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COLORADO CHESS INFORMANT

The 64th Colorado Open

www.ColoradoChess.com

Volume 40, Number 4 October 2013 / $3.00

Getting ready for the fifth and final round of the Colorado Open.

© 2013

The Colorado State Chess Association, Inc., is a Section 501(C)(3) tax exempt, non-profit educational corporation formed to promote chess in Colorado. Contributions are tax deductible.

Dues are $15 a year or $5 a tournament. Youth (under 21) and Senior (65 or older) memberships are $10. Family memberships are available to additional family members for $3 off the regular dues.

Send address changes and memberships to Joe Haines. Send pay renewals to Richard Buchanan. See back cover for EZ renewal form.

The Colorado Chess Informant (CCI) is the official publication of the CSCA, published four times a year in January, April, July and October.

Articles in the CCI do not necessarily reflect the views of the CSCA Board of Directors or its membership.

In This Issue 3. The President Speaks Randy S. Reynolds CSCA Financial Statement Richard “Buck” Buchanan

4. Colorado Open Weekend Joe Haines with Richard “Buck” Buchanan

12. Monument Open Fred Eric Spell

18. Pikes Peak Open Richard “Buck” Buchanan

24. Tactics Time! Tim Brennan

26. Forcing a Draw - Problems NM Todd Bardwick

28. 2013-14 Colorado Tour Standings Jackson Chen

29. Colorado Chess Club Directory

30. Upcoming Colorado Tournaments

32. USCF Delegate Report Richard “Buck” Buchanan Tara ...Queen of the Upsets Galore Joe Fromme

From the Editor

From CSCA Secretary Joe Haines: “The Colorado State Chess Association held its Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 1st between rounds four and five of the Colorado Open. Randy Reynolds was elected as President, Brad Lundstrom was elected as Vice-President, Richard “Buck” Bu-chanan was as elected Treasurer, and I was re-elected as Secre-tary. Alexander Freeman was Elected to the Member-At-Large position and Jackson Chen was elected as the Junior Rep. Other business at the meeting was the membership approving two by-law changes and changes to how Colorado Tour points are calcu-lated and managed for the upcoming year. Please check the web-site for these changes.” I want to congratulate all those who were elected for the upcom-ing year, I am sure that they will work cohesively and vigorously to promote and expand chess in Colorado. I also want to congrat-ulate Chief TD Richard “Buck” Buchanan and his assistant Joe Haines for running what must be the smoothest Colorado Open yet! What a great turn-out, I hope every player had a time to re-member.

Speaking of the Colorado Open, “Buck” has chosen a large num-ber of games for your chess pleasure to peruse. The second part of games will be listed in the next issue of the Informant. Many other games scores also await you from the Monument Open, and Pikes Peak Open.

So again, the email addresses of the board members can be found on the left. They are always more than willing to listen to what you may have to say and/or suggest to help improve chess in this great state of Colorado. So send them a note whether the issue is a minor one or not, your opinion counts.

May Caissa be with you.

Fred Eric Spell

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October 2013


Informant Article Submission Deadlines:

January Issue - December 1 April Issue - March 1

July Issue - June 1 October Issue - September 1

CSCA Board of Directors

President: Randy Reynolds [email protected]

Vice President: Brad Lundstrom [email protected]

Secretary: Joe Haines [email protected]

Treasurer: Richard “Buck” Buchanan [email protected]

Junior Representative: Jackson Chen [email protected]

Members at Large: Zachary Bekkedahl [email protected]

Alexander Freeman [email protected]

CSCA Appointees

USCF Delegate: Richard “Buck” Buchanan [email protected]

CCI Editor: Fred Eric Spell [email protected]

Colorado Chess Tour: Jackson Chen [email protected]

Correspondence Chess: Klaus Johnson [email protected]

Scholastic Chess: Zachary Bekkedahl [email protected]

Webmaster & Tournament Clearinghouse: Rick Nelson [email protected]

Volume 40, Number 4



The President Speaks

It’s an exciting upcoming year for Colorado chess. In the last membership meeting, we passed a couple big changes to the way we conduct our Colorado tour events in hopes of drawing more participants and tournament directors to the tour. These changes I wish to address in my first remarks.

We have first changed the formula for calculating tour points to make it simpler for anyone to determine how many tour points they acquire at a given tournament. This simplified formula will actually be very similar to the way we used to calculate tour points, though, in that those that attend many events and do well at each event will tend to do well at the tour. I believe when players know exactly how many tour points they get per event, it will encourage them to attend more events.

We changed a few of the requirements for tour events, too, to make them more amenable to tournament directors. First, the 25% discount that we require for juniors, seniors, or unrated players has been eliminated, and tournament directors are free to set their own pricing for their tournaments. Even with this change, I would strongly encourage tournament directors to still keep the discounts in place whenever possible. A tournament’s attendance is likely to be impacted by not offering these dis-counts. It extends an olive branch of sorts to key demographics with financial assistance, especially with unrated players. I al-ways cringe when I think of the upfront cost for a new player coming to their first tournament, having to buy USCF and CSCA memberships as well as the entry fee. Helping new play-ers, in particular, feel comfortable at their first rated tournament ought to be paramount for any tournament director.

We also changed the way the tour is funded by taking a third of membership dues and dedicating it to the tour, which eliminates

the need of tournament directors paying $1 per player. This is to allow tournament directors to keep their prize funds high even when they are on the tour. It places the onus of funding the tour on the CSCA general funds. I know there are some who disagree with this approach, saying that it compels all players to contrib-ute to the tour prizes via membership dues, whether or not they seek to compete. In an ideal world, we would all pay for only the things we wanted and nothing else. But when we are part of a community, there are often services that we pay for that we will never use. And such it is with our chess community as well. Having a centrally funded tour promotes CSCA’s primary mis-sion of promoting chess in Colorado, and I encourage everyone to attend as many tour events as possible. For those worried about the financial impact this will have to CSCA, rest assured that we will revisit this very issue a year from now to answer this very question. Our healthy surplus also testifies that we will be able to weather any financial impact this may cause, at least in the short term.

I see bright things ahead for Colorado chess. We saw extremely high attendance at the last Colorado Open, topping 130. We have the beginnings of a team scholastic chess event coming out of the scholastics program. And new tournaments and tourna-ment directors are emerging, giving plenty of opportunities for chess growth in the state. It’s a great time to be playing chess in Colorado.

As always, please feel free to share with me any ideas you have for furthering chess in our state. We all share an active part in making our Colorado chess the top program in the nation, and this is my hope that it shall become such.

Randy Reynolds, CSCA President

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Volume 40, Number 4 October 2013

For fiscal year September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013 This does not include money in the Scholastics account.

Richard “Buck” Buchanan, CSCA Treasurer Income Memberships from tournaments and individual renewals: $2657.00 Contributions 5.00 $2662.00 Non-income money in account: Tour $391 Correspondence entries $140

Expenses

Regular Expenses Registration, Secretary of State $10.00 USCF Affiliation $40.00 Insurance Premium (matched by Scholastics) $280.00 RAM – website expenses $120.00 Correspondence Rating fee $112.00 Postage, copying $15.40 $577.40

Events Related Expenses 2012 Colorado Open loss $166.81 Site fee, Colorado Class $300.00 Expenses for May 25 tournament $227.50 Reimbursement to players for NM match $700.00 T-shirts for NM match $63.51 Added to Closed/Senior tournament income $201.06 Added to Tour income $109.00 Tour plaques / trophies $190.00 $1957.88

Total Expenses: $2535.28

Gain: $126.72 Current Checkbook Balance: $8195.41

2013 CSCA Financial Statement



Colorado Open Weekend

by Joe Haines

Labor Day weekend was a great week-end for chess in Colorado. The Colorado State Chess Association hosted three great events for chess players.

The weekend kicked off Friday evening with a Simul with IM, and Colorado na-tive, Michael Mulyar. Nine players chal-lenged the IM and one player, Rhett Langseth, succeeded in coming away with a draw and autographed photo with the International Master for his hard work.

The second event of the weekend was the 2013 Colorado Quick State Champion-ship. 29 players participated in the event including International Master Sandor Kustar from South Dakota and Life Mas-ter Brian Wall. This year’s event was a six-round event that ended up with a three way tie for first place between IM Kustar, and Colorado Experts Jesse Cohen and Chris Peterson. IM Kustar won the event on tie-breaks; however, Chris Peterson was declared the Quick State Champion over Jesse Cohen also on tie-breaks.

The main event of the weekend was the 2013 Colorado Open. This year’s event included 131 players in three sections. This year’s field included four past state champions including IM Michael Mulyar who was making his first appearance since 2009. Other past state champions included Randy Canney, Jesse Cohen and Brain Wall. This year’s event also includ-ed two IMs (Mulyar and Kustar) in the field. These two players were undefeated and faced each other in round 4 in what many individuals thought would deter-mine the winner of the tournament. Their long battle resulted in a draw and left the determination of a winner to the last round. In the last round, IM Mulyar faced NM Lior Lapid while IM Kustar face Expert Chris Peterson. Kustar beat Peter-son while Mulyar could only manage a draw against Lapid. This gave Kustar the tournament win. Mulyar won the title of Colorado State Champion on tiebreak over Lapid, Jesse Cohen, and Zach Bekkedahl, who all scored 4-1.

In the U1800 Section Victor Huang won

by going 5 – 0 in a very competitive sec-tion where five players finished tied for 2nd with four points each. Finishing tied for 2nd were Dean Clow, Suhaas Nara-yanan, John Krue, Dennis Bolshakov and Ryan Beckett.

The U1400 Section was won by Rebecca Herman. Rebecca was undefeated. She completed her sweep of the section by beating Joe Aragon in the final round for the win. Finishing in second place was Tom Needham with 4.5 points.

A special thanks goes out to Richard “Buck” Buchanan who was the Chief Tournament Director for both the Quick Championship and the Open Champion-ship.

