55th Colorado Springs City Championship results, etc

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Greetings,

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The 55th annual Colorado Springs City Chess Championship has been rated.

uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201910292972

Earle P Wikle won his 2nd title in clear 1st place. Rhett Langseth and Gunnar Andersen tied for 2nd. Paul D Anderson, Christophe Motley, and Mark McGough split up the U1975. Ross Inman and Ayush Vispute earned the U1600. Newcomer Gabriel Frank and Erasmus Eskeldson shared the U1425/unr.

Round 4, Board 1 photo:
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After a fun month of the City Champ, Rhett ended the event with a fun tactic in his 5th round game. It is black to move:

See diagram and answer here:
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Online game viewer: chessvideos.tv/chess-game-r … ?id=114890

[Event “55th City Championship”]
[Site “https://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2019.10.29”]
[Round “5.3”]
[White “Bridle, Sam”]
[Black “Langseth, Rhett”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A01”]
[WhiteElo “1800”]
[BlackElo “2125”]
[PlyCount “62”]
[EventDate “2019.10.01”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]

  1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. d4 Ngf6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3
    Qc7 6. Nc3 e5 7. e4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Ne2 g5 10. h3 Nf4 11. Nxf4 gxf4 12. Qd2
    Rg8 13. Rh2 Bf6 14. Ke2 Nf8 15. d5 c5 16. a3 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19.
    Bxa1 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Nd7 21. Bc3 Bd8 22. Nd2 Qb8 23. Nb3 Bb6 24. Be1 Rg6 25. Qa3
    Ke7 26. Bb4 Qc7 27. Kf3 h5 28. Rh1 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Qa8 Qd7 31. Bf1 Qg4+
    0-1
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After a fun month of the City Champ, Rhett ended the event with a fun tactic in his 5th round game.

Nice Shot!