Bxc3 bxc3 44. Kd3 Bf6 45. Rh6 Be5 46. Ra6 Rc8 47. Kc2 Rc5 48. Ra7+ Ke8 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rxe5 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=115503

This Week In Chess

On May 31st, the Colorado Springs Chess Club held the CSCC Killer TD Rapid Online event (3SS, G/10+10).

https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/cscc-killer-td-rapid-online-1245616

Place, Player, Score

1 "#1cschessnews (1832)" 2.5
2 "#2RayFchess (1565)" 2.0
3 "#3NMBrianWall (1859)" 1.5
4 "#4waynehatcher (1687)" 1.0
5 "#4Navajo36us80917 (1111)" 1.0
6 "#6checkmatenow (2072)" 0.0
7 "-CoChessPrincess (1985)" 2.0
8 "-msmcgough (1425)" 1.0

Mind Games

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from the Colorado Springs Chess Club's July Quick Six event.  It is a 2-week tournament with 3 games per week.  It is also Quick-rated.  These games can be a lot of fun since they are fast, don't effect your standard rating, and most often leave no record of your mental lapses.

This one Chris recorded until he got in time pressure, and I filled in the rest.  The pgn may not be 100% accurate, but the final position is real.  I couldn't forget it.  I was chuckling about it all night long.  I even had tears in my eyes and laughing out loud, as I walked through Walmart after club.🤣 The crazy shoppers were looking at me like I was insane.

It was Chris' reaction.  He was so shocked that I had any chance to win after we both knew it was a draw.  However, I am a smidge of a "Bitter Ender."  I don't like to admit defeat.  I don't like to offer a draw.  I will use every weapon in my arsenal no matter how futile the position is.  I am not like Bobby Fischer.

I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves.

Bobby Fischer, 11th World Chess Champion

I don't believe in good moves.  I believe in mind games.

Since I can't play like Fischer, mind games are all I have.  You see, I was getting into Chris' head from move one.  I was just playing for a draw.  I knew Chris has to play the brilliancy.  He has wildly sacrificed his Queen 3 times this year, just to make the game interesting.  A draw is too boring.  His brain just can't handle it.

So, when I traded down to this position, DuWayne Langseth was screaming that I had giving up way too much material.  However, I trust the mind games.  I have a Masters degree in brainwashing from my time in a campus mind-control group that was profiled on 20/20 (below).

I was really setting a mental trap.  And SNAP!

Black to move and lose

Mind Games

[Event "July Quick Six"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2019.07.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anderson, Paul"]
[Black "Motley, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.07.02"]
[TimeControl "1440+5"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 Qb6 7. Qc1 Bd6 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qxc7 Bxc7 13. Rfc1 Bd6 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. Bg4 g6 16. a3 f5 17. Bd1 g5 18. Nhf3 Nd7 19. Bc2 f4 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. e4 Rac8 22. exd5 Nf6 23. Nc4 Bb8 24. Nce5 g4 25. Nd2 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nxd5 27. Ne4 Kg6 28. Nd6 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Nxc7 30. Rc1 Ne6 31. Rc4 f6 32. exf6 Kxf6 33. Nxb7 Rb8 34. Rb4 a5 35. Nxa5 Rxb4 36. axb4 Nd4 37. Nc4 Ke6 38. Kf1 Kd5 39. Na3 h5 40. Ke1 h4 41. Kd2 h3 42. gxh3 gxh3 43. b5 Nf3+ 44. Ke2 Nxh2 45. f3 Ng4 46. Kf1 h2 47. Kg2 Ne5 48. Nb1 Nxf3 49. Nc3+ Kc5 50. Kh1 Nd4 51. Kxh2 Nxb5 52. Nxb5 Kxb5 53. Kg2 Kb4 54. Kf3 Kb3 55. Ke4 f3 56. Kxf3 Kc2 57. b4 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=114498

This Week In Chess

On July 9th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club finished the July Quick Six event (6SS, G/24+5).

Standings. July Quick Six

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize

1 Paul D Anderson 1935 W4 W7 W2 W3 W5 W6 6.0 $27.00 1st
2 Aleksand Bozhenov 1898 W8 W9 L1 W4 W6 D3 4.5 $18.00 2nd
3 Christophe Motley 1759 H--- H--- H--- L1 W4 D2 3.0
4 Robert Carlson 1569 L1 W11 W9 L2 L3 D5 2.5 $12.00 U1600
5 Mark McGough 1668 H--- H--- H--- D6 L1 D4 2.5
6 Joseph Griffin 1225 H--- H--- H--- D5 L2 L1 2.0
7 Peter Barlay 1740 W11 L1 W8 U--- U--- U--- 2.0
8 Dean W Brown 1403 L2 W10 L7 F11 U--- U--- 1.0
9 Clinton Eads 1003 W10 L2 L4 U--- U--- U--- 1.0
10 Brian Jo Rountree 1652 L9 L8 W11 U--- U--- U--- 1.0
11 Kenneth Macrae 1250 L7 L4 L10 F8 U--- U--- 0.0

White Pieces' Burden

Speed King III

Monday, March 4th, 2019

I am back for another season of chess news and games.  Last year, I suffered another down year rating-wise.  This makes three down years in a row.  Ouch!  I have never had three bad years in a row before.

However, while the rating is on the skids, the championships are still cruising along.  I defended my title and am the Speed King again.  Long live the King!

I picked up my third Colorado Springs City Speed Chess Championship in January.  It is the first time I have won it in back-to-back years, moving into the category with LM Josh Bloomer (2005 & 2006) and Dan Avery (2000 & 2001; 2011 & 2012).  Also, it moved me into third place for the total number of crowns behind Josh (7) and Dan (6).

Here is the music that inspired me:

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from the January One Night Quick.  It is a one-night event.  All the games in the tournament are completed in one evening.  Players enter the event, play all their games, collect their prizes, and get their ratings updated in less than 24 hours.

This kind of event works well to fill an extra Tuesday, like the 5th Tuesday of a month.  They occur a couple times each year and are the source of the main controversy at the Colorado Springs Chess Club's annual meeting.  Every year, attendees meet to take care of club business and fight over who gets control of the 5th Tuesday: the Turtles or the Hares.

This year the Turtles won.  However, it was a hollow victory, as the 5th Tuesdays don't fall on any of the months we have our month-long, slow tournaments (G/90+30).

So, we still need some kind of quick events to fill the 5th Tuesdays in April and July.

I don't mind the quick events, as they make for some crazy games.  In fact, the past couple of quicker tournaments have provided games that qualify for the Jim Burden Award.

You can view the winners here:

https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/for-such-time-as-this.html

The Jim Burden Award can be earned by submitting a game to LM Brian Wall where you drop your Queen, refuse to resign, and get the win.

It has become my burden to keep this award going when Brian drops the ball and forgets to pick a winner.  Typically, I send him every blitz game I win, where I make a colossal mistake with my Queen.  I am more likely to resign when I drop a Rook than a Queen.  However, every now and then I suggest someone else's game.

I suggested the winners in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, and 2018.  Now, I am shooting for the 2019 winner.  The award is supposed to be announced April 1st, and this year, Brian should be able to make the announcement on time, thanks to this gem.

It was the classic battle of tortoise versus hare during our 5th Tuesday event:  the January One Night Quick.  Clint Eads decided to play in our quick tournament (G/20; d/5) since our Supporting Members get a free entry to these kinds of events.

Clint knew his chances to get a win were slim, as he typically takes 20 minutes for his first couple of moves.  However, he took his time and took advantage of some opening mistakes to get the lead.

Then he found himself in this position with his clock rapidly dwindling down.  Could he handle the burden of having the superior force but limited time?  Could any white player manage this burden?

Sometimes good fortune is too much to handle.

White to move

White Pieces' Burden

[Event "January One Night Quick"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2019.01.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Eads, Clint"]
[Black "Motley, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1027"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.01.29"]
[TimeControl "1200"]

1. e4 g5 2. d4 b5 3. Nc3 b4 4. Nce2 h6 5. Ng3 d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. f3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. d5 a6 11. dxc6 axb5 12. cxb7 Rb8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Bd2 e6 15. Ne3 c5 16. c3 d5 17. Qe2 Rxb7 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. a4 Qb3 21. axb5 Qxb2 22. Ra8+ Ke7 23. Bxg5+ hxg5 24. Qxb2 Bg7 25. Rxh8 Bxh8 26. Ne2 Rxb5 27. O-O c4 28. Ra1 b3 29. Nd4 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Rb7 31. Ra6 Rc7 32. Ra5 c3 33. Qxb3 c2 34. Ra1 c1=R+ 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc7 37. Qb4+ Kf6 38. g4 Kg6 39. Qb5 Re7 40. h4 f6 41. f4 gxh4 42. Qh5+ Kg7 43. Qxh4 Rf7 44. g5 Kg8 45. Qg4 f5 46. Kg3 fxg4 47. Kxg4 Rf5 48. Kh5 Kg7 0-1

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=113980

This Week In Chess

On February 26th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club finished its February Swiss 90 (4SS, G90+30).