Games from the Colorado Open as selected by

Chief TD, Richard “Buck” Buchanan Gunnar Andersen (1945) IM Michael Mulyar (2546)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Qd3 Nbd7 8.Nxd7 Qxd7 9.Nc3 g6 10.e4 Bg7 11.Be2 0–0 12.0–0 Rad8 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.h3 Nd7 15.Be3 Ne5 16.Qc2 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.b3 Be6 19.Rac1 f5 20.f3 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Bxh3 22.gxh3 Qg3+ 23.Kh1 Qxh3+ 24.Kg1 Qg3+ 25.Kh1 Rf5 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.Rf1 Rd6 28.Rc2 Qh3+ 29.Rh2 0–1 Rhett Langseth (1894) Lior Lapid (2290)

1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 Nf6 3.c3 g6 4.Nbd2 Bg7 5.Qb3 Na6 6.e4 Nc5 7.Qc2 fxe4 8.dxe4 d5 9.Bd3 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Nfxe4 11.Nxe4 Bf5 12.Nfd2 Qd5 13.f3 Nd3+ 14.Kf1 Rf8 15.Qb3 Bxe4 16.Qa4+ c6 17.Qxe4 Bh6 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Ke2 Nf4+ 20.Kf1 Nd3 21.Ke2 Nxc1+ 22.Raxc1 Rf6 23.Kd3 Ra6 24.a3 Rb6 25.Rc2 Re6 26.Nf1 Rc8 27.g3 Re1 28.f4 Rc6 29.Rf2 Rb6 30.Rg1 Ra1 31.Rgg2 Bg7 32.Nd2 Rc6 33.Nb3 Re1 34.Rd2 e6 35.Nd4 ½–½ Ted Doykos (1902) Randy Canney (2238)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.0–0 Bc5 10.f3 Ng5 11.f4 Ne4 12.Be3 Bb6 13.c3 0–0 14.Nd2 f6 15.Nxe4 fxe5 16.fxe5 Rxf1+ 17.Qxf1

dxe4 18.Qc4+ Kh8 19.Rf1 Qe8 20.Qf7 Rd8 21.Qf4 c5 22.Nb3 Bb5 23.Re1 Rd5 24.Qxe4 Rxe5 25.Qf4 h6 26.Kf2 Bd3 27.g4 Re6 28.Kg3 Rf6 29.Bf2 Qf8 30.Qe3 Bc4 31.Bg1 Bd5 32.Qe5 Rf3+ 33.Kh4 c6 34.Be3 Bd8+ 35.g5 Rf5 36.Bxc5 Bxg5+ 37.Kg4 Rxe5 38.Bxf8 Rxe1 0–1 Michael Ginat (2201) Kevin Apper (1902)

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d3 Be6 7.Bg2 f6 8.Bd2 Qd7 9.0–0 h5 10.h4 0–0–0 11.Re1 Bc5 12.Ne4 Bb6 13.a3 Kb8 14.Rc1 Rdg8 15.Nc5 Bxc5 16.Rxc5 Nce7 17.b4 Bg4 18.e4 Nb6 19.Be3 Nc6 20.Qc2 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 g5 22.Kf1 gxh4 23.gxh4 Qh3+ 24.Ke2 Qd7 25.b5 Ne7 26.Rc1 c6 27.a4 Rd8 28.Rg1 Nec8 29.Qb3 Nd6 30.Rg6 f5 31.Rxe5 fxe4 32.Bxe4 Nxe4 33.Bxb6 axb6 34.Rxe4 Rhf8 35.Rg3 Qf5 36.f4 Qf6 37.Rg5 Qa1 38.Qe6 Rfe8 39.Qxe8 Rxe8 40.Rxe8+ Kc7 41.Rge5 Qc1 42.Re4 Qc2+ 43.Ke3 Qc1+ 44.Kd4 Qb2+ 45.Ke3 Qc1+ 46.Kd4 Qb2+ ½–½ Isaac Martinez (1932) Jesse Cohen (2187)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.b3 g6 10.Bb2 Bg7 11.Nd2 0–0 12.Rb1 Rae8 13.Nf3 f6 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.Qa5 fxe5 16.Ba3 d6 17.Qxa6 e4 18.Ng1 e3 19.f3 Qh4+ 20.g3 Bc3+ 21.Ke2 Qd4 22.Bc1 Bb4 23.Bg2 Qc3 24.Nh3 Qc2+ 25.Kf1 Qd1# 0–1 Zach Bekkedahl (2220) Jack Woehr (1877)

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.f4 0–0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Bg4 8.Bd3 Na6 9.Bxa6 bxa6 10.0–0 Rb8 11.Rb1 h6 12.Bh4 Rb4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qb8 15.b3 Qc7 16.a3 Rd4 17.Bf2 Rd2 18.Rbc1 Nh5 19.g4 Nxf4 20.Be3 Nxh3+ 21.Qxh3 Bxc3 22.Bxh6 Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Rf2 24.Rxf2 Bxf2 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Qh8# 1–0 Kevin Seidler (2053) Tim Brennan (1990)

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.d4 cxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Bf4 a6 10.a3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Ba2 Bb7 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bf6 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Qd2 Bxb2 18.Rcd1




Bf6 19.Rfe1 Qb6 20.Bd6 Rfd8 21.Bxf7+ Kxf7 (Tactician Tim points out that ac-cepting the sacrifice leads to mate in fif-teen.) 22.Qd5+ Kg6 23.Qe4+ Kf7 24.Qe6+ Kg6 25.Nh4+ Kh5 26.g4+ 1–0 Nabil Spann (1821) Lukasz Kidzinski (2030)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 c5 8.0–0 0–0 9.Be3 Nd7 10.c3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Bf6 12.Qc2 h6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Rfe1 Bxd4 15.Nxd4 Nf6 16.Bf3 a6 17.Rd2 Bd7 18.Red1 Rad8 19.g3 Rfe8 20.Bg2 g6 21.f4 e5 22.fxe5 Rxe5 23.Qb3 Bg4 24.Nf3 Qc5+ 25.Rd4 Re2 26.h3 Be6 27.Qxb7 Nd5 28.Kh2 Re8 29.R1d2 Rxd2 30.Nxd2 Ne3 31.Ne4 Qf5 32.Nd6 Qf2 33.Qf3 Nf1+ 34.Kh1 Nxg3+ 35.Kh2 Nf1+ 36.Kh1 Qxf3 37.Bxf3 Rb8 38.b3 Ne3 ½–½ Jeffrey Baffo (1801) Carlos Santillan (2043)

1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.f3 e5 5.fxe4 Bc5 6.Nf3 0–0 7.d3 h6 8.Rf1 Nc6 9.a3 a6 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Bxd4 exd4 13.Nd1 Qe7 14.h3 Be6 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Nd2 Rad8 17.Rxf6 Qxf6 18.Nf2 Qg5 19.0–0–0 f5 20.Kb1 Qxg2 21.Qe1 Bd6 22.Qg1 Qxg1 23.Rxg1 Bf4 0–1 IM Michael Mulyar (2546) Marc Jimenez (2075)

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nf6 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.h3 Bxf3 6.exf3 Nbd7 7.Be3 c6 8.Nc3 g6 9.Be2 Bg7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Rac1 Nb6 12.d5 c5 13.a4 Nbd7 (Black's knights do not have much fun in this game.) 14.f4 Nb8 15.Bf3 Na6 16.Na2 Rb8 17.Rcd1 h5 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.Be2 Qd7 20.Bd3 Nh7 21.Qc2 f5 22.g4 Rf8 23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Bd2 Nc7 25.Kh2 Rf7 26.Rg1 Kf8 27.Rg6 e5 28.dxe6 Nxe6 29.Bxf5 Nd4 30.Bxd7 Nxc2 31.Be6 Rf6 32.Rxf6+ Bxf6 33.Bf5 Kg7 34.Bxc2 1–0 Carlos Santillan (2043) IM Sandor Kustar (2353)

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nh6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.c4 Qh5 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Ne5 Bg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Nd5 a6 13.Ba4 e6 14.Nf4 Qf5 15.Bc2 Nxe3 16.fxe3 Qg5 17.0–0 cxd4 18.exd4 Nc6 19.d5 Rad8 20.Rb1 Be5 21.Nd3 exd5 22.c5 Bg7 23.Kh1 Nd4 24.b4 Nf5 25.Rf3 Rfe8 26.Ba4 Re4 27.c6

bxc6 28.Bxc6 Nd4 29.Rg3 Qe7 30.Ba4 Ne2 31.Nc5 Nxg3+ 32.hxg3 Rh4+ 33.gxh4 Qxh4+ 34.Kg1 Bd4+ 0–1 Jason Loving (2060) LM Brian Wall (2236)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.0–0–0 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Ne5 12.Bb3 Be7 13.h4 Nh5 14.Qe2 Nxg3 15.fxg3 g4 16.Rhf1 h5 17.Kb1 Bd7 18.Qe3 b5 19.Nce2 b4 20.Nf4 Qb6

21.Qd2 a5 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Ndxe6 Bxe6 24.Nxe6 Qc6 25.Qf4 Rc8 26.Ng7+ Kd7 27.Qxe5 Qxc2+ 28.Ka1 Qxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rc1+ 30.Rxc1 dxe5 31.Kb1 Bf6 32.Nf5 Rb8 33.b3 a4 34.bxa4 Ra8 35.Ne3 Rxa4 36.Nd5 Bd8 37.Rc4 Ra3 38.Rxb4 Rxg3 39.Rb2 Bxh4 40.a4 Bd8 41.a5 h4 42.a6 Ra3 43.Rb7+ Kc8 44.Rg7 Rxa6 45.Rxg4 Rh6 46.Kc2 h3 47.gxh3 Rxh3 48.Rg7 Rf3 49.Kd2 Bh4 50.Nb6+ Kd8 51.Rg4 Bg3 52.Nc4 Bf4+ 53.Ke2 Rc3 54.Nd6 Kd7 55.Nf5 Ke6 56.Rg6+ Kf7 57.Rg7+ Kf6 ½–½ Ryan Swerdlin (1953) Jeffrey Baffo (1801)

