Greetings,
Have you ever wondered what the etiquette for boasting about your chess victory is?
This week’s newsletter answers that question, as Anthea Carson goes off on me with facebook posts and photos.
Also, if you know of anyone collecting chess sets or art, have them check out JC MacNeil’s video. He has created a chess masterpiece!
Peace be with you,
Paul Anderson
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( cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/show/ … f-my-armor )
- Game Of The Week: Taking Off My Armor
- This Week In Chess: Speed Tournament Results
- Game Viewer: Anthea Carson v Paul Anderson ( cschess.webs.com/)
- Video: youtube.com/watch?v=ibcISddhrVE
2012 Calendar Of Events for the Colorado Springs Chess Club:
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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 fellow chess player and author of The Dark Lake (thedarklake.com/), Anthea Carson. We were talking about writing a chess blog, as we have that in common. She wanted me to add this video from fellow chess player and artist, JC MacNeil. She said, “He is looking for a chess set collector or chess art connoisseur who might be interested in adding to their collection.”
It was impressive, but I told her I was going to use this amazing quote instead. I stumbled across it while trying to catch up on my Bible-In-A-Year schedule:
The king of Israel answered, “Tell him: ‘One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.’” 1 Kings 20:11
She was completely underwhelmed, “I don’t get it. How are you going to use that in a chess blog?”
I explained to her, “That is the job of the writer. You have to weave together completely unrelated ideas in an interesting way. You do write for a living, right?”
She replied, “No, I don’t understand the quote.”
I explained that the quote means: one should not brag before the battle but after the victory. Then the lights went on. However, she was surprised that I was certain I would be able to use the quote despite the fact that I hadn’t even chosen the game about which I would write. I wasn’t too worried about finding a game in which a chess player boasts before or after the game. In fact, I kind of regret telling Anthea the quote. It was like opening Pandora’s box. She treated the advice like I was her coach, and I was training her on the boasting etiquette of chess.
I could just imagine her saying, “Ok, coach, I will wait until after the victory before I boast,” as she runs out of the locker room. Unfortunately, her next victory was over me.
The queen didn’t hesitate to take her armor off. She didn’t stop with just a little bit of armor. She took off all her armor…
[Event “May Panera Wednesday”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2012.05.02”]
[Round “1.1”]
[White “Carson, Anthea”]
[Black “Anderson, Paul”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B06”]
[PlyCount “112”]
[EventDate “2012.05.02”]
[TimeControl “5400”]
- d4 c6 2. e4 g6 3. f4 d6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Nd2 Qb6
- Nc4 Qc7 7. e5 d5 8. Nd2 Nh6 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 12. Rb1 Na6
- a3 a4 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Ngf3 Qa7 16. O-O b5 17. c3 Nb8 18. Nh4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3
e6 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. Nhf3 Nb6 22. Ng5 Nc4 23. Qf2 Qe7 24. Ngf3 Bd7 25. Ne1 Rfc8 - Nef3 Bh6 27. Ng5 Be8 28. Nh3 c5 29. Nf3 Rc7 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. dxc5 Qxc5 32.
Nd4 Rb8 33. g4 Rcb7 34. Qh4 Bf8 35. f5 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Rxb2 37. fxe6 Qe7 38.
exf7+ Bxf7 39. Qxe7 Bxe7 40. e6 Be8 41. Nf4 Bc5 42. Nxd5 Bxd4 43. Ne7+ Kg7 44.
cxd4 c3 45. Rc1 c2 46. Kg2 Kf8 47. Nc8 Bc6+ 48. Kf2 Bd5 49. Ke2 Bxe6 50. Nd6
Ke7 51. Ne4 Bxg4+ 52. Kd2 Bf5 53. Nc5 Ra2 54. Nxa4 Rxa3 55. Nc5 Kd6 56. Re1 Kd5
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