Greetings,
Have a Happy Memorial Day!
After the long weekend, come play at the Colorado Springs Chess Club on Tuesday. We are having a One Night Quick (3SS, G/20d5, entry $5) just for Jeff Fox. See calendar for details:
cschess.webs.com/apps/calendar/
The USCF has rated the May Swiss 90:
uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201805228252
This week’s newsletter is a chess fable about the King’s Gambit opening:
cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/show/ … he-raccoon
This week’s position comes from that fabled story. It is black to mate in 4.
See diagram and answer here:
cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/pho … =205095791
The Tortoise And The Raccoon
chessvideos.tv/chess-game-re … ?id=112702
[Event “May Swiss 90”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2018.05.22”]
[Round “4.2”]
[White “Rountree, Brian”]
[Black “McGough, Mark”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C34”]
[WhiteElo “1868”]
[BlackElo “1770”]
[PlyCount “72”]
[EventDate “2018.05.01”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
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e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h5 4. Bc4 h4 5. d4 g5
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Nc3 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Nxg5+ Qxg5 11. Bxf4 Qh5 12.
Qd3 Kg6 13. Qc4 Nf6 14. e5 Ne8 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Qxc7 Nf5 17. Rae1 Nc6 18. Bd2
Rh7 19. Qf4 Bd7 20. d5 Nce7 21. c4 Rc8 22. Re4 a6 23. Rb1 b5 24. d6 Ng8 25. c5
Rxc5 26. c3 Nf6 27. Re7 Nxe7 28. dxe7 Rxe7 29. Qd6 Qe5 30. Qd3+ Bf5 31. Qf1
Bxb1 32. Qxb1+ Qe4 33. Qb3 Rd5 34. Qb2 Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Qe3+ 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 0-1