1.c4 e5 2.g3 h5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 h4 5.d3 hxg3 6.hxg3 Rxh1 7.Bxh1 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.e3 d6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Qh5 Be6 12.Be4 Kd7 13.0–0–0 Qh8 14.Qe2 f5 15.Bd5 Qh6 16.Kb1 Nd8 17.d4 e4 18.c5 c6 19.Bxe6+ fxe6 20.cxd6 Bxd6 21.Qc2 Nf7 22.Nge2 Qh2 23.Nf4 Bxf4 24.exf4 Nd6 25.Qe2 Rh8 26.b3 Qg2 27.Rf1 b5 28.Nd1 Rh2 29.Ne3 Qxg3 30.Nc2 Qc3 31.Rg1 Rh7 32.Qd1 a5? 33.Rg3 e3 34.Rxe3 Ne4 35.f3 Nd2+ 36.Kc1 Qxe3 37.Nxe3 Rh2 38.Qxd2 Rxd2 39.Kxd2 ... 1–0

Joe Pahk (1749) Isaac Martinez (1932)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Qd2 Bxf2+ 8.Ke2 Nbd7 9.Na4 Qd4 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Na4 Qc6 13.Qb4 dxe4 14.Kxf2 exd3 15.cxd3 Qc2+ 16.Bd2 Qxd3 17.Rhd1 b6 18.Bc3 Ne4+ 19.Kg1 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 Nf2+ 0–1 Samuel Kater (1018) Randy Reynolds (1837)

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Ngf6 10.0–0 e6 11.c4 Be7 12.Bf4 Ng4 13.Ne4 Nb6 14.g3 f5 15.c5 Nc8 16.Ned2 g5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.Be5 Bf6 19.Rfe1 Kd7 20.d5! cxd5 21.Qb5+ Ke7 22.Qxb7+ Ke8 23.Nxg5 Bxg5 24.Bxh8 Bxd2 25.Rxe6+ Ne7 26.Rxe7+ Qxe7 27.Qxa8+ Kf7 28.Qxd5+ Kg6 29.Qd6+ Qxd6 30.cxd6 Bb4 31.d7 Be7 32.Re1 Kf7 33.f3 Nf6 34.Rxe7+ 1–0 Randy Canney (2238) IM Michael Mulyar (2546)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.0–0 Be7 7.Re1 0–0 8.e5 Ne8 9.c3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 d6 11.exd6 Nxd6 12.Nd5 Be6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Nd4 Qf6 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qe2 e5 18.Be3 Nf5 19.Rad1 Qf7 20.b3 a5 21.Bc5 Rfe8 22.Qe4 Re6 23.f3 Rae8 24.Qc4 Nd6 25.Bxd6 Rxd6 26.Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.Kf2 a4 28.Rc1 Rd2+ 29.Re2 Rxe2+ 30.Kxe2 axb3 31.axb3 Re6 32.Rc5 Ke7 33.h4 Kd6 34.Rc4 Kd5 35.Ke3 c5 36.Rc3 Rb6 37.Rd3+ Ke6 38.f4 Rb4 39.fxe5 Rxh4 40.Rd8 Rh5 41.Re8+ Kd7 42.Rg8 Rxe5+ 43.Kf4 Re7 44.g4 Ke6 45.g5 g6 46.Rd8 Rf7+ 47.Ke4 Rf5 48.Rh8 Rxg5 49.Rxh7 Kd6 50.Kd3 Rg3+ 51.Kc4 Rg4+ 52.Kc3 Kc6 53.Rg7 Kb6 54.Rg8 g5 55.Rb8+ Kc6 56.Rg8 Rg1 57.Kc4 Rg4+ 58.Kc3 Kd5 59.Rd8+ Ke6 60.Rc8 Kd7 61.Rg8 c6 62.Rg6 Kc7 63.Rg8 Kb7 64.Rg7+ Kb6 65.Rg8 Rg1 66.Kc4 Rc1+ 67.Kd3 c4+ 68.bxc4 Rg1 69.Re8 Kc5 70.Re4 g4 71.Ke2 g3 72.Kf3 Kb4 73.Rg4 Rc1 74.Ke2 g2 0–1 LM Brian Wall (2236) Lukasz Kidzinski (2030)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bd3 0–0 6.Nd2 d6 7.h4 c5 8.c3 Re8 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Kf1 cxd4 11.exd4 Ne7 12.Ng3 Bd7 13.h5 Nd5 14.hxg6 hxg6




15.Qf3 Bc6 16.Qg4 f5 17.Bxf5 Nf6 18.Qh4 Qa5 19.Bd3 Bb5 20.Nc4 Qa6 21.d5 g5 22.Bh7+ Kf8 23.Qxg5 Re5 24.Nf5 Bxc4+ 25.Kg1 Rxf5 26.Bxf5 Re8 27.Rh3 Re5 28.Rg3 Ne8 29.f4 Qb6+ 30.Kh2 Qf2 31.fxe5 Bxe5 32.Be4 Nf6 33.Bf3 Qxb2 34.Re1 Qxc3 35.Rxe5 Qxe5 36.Qxe5 dxe5 37.d6 e4 38.Bxe4 Ke8 39.Bf5 Bxa2 40.Rc3 Be6 41.Bxe6 fxe6 42.Rc7 a5 43.Rxb7 Nd5 44.Kg3 a4 45.Ra7 a3 46.Kf3 Nb4 47.g4 a2 48.g5 a1Q 49.Rxa1 Kd7 50.g6 1–0 Matthew Campbell (2000) Chris Peterson (2163)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.0–0 Nc6 6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2 Nge7 8.c3 b6 9.h4 h5 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Nf1 d5 12.e5 d4 13.c4 Nf5 14.N1h2 Qc7 15.Bf4 Nce7 16.Ng5 b5 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Rb8 19.cxb5 Rxb5 20.b3 0–0 21.g4 Nxh4 22.gxh5 Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.hxg6 Qg5+ 25.Kh1 fxg6 26.Rg1 Qf4 27.Qh5 Nhf5 28.Rxg6+ Nxg6 29.Qxg6+ Kh8 30.Rg1 Qh6 31.Bxf5 Qxg6 32.Bxg6 Rxf2 33.Rg2 Rxg2 34.Kxg2 c4 35.Nf3 Rg5+! 36.Kf2 cxb3 37.axb3 Rxg6 38.Nxd4 Kg8 39.Kf3 Kf7 40.Nc6 Rf6+ 41.Ke4 a6 42.d4 Rf5 43.Ne5+ Ke7 44.d5 Rh5 45.dxe6 Kxe6 46.Nc6 Rh4+ 47.Kd3 Kd6 48.Na5 Kc5 49.Kc3 Rh3+ 50.Kb2 Kb5 51.Nb7 Kb4 52.Ka2 Rd3 0–1 Brad Lundstrom (1993) Kevin Seidler (2053)

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e4 fxe4 7.Nxe4 0–0 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.Ng5 Nb6 10.0–0 c6 11.b3 Bd7 12.Bb2 Nbd5 13.Qd2 e6 14.Rae1 h6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Be8 17.c4 Nf6 18.Bg2 Bf7 19.h3 Qc7 20.g4 Rae8 21.Ng3 b6 22.Bf3 c5 23.dxc5 bxc5 24.g5 hxg5 25.fxg5 Nd7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Ne4 d5 28.Nf6 Nxf6 29.gxf6+ Kh7 30.Qg5 Rh8 31.cxd5 exd5 32.Rxe8 Rxe8 33.Qh4+ Kg8 34.Qh6 Be6 35.Qxg6+ Kh8 36.Qxe8+ 1–0 Joshua Samuel (1960) Gary Hewitt (1800)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bc4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.d5 exd5 10.Bxd5 0–0 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Re1 Bf6 13.Ng5 Bf5 14.Qe2 Rad8 15.Qf3 Bg6 16.Bf4 Qc8 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 g6 19.Bd5 Bg7 20.h4 h5 21.c4 Nd4 22.Qg3 b6 23.Be5 Qg4 24.Qxg4 hxg4 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Re7 g3 27.Rxa7

Rde8 28.Kf1 Bxf2 29.Rd7 Re5 30.Rd1 Rf5 31.Rd3 Re8 32.Rd1 Bd4+ 33.Bf3 Rfe5 34.Bd5 Rf5+ 35.Bf3 Rf4 36.Re1 Rxf3+ 37.gxf3 Rxe1+ 38.Kg2 Be5 39.Rd2 Bf4 40.Rd8+ Kg7 41.Kh3 Rh1+ 42.Kg2 Rh2+ 43.Kg1 Be3+ 0–1 Joe Aragon (1413) Samuel Dorchuck (1397)

1.e4 c5 2.d3 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 g6 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Rb1 0–0 8.0–0 Bg4 9.Re1 Re8 10.h3 Bd7 11.b4 Qb6 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.a4 b6 14.b5 Ne5 15.Ncxe5 dxe5 16.Bf1 Rad8 17.Be3 Be6 18.Ng5 c4 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Qc2 cxd3 21.Bxd3 Rd6 22.f3 Red8 23.Be2 Nd7

24.Red1 Nc5 25.Bc4 Nb7 26.Rxd6 Rxd6 27.Qa2 Na5 28.Be2 Nb7 29.Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.Bxd1 Qd6 31.c4 Na5 32.c5 Qc7 33.c6 Qd6 34.Qd2 Nc4 35.Qxd6 Nxd6 36.Bb3 Kf7 37.Bd2 Bf6 38.Bb4 Nc8 39.Kf2 Bg5 40.g3 Bc1 41.Ke2 Bb2 42.Kd3 Bd4 43.Bd2 Bf2 44.g4 Kf6 45.g5+ Kf7 46.f4 exf4 47.Bxf4 Bc5 48.Bg3 Bd6 49.e5 Bc5 50.h4 Bb4 51.Bd1 Kg7 52.Bf3 Ba3 53.c7 Bc5 54.Bb7 1–0 Andrew Lin (1449) Rebecca Herman (1361)

