Greetings,
I am back for another season of newsletters! This year I am getting things started off easy. Sometimes a chess win doesn’t have to be hard.
Read the newsletter!
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The Colorado Springs Chess Club will have round 2 of the March Swiss 90 (4SS, G/90+30, $10 entry) this Tuesday (3/13). You can still join for 3 rounds or even just play one night.
The Denver Chess Club will be closed on Tuesday and open on Thursday for their March tournament. So, feel free to try out CSCC!
Also, don’t forget about the Denver Open coming up soon:
The events shown below are ones that are part of US Chess’s free Online TLA Service
Date Event Location Affiliate
2018-04-14 Denver Open 2018 Denver CO A5016762
The USCF also sent a reminder about the CSCC upcoming event:
The events shown below are ones that have been or will be advertised in Chess Life or Chess Life for Kids:
Date Event Location TLA in Affiliate
2018-04-17 Cabin Fever Reliever Colorado Springs CO 2018-04 CL A5012031
Earle Wikle won the CSCC’s February Swiss 90 with a perfect score:
uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201802277402
This week’s position comes from my 59th upset. It is black to move:
You can view the diagram and answer here:
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I Get By With A Little Help From My Opponent
chessvideos.tv/chess-game-re … ?id=112262
[Event “November Swiss 90”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2017.11.21”]
[Round “3.2”]
[White “Buchanan, Buck”]
[Black “Anderson, Paul”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “E62”]
[WhiteElo “2009”]
[BlackElo “2029”]
[PlyCount “57”]
[EventDate “2017.11.07”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
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d4 c6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nf6
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Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. e4 c5 9. d5 Bd7 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Bf4 f6 12. Qd2 g5 13.
Be3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 h6 15. a3 Qe8 16. Nd2 Nc7 17. b4 b6 18. Rab1 Na6 19. Kh1 f5
- f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Bd4 22. Qg3+ Kh7 23. Ne2 Rg8 24. Qf3 Bf6 25. Ng3 Qg6 26.
e5 Bh4 27. exd6 exd6 28. b5 Nc7 29. Re7+ 0-1