Greetings,
This Tuesday, at the Colorado Springs Chess Club, the monthly Swiss tournaments are back (5SS, G/90+30, $10 entry, prizes, USCF rated)! Round 1 starts May 2nd.
This week’s newsletter comes from a loyal reader who almost created one of the most famous chess jokes after his encounter with GM Yasser Seriwan.
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This week’s position comes from the 1972 Golden Knights correspondence tournament from the newsletter story. It is black to move.
You can view the diagram and answer here:
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[Event “Golden Knights Preliminaries”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “1972.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Grinberg, Matthew”]
[Black “Lee, Carlton”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C55”]
[PlyCount “46”]
[EventDate “1972.??.??”]
[TimeControl “0”]
- e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O
Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 O-O-O 12.
Nxe6 fxe6 13. g4 Qe5 14. Bg5 Rd7 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. Bf6 Qd5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18.
Rxe6 Nd8 19. Re2 Qd6 20. g5 Ne6 21. Qe1 Nxg7 22. Rd1 Qc6 23. Bxd4 Ne6 0-1