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.Bd2 0–0 8.g4 a6 9.Bc4 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.h4 Nd4 12.h5 d5 13.h6 Bh8 14.a3 Qd7 15.f5 exf5 16.gxf5 dxe4 17.dxe4 Nxb3 18.cxb3 Rfe8 19.Kf1 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Bxe4 21.Qe2? Bd3 0–1 Victor Creazzi (1272) Eugin Pahk (1322)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd2 Qe7 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Bc4 d6 11.Nd5

Nxd5 12.Bxd5 0–0 13.0–0 Be6 14.b3 f5 15.f3 Bxd5 16.Qxd5+ Kh8 17.Ba3 Rf6 18.Rad1 Nd4 19.Rd2 Rc8 20.c4 b5 21.Rc1 Rg6 22.exf5 Nxf5 23.cxb5 Rxc1+ 24.Bxc1 Qa7+ 25.Kh1 Ng3+ 0–1 IM Michael Mulyar (2546) IM Sandor Kustar (2353)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bg2 Qxc4 8.0–0 Nc6 9.Nb3 d5 10.Bf4 d4 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Nxd4 c5 13.Nc6 Bd7 14.Ne5 Qb4 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.Qd3 Nf6 17.Rfd1 Be7 18.Bd6 Qb7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Na4 0–0 21.Rac1 h5 22.Nxc5 Rad8 23.Qc4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rc8 25.b4 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Nd5 28.Rc1 Qa7 29.e4 Nf6 30.Rd1 Qa3 31.Kg2 h4 32.e5 Nd5 33.Qxh4 Rb8 34.Rd4 Qb2 35.Qe4 Rxb4 36.Rxb4 Nxb4 37.Qa8+ Kh7 38.Qe4+ Kg8 39.h4 Nd5 40.h5 Qd2 41.Nd3 Qc2 42.Qf3 Qc3 43.Qe4 Qc2 44.Qf3 Qc3 45.Qe2 Qd4 46.Ne1 Nc3 47.Qe3 Qc4 48.h6 gxh6 49.Qxh6 Qe4+ 50.Nf3 Nd5 51.Qg5+ Kf8 52.Qd8+ Kg7 53.Qg5+ Kf8 54.Qd2 Kg7 55.Qd4 Qe2 56.Ng5 Qh5 57.Nh3 Qe2 58.Nf4 Nxf4+ 59.Qxf4 Qd1 60.Qf6+ Kg8 61.Qf3 Qd4 62.Qf6 Qd1 63.Qg5+ Kf8 64.g4 Qe1 65.Qd8+ Kg7 66.Qf6+ Kg8 67.Qf4 Qd1 68.Qe4 Kg7 69.g5 Qd2 70.Kg3 ½–½ Chris Peterson (2163) LM Brian Wall (2236)

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 e6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Ne5 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Ne4 Nf6 8.Ng5 Rg8 9.Ngxf7 Qd5 10.f3 c5 11.e4 Qxd4 12.Qxd4 cxd4 13.Bxc4 Nbd7 14.Bb5 Bc5 15.Ng5 a6 16.Bc6 Ke7 17.Nd3 a5 18.e5 Ba6 19.Bxa8 Bxd3 20.exf6+ gxf6 21.Be4 Ba6 22.h4 h6 23.f4 hxg5 24.hxg5 f5 25.Bf3 d3 26.Bd2 Bd4 27.Rc1 Nc5 28.b3 Kd6 29.Rh7 Bb2 30.Rxc5 Kxc5 31.Rc7+ Kd6 32.Rc6+ Kd7 33.Rxa6 Bd4 34.Rxa5 Rh8 35.Bxb4 Be3 36.g3 Rh2 37.Ra6 d2+ 38.Kd1 Rf2 39.Be2 1–0 Carlos Santillan (2043) Randy Canney (2238)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nf3 f6 9.h4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 0–0 12.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13.Qd2 b6 14.Nc3 fxe5 15.a3 Qe7 16.fxe5 Bb7 17.b4 a6 18.Bd3 Kh8 19.Ne2 b5 20.Ng5 Ndxe5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxh7 Nxd3+ 23.Qxd3 Rf5 24.g4 Re5 25.Ng5 Rf8 26.Qh7# 1–0




Ryan Swerdlin (1953) Michael Ginat (2201)

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0–0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Na6 10.0–0 Nc7 11.Re1 Rb8 12.a4 b6 13.Bc4 Bg4 14.e5 Nfe8 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 a6 17.Qd3 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Nxb5 20.Bxb5 dxe5 21.fxe5 Rxb5 22.Qxb5 Qxd5 23.Be3 Nc7 24.Qxc5 Bxe5 25.Qxd5 Nxd5 26.Bc5 Bxb2 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Rad1 Nf6 29.Kf2 h5 30.Kf3 Kg7 31.Re7 Ba3 32.Ra7 Bf8 33.Ra5 Nh7 34.Rd7 Nf6 35.Rb7 1–0 Jason Loving (2060) Zach Bekkedahl (2220)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bb5 a6 6.e5 axb5 7.exf6 Nc6 8.fxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Qe3 Qxe3+ 10.Bxe3 Bg7 11.c3 0–0 12.0–0 d5 13.Rd1 Be6 14.Nd4 b4 15.cxb4 Nxb4 16.Nc3 Rfd8 17.Rd2 Nc6 18.f3 Ne5 19.b3 Rac8 20.Na4 Nc6 21.Rad1 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Bh6 23.Re2 Rc6 24.Kf2 b5 25.Nc5 Bg7 26.b4 Ra8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Ke3 d4+ 29.Rxd4 Bxa2 30.Kf4 Bc4 31.Rc2 Ra1 32.Nd3 Rd1 33.Rc3 Re6 34.Rd7 Re2 35.Nc5 Rxd7 36.Nxd7 Rxg2 37.Ne5 Rb2 38.Nxc4 Rxb4 39.Kg3 Rxc4 40.Rd3 Rc6 0–1 Jackson Chen (2124) Ron Rossi (1837)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Bd5 Rb8 9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.0–0 Be7 11.Bc6+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Nc3 0–0 14.Bg5 Qg4 15.Qe3 Rfe8 16.f3 Qe6 17.Qd2 Rbd8 18.Rad1 b4 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Nd5 Qxb2 21.Nxc7 Rf8 22.Nd5 Bf6 23.Nxf6+ gxf6 24.c4 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 Rfe8 26.Rfd1 Rc8 27.Rxd6 Rxc4 28.Rxa6 Rc2 29.h3 Rec8 30.Rad6 Rxa2 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Rxd8+ Kg7 33.Rb8 Rb2 34.Kh2 b3 35.Kg3 h6 36.h4 h5 37.Rb5 Kg6 38.Rb6 Kg7 39.Rb8 Kg6 40.Kf4 Kg7 41.g3 Rb1 42.Kf5 b2 43.f4 Rg1 44.Rxb2 Rxg3 45.Rb6 Rg4 46.Rxf6 Rxf4+ 47.Kxf4 Kxf6 48.e5+ Ke6 49.Ke4 ½–½ Gunnar Andersen (1945) Scott Lett (2130)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.f4 b5 7.cxb5 a6 8.Nf3 0–0 9.Be2 axb5 10.Bxb5 Na6 11.0–0 Nc7 12.Bc6 Ra7 13.h3 Nd7 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.g4 f5 16.gxf5 gxf5 17.e5 Nb5 18.e6 Qb7

19.Nxb5 Qxb5 20.Rf2 Bb7 21.Rg2 Qc4 22.Qe1 Rf6 23.Nh4 Qxd5 24.Bd2 Rg6 25.Rxg6 hxg6 26.Kh2 Bxb2 27.Rd1 Rxa2 28.Qg3 Bg7 29.Qe3 Bd4 30.Qg3 Rxd2+ 31.Rxd2 Qh1# 0–1 Nabil Spann (1821) Joshua Samuel (1960)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.Bd3 c4 9.Be2 Qc7 10.0–0 Bd7 11.Nh4 0–0–0 12.f4 Ng6 13.Qe1 Nce7 14.g4 f6 15.exf6 gxf6 16.f5 Nxh4 17.fxe6 Bxe6 18.Qxh4

f5 19.Bg5 Ng6 20.Bxd8 Nxh4 21.Bxc7 Kxc7 22.h3 fxg4 23.Bxg4 Rg8 24.Kf2 Bxg4 25.hxg4 Rxg4 26.Rg1 Re4 27.Rae1 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Nf5 29.Re5 Nd6 30.Rxd5 Ne4+ 31.Kf3 Nxc3 32.Rh5 Kc6 33.Rxh7 Nb5 34.Ke4 Nxa3 35.d5+ Kd6 36.Rxb7 Nxc2 37.Rxa7 Nb4 38.Ra4 Kc5 39.Ra8 Nd3 40.Rc8+ Kb4 41.Kd4 Nf4 42.Rxc4+ Kb5 43.Rc2 Ng6 44.d6 Kb6 45.d7 1–0 Suhaas Narayanan (1747) Victor Huang (1794)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0–0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0–0 e5 8.d5 h6 9.Ne1 Nh7 10.Nd3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.b4 Ndf6 13.c5 g5 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Bd2 Kh8 16.Be1 Rg8 17.Bf2 Bf8 18.Re1 g4 19.Kf1 Qe8 20.Bg1 h5 21.Qd2 Ng5 22.Nxf4 exf4 23.Qxf4 Qg6 24.Bd4 Bg7 25.Bd3 gxf3 26.gxf3 Rf8 27.Qg3 Nxd5 28.Ke2 Nxc3+ 29.Bxc3 Bxc3 30.h4 Rxf3 31.Qxg5 Qxg5 32.hxg5 Bg4 0–1 Dean Clow (1806) Daniel Ioffe (Unrated)

