Greetings,
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The USCF has rated the August Swiss 90 event. Chris Motley and I tied for 1st, and Dean Brown won the under prize.
uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201908271172
And now, the newsletter…
Game Of The Week
This week’s game comes from the Colorado Springs Chess Club’s August Swiss 90 event. Both Mark McGough & Chris Motley finished their final round pairings quickly. So, they decided to face off against each other for the 11th time this year. The match-up is fairly close, with Chris holding a slight edge (+5-4=2).
The McGough & Motley match-up is also battling for the prize of top contributor to the CSCN website for 2019. Prior to this game, they were tied with 4 published games each and 2 wins each. This game would settle, once-and-for-all, who is the best contributor for 2019.
Of course, while there can only be one top contributor, it is still a great honor to just be on the list. I thank all the chess players who created the games that helped make this newsletter such a success for 2019. And my apologies to anyone who had only losses published. Better luck in 2020!
Top Contributors for 2019
Rank, Name, Rating, Win/Games
1 Anderson,Paul 1985 6.0/7
2 McGough,Mark 1863 2.0/4
3 Motley,Chris 1528 2.0/4
4 Bozhenov,Alex 1980 2.0/2
5 Harris,Grayson 1490 1.0/3
6 Anderson,Douglas 1.0/2
7 Brown,Joel 1378 1.0/2
8 Kohler,Robert 1658 1.0/1
9 Williams,Scott 1225 1.0/1
10 Bloomer,Josh 2305 1.0/1
11 Andersen,Gunnar 2112 1.0/1
12 Brennan,Tim 1800 1.0/1
13 Barlay,Peter 1735 1.0/1
14 Vispute,Ayush 1309 1.0/1
15 Brown,Jonathan 1320 0.5/1
16 Wolf,Will 1311 0.5/1
17 Fischer,Bobby 0.5/1
18 Reid,Juan 0.5/1
19 Brown,Dean 1444 0.0/3
20 Arispe,Joey 1259 0.0/1
21 MacEnulty,Asher 1118 0.0/1
22 Eads,Clint 1027 0.0/1
23 Williams,Jesse 1731 0.0/1
24 Buchanan,Richard 2000 0.0/1
25 Wall,Brian 2291 0.0/1
26 Aregbeyen,Aigboje 1944 0.0/1
27 Fox,Jeff 1777 0.0/1
28 Svoboda,Erk 1400 0.0/1
29 Herman,Shirley 1075 0.0/1
White to move
See the diagram and answer here:
cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/ph … =205890502
M&M Battle
chessvideos.tv/chess-game-r … ?id=114652
[Event “August Swiss 90”]
[Site “https://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2019.08.27”]
[Round “4.6”]
[White “McGough, Mark”]
[Black “Motley, Chris”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C45”]
[WhiteElo “1842”]
[BlackElo “1750”]
[PlyCount “137”]
[EventDate “2019.08.06”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
- e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5.
Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Qxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 b5 11. a4 Rb8
- Nb3 Bd6 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Be3 a6 15. f3 Nd7 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Bf4
Ne5 19. Be2 f6 20. Rfd1 g6 21. Ng3 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Rbc8 23. h4 Nc6 24. c3 Bb6 25.
Rd7 Ne5 26. Rd2 c5 27. Rad1 Bc7 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nh1 Bc6 30. Kf2 Bf4 31. Rc2
Kg7 32. g3 Bb8 33. Kg2 c4 34. Nf2 h5 35. Rcd2 Ba7 36. Rd7+ Bxd7 37. Rxd7+ Kg8
- Rxa7 Re6 39. Rd7 Rcc6 40. Kf1 a5 41. Rd5 Re5 42. Rd7 b4 43. cxb4 Rb5 44. b3
Rxb4 45. Bxc4+ Kf8 46. Ra7 a4 47. Bd5 Rc1+ 48. Ke2 axb3 49. Nd3 b2 50. Nxb2
Rxb2+ 51. Ke3 Rb6 52. Rf7+ Ke8 53. Rg7 f5 54. Kf4 Kf8 55. Rf7+ Ke8 56. Kg5 fxe4
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fxe4 Rg1 58. Rf3 Rd6 59. Bf7+ Ke7 60. Bxg6 Re6 61. Kxh5 Rf6 62. Rxf6 Kxf6
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g4 Re1 64. Kh6 Ke7 65. Kg7 Rc1 66. h5 Ke6 67. Bf7+ Ke5 68. g5 Rg1 69. g6
1-0
This Week In Chess
On August 27th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club finished the August Swiss 90 event (4SS, G/90+5).
Standings. August Swiss 90
Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot Prize
1 Paul D Anderson 1969 D2 W3 W4 W5 3.5 $21.50 1st
2 Christophe Motley 1750 D1 W10 W3 W6 3.5 $21.50 1st
3 Mark McGough 1842 W5 L1 L2 W7 2.0
4 Dean W Brown 1406 U— D9 L1 W10 1.5 $11.00 U1500/unr
5 Grayson Ed Harris 1612 L3 W6 U— L1 1.0
6 William Leo Wolf 1300 U— L5 W9 L2 1.0
7 Jonathan Reinhard 880 H— H— U— L3 1.0
8 Donald Hillman 1095 U— U— U— W9 1.0
9 Kenneth Macrae 1300 U— D4 L6 L8 0.5
10 Clinton Eads 1283 H— L2 U— L4 0.5