Standings. February Swiss 90

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot Prize

1 Brian Jo Rountree 1833 W5 H--- W6 W3 3.5 $40.00 1st
2 Gerald Mena 1362 L4 W18 W10 W9 3.0 $27.00 2nd
3 Paul D Anderson 1985 W9 D6 W7 L1 2.5
4 Mark McGough 1876 W2 L7 W14 D6 2.5
5 Ayush Vispute 1319 L1 W19 D9 W14 2.5 $18.00 U1700
6 Jesse Williams 1729 W15 D3 L1 D4 2.0
7 Ross Inman 1481 W10 W4 L3 U--- 2.0
8 Peter Barlay 1903 W14 U--- U--- W15 2.0
9 Dean W Brown 1469 L3 W16 D5 L2 1.5
10 Richard Buchanan 2000 L7 H--- L2 W21 1.5
11 Daniel J Rupp 986 L12 H--- W20 U--- 1.5 $12.00 U1300
12 Christophe Motley 1605 W11 H--- U--- U--- 1.5
13 Michael Smith II 1724 W17 H--- U--- U--- 1.5
14 Grayson Ed Harris 1406 L8 W15 L4 L5 1.0
15 Clinton D Eads 1268 L6 L14 W17 L8 1.0
16 Jonathan Reinhard 836 H--- L9 U--- U--- 0.5
17 Darren Walker 1167 L13 U--- L15 U--- 0.0
18 Donald Hillman 1005 U--- L2 U--- U--- 0.0
19 Joseph Griffin 725 U--- L5 U--- U--- 0.0
20 Kenneth Macrae 1306 U--- U--- L11 U--- 0.0
21 William Leo Wolf 1300 U--- U--- U--- L10 0.0

Stone Cold

Chess Is The Word

Sunday, March 12th, 2017

I am back for another season of chess news and games.  Last year, I dropped from my peak (USCF 2102) and had my first down year in 5 years.  While it is disappointing to have an off year, I am going to pin the blame on the distractions I have to endure while serving as the club President and Tournament Director.

As club President, I was unamiously re-elected to another term for 2017.  Of course, I am very grateful for the help I get from my newly elected Vice-President, Peter Barlay.  He has done a great job bringing in new Supporting Members for the club.  In fact, we set a record in 2016 for the most Supporting Members.

It is almost like we have 2 chess club Presidents...

You can view more chess videos on Colorado Springs Chess News' Youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/cschessnews), which had 121,087 views last year.

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from the club event on Tuesday night, the March Swiss 90.  It is a month-long tournament with one round per evening.  The time control is G/90+30, which means it is one of the slower time controls.  After the rating fees are paid, most of the entry fees are returned to the players in the form of prizes.

One of the prizes is a Game Of The Week prize, which typically goes to the player who wins the game chosen for my Game Of The Week column.  This rewards the player for creating a nice tactic that I can use in my newsletter.  However, if I should choose my own game, I certainly don't feel right giving myself the prize.  In that case, I give the prize to the player who lost the game since they contributed to creating the position that contained an interesting tactic.

This week is similar.  Since Peter Barlay is my house player and did not pay an entry fee, I have decided to give the Game Of The Week prize to Alex Mekonnen, his opponent who technically lost the game.

However, Alex could have won.  He could have won in several ways.

The club couldn't get the heat to turn on in the ballroom, where we usually play.  Alex didn't want to play in the 50 degree freezer.  So, we moved his game into the library, where things were hotter.

Your words like ice fall on the ground,

Breaking the silence without a sound

Oh, familiar strangers with nothing to say

Searching in the darkness

Fading out of sight

Love was here and gone like a thief in the night...Stone Cold

Blackmore, Glover, Turner

However, the heat may have had Alex moving too fast.  If Alex had just slowed down in this position, he could have put Peter in the deep freeze.

Black to move

Stone Cold

[Event "March Swiss 90"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2017.03.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Barlay, Peter"]
[Black "Mekonnen, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.03.07"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d6 4. cxd4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 a6 13. Nd5 Ng4 14. Bc7 Qd7 15. Rc1 Qe6 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. h3 Ne5 18. Bb1 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Nf4 Qf6 21. Bd6 Ra8 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Qd2 Be6 24. Rfd1 h6 25. Nd5 Qh4 26. Qf4 Qh5 27. Qg3 Qe2 28. Qd3 Qxb2 29. Qc3 Qe2 30. Qd2 Qh5 31. Nf4 Qe5 32. Ne2 Bb6 33. Qd6 Qa5 34. Qd2 Qb5 35. Nd4 Qe8 36. Qb4 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 b5 38. Rcd1 Bc4 39. Qa5 Qe7 40. Qd2 Ne6 41. Rd7 Qf6 42. e5 Qg5 43. Qd6 Be2 44. Re1 Bh5 45. Qc6 Rf8 46. Qc1 Nf4 47. Be4 Nxh3+ 48. Kf1 Nf4 49. Qe3 Ne6 50. Qxg5 Nxg5 51. Bb7 a5 52. Rb1 b4 53. Rd5 Ne4 54. Rb2 Rb8 55. Rb5 Nc3 56. e6 Nxb5 57. e7 f6 58. Bc6 Nc3 59. Rd2 Kf7 60. Rd8 Kxe7 61. Rxb8 Nxa2 62. Rb5 a4 63. Rxh5 b3 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=109878

This Week In Chess

On March 7th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club started its March Swiss 90 (4SS, G90+30).  10 players joined.

Here are the results:

Standings: March Swiss 90

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Tot Prize

1 Peter Barlay 1949 W7 1.0
2 Aleksand Bozhenov 1923 W8 1.0
3 Mark McGough 1848 W9 1.0
4 Brian Jo Rountree 1802 W10 1.0
5 Calvin P Dejong 1754 W6 1.0
6 Paul D Anderson 2041 L5 0.0
7 Alemayeh Mekonnen 1528 L1 0.0
8 Dean W Brown 1467 L2 0.0
9 Michael Smith II 1332 L3 0.0
10 Scott Ch Williams 1231 L4 0.0

Colorado Springs Open Standings

By Buck Buchanan

5.0 Rudy Tia
4.5 Justin Alter
4.0 Brian Wall
4.0 Dean Clow
3.5 Daniel Herman
3.5 Duwayne Langseth
3.5 Earle Wikle
3.5 Sullivan McConnell
3.5 Alexander Freeman
3.5 Neil Bhavikatti
3.0 Sara Herman
3.0 Rhett Langseth
3.0 Brian Rountree
3.0 Teah Williams
3.0 Robert Carlson
3.0 Dean Brown
3.0 Christofer Peterson
3.0 Jeffrey Baffo
3.0 Joshua Williams
3.0 David Green
3.0 Mukund Gurumurthi
2.5 Sam Bridle
2.5 Kevin Gene Lucas
2.5 David Hufnagel
2.5 Vibi Varghese
2.5 Griffin McConnell
2.0 Aidan Marco
2.0 David Logan
2.0 Alemayeh Mekonnen
2.0 Jesse Williams
2.0 Vedanth Sampath
2.0 Selah Williams
2.0 Paul Anderson
2.0 Jason Lee
2.0 Scott Williams
2.0 Shirley Herman
2.0 Kathy Schneider
1.5 Karthik B Selva
1.5 Ron Rossi
1.5 Clinton Eads
1.5 Daniel Rupp
1.0 Gary Bagstad
1.0 Abraham Richmond
1.0 Christophe Motley
1.0 Neyalla Gallagher
0.5 William Wolf
0.5 Michael Smith
0.0 Joshua Faulconer

The Dark Horse

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from Earle Wikle's IHOP Quick event.  He runs the event on the 1st and 3rd Friday nights.  It has four rounds that last about an hour each (G24d5).  The games are the longest you can play without effecting your standard USCF rating.  So, it is considered quick chess.

Earle and I seem to do equally well in this time control as our ratings are very close together.  This time he was higher rated going into the game, and I was the underdog.

Since chess ratings are a statisical reflection of the likelyhood of victory, the odds makers probably would have made the betting on this game as even money.  However, Shirley Herman would have put all her chips on Earle, as she always bets on the higher rated.  Upsets just don't exist in her world.  There is no such thing as a dark horse.

The dark horse is a horse racing term that referred to a horse about which the odds makers didn't have any information.  The odds makers were in the dark.  Therefore, the horse would have few people betting on him.  He would be a long shot.

Even though I wasn't much of a long shot in this game (except in Shirley's book), I was playing the Black pieces, which is another factor that makes it slightly less likely to get a win.  In addition, I hadn't castled, and my King was under attack.

  Black to move

“When a King falters, it can take a community to help him stand…”

This quote comes from a new chess movie coming out in April.  It was oddly appropriate for my game with Earle.  While my King looked in trouble, he was actually quite well supported.  I didn't find the best move, but my pieces rallied to put enough pressure on Earle and provide a happy ending.  You will just have to go see the movie to see how that one ends...