1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c6 5.Nd2 Bd6 6.Bg3 0–0 7.Ngf3 Qc7 8.Ne5 c5 9.c3 c4 10.Bc2 Nc6 11.f4 b5 12.Bh4 Ne8 13.Qh5 f5 14.0–0 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Be7

16.Rf4 Bxh4 17.Rxh4 h6 18.Qg6 Kh8 19.Bd1 Qf7 20.Qg3 Qg8 21.Nf3 Nc7 22.Ng5 Bd7 23.Qh3 1–0 Randy Schine (1558) Aidan Marco (1427)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.a3 f6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.exf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Bc5 8.exd4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Qe2+ Ne7 11.g3 0–0 12.Bg2 Qxf2+ 13.Qxf2 Rxf2 14.Bd5+ Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bg4 0–1 Lior Lapid (2290) IM Michael Mulyar (2546)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nxe4 8.Bxb4 Nxb4 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Qb3+ d5 11.Ne5+ Ke6 12.Qxb4 Qf8 13.Qxf8 Rxf8 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Kd6 16.f3 c5 17.Kd2 Be6 18.Rhe1 Rac8 19.Re2 cxd4 20.cxd4 Rf4 21.Ke3 g5 22.Rd1 Rff8 23.Rb2 b6 24.a4 Rc3+ 25.Rd3 Rxd3+ 26.Kxd3 Rc8 27.Kd2 h5 28.Rc2 Rxc2+ 29.Kxc2 a5 30.g3 Ke7 31.g4 hxg4 32.fxg4 Bg8 33.Kb3 Bh7 34.Nf3 Kf6 35.Ne5 Ke7 36.Nf3 ½–½ IM Sandor Kustar (2353) Chris Peterson (2163)

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.0–0 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.e4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc6 12.Be3 Qxd4 13.Bxd4 Be7 14.Rac1 0–0 15.e5 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Rad8 18.Bxe6 Rxd4 19.Bb3 Re4 20.f4 b6 21.Rc7 Bc5+ 22.Kg2 a5 23.Kf3 Re3+ 24.Kg4 g6 25.Rd1 Re2 26.Rdd7 Rxh2 27.Bxf7+ Kh8 28.e6 h5+ 29.Kg5 Rg2 30.e7 Rxg3+ 31.Kf6 Bxe7+ 32.Rxe7 h4 33.Re8 Rxe8 34.Bxe8 1–0 Marc Jimenez (2075) Jesse Cohen (2187)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.Qe4 Nb4 10.Nc3 Rd8 11.Be3 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Rxd5 14.Bxa6 Qxe5 15.Qc4 Nxa6 16.Qxa6 Bb4+ 17.Kf1 0–0 18.Qe2 Re8 19.Qc2 Bd2 20.Qb3 Bxe3 21.Re1 Qd6 22.fxe3 Rd2 23.Re2 Rd1+ 24.Re1 Rd8 25.Qc3 Qa6+ 26.Kf2 R1d2+ 27.Kf3 Qb7+ 28.Kf4 Rf2+ 29.Ke5 Qd5# 0–1




Zach Bekkedahl (2220) Ryan Swerdlin (1953)

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Nbd2 Nh5 10.Be5 f6 11.Bg3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 f5 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Ndf3 Qf6 15.Qe2 g5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.b4 Bd7 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Qxe5 Qxe5 20.dxe5 Rab8 21.Rab1 Kf7 22.f4 g4 23.Kf2 Rfc8 24.Ke3 Rb6 25.Kd4 Rbb8 26.Kc5 Rd8 27.Rh1 Kg7 28.Be2 Be8 29.Rhd1 Kf7 30.a4 Kg7 31.Ra1 Rbc8 32.Ba6 Rc7 33.Kd4 Rb8 34.Rab1 Rb6 35.Be2 Rb8 36.c4 Rxb4 37.Rxb4 c5+ 38.Kc3 cxb4+ 39.Kxb4 dxc4 40.Bxc4 a5+ 41.Kb3 Bxa4+ 42.Kxa4 Rxc4+ 43.Kxa5 Rc7 44.Kb6 Re7 45.Kc6 Kf7 46.Rh1 Kg6 47.Kd6 Ra7 48.Kxe6 Ra6+ 49.Kd5 Ra5+ 50.Kd4 Ra2 51.Re1 Rxg2 52.e6 Rd2+ 53.Ke5 Rd8 54.e7 Re8 55.Ke6 Ra8 56.Rd1 Ra6+ 57.Kd5 1–0 Gary Hewitt (1800) LM Brian Wall (2236)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.Nf3 b6 9.e3 0–0 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.Bc2 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Qd4 Re8 14.Kd2 Ba6 15.Bd3 Rad8 16.Qh4 g6 17.Qh6 d5 0–1 Scott Lett (2130) DuWayne Langseth (1965)

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Qd6 3.Qd2 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.0–0–0 Nf6 6.f3 c5 7.Bf4 Qd8 8.dxc5 0–0 9.Bxb8 Rxb8 10.e4 Bxc5 11.exd5 Qa5 12.Qf4 Bd7 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bb3 Qb6 15.Qh4 b4 16.Ne4 Be3+ 17.Kb1 Nxd5 18.Ne2 Bb5 19.c4 bxc3 20.N2xc3 Nb4 21.Nxb5 Nxa2 22.Ned6 Nc1 23.Rxc1 Bxc1 24.Rxc1 a6 25.Qe7 axb5 26.Nxf7 Rbe8 27.Qd7 Ra8 28.Qxe6 Qxe6 29.Bxe6 Rfe8 30.Bd5 Re2 31.Bxa8 Kxf7 32.Rc2 Re1+ 33.Ka2 Re7 34.Bd5+ 1–0 Ryan Snodgrass (1723) Lennon Gashwazra (1534)

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.c3 Nf6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Ne5 0–0 8.h3 Qc7 9.Ndf3 Nd7 10.Nxd7 Bxd7 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.exd4 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd4 Nxd3+ 16.Qxd3 Rfe8+ 17.Kd2 Re7 18.Rae1 Rae8 19.Qf3 Qh6+ 20.Re3 b5 21.Rhe1 g6 22.Qxd5 b4 23.cxb4 Qf4 24.R1e2 Ba4 25.Kd3 Rxe3+ 26.fxe3 Qf1 27.b3 Qb1+ 28.Kd2 Rc8 29.bxa4 Qxb4+ 30.Kd3 Qb1+ 31.Nc2

Qd1+ 32.Rd2 Qf1+ 33.Kd4 Qf6+ 34.Ke4 Re8+ 35.Kd3 Rd8 36.Qxd8+ Qxd8+ 37.Ke2 Qa5 38.Nd4 Qxa4 39.Kf3 Qb4 40.Re2 f5 41.g4 Qb7+ 42.Kg3 fxg4 43.hxg4 Qc7+ 44.Kf3 Qf7+ 45.Kg3 Qd5 46.Rf2 Qe5+ 47.Kf3 h5 48.gxh5 Qxh5+ 49.Kg3 Qe5+ 50.Kf3 g5 51.Kg2 Qd5+ 0–1 Joe Aragon (1413) Rebecca Herman (1361)

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.c3 e5 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.a3 a5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.Be3 0–0 9.Be2 b6 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bxd4 Bb7 14.Bd3 Rc8 15.Bc3

Re8 16.0–0 Bf8 17.Nd2 Nd7 18.Bb5 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Qf5 Be6 21.Qf3 Bc5 22.Ne4 Bd5 23.Qg3 g6 24.Nf6+ Nxf6 25.Bxe8 Ne4 26.Qe5 f6 27.Qf4 Qxe8 28.b4 Bd6 29.Qe3 Nxc3 30.Qd2 Be5 31.Rac1 Ne2+ 32.Qxe2 Bh2+ 33.Kxh2 Qxe2 34.Rxc8+ Kg7 35.Rfc1 Qxf2 36.R1c2 Qf4+ 37.Kg1 axb4 38.axb4 Qxb4 39.R2c7+ Kh6 0–1 IM Sandor Kustar (2353) Ryan Swerdlin (1953)

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.0–0 Nc6 5.d4 Bf5 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 h6 8.Be3 dxc4 9.Qa4 Qa5 10.Qxc4 Qb4 11.Qb5 Qxb5 12.Nxb5 Rc8 13.dxc5 Nd5 14.Bd4 a6 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.cxd6 f6 17.Bc5 Be4 18.Bh3 f5 19.Nd2 Nf6 20.f3 Bc2 21.Rac1 Ba4 22.e4 g6 23.exf5 gxf5 24.Rfe1 Kd7 25.Nc4 Nd5 26.Re5 Bb5 27.Rxd5 Bxc4 28.Rxc4 b5 29.Rxf5 exf5 30.Bxf5+ Kd8 31.Bb6+ 1–0 Ekrem Tamkan (2026) Ron Rossi (1837)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 e6 8.Nge2 Be7

9.0–0 0–0 10.a3 Nh5 11.Qc2 f5 12.Be5 Nf6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.b4 Bd7 15.Na4 Rc8 16.Qb3 Na7 17.Nc5 Rc7 18.Rac1 Be7 19.Nf4 Bxc5 20.dxc5 g5 21.Ne2 Bb5 22.Nd4 Qd7 23.Nf3 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 Qg7 25.Qd4 h6 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Nd4 Kf6 28.Ra1 Nc6 29.Rfe1 e5 30.Nxc6 Rxc6 31.Red1 Ke6 32.Kf1 Rfc8 33.Ra2 b6 34.cxb6 Rxb6 35.Rad2 Rd6 36.Ke2 Rc3 37.Rd3 Rxd3 38.Kxd3 Rc6 39.Rb1 e4+ 40.Kd2 Ke5 41.a4 d4 42.b5 dxe3+ 43.fxe3 axb5 44.axb5 Rd6+ 45.Kc3 Rd3+ 46.Kc4 f4 47.exf4+ Kxf4 48.Rf1+ Ke3 49.Re1+ Kf4 50.b6 Rd2 51.Kc3 e3 52.b7 Rd8 53.Rb1 e2 0–1 Jesse Cohen (2187) Ekrem Tamkan (2026)

