Greetings,
This week’s newsletter features a type of chess game I really enjoy. Finding a way to win a game with even material. Brian thought he had the draw when he ran out of time. I told him not to feel bad about his time management, as he was losing anyway.
The game even reminded me of an episode of the British TV show, The Prisoner, which uses a human chess game. I have included a video clip from the program.
Peace be with you,
Paul Anderson
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( cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/entri … s-pawn-six )
- Game Of The Week: Rook To Queen’s Pawn Six
- This Week In Chess: Results of the June Mating Game
- Game Viewer: Paul Anderson v Brian Rountree ( cschess.webs.com/ )
- Video: The Prisoner On Chess II (youtube.com/watch?v=GiQVjb5pvJg)
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):
This week’s game comes from the Wednesday June Panera tournament. It is one game per night for 4 weeks and uses accelerated pairings. This seems to only throw off the flow of the games. You get a tough round one game and then a couple of easier games and finally another tough one, at least, as far as the ratings are concerned. However, you never know when your opponent will be on fire.
This night my opponent, Brian Rountree, felt he was on fire. We first met in September 2010 at one of these Panera events. I won the first 3 games we played, and tonight was our 4th meeting. However, each game he had lasted more moves than the previous time going 24, 25, and 34 moves into the game.
This time he was on fire and was going to lock down that draw. I thought it was a bad omen that the game was being played on the 6th day of the 6th month at 6pm. In fact, I was pretty worried when I found out that Brian named his pet rottweiler Damien. Maybe this was just the time that Brian’s secret power was going to be revealed.
As the game played out, I realized it was probably just a coincidence. Brian’s secret power never materialized. While he was trading down to a draw, I was trading down to a win. Brian was the one who was falling prey to my secret plan. I felt like I was Number 2 from the TV Show, The Prisoner, and Brian was Number 6. He was just a pawn in my game.
From the human chess game, the rook and pawn conspired to escape from the village using the secret code, “Rook to queen’s pawn six.” However, the pawn failed to realized that the rook had left the game and betrayed the pawn. So, when the pawn tried to continue the plan without the rook, he was unknowingly falling into the trap set by Number 2.
Here is an actual position from the game. Use the secret code from The Prisoner to find the best move…
[Event “June Panera”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2012.06.06”]
[Round “1.2”]
[White “Anderson, Paul”]
[Black “Rountree, Brian”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A45”]
[PlyCount “93”]
[EventDate “2012.06.06”]
[TimeControl “5400”]
- d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 g5 4. f3 gxh4 5. fxe4
c5 6. e3 Bh6 7. Qd3 Qb6 8. b3 Nc6 9. c3 d6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Nbd2 h3 12. g3 cxd4 - exd4 O-O-O 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. d5 Ne5 16. Ncxe5 dxe5 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 f6
- Rf1 Be3 20. Ke2 Bb6 21. a4 a6 22. b4 Bg4 23. Kd3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 h5 25. Raf1
Rh7 26. Kc2 Rg7 27. Rd1 Kd7 28. d6 Ke8 29. Be6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 exd6 31. Rf1 Bd8 - a5 Ke7 33. Bxh3 b6 34. axb6 Bxb6 35. Bc8 a5 36. Ra1 axb4 37. cxb4 Kd8 38.
Be6 Rc7+ 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Bc4 Bd4 41. Ra8 Ra7 42. Rxa7+ Bxa7 43. Ke2 Bg1 44. Kf3
Bd4 45. Kg2 Kf8 46. Be2 Bc3 47. b5 1-0