Based upon a powerful true story, THE DARK HORSE is the uplifting portrait of a man searching for the courage to lead, despite his struggles with mental illness.  The film features a stunning, award-winning performance by Cliff Curtis [“Fear the Walking Dead”] as Genesis “Gen” Potini, a brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion who finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.  THE DARK HORSE comes to theaters on April 16th...  

The Dark Horse

[Event "IHOP Quick March"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2016.03.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wikle, Earle"]
[Black "Anderson, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[TimeControl "1440"]

1. d4 c6 2. e4 d6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. O-O-O Nf6 9. f3 Be6 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Bc4 Nf8 12. Bc5 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Bh6+ 14. Kb1 Rd8 15. Nge2 Ne6 16. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 b6 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. Qxb5+ Kf8 20. Bxb6 Qb7 21. Qxe5 Kg7 22. Bd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Re8 24. Qg3 Be3 25. e5 Nd5 26. Nf5+ gxf5 27. gxf5+ Kh8 28. Rd3 Rg8 29. Rb3 Rxg3 30. hxg3 Qa6 31. a3 Qf1+ 32. Ka2 Qxf3 33. f6 h5 34. c4 Nb6 35. c5 Nc4 36. c6 Qxc6 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Rf8 Nxe5 0-1

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=106204

This Week In Chess

On March 8th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club continued its March Swiss 90 (4SS, G90+30).  8 players joined.

Standings. March Swiss 90

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Tot Prize

1 Brian Jo Rountree 12477167 1809 W8 W4 2.0
2 Paul Dou Anderson 12728345 2050 D6 W7 1.5
3 Josh S Bloomer 12626102 2231 H--- W6 1.5
4 Mark McGough 11366481 1852 W5 L1 1.0
5 Scott Ch Williams 15755696 1089 L4 W8 1.0
6 Alemayeh Mekonnen 14604218 1547 D2 L3 0.5
7 Joseph H Pahk 12795426 1724 H--- L2 0.5
8 Daniel J Rupp 15768473 917 L1 L5 0.0

CS Open Results

By Buck Buchanan

4.5 Gunnar Andersen
4.0 Chris Peterson
4.0 Daniel Herman
4.0 Justin Alter
4.0 Brian Wall
4.0 Earle Wikle
3.5 Mark Krowczyk
3.5 Paul Baxter
3.5 Duwayne Langseth
3.5 Sam Bridle
3.0 Rhett Langseth
3.0 Jason Loving
3.0 David Logan
3.0 Sara Herman
3.0 Adam Steed
2.5 Ronald Rossi
2.5 Alex Cacas
2.5 Joseph Pahk
2.5 John Byrne
2.5 Robert Carlson
2.5 Vibi Varghese
2.5 Calvin Dejong
2.5 Ron Farrar
2.0 Dean Brown
2.0 James Mulberry
2.0 Jason F Lee
2.0 Tara Martinez
2.0 Clifton Ford
2.0 Kathy Schneider
2.0 Charles Minskey
1.5 Rollin Leavitt
1.5 William Wolf
1.5 Sullivan McConnell
1.5 George Lombardi
1.5 Eugin Pahk
1.5 Dean L McNeely
1.5 Travis Crow
1.0 Daniel Rupp
1.0 David Green
1.0 Anthea Carson
0.5 Robin McIntosh
0.0 Gary Bagstad

Speed King

Sunday, February 28th, 2016

I am back for another season of chess news and games.  Last year, I set my record for peak rating (USCF 2102), and earlier this year, I won the Colorado Springs City Speed Chess Championship.

As club President, I was happy to present the plaque to the Speed King for 2016.

I asked him, "Is this your last rodeo?"  He just responded, "THIS ONE'S FOR PAUL!"

In the past year, the videos on Colorado Springs Chess News' Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/cschessnews) had 99,780 views.  During that time, the channel went over a half million views!

One of those videos getting views was a video blog I did with my son called, "Speed King."  It seemed appropriate to share it again with my new title under my belt.

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from the Colorado Springs Chess Club's Tuesday night event.  It was a month-long tournament with one round per night.  This game came from the first round, which was played only 2 days after the Denver Broncos won their 3rd Super Bowl.

I must have been inspired by Broncos' linebacker, Von Miller, when I came upon this position.  It is white to move and find the Von move:

White to move

Von Miller's Most Valuable Player performance included 2.5 sacks.  In football, a sack is a tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage while he is trying to pass.  Only 10 defensive players have won the Super Bowl MVP award in 50 years.  Von's last sack ended any question about whether the Broncos were going to win.

If it had been a chess game, the Panthers would have resigned.

However, in chess, a sac means something else.  It is short for sacrifice and occurs when a player intentionally gives away a higher value piece for a lower value one.  It is hard to win chess games giving away material.  So, they are rare, but they can be impressive when they occur.

One example is the Super Rook.  This type of chess position occurs when a player is losing and has no legal move for his King (or any other piece).  His only piece that can move is the Rook.  However, the Rook has unlimited checks on the opponent's King, often moving right next to the King (and taking anything on that square).  The King (or any other piece) cannot capture the Rook or cause stalemate (a draw) and cannot get away from the Rook, which causes a 3 fold repetition (a draw).

However, Super Bowl 50 showed us that Von is more unstoppable than the "Super" player on the Panthers.  So, I have given up on the Super Rook and have embraced the Von Rook, which gets at least 2 sacs and claims the Most Valuable Piece!

The Von Rook

[Event "CSCC February Swiss 90"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anderson, Paul"]
[Black "Herman, Sara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.02.09"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. a3 Rc8 11. Bf1 Bxf1 12. Nxf1 c4 13. N1d2 b5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Bd2 a5 17. Qc1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nfxg5 Na5 21. Qc2 Nb3 22. Ra7 Rc6 23. Rd7 Qa5 24. Rxd5 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=106007

This Week In Chess

On February 23rd, the Colorado Springs Chess Club finished its February Swiss 90 (3SS, G90+30).  15 players joined.

Here are the results:

Standings. February Swiss 90

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot Prize

1 Mark McGough 11366481 1829 W14 W11 W2 3.0 $31.00 1st
2 Brian Jo Rountree 12477167 1877 W13 W5 L1 2.0 $5.25 2nd
3 Richard Buchanan 10273030 2000 W9 D7 D4 2.0 $5.25 2nd
4 Paul Dou Anderson 12728345 2050 W6 H--- D3 2.0 $5.25 2nd
5 Daniel Herman 14345456 2062 W10 L2 W12 2.0 $5.25 2nd
6 Sara Herman 14345441 1653 L4 W14 W10 2.0 $14.00 U1800/UNR
7 Larry Turner 10303931 1810 W15 D3 U--- 1.5
8 Peter Barlay 14700831 1899 H--- U--- W9 1.5
9 Scott Ch Williams 15755696 1107 L3 W15 L8 1.0
10 Dean W Brown 10224098 1554 L5 W13 L6 1.0
11 Arthur Rand Knize 15442152 1882 U--- L1 W13 1.0
12 Joseph H Pahk 12795426 1732 H--- H--- L5 1.0
13 Shirley Herman 14812654 980 L2 L10 L11 0.0
14 Daniel J Rupp 15768473 917 L1 L6 U--- 0.0
15 Doug Clark 15941617 unr. L7 L9 U--- 0.0

THE HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF CHESS IN ANCIENT INDIA

Game Of The Week

By Anthea Carson NN

A few years ago I wrote an article about the origins of chess.  It started as just an idea for a hubpage article which didn’t mean much to me at the time but I thought, since they paid by the view for clicks on their advertisements, I needed material to write about.

What started out as a casual topic for content became a fascination for me that led to me hacking my way through half the Mahabharata, the edited, translated version of course.

The original was in Sanskrit, and has been described as the longest poem ever written.  The shadowy origins can be traced all the way back to between 800 and 900 BC, and the current text that my edited, translated version originates from was probably written in the 4th century AD during the Gupta Empire in India.  Mahabharata could be translated as “The great tale of the Bharata Dynasty,” according to Wikipedia.  However this title doesn’t quite for me capture the mysticism of the original, literal translation of the two words, Maha Bharata.  Maha (The Great) Bharata (Successor of King Bharat).

In short, it is the story of two brothers.  The older, by birth, was the legitimate heir to the throne, but he was blind.  In those times, and in that culture, blindness symbolized wickedness and so the people would not accept him as king.  The younger brother was made king.  After the younger brother died, the different sons of the two brothers disputed the legitimacy of the other to be king.  It was a valuable piece of land they each desired to rule, the Kurukshetra, a fertile plain between two rivers.  Thus started the Kurukshetra Wars, also called The Mahabharata.  And it becomes much more than a war between two cousins.  It was now a war between two families, the Kurus, and the Pandavas.