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 0–0 6.Nge2 c6 7.0–0 Qc7 8.h3 Nbd7 9.Be3 a6 10.Qd2 b6 11.f4 Bb7 12.Rad1 Rad8 13.g4 c5 14.Ng3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 e5 16.Be3 exf4 17.Bxf4 Ne8 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 Ne5 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5+ Kh8 22.Rf2 Rd7 23.Bf1 b5 24.a4 Nc4 25.Bxc4 bxc4 26.b3 cxb3 27.cxb3 Qc3 28.Qd3 Qc6 29.Rc2 Qb7 30.Qd5 Qb8 31.Kg2 Rb7 32.Rd3 Rff7 33.Rc6 Rfc7 34.Kf3 Rxc6 35.Qxc6 a5 36.h4 Rb4 37.h5 Qd8 38.hxg6 hxg6 39.Rd1 Kg8 40.Ne2 Qe7 41.Qd5+ Qf7 42.Qxf7+ Kxf7 43.Rd3 Rb8 44.Bd2 Ra8 45.Rd5 Rb8 46.Nc1 Rc8 47.Ke2 Rc5 48.Rxc5 dxc5 49.Nd3 Bf8 50.Bxa5 c4 51.bxc4 Nd6 52.c5 Nxe4 53.c6 Ke8 54.Ke3 f5 55.gxf5 gxf5 56.Kd4 Nd6 57.Kd5 Nc8 58.Ke6 Ne7 59.c7 Nc8 60.Nf4 Bh6 61.Nd5 Bg7 62.Bb4 Bd4 63.Bc3 Bxc3 64.Nxc3 f4 65.a5 f3 66.Ne4 Na7 67.Kd6 Nc8+ 68.Kc6 Ke7 69.a6 Kf8 70.Kd7 1–0 Jasom Al-Adsani (1521) Richard Handoko (1404)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 Be6 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 0–0 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Nf3 c5 11.0–0 Rc8 12.Rac1 Ne8 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Rfd1 Nef6 15.Bf1 Rfe8 16.g3 Nf8 17.Bg2 Ng6 18.dxc5 Rxc5 19.Nd4 Rec8 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Qa4 b5 22.Qxa7 Ne4 23.Ne2 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25.Nxc1 Ne5 26.Qb8+ Kh7 27.Qxb5 Qf5 28.f4 Nc4 29.b3 Nxe3 30.Bxe4 Qxe4 31.Qd3 f5 32.Qxe4 fxe4 33.a4 d4 34.Na2 d3 35.Nc3 Nc2 36.Nxe4 1–0

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1 | IM SANDOR KUSTAR SD | 12812673 / R: 2353|4.5 |W 17|W 14|W 5|D 2|W 7| 2 | IM MICHAEL MULYAR CO | 12524770 / R: 2546|4.0 |W 22|W 13|W 12|D 1|D 3| 3 | LIOR LAPID CO | 12563733 / R: 2290|4.0 |D 33|W 45|W 32|W 20|D 2| 4 | ZACH BEKKEDAHL CO | 12805139 / R: 2220|4.0 |W 36|H |H |W 15|W 17| 5 | JESSE COHEN CO | 12807276 / R: 2187|4.0 |W 31|W 29|L 1|W 16|W 13| 6 | LM BRIAN WALL CO | 10923344 / R: 2236|3.5 |W 35|D 15|W 10|L 7|W 18| 7 | CHRIS PETERSON CO | 12859076 / R: 2163|3.5 |D 23|W 39|W 11|W 6|L 1| 8 | SCOTT LETT CO | 10408881 / R: 2130|3.5 |L 32|D 18|W 46|W 22|W 21| 9 | JACKSON CHEN CO | 13383565 / R: 2124|3.5 |W 37|L 32|W 33|D 24|W 20| 10 | LUKASZ KIDZINSKI BE | 15215904 / R: 2030|3.5 |D 19|W 23|L 6|W 33|W 24| 11 | MATTHEW CAMPBELL CO | 12529209 / R: 2000|3.5 |D 18|W 40|L 7|W 38|W 23| 12 | RANDY CANNEY CO | 10407443 / R: 2238|3.0 |W 34|W 21|L 2|L 14|W 36| 13 | MARC JIMENEZ CO | 12396660 / R: 2075|3.0 |W 43|L 2|W 36|W 32|L 5| 14 | CARLOS SANTILLAN CO | 11032095 / R: 2043|3.0 |W 48|L 1|W 31|W 12|U | 15 | JASON LOVING CO | 12875227 / R: 2060|3.0 |W 42|D 6|D 26|L 4|W 37| 16 | EKREM TAMKAN SD | 14980102 / R: 2026|3.0 |L 24|W 28|W 19|L 5|W 32| 17 | RYAN SWERDLIN CO | 13878522 / R: 1953|3.0 |L 1|W 48|W 45|W 26|L 4| 18 | GARY HEWITT TX | 10907136 / R: 1800|3.0 |D 11|D 8|W 29|W 27|L 6| 19 | NABIL SPANN CO | 13979063 / R: 1821|3.0 |D 10|D 30|L 16|W 29|W 31| 20 | BRAD LUNDSTROM CO | 10410347 / R: 1993|2.5 |W 47|H |W 27|L 3|L 9| 21 | DUWAYNE LANGSETH CO | 11197175 / R: 1965|2.5 |W 44|L 12|H |W 42|L 8| 22 | GUNNAR ANDERSEN CO | 14011512 / R: 1945|2.5 |L 2|W 43|D 38|L 8|W 42| 23 | JERRY CASTEEL III SD | 13408545 / R: 1891|2.5 |D 7|L 10|W 41|W 30|L 11| 24 | RON ROSSI CO | 12626575 / R: 1837|2.5 |W 16|D 27|H |D 9|L 10| 25 | ANDRE PATIN CO | 12777488 / R: 1779|2.5 |H |L 26|W 40|H |D 27| 26 | MICHAEL GINAT CO | 12533432 / R: 2201|2.0 |D 40|W 25|D 15|L 17|U | 27 | KEVIN SEIDLER CO | 12696800 / R: 2053|2.0 |W 28|D 24|L 20|L 18|D 25| 28 | TIM BRENNAN CO | 12718954 / R: 1990|2.0 |L 27|L 16|D 47|D 39|W 45| 29 | JOSHUA SAMUEL CO | 10408261 / R: 1960|2.0 |W 38|L 5|L 18|L 19|W 46| 30 | JASON KAMMERDINER NM | 13460067 / R: 1962|2.0 |D 39|D 19|D 42|L 23|D 34| 31 | ISAAC MARTINEZ CO | 12911979 / R: 1932|2.0 |L 5|W 44|L 14|W 46|L 19| 32 | MARK KROWCZYK CO | 12496393 / R: 1855|2.0 |W 8|W 9|L 3|L 13|L 16| 33 | RHETT LANGSETH CO | 13392987 / R: 1894|2.0 |D 3|W 41|L 9|L 10|D 38| 34 | TED DOYKOS CO | 12724380 / R: 1902|2.0 |L 12|L 38|W 43|H |D 30| 35 | JUSTIN ALTER CO | 14316670 / R: 1912|2.0 |L 6|L 42|W 39|L 37|W 44| 36 | JACK WOEHR CO | 11350330 / R: 1877|2.0 |L 4|W 47|L 13|W 45|L 12| 37 | RANDY REYNOLDS CO | 12842017 / R: 1837|2.0 |L 9|L 46|W 44|W 35|L 15| 38 | ALEXANDER FREEMAN CO | 14201087 / R: 1723|2.0 |L 29|W 34|D 22|L 11|D 33| 39 | ANDY WU CO | 14841060 / R: 1672|2.0 |D 30|L 7|L 35|D 28|W 43| 40 | KEVIN APPER CO | 12480458 / R: 1902|1.5 |D 26|L 11|L 25|L 41|W 47| 41 | KEN DOYKOS CO | 10358086 / R: 1808|1.5 |H |L 33|L 23|W 40|U | 42 | ALEX CACAS CO | 10116775 / R: 1800|1.5 |L 15|W 35|D 30|L 21|L 22| 43 | PIERRE JULIEN CO | 12541942 / R: 1819|1.0 |L 13|L 22|L 34|W 47|L 39| 44 | JOE PAHK CO | 12795426 / R: 1749|1.0 |L 21|L 31|L 37|B |L 35| 45 | JACOB ORNELAS NM | 12814850 / R: 1684|1.0 |B |L 3|L 17|L 36|L 28| 46 | SAMUEL KATER CO | 14616385 / R: 1018|1.0 |U |W 37|L 8|L 31|L 29| 47 | PHILLIP BROWN CO | 12693448 / R: 1769|0.5 |L 20|L 36|D 28|L 43|L 40| 48 | JEFFREY BAFFO CO | 10340195 / R: 1801|0.0 |L 14|L 17|U |U |U |


