Greetings,
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The USCF has rated the November Swiss 90. Buck Buchanan tied for 1st place and may have been add to the NFL’s All-Time Team!
nfl.com/100/all-time-team/roster
Sam Bridle and I also tied for 1st place. Robert Carlson and Dean Brown took home the under prizes. You can see the event summary here:
uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201911269152
The USCF has rated the Winter Springs Open. LM Josh Bloomer won the top section undefeated. Ted Doykos, Jeff Baffo, and Robert Carlson tied for 1st in the under 1800 section, and Victor Popa-Simil earn the top spot in the under 1400 section.
uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201912084972
The Game Of The Week comes from the Winter Springs Open where Will Wolf took a relaxing break on The Mattress Of Triumph after his hard fought win in the 3rd round.
Beware Of The Wolf
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Here is the winning tactic:
See diagram and answer here:
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[Event “Winter Springs Open”]
[Site “https://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2019.12.08”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Wolf, Will”]
[Black “Herman, Shirley”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A02”]
[WhiteElo “1455”]
[BlackElo “1019”]
[PlyCount “65”]
[EventDate “2019.12.07”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
- f4 e6 2. Nf3 Be7 3. e4 c6 4. d4 c5 5. c3 cxd4
- cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Bh4+ 9. g3 Be7 10. O-O Bf6 11. e5 Be7 12. f5 Nc6
- d5 Bc5+ 14. Kg2 Nb4 15. fxe6 dxe6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bg5 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19.
Qd2 Nxd5 20. Bh6+ Ke7 21. Nxd5+ Bxd5 22. Bg5 h6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 h5 25.
Kg1 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Qd5 27. Qe2 Rc8 28. Rd1 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Rc7 30. Rc3 Qd5+ 31.
Rxd5 Rxc3 32. Rd7+ Kf8 33. bxc3 1-0
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