Contained in the Mahabharata is the Bhagavad Gita, basically a conversation between the Pandava prince Arjuna and his charioteer, Krishna, who also happens to be an incarnation of a Hindu god.

At one point in their deeply spiritual dialogue Arjuna is shooting arrows from his chariot (which is the historical precedent for our modern rook), and he asks Krishna to take him up close so he can shoot his enemies better.

Krishna does so, after which Arjuna cries in essence, “Why did you do that?  Why did you make me see that the people I’m killing are my own family.  Now how am I supposed to kill them now.”

A similar feeling occurs for me when I can’t hate my chess opponent.  It’s much easier to kill over the board when I can work up some hate.  This is not an irrelevant side note of chess or war.  It is a spiritual truth and conundrum contained within the Bhagavad Gita.

What, you might ask, does all this have to do with the history of chess?

Well, you see, I got so bogged down in this question myself that I failed to ever find the answer.  I got so fascinated that I decided that if I had nine lives, I’d spend one of them pursuing this question even if it meant going to live in India in the region of Kurukshetra itself, to find some answers.

If you’re like me, and you too are deeply intrigued by the idea that the ancient game of chess originates somewhere around the time of the origins of this epic battle between cousins over the rulership of a fertile area of land between two rivers, then I say stay away from the topic altogether, if you value playing the game of chess.

You will find yourself so lost in the complexities of the details and tales within tales inside the Mahabharata that it will take hours and hours of valuable study time away from the game you love.

Of course many of the pieces moved differently in the ancient game.  And it would take centuries for some brilliant mind to come up with the idea of using a checkered board instead of an undifferentiated white grid.

And of course most likely none of the games from these times were recorded, and had they been, they wouldn’t be analyzable by Fritz today, since the rules have changed many times since then.

The earliest game recorded, according to my limited research, is shown here:

Francesco di Castellvi vs Narciso Vinyoles

(The year was 1475, and took place in Valencia, Spain)

1. e4 This game may be the oldest recorded game of chess. 1... d5 2. ed5 Qd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 

Black to move

6. h3 Bf3 7. Qf3 e6 8. Qb7 Nbd7 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Na7 Nb6 11. Nc8 Nc8 12. d4 Nd6 13. Bb5 Nb5 14. Qb5 Nd7 15. d5 ed5 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Rd1 Qf6 18. Rd5 Qg6 19. Bf4 Bf4 20. Qd7 Kf8 21. Qd8#

If it seems like 19… Bxf4 was a ridiculous blunder, keep in mind that in the early days of European chess it was considered rude not to accept a sacrifice.  Many things about the game have changed over the centuries.

This game, the first recorded game that we know of, stands in place of literally thousands of years of possible games that went before it, including the metaphorical game that might possibly represent the battle in the Bhagavad Gita.  A battle that lasted only 18 days.  A battle over who should be king.  It really puts the whole game into a new perspective for me.  It truly is the game of kings.

THE HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF CHESS IN ANCIENT INDIA

[Event "Valencia, Spain"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "1475.??.??"]
[EventDate "1475.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Francesco di Castellvi"]
[Black "Narciso Vinyoles"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Qxb7 Nbd7 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Nxa7 Nb6 11. Nxc8 Nxc8 12. d4 Nd6 13. Bb5+ Nxb5 14. Qxb5+ Nd7 15. d5 exd5 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Rd1 Qf6 18. Rxd5 Qg6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxd7+ Kf8 21. Qd8# 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=102634

This Week In Chess

On July 7th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club hosted the July Swiss 90 (4SS, G/90+30, $10 entry).  10 players joined the event.

Here are the results:

Standings. 2015 July Swiss

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Tot Prize

1 Paul Dou Anderson 12728345 2084 W6 1.0
2 Duwayne Langseth 11197175 1974 W7 1.0
3 Aleksand Bozhenov 15525004 1908 W8 1.0
4 Mark McGough 11366481 1857 W9 1.0
5 Brian Jo Rountree 12477167 1807 W10 1.0
6 Michael St Filppu 12915820 1706 L1 0.0
7 Geo Krasnopolskiy 12730517 1609 L2 0.0
8 Dean W Brown 10224098 1595 L3 0.0
9 Scott Ch Williams 15755696 1338 L4 0.0
10 Clark T Stroh 12761284 unr. L5 0.0

Dominate The Dojo

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from my first scholastic chess tournament.  You would think that someone with 834 tournament chess games under his belt would have played that first scholastic game many years ago when his number of games could have been counted on one hand.  However, you'd be wrong.

Nothing I do in chess is normal.  My first tournament game was in 1998 when I was 28.  My first scholastic tournament game was last Saturday when I was 45.  How is that even possible?  Well, I will try to make a long story short.

I was at the Colorado Springs Chess Club on Tuesday night running a monthly tournament for the members.  Since the number of players who showed up that night was even, I sat out.  Without a game to occupy my mind, I thought about how becoming a Tournament Director has made it difficult to get the 8 rating points I need to hit 2100.

I hatched a plan to travel up to Denver on Saturday to play in Jesse Cohen's Summit School Of Chess' tournament.  It is a scholastic event, primarily for kids who are in high school or younger.  However, it did have an adult section.

I checked the results from their last tournament and they had about 15 adults playing in the event with several strong players.  It seemed like the perfect plan.  I even talked Alex Freeman into coming up with me for, at least, some class B competition.

The plan started to unravel when Alex Freeman checked with Jesse Cohen about the number of pre-entrants.  Zero.  Alex backed out, and I began to wonder if every adult chess player in the state was going to the Boulder Open that same weekend.

I was undaunted.  I figured that some parents had to be there since none of these tikes can drive yet.  So, I made the trip from Colorado Springs to Arvada.  When I arrived, Jesse told me that he could not get any competition closer to me than 1000 rating points away.  My plan to get 8 rating points was dead.

Of course, I still had to decide if I was going to play.  I could have withdrawn and gotten my money back.  However, I had made plans to meet my mom, who lives in Denver, for lunch after the chess tournament.  She was volunteering at the Colorado Historical Society that day and wasn't going to be done until 2:00pm.

 So, I decided to stay and kill the morning playing a bunch of novice parents.

As I walked over to board one, my home for the day, I saw that I had misunderstood Jesse.  I was not playing 1000-rated adults, I was playing, as the only adult, in the adult section combined with the U1400 scholastic section.

I felt like Kramer from the TV show Seinfeld when he was a white belt in a kids' karate class.

Jerry says, "Kramer, you are fighting children?!"

Kramer replies, "We are all at the same skill level."

So, I decided to take a page from Kramer's playbook and make the best of it.  I would introduce myself to each opponent with the line, "This is my first scholastic tournament.  Go easy on me."  Nothing.  No smile, no laugh.  They all thought I was serious.  I don't think sarcasm recognition kicks in until puberty.

In fact, all these kids were incredibly friendly and very polite, "Don't worry, you'll do fine.  This is my 70th tournament."

They had no problem with this strange presence in their section.  They seemed to welcome it.  They didn't play like I expected scholastic players to play.  They took their time and found resourceful moves when they got into trouble.  I only got one real blunder in 4 games.  They were very spiritual for such young ages, very patient and exercising a lot of self-control.

What started out as a weird day, turned out to be a great day with 4 fun games of chess with some quality people.

"But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."

Matthew 19:14 (KJV)

Here is a position from my final round game with Joshua Miller.  He was the only one who went after my King, castling opposite of me and throwing Pawns in my face.  I had to take another page from Kramer's playbook, as he flung the kids across the karate class, and dominate the dojo!

White to move

Dominate The Dojo

[Event "Summit #7"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2015.03.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anderson, Paul"]
[Black "Miller, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.03.28"]
[TimeControl "2700"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Qd7 8. c4 O-O-O 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bb4 11. Rc1 h5 12. Bb5 h4 13. Ne4 Qe6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nc5 Qd6 16. Qe2 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 h3 18. g3 Rh5 19. Rfc1 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Be6 21. Nd2 Bf5 22. Qc4 Be6 23. Qa6+ Kd7 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Qxc6+ Kc8 26. Nxf6 Bd5 27. Rxd5 Qxf6 28. Qa8# 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=100828

This Week In Chess

On March 24th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club hosted the March Swiss 75 (5SS, G/75+30, $10 entry).  12 players battled on 6 boards this evening.

Here are the standings after round 4:

Score, Player

3.0 Earle P Wikle
3.0 Daniel Herman
3.0 Mark McGough
2.5 Jordan Myers
2.5 Dean W Brown
2.0 Anthea Jan Carson
2.0 Brian Jo Rountree
2.0 Shirley Herman
2.0 Dan Prutz
1.5 Paul Dou Anderson
1.5 Jesse Williams
1.5 Joshua Williams
1.0 Sara Herman
0.5 Justice Myers
0.5 Teah Williams
0.5 Selah Williams

Colorado Springs Open

by TD Richard Buchanan

The Colorado Springs Open returned to the Manitou Springs City Hall on March 7-8, and was blessed with good weather and a turnout of 53.  We had players from all over, including visitors from New Mexico, Nebraska, and Nevada.  Family groups were in abundance:  four Williams youngsters as well as the Hermans and Needhams and the usuals from the Alter, Langseth, Carson-Martinez, and McConnell families.

