2013 Colorado Springs City Chess Championship

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Greetings,

The Colorado Springs City Chess Championship ended Round 4 with a clear winner. 4-time City champ, Dan Avery, lead the field with 3.0 points and just needed a draw to regain his title. However, I turned down the draw offer, found the right move, and went on to win my 2nd City Championship.

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Even though the event was unrated (eliminating Tim Brennan from contention), some fun chess was played including this position from Earle Wikle (white to move):

You can find the answer on the home page on the Game Of The Week:

[Event “CSCC Championship”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2013.10.29”]
[Round “4.3”]
[White “Wikle, Earle”]
[Black “Fox, Jeff”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A21”]
[PlyCount “63”]
[EventDate “2013.10.08”]
[TimeControl “5400”]

  1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nd7
  2. O-O f5 7. d3 c6 8. e4 Ngf6 9. b4 Rb8 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Ng5 Nf8 13.
    f4 Ng4 14. Bd2 Qb6+ 15. c5 dxc5 16. a5 Qxb4 17. Ra4 Qb2 18. Ra2 Qb4 19. Ra4 Qb2
  3. h3 h6 21. Nf3 Ne3 22. Bxe3 Qxc3 23. fxe5 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf5 25. Nh4 Bxe4 26.
    Bxe4 g5 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28. Bxg5+ Kc7 29. Rf7+ Nd7 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. Qf7+ Kc8 32.
    Bf5# 1-0

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Here are the final results:

10/29 City Championship standings (4SS, G/90):

3.5 Paul Anderson $40.00 - 1st place
3.0 Josh Bloomer $7.00 - 2nd place
3.0 Dan Avery $7.00 - 2nd place
3.0 Imre Barlay $7.00 - 2nd place
2.5 Buck Buchanan
2.5 Earle Wikle
2.5 Koji Del Conte $7.50 - U1900
2.5 Kevin Kaaoush $7.50 - U1900
2.0 Jeff Fox
2.0 Mark McGough
1.5 Peter Barlay
1.5 Sara Herman $7.50 - U1400
1.5 Wesley Smith $7.50 - U1400
1.0 Dean William Brown
1.0 Daniel Herman
1.0 Shirley Herman
1.0 Tom Skora
0.0 Tom Richardson

Here is my game:

[Event “CSCC Championship”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2013.10.29”]
[Round “4.1”]
[White “Avery, Dan”]
[Black “Anderson, Paul”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A42”]
[PlyCount “118”]
[EventDate “2013.10.08”]
[TimeControl “5400”]

  1. d4 c6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 Nd7
  2. h3 a6 7. Nf3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Qb8 12. Qd2 Ngf6
  3. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qe6 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Qc2 Qc8
  4. Bf3 e6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 O-O 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rc2 Qa8 24. Qe3 Bd4 25.
    Qe2 c5 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Be5 Rd5 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qd3 Rc8 30. Rec1 Rxc2 31.
    Rxc2 Qd7 32. f4 Kg7 33. Rd2 Qc7 34. g3 Qc4 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke2 h5 37. Rc2 Qxd3+
  5. Kxd3 Kf5 39. Rf2 f6 40. Rf3 g5 41. fxg5+ Kxg5 42. Rf4 e5 43. h4+ Kg6 44.
    Rf2 Rc5 45. Ke4 Rc1 46. Rf3 Re1+ 47. Kd5 Re3 48. Rf2 Kf7 49. Rc2 Rxg3 50. Rc7+
    Kg6 51. Ke6 Rg4 52. Rf7 Rf4 53. Rf8 e4 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Kf7 Rg4 56. Rd8 e3 57.
    Kxf6 e2 58. Rd7+ Kh6 59. Re7 Rf4+ 0-1

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I am listening to the LM Brian Wall podcast as I write this email. You can hear it yourself:

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My “minions” were selected for the special advanced preview!

Peace be with you,

Paul Anderson
Chess Coach (cschess.webs.com/coaching.htm)
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