2013 Colorado Open Championship Section / Final Standings



1 | VICTOR HUANG CO | 14479400 / R: 1794|5.0 |W 29|W 15|W 26|W 3|W 7| 2 | DEAN CLOW CO | 14819401 / R: 1806|4.0 |L 9|W 16|W 10|W 21|W 8| 3 | SUHAAS NARAYANAN CO | 14290675 / R: 1747|4.0 |W 32|W 31|W 20|L 1|W 15| 4 | JOHN KRUE CO | 11459501 / R: 1662|4.0 |W 40|D 27|H |W 37|W 14| 5 | DENNIS BOLSHAKOV CO | 13035517 / R: 1678|4.0 |D 24|D 6|W 34|W 27|W 17| 6 | RYAN BECKETT CO | 12768757 / R: 1214|4.0 |D 8|D 5|W 18|W 25|W 19| 7 | NORBERT MARTINEZ CO | 12471639 / R: 1632|3.5 |W 41|W 21|D 25|W 11|L 1| 8 | ROBERT BLAHA CO | 13473723 / R: 1608|3.5 |D 6|W 24|W 37|W 30|L 2| 9 | THOMAS CORBETT CO | 12417362 / R: 1559|3.5 |W 2|D 25|H |D 19|W 24| 10 | JAVIER HOLLINES CO | 13896822 / R: 1475|3.5 |D 37|W 18|L 2|W 22|W 25| 11 | LUKE STEPHENS CO | 13664176 / R: 1725|3.0 |W 39|W 28|W 14|L 7|U | 12 | DEANNA ALTER CO | 14431124 / R: 1722|3.0 |L 27|W 40|L 17|W 28|W 30| 13 | JONATHAN BUCK CO | 14592015 / R: 1695|3.0 |L 17|W 39|W 41|L 14|W 29| 14 | AKSHAT JAIN CO | 14540963 / R: 1567|3.0 |W 36|W 19|L 11|W 13|L 4| 15 | EDWARD SEDILLO NM | 11441190 / R: 1619|3.0 |W 42|L 1|W 33|W 26|L 3| 16 | JASOM AL-ADSANI CO | 14468724 / R: 1521|3.0 |L 25|L 2|W 36|W 34|W 26| 17 | JOHN HARING CO | 13301283 / R: 1471|3.0 |W 13|L 26|W 12|W 20|L 5| 18 | MARK DERBY SD | 12639326 / R: 1765|2.5 |D 22|L 10|L 6|W 43|W 27| 19 | ANTHEA CARSON CO | 12614322 / R: 1725|2.5 |W 23|L 14|W 28|D 9|L 6| 20 | CORY KOHLER CO | 13802751 / R: 1677|2.5 |W 34|W 33|L 3|L 17|D 21| 21 | DANIEL IOFFE CO | 15202007 / R: Unr |2.5 |W 38|L 7|W 23|L 2|D 20| 22 | RICHARD BROWN CO | 14437935 / R: 1642|2.5 |D 18|L 37|W 43|L 10|W 38| 23 | LENNON GASHWAZRA CO | 13963663 / R: 1534|2.5 |L 19|W 36|L 21|D 33|W 37| 24 | AIDAN MARCO CO | 14362114 / R: 1427|2.5 |D 5|L 8|W 32|W 31|L 9| 25 | ALEXA LASLEY CO | 13658407 / R: 1693|2.0 |W 16|D 9|D 7|L 6|L 10| 26 | BRADY BARKEMEYER CO | 13567727 / R: 1678|2.0 |W 35|W 17|L 1|L 15|L 16| 27 | ERIC BARKEMEYER CO | 13685021 / R: 1656|2.0 |W 12|D 4|H |L 5|L 18| 28 | DEAN BROWN CO | 10224098 / R: 1632|2.0 |X |L 11|L 19|L 12|W 42| 29 | MIKE MADSEN CO | 12660190 / R: 1572|2.0 |L 1|L 34|W 40|W 41|L 13| 30 | DANIEL HERMAN CO | 14345456 / R: 1570|2.0 |L 33|W 35|W 42|L 8|L 12| 31 | RANDOLPH SCHINE CO | 12544184 / R: 1558|2.0 |W 43|L 3|H |L 24|D 35| 32 | MATT LASLEY SR. CO | 12500896 / R: 1529|2.0 |L 3|D 43|L 24|W 42|H | 33 | WILLIAM WOLF CO | 14762885 / R: 1463|2.0 |W 30|L 20|L 15|D 23|D 40| 34 | RICHARD HANDOKO SD | 15053653 / R: 1404|2.0 |L 20|W 29|L 5|L 16|W 41| 35 | DANIEL RUVINS CO | 14470112 / R: 1393|2.0 |L 26|L 30|B |D 38|D 31| 36 | DAVID GREEN CO | 11258794 / R: 1760|1.5 |L 14|L 23|L 16|D 39|W 43| 37 | RYAN SNODGRASS CO | 13154976 / R: 1723|1.5 |D 10|W 22|L 8|L 4|L 23| 38 | KEVIN LUCAS CO | 14000994 / R: 1627|1.5 |L 21|L 41|W 39|D 35|L 22| 39 | TIM KOHLER CO | 13802745 / R: 1525|1.5 |L 11|L 13|L 38|D 36|B | 40 | SPENCER SHOOK CO | 14217606 / R: 1512|1.5 |L 4|L 12|L 29|B |D 33| 41 | FEAMIR KATANA CO | 14236214 / R: 1402|1.0 |L 7|W 38|L 13|L 29|L 34| 42 | RICK LOVATO CO | 12489006 / R: 1311|1.0 |L 15|B |L 30|L 32|L 28| 43 | MATTHEW MILLER CO | 15207857 / R: 1300|0.5 |L 31|D 32|L 22|L 18|L 36|


2013 Colorado Open Under 1800 Section / Final Standings

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1 | REBECCA HERMAN CO | 14596051 / R: 1361|5.0 |W 34|W 35|W 9|W 19|W 4| 2 | TOM NEEDHAM CO | 12743781 / R: 1327|4.5 |W 38|D 20|W 24|W 7|W 10| 3 | ADAM YOUNG CO | 15208735 / R: Unr |4.0 |W 12|W 13|W 6|L 4|W 9| 4 | JOSEPH ARAGON CO | 11345409 / R: 1413|4.0 |W 39|W 27|W 11|W 3|L 1| 5 | TIKILA NICHOLS CO | 13406988 / R: 1353|4.0 |L 27|W 39|W 20|W 15|W 12| 6 | TODD BURGE CO | 20002495 / R: 1387|3.5 |W 25|W 31|L 3|W 24|D 16| 7 | KW COWIN CO | 15215890 / R: Unr |3.5 |D 19|W 26|W 8|L 2|W 20| 8 | SHAMIK BHAT CO | 14961720 / R: 1151|3.5 |D 21|W 30|L 7|W 32|W 19| 9 | ANDREW LIN CO | 14430362 / R: 1449|3.0 |W 40|W 15|L 1|W 11|L 3| 10 | TYLER CHASE CO | 13762328 / R: 1423|3.0 |L 24|W 17|W 27|W 23|L 2| 11 | SAMUEL DORCHUCK CO | 14576805 / R: 1397|3.0 |W 28|W 23|L 4|L 9|W 26| 12 | EUGIN PAHK CO | 14864000 / R: 1322|3.0 |L 3|W 29|W 18|W 13|L 5| 13 | JORDAN DORCHUCK CO | 14576811 / R: 1278|3.0 |W 22|L 3|W 25|L 12|W 24| 14 | SARA HERMAN CO | 14345441 / R: 1335|3.0 |D 30|L 21|W 37|D 26|W 25| 15 | XIANG HUANG CO | 14959212 / R: 1265|3.0 |W 29|L 9|W 35|L 5|W 27| 16 | DEVON WALL CO | 13595522 / R: 1212|3.0 |L 35|W 34|D 32|W 30|D 6| 17 | GARY MILES CO | 15175728 / R: 803|3.0 |L 18|L 10|W 36|W 37|W 23| 18 | VICTOR CREAZZI CO | 13956247 / R: 1272|2.5 |W 17|L 24|L 12|D 22|X | 19 | FRANK ATWOOD CO | 12117960 / R: 1141|2.5 |D 7|W 33|W 21|L 1|L 8| 20 | ARVIND CHANDRAMOULI CO | 14615890 / R: 1111|2.5 |W 36|D 2|L 5|W 21|L 7| 21 | TERRY MCDIVITT CO | 15130072 / R: Unr |2.5 |D 8|W 14|L 19|L 20|W 34| 22 | CALED AL-ADSANI CO | 14417225 / R: 687|2.5 |L 13|W 28|L 23|D 18|W 33| 23 | ERIC BUTLER CO | 14699848 / R: 1210|2.0 |W 37|L 11|W 22|L 10|L 17| 24 | ATHARVA VISPUTE CO | 15046237 / R: 993|2.0 |W 10|W 18|L 2|L 6|L 13| 25 | ANDREW ZIRGER CO | 14465023 / R: 1096|2.0 |L 6|W 36|L 13|W 35|L 14| 26 | GREG BAUSCH CO | 12758181 / R: 1053|2.0 |D 33|L 7|W 28|D 14|L 11| 27 | SHIRLEY HERMAN CO | 14812654 / R: 975|2.0 |W 5|L 4|L 10|W 29|L 15| 28 | GREGORY BAIN CO | 12778293 / R: 1021|2.0 |L 11|L 22|L 26|B |W 37| 29 | TARA MARTINEZ CO | 13436004 / R: 677|2.0 |L 15|L 12|B |L 27|W 38| 30 | SAMI AL-ADSANI CO | 14417210 / R: 608|2.0 |D 14|L 8|W 33|L 16|D 35| 31 | DUSTIN HOPPE CO | 15162936 / R: 1160|1.5 |W 32|L 6|H |U |U | 32 | ALLEN VOSS CO | 15167033 / R: Unr |1.5 |L 31|W 38|D 16|L 8|F | 33 | PRIYA BHAVIKATTI CO | 15214420 / R: Unr |1.5 |D 26|L 19|L 30|W 38|L 22| 34 | ROBERT SPANN CO | 14194513 / R: 756|1.5 |L 1|L 16|D 38|W 36|L 21| 35 | TIA ABRAHAM CO | 14767588 / R: 565|1.5 |W 16|L 1|L 15|L 25|D 30| 36 | NICHOLAS MARTIN CO | 14807455 / R: Unr |1.0 |L 20|L 25|L 17|L 34|B | 37 | NEIL BHAVIKATTI CO | 14919064 / R: 363|1.0 |L 23|B |L 14|L 17|L 28| 38 | KATHY SCHNEIDER CO | 12545281 / R: 1025|0.5 |L 2|L 32|D 34|L 33|L 29| 39 | LIZ NICKOVICH CO | 12402559 / R: 898|0.5 |L 4|L 5|H |U |U | 40 | SAMUEL KATER CO | 14616385 / R: 1118|0.0 |L 9|U |U |U |U |


2013 Colorado Open Under 1400 Section / Final Standings

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Monument Open

by Fred Eric Spell, Chief TD

A beautiful setting, a beautiful location and another wonderful turn-out. All the ingredients for a great tournament, and indeed it was!