Mark Krowczyk astonished us all by defeating both Brian Wall and Chris Peterson and then leaving the tournament before the last round.  This allowed Earle Wikle and Las Vegas expert Greg Cottle to win the tournament with scores of 4.5 points.  Mark's 4 points still won him some money along with Paul Baxter with the same score.  There was discussion on whether Mark was eligible for a prize, but I found a line in the rule book that says, “Unless the director decides otherwise, players who fail to complete the tournament are not eligible for prizes,” and in this case the director certainly decided otherwise.  Other prize winners were Jeff Baffo, David Hufnagel, Deanna Alter, Andrew Lin, Alex Mekonnen, Mike Madsen, Jesse and Teah Williams, Mihaly Toth, and Dimitri Lopez of New Mexico.

Many of the tournament's games showed unbalanced material: e.g., a rook against a piece or two, queen vs rooks or a rook and piece(s).  This led to hard fought, unpredictable games.

A few from the tournament took the chance to ride a ways up Pikes Peak on the Cog Railroad.  Like last year, Daylight Savings Time started Sunday morning, forcing the players out of bed an hour earlier.  But I am pleased to say that there were no Round 4 forfeits!  In fact, more games were selected for publication from round 4 than any other round!  Good work, folks!  My only sad moment of the tournament was when I announced that the Spice of Life coffee house, a longtime supporter of Manitou Springs chess, has gone out of business.

We will be back in City Hall for the Pikes Peak Open in August and then return to the Art Center across the street for the Winter Springs Open.

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard Brown"]
[Black "Greg Cottle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1647"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Ne2 Rac8 14. Nf4
Bxf3 15. gxf3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rac1 g6 18. Rfd1 Ne6 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+
Kg7 21. Ne2 Qd7 22. Rdc1 Ng5 23. Nf4 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Ne1+ 25. Kg3 Nxd3 26. Nxd3
Qf5 27. Nf4 g5 28. Ne2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Freeman"]
[Black "Jason Lee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1417"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Rfd1 Qc7 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Ne4 c5 20. Qg4 c4 21. Bb1
Bc6 22. h4 Rcd8 23. h5 Kf8 24. Bh4 Bxh4 25. Qxh4 Qc7 26. Nd6 Re7 27. Rd4 Red7
28. Rg4 f6 29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qg3+ Kf8 32. Qg6 Rxd6 33. Qxf6+ Kg8
34. Qg6+ Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bg6 Rd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rxd1+ {and Black won.} 0-1

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sullivan McConnell"]
[Black "Jack Woehr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1391"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. a3 c5 8. d5 Nc7
9. O-O e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 Nfd5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nfg5 Bd7 15.
c4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Ne3 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 18. g3 Bc6 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. Qe2 Bd4 21. Nf3
Qg7 22. Rab1 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxb2 25. Nxc5 e5 26. Ne4 exf4 27. gxf4
Rxf4 28. Qd8+ Ne8 29. Neg5 Qe2 30. Kg1 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Krowczyk"]
[Black "Griffin McConnell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1354"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. e3 Qd6 7. Be2 Qb4 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qxc3 10. Rb1 b6 11. Rb5 Nb4 12. Qe1 Qxe1 13. Rxe1 e6 14. Rxb4
Bxb4 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. c3 Bxc3 17. Rc1 Bxf3 18. Rxc3 Bh5 19. Rxc7 h6 20. Be7+
Kg8 21. h3 Kh7 22. Ba6 f5 23. f3 Rhe8 24. Kf2 Kg8 25. g4 fxg4 26. hxg4 Bg6 27.
Kg3 h5 28. gxh5 Bxh5 29. Kf4 Kh8 30. Bb7 Rab8 31. e4 dxe4 32. fxe4 a5 33. Ke5
Bf7 34. a4 Rg8 35. Ba3 Be8 36. Kxe6 Bxa4 37. e5 g5 38. Kf6 Rxb7 39. Rxb7 b5 40.
d5 g4 41. e6 g3 42. Bb2 Rf8+ 43. Kg6+ 1-0

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tom Needham"]
[Black "Tim Brennan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1326"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. a3 e6 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Nd7
9. b3 h6 10. Be4 Rb8 11. Qd3 g5 12. Bg6 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. Bh5 Be7 15. exd6
cxd6 16. Rxe6 Nf6 17. Qf5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rg8+ 20. Kf1 Rg5 21.
Rxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qxh6 Kd7 23. Nd2 Rbg8 0-1

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tim Brennan"]
[Black "Brian Wall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd6 6. Nc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f4
Bc7 9. Qe2 d6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. g4 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. O-O-O Re8
15. Nc2 Bxf4 16. Qf2 Bxe3+ 17. Nxe3 Nfd7 18. Rhf1 Ne5 19. Bc2 Nbd7 20. Qf5 g6
21. Qf4 Qh4 22. h3 Rf8 23. Kb1 Rab8 24. Bb3 Kg7 25. Ne4 h6 26. Ng2 Qd8 27. g5
h5 28. Nf6 b5 29. Qe4 Nc4 30. Nf4 Nxf6 31. gxf6+ Kh6 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Qe3 Re8
34. Ne6+ Kh7 35. Nxd8 Rxe3 36. Nxf7 Rf8 37. Ng5+ Kh6 38. h4 Bc8 39. f7 Kg7 40.
Rde1 Bf5+ 41. Kc1 Rd3 42. Ne6+ Kxf7 43. Nxf8 Kxf8 44. Rd1 Ke7 45. Rxd3 cxd3 46.
Kd2 Kd6 47. Rf4 Kxd5 48. Ra4 Ke5 49. Rxa6 Kf4 50. Ra4+ Kg3 51. Rd4 g5 52. hxg5
h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunnar Andersen"]
[Black "Clifton Ford"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. b4 fxe5 8. b5 Nxd4
9. Nxe5 Nf5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Nxg6 Nf6 12. Qh3 Rg8 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. Bd3 Qe7 15.
O-O O-O-O 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 e3 19. fxe3 Bxb5 20. a4 Bc6 21. e4
Rg8 22. Re2 Nh4 23. Qe3 Rg6 24. Ba3 Qg7 25. g3 b6 26. Rf2 Rg4 27. Raf1 Qd7 28.
Bc1 Bxa4 29. Qe2 Rg7 30. Qa6+ Kb8 31. Nc4 Ng6 32. Nxb6 Qb5 33. Qxa4 axb6 34.
Qxb5 1-0

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anthea Carson"]
[Black "Chris Peterson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nh4 Nf6 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bc4 e6 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. b4 Nd5 19. Rab1 Rg8 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. b5
Rac8 22. Qa4 Bf6 23. b6 axb6 24. Rxb6 Bh4 25. Be1 f4 26. Qb3 fxe3 $4 {(26...f3
27 g4 Qd8!! 28 Rxb7 Rxg4+ 29 hxg4 Qg5 mating. (Note by Chris))} 27. Qxe3 Rg6
28. f4 Be7 29. Rdb1 Rcg8 30. R1b2 Rb8 31. a4 Rgg8 32. Ba5 Bh4 33. c6 Rbc8 34.
Ra6 Qd6 35. Bb4 Qc7 36. Ba5 Qd6 37. Bb4 Qb8 38. Ba5 bxa6 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Qc1
Bf6 41. Bc3 Rgc8 42. Bb2 Rb6 43. c7 Rb7 44. Qf1 Rxb2 45. Qxa6 Rxc7 46. a5 Rcc2
47. Qa8+ Kg7 48. Qa7 Rxg2+ 49. Kf1 {Black won on time.} 0-1

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David Hufnagel"]
[Black "Mark Krowczyk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Re1
Qe8 9. Nb5 Bd8 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Qc1 a6 12. Nh4 Qe8 13. Bxf6 axb5 14. Bxd8 Qxd8
15. d5 Ne5 16. f4 Nxc4 17. dxe6 d5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Qc5 Bxe6 20. Qxb5 c6 21. Qd3
Nd7 22. Qc2 g5 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. e3 Qg7 25. Bh3 Ne5 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Nf3+
28. Kg2 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atharva Vispute"]
[Black "Alexander Freeman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Ne4 Qh5 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Nfxd2 Nd5 14. Ng3 Qh4
15. Nf3 Qh6 16. Qd2 N7f6 17. Rac1 a5 18. Ne5 Qh4 19. h3 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rd8 21. Kh2
Qg5 22. f4 Qh4 23. Qe2 h5 24. f5 Qg5 25. fxe6 Bxe6 26. Bf5 h4 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28.
Bxe4 Nd5 29. Rce1 Nb6 30. Rf4 f6 31. Nf3 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Nxa4 33. Rxh4 f5 34. Bc2
Nxb2 35. Bxf5 Bxf5 36. Qxb2 b5 37. Qb3+ Kf8 38. Rf4 g6 39. Qe6 Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg8
41. Rxf5 gxf5 42. Qxg3+ {and White won.} 1-0

