Nothing Is Over!

All Things Chess
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Greetings,

I am so mad I just can hardly contain myself. I finally saw Tim Brennan’s recent article posted on his website, and I wanted to address some of the tactics he is using to trick chess players into never resigning.

  1. Lies - My blitz game “drawing Jeff Baffo” was a win.
  2. Distortion - My blitz game “blundering a queen” was actually a queen trade for 2 bishops
  3. Using Outdated Information - the reference to my “1900s” rating was updated by the USCF to more accurately reflect my true ability with a clearly implied apology: main.uschess.org/component/optio … temid,181/ (check round 3 opponent!)

On a sad note, Colorado Springs chess is losing a lot of its chess talent to college and Florida. Our only 2200+ rated player, Josh Bloomer is moving to Florida and 3 class A scholastic players are heading off to college (Rhett Langseth, Jason Loving, and Katie Wise). The Colorado Springs Chess Club has decided to send them off in style at our “Going Away Simul” next Tuesday night, July 24th at our Something Different event:

cschess.webs.com/apps/calendar/s … 6month%3d6

Josh Bloomer has agreed to come and play the simul. It will be free and start at 8pm.

If everyone could help me let Rhett, Jason, and Katie know they are invited as special guests, I would love to have them all there as well.

I have 3 promotional chess items for the special guests that I thought they could do a Yankee Swap for. However, if anyone has a chess item they would like to donate (in case all 4 show up), let me know.

Peace be with you,

Paul Anderson

Read The Newsletter!
( cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/show/ … g-is-over- )

  1. Game Of The Week: Nothing Is Over! By Tim Brennan
  2. This Week In Chess: Quad Tournament Results
  3. Game Viewer: Katie Wise v Paul Anderson ( cschess.webs.com/ )

2012 Calendar Of Events for the Colorado Springs Chess Club:

cschess.webs.com/apps/calendar/

For additional events, see the following websites:

Denver Chess Club: DCC (denverchess.com)
Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (colorado-chess.com/)
Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (wyomingchess.com/)
Kansas Chess Association: KCA (kansaschess.org/)

ps - Newsletter preview with pgn (for board diagram and video see The Newsletter):

[Today I viewed an article that Tim Brennan’s website (tacticstime.com/colorado-chess/nothing-is-over/) is sending out. I have to express my deep disappointment that he is continuing to share false and discredited blogs with information that is not true to the chess players of Colorado. He says one thing in podcasts and then he turns around and does this. Shame on you, Tim Brennan!]

There is a dangerous “mind virus” being propagated by Paul Anderson, and his ilk, here in the chess community of Colorado Springs…

[Event “June Panera”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Site “Colorado Springs”]
[Date “2011.06.02”]
[Round “1.1”]
[White “Wise, Katie”]
[Black “Anderson, Paul”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B07”]
[WhiteElo “1815”]
[BlackElo “1938”]
[PlyCount “38”]
[EventDate “2011.06.02”]
[TimeControl “5400”]

  1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6.
    O-O O-O 7. c4 Na6 8. Re1 Nd7 9. Bg5 c5 10. Bf1 cxd4 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Nh2 e5 13.
    f4 f6 14. Bh4 Ndc5 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. Ndf3 Nxa2 18. Qd2 a5 19. Nh4 Bc6
    0-1
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Personally, I have a friend, originally from Wisconsin, now living in Colorado Springs – well – he and his wife recently lost their home to the wildfires there.

I’d think there would be more important things to do just now than to worry about who is a part-time expert.

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If you look at the date on the tacticstime.com post, I wrote it was before the fires even started, or I even knew about them. I live in Colorado Springs (Fillmore and Centennial) and my apartment was very close to the fires. Sorry to hear that your friend lost their home. But nobody was making jokes about chess ratings during this time, I can assure you. People, myself included, were worried out of their minds.

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I have tried to use the newsletter to offer help to anyone effected by the fires and keep people informed. If your friend is still in need of assistance, let me know and I can spread the word. The chess community has been very eager to help those in need.

Of course, I am not going to let the fire keep chess players from getting back to what they love, playing chess and spending time with chess friends.