Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
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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: (diagram). Can you find the more forcing line? The answer is at the bottom of this page.”
First Diagram (home.att.net/~cs.chess/games/cab … 121999.htm)
(158) Cabrera,Dan (1495) - Anderson,Paul (1571) [D10]
Southern Colorado Open Colorado Springs (2.27), 12.06.1999
[Fritz 8 (60s)]{Mark Scheidies}
D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3
1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Qc2 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Nge2 last book move 7…Nbd7 8.Bd2 e5 9.Ng3 [>=9.cxd5 and White has air to breath 9…cxd5 10.f3= ] 9…exd4 10.exd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Be2 Qxd4 13.0-0 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 [27…Qxb2!? 28.Re2 Qf6 29.Ne4 Bxe4 30.Rxe4-+ ] 28.b3-/+ Be6 29.Rc7 a6 30.Rc6 Rb8 31.Qe2 Qa1+ 32.Nf1 Qd4 33.h3 Bd5 [>=33…Bd7!? 34.Rc7 Bb5-/+ ] 34.Rd6= Qe4 35.Ne3 Qb1+ 36.Kh2 Be4?? [36…Be6 37.Qxa6 Qe4 38.Rxb6 Qe5+ 39.Kg1 Qa1+ 40.Nf1 Rxb6 41.Qxb6= ] 37.Qg4 [>=37.Rd1 ends the debate 37…Qxd1 38.Nxd1± ] 37…Bf5 38.Qg3 Rb7?? [>=38…Re8+/= would be a reprieve] 39.Qg5 [39.Qe5+ Kh6 40.Nxf5+ Qxf5 41.Qxf5 Kg7 42.Qf6+ Kh6 43.g4 Re7 44.Rd5 Re5 45.Qf4+ Rg5 46.Qxg5+ Kg7 47.Qe5+ Kh6 48.g5+ Kh5 49.Qe2+ Kh4 50.Qg4# ] 39…Be6 40.Qe5+ Kh6 41.g4 [41.Rxe6 f5 42.Nxf5+ Qxf5 43.Qxf5 Rb8 44.Qf4+ Kg7 45.Re7+ Kh8 46.Qxb8# ] 41…Rd7± 42.Qf4+ g5?? leads to further unpleasantness [>=42…Kg7 43.Rxd7 Bxd7 44.Qe5+ Kg8+/- ] 43.Rxd7 [43.Nf5+ Kg6 44.Qe5 Qb2 45.Qxb2 f6 46.Rxe6 Rf7 47.Re8 h5 48.Rh8 hxg4 49.hxg4 Rc7 50.Rh6+ Kf7 51.Qxf6+ Ke8 52.Rh8+ Kd7 53.Rd8# ] 43…Bxd7 [>=43…gxf4 and Black has prevailed 44.Rd2 Qe1-+ ] 44.Qxf7± Qd3 45.Qf6+ [45.Nf5+ Qxf5 46.gxf5 {and Black can resign. If 45… Bxf5? (Who wants to give up his queen for a knight) 46. Qf6+! Bg6 47. Qf8#. Thanks to Daniel for his sharp tactical eye!!} 46…Be8 47.Qf8+ Kh5 48.Qxe8+ Kh6 49.Qf8+ Kh5 50.Qg7 g4 51.hxg4+ Kh4 52.f3 c4 53.Qe7# ] 45…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?? hands over the advantage to the opponent [55…Kf7 56.h4 gxh4± ] 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! takes home the point 72…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.a8Q 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
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 “How To Play Chess Like An Animal” at the newly created CSCN Chess Catalogue: (home.att.net/~cs.chess/catalogue.htm)]
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
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