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Justin Alter"]
[Black "Gunnar Andersen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. d5 Qa5
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O b5 13. e4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Rb8 15.
Rab1 Bg7 16. Qc2 Rb4 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. a3 Rxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. b4
Qc7 22. Qa2 Ne5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Nb5 axb5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qe2 Ra8 27. Qe3
Rc8 28. h3 Nc4 29. Qd3 Ra8 30. Rb3 Bb2 31. Qb1 Bxa3 32. Rxb5 Bxb5 33. Qxb5 Nd6
34. Qc6 Rc8 35. Qd7 Rb8 36. Qxe7 c4 37. e5 Nb5 38. Qf6 Bb2 39. Qe7 Ba3 40. Qf6
Bb2 41. Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chris Peterson"]
[Black "Paul Baxter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. h3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Nc4 Bf6 13. e3 Ba6 14. f3 exf3 15.
Qxf3 Rc8 16. Qc6 Re8 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. d5 Bxc4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxc4 Ne5 21.
Qxc7 Rbc8 22. Qd6 Rxc2 23. dxe6 Rcc8 24. Qd4 Re7 25. Qf4 Rf8 26. Rd6 Ng6 27.
Qd4 Qg5 28. Kh2 h5 29. h4 Qf6 30. Bd5 Kh7 31. Bc4 Ne5 32. Bd5 Rc8 33. Kh1 Rf8
34. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rhett Langseth"]
[Black "Jack Woehr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[Annotator "Jack Woehr"]
[PlyCount "166"]

{Notes by Jack Woehr.} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d3 Bg7 3. c3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6.
Be2 e5 {(I do not recommend this symmetrical setup.)} 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9.
Nf1 Re8 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Nf8 12. Qc1 d5 $1 13. h3 Ne6 14. Bf1 dxe4 15. dxe4
Nf4 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. a4 h5 20. Bc4 h4 21. Nf1 Nh5 22.
Nh2 Nhf4 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Be3 b6 26. Kh2 Qe7 27. b4 Kg7 28. Qb3
Ng5 29. Nxg5 Bxg5 30. Rf1 Ne6 31. Bxe6 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Bxe3 33. Bg4 Bg5 {(23...
Bxf2 D'oh)} 34. Qc4 Qf6 35. Kg1 Rd8 36. Bd7 Bf4 37. Kf1 Bg3 38. f3 Qf4 {
(Desperately seeking entry)} 39. Ke2 $1 {(The exchange sac was threatened,
winning.)} Qf6 {(Any better ideas? This is sad.)} 40. Qa6 Bf4 41. Qxa7 Qg5 42.
Qxb6 Qxg2+ 43. Qf2 Qg5 {(Dead lost but very calm and enjoying watching my
high-expert opponent become flustered as time grows short. The game took
place between 7:00 and 11:00 Saturday evening and we were both tired.)} 44.
Bxc6 Rxd1 45. Kxd1 Qd8+ 46. Kc2 Qc8 47. b5 Qxh3 48. a5 $2 {(48 b6! apparently
winning. Now it's drawn.)} Qh1 $1 {(Leading to a game of
ring-around-the-rosey with the c-pawn as the maypole)} 49. a6 Qc1+ 50. Kb3 Bd2
51. Qc5 Qb1+ 52. Kc4 Qa2+ 53. Kd3 Bf4 54. a7 h3 $3 55. a8=Q {(Queen # 3)} Qxa8
56. Bxa8 h2 {(The h-pawn can not be stopped.)} 57. b6 h1=Q {(Queen # 4)} 58.
Qf2 Qb1+ 59. Kc4 Qa1 60. b7 Qa4+ 61. Kd5 Qd7+ 62. Kc4 Qc7+ 63. Kb4 Bg5 $1 64.
c4 Be7+ 65. Kb3 Qd6 66. Kc2 Qb4 67. Qe2 Qa4+ 68. Kb1 Qb3+ 69. Qb2 Qd1+ 70. Qc1
Qb3+ {(It's perpetual, but...)} 71. Ka1 $4 Qa4+ $4 72. Kb1 Qb3+ 73. Ka1 $4 Bc5
$3 {(Finally the dullwit sees the win.)} 74. b8=Q {(Queen # 5)} Bd4+ 75. Qb2
Bxb2+ 76. Kb1 Qxb8 77. Bd5 Bd4+ 78. Kc2 Qb2+ 79. Kd3 Qc3+ 80. Ke2 Qc2+ 81. Ke1
Be3 82. Bxf7 Qf2+ 83. Kd1 Qd2# 0-1

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Krowczyk"]
[Black "Brian Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 a6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. d5 e5 12. Nd1 Nf4 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Ne3 Bc8 15. Rae1
Rg8 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nh5 19. Qe2 Qf6 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nd4 Qh4
22. Bxa6 Be7 23. Bb5+ Kf8 24. Nc6 Bf6 25. Qe4 Rg5 26. Re3 Ng7 27. Kh1 Rxf5 28.
Ra3 Rh5 29. h3 Nf5 30. Be2 Rg5 31. Bg4 Ne7 32. g3 fxg3 33. fxg3 Rxg4 34. Qxg4
Qxg4 35. hxg4 Nxd5 36. c4 Ne7 37. Raf3 Nxc6 38. Rxf6 Nd8 39. Rxh6 Kg7 40. Rhf6
Rb8 41. R6f2 Rb4 42. Rc2 Ne6 43. Rff2 c6 44. Rfd2 Nd4 45. Rc3 Kf6 46. Kg2 Kg5
47. Kh3 Kf6 48. Kh4 d5 49. cxd5 cxd5 50. Rf2+ Ke6 51. Rc7 f6 52. Kh5 e4 53. Kg6
Kd6 54. Ra7 f5 55. gxf5 e3 56. Rf1 Rxb2 57. Rxa4 Rf2 58. Rxf2 exf2 59. Ra1 Ke5
60. f6 Ke4 61. f7 Ne6 62. Kf6 Nf8 63. g4 Kf4 64. g5 Nh7+ 65. Ke7 Kxg5 66. Rf1
Kf4 67. Rxf2+ Ke3 68. Rh2 1-0

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roger Redmond"]
[Black "Sara Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 d5 7. Be2 b6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Ng5 12. b3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 cxd4 14. exd4
Qd6 15. Qd3 Ba6 16. Bb2 Na5 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. O-O dxc4 19. d5 cxb3 20. dxe6 Qxe6
21. Qd4 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rfe1 Nc4 24. Bxf6 Nxa3 25. Be7 Nc2 26. Re4 f5 27.
Rh4 Rfe8 28. Bd5+ Kg7 29. Bg5 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Nxe1 31. Bxb3 Rc6 32. Bd2 Nd3 33.
Rh3 Rg6 34. Bc3+ Kf8 35. Rxh7 Rc6 36. Bg7+ Ke8 37. h3 Bc4 38. Bd1 Bg8 39. Bh5+
Kd7 40. Rh8 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rc8 42. Be2 Nxf2 43. Ba6 Rd8 44. Bf6 Rf8 45. Bc3 Ne4
46. Bb4 Rd8 47. Rh6 Nc5 48. Rg6 Nxa6 49. Rg7+ Kc8 50. Be7 Re8 51. Bd6 Bd5 52.
Rxa7 Bb7 53. Kg1 Rg8 54. g3 b5 55. Kf2 Rd8 56. Bf4 b4 57. Be5 b3 58. Ke3 b2 59.
Bxb2 Kc7 60. Rxb7+ Kxb7 {and Black won.} 0-1

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Krowczyk"]
[Black "Chris Peterson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Ba2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Rc1 Qd6
15. Bb3 Rac8 16. e5 Qa6 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Nc3 e6 19. Ne4 Qa5 20. Rc3 Rfd8 21. Bg5
Qb4 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd3 Qb6 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 Qb4 26. Qh6 Qf8 27. Qxf8+
Kxf8 28. Rc1 Nb4 29. Rd2 Bc6 30. f4 Nd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc5 Ke8 33. Rxd5 Bxd5
34. a5 Kd7 35. Rd3 Kc6 36. Kf2 Kb5 37. Ra3 Kc4 38. Ke3 Bxg2 39. Ra2 Bc6 40.
Rc2+ Kb5 41. Rc5+ Ka6 42. h4 h5 43. f5 gxf5 44. Kf4 Bd5 45. Kg5 b6 46. axb6
axb6 47. Rc7 b5 48. Rxf7 f4 49. Rd7 b4 50. f7 Kb5 51. f8=Q Kc4 52. Qc5+ Kd3 53.
Qxb4 f3 54. Ra7 Ke3 55. Ra3+ Kf2 56. Kf4 Kg2 57. Qd2+ f2 58. Rg3+ Kh1 59. Qxf2
Bf3 60. Rh3# 1-0

