Greetings,
Round 2 of the August Swiss 90 is tomorrow (5SS, G90+30, $10 entry, USCF-rated, prizes) at 7pm! This week’s newsletter covers a game from round 1.
Read The Newsletter!
cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/show/ … e-attacker
The USCF sent out a reminder about the 53rd Colorado Springs City Chess Championship coming up in October!
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
2017-10-03 53rd Annual Colorado Springs City Chess Championship Colorado Springs CO 2017-08 CL A5012031
2017-10-03 53rd Annual Colorado Springs City Chess Championship Colorado Springs CO 2017-09 CL A5012031
This week’s position comes from round one of the August Swiss 90. It is white to move.
See the diagram and answer here:
cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/pho … =204316500
Remove The Attacker
chessvideos.tv/chess-game-re … ?id=111016
[Event “August Swiss 90”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2017.08.01”]
[Round “1.5”]
[White “Baum, Brian”]
[Black “Rountree, Brian”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A00”]
[WhiteElo “643”]
[BlackElo “1856”]
[PlyCount “42”]
[EventDate “2017.08.01”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
-
e3 e5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Ne2 Bd6 5. b3 Ne7
-
Bb2 Be6 7. d4 e4 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. Qd2 b5 10. Nf4 Nd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. O-O-O
a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. axb5 a4 16. Bh3 Rf6 17. bxc6 axb3 18. Qb5 Ba3 19.
Qxb3 Nc4 20. Na4 Bxb2+ 21. Nxb2 Ra1# 0-1