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunnar Andersen"]
[Black "Earle Wikle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Nbc6 12. Qd3 d4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Bd7 15. Rb1 Nf5 16. Qe4 O-O-O 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Rxb5 Rd4 19. Qe2 Qc6 20. O-O Nh4
21. Rf2 Re4 22. Rc5 Qxc5 23. Qxe4 Rxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Qd5+ 26. Kg3 b5
27. Rf3 Qc5 28. Re3 a5 29. h4 Kd8 30. Rd3+ Ke7 31. Be3 Qc4 32. Bb6 a4 33. Ba5
Kf8 34. Rxc3 Qe2 35. Bb4+ Kg7 36. Rf3 Qxc2 37. Be7 Kg6 38. Bb4 Kh5 39. Be1 Qd1
40. Bf2 Qh1 41. Bc5 Qxh4+ 42. Kg2 Qe1 43. Bf2 Qd2 44. Kh3 b4 45. Be3 Qe1 46.
axb4 a3 47. Bf2 Qxb4 48. f5 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greg Cottle"]
[Black "Daniel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 d6 9. Bg5 e5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Be3
Qc7 15. Be2 a5 16. O-O a4 17. b3 axb3 18. Qxb3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qb4 Qc7
21. Rfc1 Ra5 22. Rab1 Rc5 23. Qb6 f5 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rb6 Rf6 26. Rcb1 g5 27.
R1b5 Kg7 28. Ra5 e4 29. Ra7 f4 30. h3 e3 31. a4 Re7 32. a5 h5 33. a6 Rff7 34.
axb7 Bxb7 35. fxe3 fxe3 36. Bxh5 e2 37. Bxe2 Bxd5 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. cxd5 Rxe2
40. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deanna Alter"]
[Black "Tim Brennan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1638"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 b5 2. Bf4 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
h6 9. Qc2 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. Nh4 Be7 12. f3 Nd5 13. Ng6 Nxe3 14. Qc1 fxg6 15.
fxg4 Nf8 16. Re1 Nxg4 17. Qc2 Rg8 18. Re2 Kd7 19. Rae1 Bh4 20. Ne4 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 h5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qxa4+ Bc6 24. Qa2 h4 25. Nc5+ dxc5 26. Rxe6 Rh8 27.
Rxc6 Kxc6 28. Qa4+ Kb7 29. Be4+ Ka7 30. Qc6 Qc8 31. Qxc5+ Kb8 32. Qb4+ Ka7 33.
Qc5+ Kb8 34. Qb4+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2015 Col Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brian Wall"]
[Black "Henry Poston"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. dxc5 Qc7 8. Bf4
Ng6 9. Bg3 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Nbd2 d4 12. h4 dxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Ne4 O-O
15. h5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. O-O Nxe5 18. cxd4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bb5 20. Qf3 Bxf1
21. Rxf1 Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Nd6 Rfd8 24. Nxf5 g6 25. Nd6 a6 26. h6 Kf8 27.
Rd1 b5 28. d5 Ra7 29. Ne4 f5 30. Ng5 Kg8 31. d6 Re7 32. Kf1 Ree8 33. Rd5 b4 34.
Be5 Rd7 35. f4 Rc8 36. Ra5 Rc6 37. Ke2 Kf8 38. Kd3 Ke8 39. Kd4 Kf8 40. Kd5 Rcc7
41. Nxh7+ 1-0

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anthea Carson"]
[Black "Atharva Vispute"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Nbd7 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Bh5 9. d5 Nc5 10. e4 h6 11. b4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Nh7 13. Bb2 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15.
Ne2 Bf6 16. c5 Rc8 17. Rac1 Bg5 18. Rc2 Re8 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Qf3 Bh7 21. Qg4 g6
22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Rfxc1 dxc5 24. bxc5 Kh8 25. Qe2 f5 26. Qb5 fxe4 27. Nxe4 g5
28. Qd3 c6 29. d6 b6 30. d7 Rg8 31. Qd6 Rc7 32. Qxe5+ Rg7 33. Rd2 Rcxd7 34. Nd6
Qf8 35. Rcd1 bxc5 36. Qxc5 Rc7 37. Qc3 Kg8 38. Ne8 Rc8 39. Nxg7 Qxg7 40. Qc5
Kh8 41. Rd8+ Rxd8 42. Rxd8+ Bg8 43. Kh2 Qc7+ 44. Qd6 Qxd6+ 45. Rxd6 Bxa2 46.
Rxc6 Kg7 47. Rc7+ Bf7 48. Rxa7 h5 49. g3 Kf6 50. Ra5 Be6 51. f3 Kg6 52. Kg2 Kf6
53. Ra6 Kf7 54. h4 g4 55. f4 Ke7 56. Kf2 Kf7 57. Ke3 Ke7 58. Kd4 Bd7 59. Ke5
Be8 60. Rh6 Kf8 61. f5 Kg7 62. Ra6 Kg8 63. Ra7 Kf8 64. Kf6 Bb5 65. Rh7 Ke8 66.
Rxh5 {and White won.} 1-0

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alex Stiger"]
[Black "Richard Brown"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Qd8 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 Nbd7 11. b4 Rc8 12. h3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bb2 Nf6
15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Rad1 b5 17. Ne5 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bd5 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Qd3 Qb6 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 22. g4 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qc3 Bd6 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27.
Rxc6 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Ne4 29. Bd4 Nd2 30. Kg2 h6 31. Bxa7 Ra8 32. Rc7 Nc4 33. a4
Nxe5 34. b5 Nc4 35. Rb7 Na5 36. Rb8+ Rxb8 37. Bxb8 Kf8 38. Bc7 Nb7 39. a5 Nxa5
40. Bxa5 Ke8 41. b6 1-0

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jason Lee"]
[Black "David Hufnagel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1417"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg3 Bg4 8. Be2
Nd7 9. Nh4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e5 11. Nhf3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. O-O Re8 14. Nb3 Nf6
15. Nfd2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Qf3 fxe4 18. Qxf4 Qf6 19. Qd2 Re7 20. Rfe1 Rae8
21. Re2 Qh4 22. Rae1 Bh6 23. Qc2 Qg5 24. Rxe4 Qf5 25. f3 d5 26. g4 Qf7 27. Rxe7
Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Kg2 Qe1 30. a3 Be3 31. Qd3 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mihaly Toth"]
[Black "Shirley Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1235"]
[BlackElo "1163"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Be3 f6 8. Bf4
fxe5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 c5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Ng6 Rf5 14. Qh8+
Kf7 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Ne5+ Kf6 17. g4 Rf4 18. Ne2 cxd4 19. Nxf4 Kxe5 20. Nd3+
Ke4 21. O-O-O Kf3 22. Rhg1 Nc6 23. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Earle Wikle"]
[Black "Dean Clow"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Qa5 8.
Qc2 Bd6 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. e4 b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. bxc3 g5 15.
Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Ne4 17. Bh6 Qxc3 18. Bxe4 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 Bb4 20. f4 Kh8 21.
Rf3 Rg8 22. f5 Rg4 23. e6 Nf6 24. exf7 Bd7 25. Rh3 Nh7 26. f6 Re4 27. Bg7# 1-0

[Event "2015 Colo Spgs Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rhett Langseth"]
[Black "Paul Baxter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. c3 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. e4 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. h3 d4 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Nc4 Nd7 15.
Qb3 Nb6 16. a5 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Qe7 18. Qc2 f5 19. Bd2 Qh4 20. Bf3 f4 21. Bg4 Rc7
22. Be6+ Kh8 23. f3 h5 24. Reb1 Re8 25. Bd5 Qf6 26. Qa4 Rec8 27. Ra3 Ne7 28.
Re1 Nxd5 29. exd5 Bf8 30. Re4 Bd6 31. Ra1 g5 32. Rae1 Re7 33. b3 Kg7 34. cxd4
cxd4 35. Bb4 b6 36. Qa3 Bc5 37. Bxc5 bxc5 38. b4 Qd6 39. b5 Kf6 40. Rb1 Rb8 41.
Qd3 h4 42. Re2 Rbb7 43. Reb2 Qd7 44. Qe4 Qf5 45. Kf2 Qxe4 46. fxe4 Red7 47. b6
a6 48. Rb5 axb5 49. Rxb5 Rd6 50. Rxc5 Rdxb6 51. axb6 Rxb6 52. Ra5 Rb2+ 53. Kf3
Rb3+ 54. Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Kg1 d3 56. Ra1 Rc2 57. Rd1 Rxc4 58. Rxd3 Rxe4 59. Ra3 Rd4
60. Ra6+ Kf5 61. Rd6 e4 62. Rd8 Ke5 63. Rg8 Kf6 64. Rd8 Ke7 65. Ra8 Rxd5 66.
Ra6 Rd6 67. Ra5 Kf6 68. Kf2 Re6 69. Ke2 Re5 70. Ra8 Rb5 71. Rf8+ Kg7 72. Ra8
Rb2+ 73. Kf1 e3 74. Ra6 Rf2+ 75. Kg1 f3 76. gxf3 Rxf3 77. Kg2 Rg3+ 78. Kh2 Kf7
79. Rb6 e2 80. Rb4 Rxh3+ 81. Kxh3 e1=Q 82. Rb7+ Kg6 83. Rb6+ Kh5 84. Rb3 Qe6+
0-1

[Event "2015 Colo Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atharva Vispute"]
[Black "Jason Lee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "1417"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. e3 Be6 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nge2 a5 11. h3 Bd6 12. f4 Nb6 13. O-O-O a4 14. f5 Bd7 15.
Nf4 g5 16. fxg6 Be7 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bg6+ Kg7 19. Rdf1 Rf8 20. Bf5 Ne4 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. g4 Nc4 24. Qe2 Qb4 25. g5 a3 26. Rhg1 axb2+ 27. Kc2
Na3+ 28. Kd2 Nc4+ 29. Kc2 Na3+ 30. Kd2 Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

Play Long And Checkmate

My Dad Was My Hero

by Brian Rountree

I'll always love you.  I was thinking about you driving home from work tonight.  I thought about you on Wednesday, when you were ill, and I had no idea.  I thought about my two cats that I had years ago, and felt that you might go soon, and wanted to visit you again this year, as I didn't get a chance to tell you how much you meant to me, except for that one time when I graduated from college.  I was hoping you'd make it another year.  I'm sorry you had to go 20 years younger than your father.  You will be missed, but you will always with me.  And lastly, you were a good man, and that had a profound effect on who I am today.  I wish I could have said one last goodbye, one last conversation, one last get-together.  Bye, Dad.

John Byrd Rountree

April 3 1941 - February 28, 2015

Game Of The Week

It has been a bit of a sad week hearing about Brian Rountree's father dying.  Brian is a good friend, a loyal reader, and a fellow officer of the Colorado Springs Chess Club.  I would like to extend my sympathies to him.  My dad is the main reason I play chess today.

We also lost Leonard Nimoy this past week, who played chess as well.  His character, Spock, was a chess master on the TV series Star Trek.

I was not a big fan of the Star Trek TV show, since it was before my time.  However, I did enjoy the movies that came out in the 80s.  So, I began to think about who at the chess club would fill the roles on the USS Enterprise.  Here is my idea:

• Captain Kirk (Commanding Officer) = Paul Anderson
• Spock (Science Officer) = Jeff Fox
• Scotty (Chief Engineer) = Buck Buchanan
• Ensign Chekov (Navigator) = Brian Rountree
• Lieutenant Uhura (Communication Officer) = Shirley Herman
• Dr McCoy (Chief Medical Officer) = Paul Covington
• Lieutenant Sulu (Helmsman) = Joe Pahk
• Data (Chief Operations Officer) = Dean Brown
• Quark (Bar Owner) = Alex Freeman
• Wesley Crusher (Starfleet Cadet) = Daniel Herman
• Redshirt Character (Always Dies) = Mark McGough

Of course, we saw that they did play chess on the Enterprise.  And we know Kirk beat Spock.  But if Kirk had to play Scotty, I think it would have gone something like this:

Black to move

Play Long And Checkmate

[Event "Cabin Fever Reliever"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2009.02.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Buchanan, Buck"]
[Black "Anderson, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.02.10"]
[TimeControl "1800"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Nh6 8. d3 O-O 9. Bf4 a6 10. Rc1 Nf5 11. Qb3 e6 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Na4 Nc6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Bc3 Nfd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. a4 Bd7 21. a5 Nb3 22. Bb4 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Bc6 24. b3 Bd4 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rd6 27. f4 Rbd8 28. d4 Bb5 29. Kf2 Rc6 30. b4 Kf8 31. e3 Ke7 32. Bf1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Kd6 34. Ke2 f6 35. Na4 Re8 36. Nc3 Rxc5 37. bxc5+ Kc6 38. Kd3 e5 39. e4 exd4 40. Kxd4 dxe4 41. Nxe4 Rd8+ 42. Kc4 f5 43. Nc3 Rd2 44. h4 Rc2 0-1

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=100139

This Week In Chess

On February 24th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club finished the February Flash (4SS, G/24 d/5, $10 entry).  11 players joined.  Father and son battled for the top prize with the older generation taking home the glory.

Here are the results:

Tot Rtng Name Prize

3.5 1708 Duwayne Langseth $29.00 1st
3.0 1740 Rhett Langseth $20.00 U1800
2.5 1923 Earle P Wikle
2.5 1880 Paul Douglas Anderson
2.0 2047 Gunnar James Andersen
2.0 1556 Brian John Rountree $15.00 U1600
1.0 1909 Jeff Fox
1.0 1624 Mark McGough
1.0 1400 Dean W Brown
0.5 1666 Benjamin Maye
0.5 1511 David Silva

Chess Student

by Holly Nichols

I work with international high school age students who earn the opportunity to study in the US for a school year.  This opportunity is a very competitive scholarship through the Department of State.  The students come to school for one school year, live in an American host family and attend the local high school.

One of our applicants, a boy from Armenia, is an avid chess player and I would love to find a host for him that shares this interest and could help facilitate this hobby.

Host families can be married or single, with or without children in the home.  The students are covered by medical insurance and they receive a monthly spending money allowance.  The host volunteers to provide a bed (the student can share a room with a host sibling, but needs their own bed), meals and a nurturing home environment.

I am writing to see if you might consider hosting this student or might be willing to pass this information on to others in the chess community so they might learn about our need for a host family!

This student is coming in August, to spend the next school year, but we are needing to find a host as soon as possible in order to get him into an American school and finalize his placement.

I live here in Colorado Springs and can be reached using the contact information below!  I can be reached anytime for questions or interest in this student or in our program and can provide more details about this student to anyone interested!

Holly Nichols, hollyenichols@gmail.com
Regional Coordinator, World Link, Inc.
www.worldlinkinc.org
719-445-6USA
806-577-9533

I Told Brian Williams To Resign

Friday The 13th

Friday, February 13th, 2015

I am back for another season of chess news and games.  Last year, I set my record for peak rating (USCF 2098), and earlier this year, I was certified as a Club Tournament Director.  This means that I don't have to beg players for their games.  The TD can publish any game from an event he directs.  So, less of my games!

I also added some new chess clips to the Colorado Springs Chess News' Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/cschessnews

One of those videos appears in the horror film, "Friday The 13th, Part II."  Of course, the only person to survive the massacre is the chess player.

Hope you enjoy them!

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from my famous battle with Brian "Williams" Rountree.  The battle occured when Garry Kasparov split from FIDE, around the time of the first Iraq war.  It was about 10 years before the famous helicopter attack in 2003, where Brian and I survived another amazing battle.

The first time, our battle played out over the chess board.  We were the top 2 chess news reporters in the US at that time and the only ones who could play chess at Garry Kasparov's press conference, when he announced his newly formed Professional Chess Association.  Since the Fischer Boom had died out, Brian and I were selected to battle for the right to take on the World Chess Champion for his title and hopefully restart the American chess craze again with the "Anderson Boom."

We were to play a one-game, winner-take-all match.  I had a couple things in my favor.  The time control was fast at G30, and I got white.  Brian was eager to test out the new delay of 10 seconds, which was double the old delay.  However, it failed to help.

We got to this position when I told Brian to resign.

White to move

I Told Brian Williams To Resign

[Event "Cabin Fever Reliever"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anderson, Paul"]
[Black "Rountree, Brian "Williams""]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.02.03"]
[TimeControl "1800"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Nde4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 h6 11. a3 f5 12. Nc3 a5 13. e3 Ra7 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Qc2 b6 16. Qa4 Ne7 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Rc8 20. Rac1 Kf7 21. Rc2 Ke6 22. Rfc1 d5 23. a4 c5 24. bxc6 Rac7 25. e4 fxe4 26. dxe4 d4 27. Bh3+ Nf5 28. b4 axb4 29. Bxb4 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Rb2 Kd6 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Rxb6 e4 34. Kf1 d3 35. Ke1 Kd5 36. Rb7 Kd6 37. Rxc7 Kxc7 38. Rc4 f4 39. Bd7 fxg3 40. hxg3 Ra8 41. Rxe4 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=99672

This Week In Chess

On February 10th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club finished its USCF-rated Cabin Fever Reliever (4SS, G30).  10 players joined.

Here are the results:

Score Player

3.0 Paul Anderson* 1st $12.00
3.0 Jeff Fox 1st $12.00
3.0 Daniel Herman* 1st $12.00
2.0 NM Buck Buchanan*
2.0 Benjamin Maye* U1800 $10.00
1.5 Mark McGough*
1.5 Dean Brown*
1.5 Shirley Herman*
1.0 Brian "Williams" Rountree*
0.0 David Silva

* The Colorado Springs Chess Club paid the Supporting Members' entry to this event