Forty-eight players arrived on an August weekend to compete in the fifth edition of the Monument Open and there sure were some fireworks! There were no less than twenty upsets ranging from a rating dif-ference of 39 to 760. That 760 rating point upset belonged to Tara Martinez who took home a nice “Cross” pen for the upset prize of the tournament.

The champion of the tournament and as such, not only took home a shared first prize with Chris Peterson but also cap-tured the Monument Open Stein as a tro-phy (awarded on tiebreaks) was Steve Lett, who only recently returned to USCF rated play after taking a 17 year break. Welcome back Steve!

I want to thank everyone who took the time to play and I hoped you had a won-derful time. I also want to thank my As-sistant TD Joe Fromme for helping out, he made my job that much easier and his work was greatly appreciated. Alexander Freeman (1731) LM Brian Wall (2252)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 b6 5.Qd5 Nc5 6.Qxa8 Bb7 7.Qxa7 Nc6 8.Qxb7 Nxb7 9.Nf3 Nc5 10.Nc3 Nb3 11.Rb1 Nxc1 12.Rxc1 f6 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.e3 g6 15.Bd3 Bg7 16.0–0 0–0 17.Rc2 Ne5 18.Be4 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Qg5 20.Ne4 Qe7 21.Rd1 d6 22.Rd5 Rf5 23.Nc3 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Qf6 25.Rxf5 Qxf5 26.Bd5+ Kg7 27.e4 Qe5 28.h3 h5 29.a4 Kh6 30.Rc2 Qd4 31.Kh2 Qd1 32.Rc3 Qxa4 33.f4 Qe8 34.Ra3 c6 35.e5 cxd5 36.cxd5 dxe5 37.Re3 Qf7 38.Rb3 Qxf4+ 39.Kg1 Qd4+ 40.Kh2 e4 41.Rxb6 Qxb6 0-1 Robert Cousins (2155) Cory Kohler (1673)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 b6 9.g4 a5 10.Nge2 Bb7 11.Bh6 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Qh4+ 13.N2g3 Bxh6 14.g5 Bg7 15.Bd3 Qf4 16.Qf2 Nc5 17.Nxc5 dxc5 18.h4 Qd4 19.Qd2 Qf4 20.Qf2 Qd4 21.Qd2 Qf4

22.Qf2 ½–½ Robert Carlson (1659) Chris Peterson (2132)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.0–0 Nc6 6.d3 e6 7.Nc3 Nge7 8.Bd2 a6 9.a3 b5 10.Qc1 h5 11.h4 Bb7 12.Ne2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nc3 Nce7 15.Re1 Nf5 16.Qd1 0–0 17.Rb1 Rc8 18.Ng5 c4

19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Nh3 Nd4 22.Re3 Qf5 23.Nf4 e5 24.Ne2 Ne6 25.Bc3 Rfd8 26.Nc1 Nd4 27.Bxd4 Rxd4 28.c3 Rdd8 29.Qf3 cxd3 30.Rxd3 Rxd3 31.Qxd3 e4 32.Qe3 Rd8 33.Ne2 Rd3 34.Qf4 Qd5 35.Qc1 Qc5 36.Kg2 e3 37.Qf1 Rd2 38.Rd1 Qd5+ 0-1 Zlatko Vasilj (1618) Kevin Seidler (2101)

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0–0 6.Bc4+ d5 7.Bd3 c6 8.0–0 Be6 9.Ng5 Bf7 10.Qf3 Nbd7 11.Qh3 e6 12.f3 h6 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.Bd6 Rg8 15.e4 Ne8 16.Be5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Qh5+ Rg6 20.f4 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 Nf6 22.Qf3 Ne4 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qh5 Qf6 25.Nxe4 Qg7 26.Rfd1 Rd8 27.Nd2 Kg8 28.Nf3 Bf6 29.Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.Ne5 Rf6 31.Rd1 Rf8 32.Rd7 Qf6 33.Rxb7 Bb6 34.Qh3 Rd8 35.Qg3+ Kh8 36.h4 Rg8 37.Qh3 Bf2 38.Nf7+ Kg7 39.Ng5+ Kf8 40.Nh7+ 1-0 Carlos Santillan (2060) Gene Lucas (1598)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qe2 Na5 5.Nxe5 Qe7 6.Nf3 Nxc4 7.Qxc4 Qxe4+ 8.Qxe4+ Nxe4 9.d3 Nc5 10.0–0 Be7 11.Re1 Ne6 12.Nc3 c6 13.a3 0–0 14.Ne4 h6 15.Ng3 d5 16.Bd2 Bc5 17.b4 Bb6 18.Nf5 Bd8 19.Bc3 Kh7 20.Rab1 g6 21.Ng3 Ng7 22.h3 Nf5 23.Nxf5 Bxf5

24.Bd4 Be6 25.a4 a6 26.Ne5 Bc7 27.Ng4 Bxg4 28.hxg4 Rfe8 29.g3 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Ra1 Be5 33.Bxe5 Rxe5 34.Ra7 Kg7 35.Rc7 Re6 36.c4 dxc4 37.dxc4 bxc4 38.Rd7 c3 39.Rd1 Re4 40.Rc1 Rxb4 41.Rxc3 Rb6 42.Kg2 Kf6 43.f4 g5 44.Rc5 Ra6 45.Kf3 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 Ra6 47.Kf3 Ra3+ 48.Kg2 Ra6 ½-½ Paul Covington (1878) Dean Brown (1490)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 Nd5 3.Bg3 d6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Be2 0–0 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Bh4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nd5 Nbd7 15.0–0 c6 16.Nc3 Nb6 17.b3 Rd3 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.Bg5 R8d7 20.Be2 Rxc3 21.Rxc3 Nxe4 22.Rd3 Rxd3 23.Bxd3 Nxg5 24.Rd1 Ne6 25.a4 a5 26.Rb1 Nc5 27.Bc2 e4 28.b4 axb4 29.Rxb4 Nbd7 30.Rb1 Bc3 31.Rd1 f5 32.f4 exf3 33.g4 fxg4 34.hxg4 Ne5 35.Kf2 Nxc4 36.Rd8+ Kf7 37.Kxf3 Nb2 38.Rb8 h6 39.Bb3+ Ke7 40.Bc2 g5 41.Ra8 Nc4 42.Bf5 Nd6 43.Bc2 Ne6 44.Bd1 Nc4 45.Rb8 Nc5 46.Bc2 Ne5+ 47.Kg3 Ned3 48.Rc8 Be5+ 49.Kh3 Nf2+ 50.Kg2 Nxg4 51.Kf3 Nh2+ 52.Kg2 g4 53.Rg8 Kf7 54.Rd8 g3 55.Bd1 Ke7 56.Rg8 Nd3 57.a5 Ne1+ 58.Kg1 g2 59.Bh5 Nhf3+ 60.Bxf3 Bd4+ 61.Kh2 g1Q+ 0-1 Eugin Pahk (1217) Alexa Lasley (1742)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 5.Qxd4 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5 9.Be3 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Rad1 c5 12.Qc4 Qb6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Bg6 15.b3 Rad8 16.f4 h6 17.f5 Bh7

18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.f6 c4+ 20.Kh1 Rfe8 21.fxe7 Rxe7 22.Rf4 Qe3 23.Rg4+ Kf8 24.Bf3 cxb3 25.cxb3 f5 26.Rg3 fxe4 27.Bh5 Qf2 28.Qc4 e3 29.Rf1 Rf7




30.Rxf2 Rxf2 31.Rxe3 d5 32.Qc1 Kg7 33.Kg1 Rdf8 34.Qc3+ R8f6 35.Re7+ Kh8 36.Re8+ Bg8 37.h3 Rf1+ 38.Kh2 R1f4 39.Qg3 Rf8 40.Rxf8 Rxf8 41.Qe5+ Kh7 42.Qe7+ Rf7 43.Bxf7 d4 44.Bxg8+ Kxg8 45.Qd8+ Kf7 46.Qxd4 Ke6 47.Qc5 b6 48.Qd4 h5 49.g4 h4 50.g5 a5 51.g6 b5 52.g7 Kf7 53.g8Q+ Kxg8 54.Qd7 Kf8 55.Kg2 a4 56.Kf3 axb3 57.axb3 Kg8 58.Kf4 Kf8 59.Kf5 Kg8 60.Kg6 Kf8 61.Qf7# 1–0 LM Brian Wall (2252) Ron Rossi (1851)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 Be7 7.e3 Nh5 8.Be5 0–0 9.Bd3 f5 10.h4 Nd7 11.Qe2 Nhf6 12.0–0–0 a6 13.Rdg1 Ne4 14.g4 Qa5 15.gxf5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Nxc3 17.Rxg7+ Kxg7 18.Qg4+ Kh6 19.Rg1 Ne4 20.Qg7+ Kh5 21.Be2+ 1-0 Chris Peterson (2132) Victor Huang (1784)

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.0–0 0–0 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.b3 Nh5 10.e4 c6 11.Bb2 Kh8 12.Qe2 Qe8 13.Rad1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Rd6 f4 16.Ne4 h6 17.Rfd1 Rg8 18.Nh4 Bf8 19.Bf3 Bxd6 20.Nxd6 Qe6 21.Bxh5 fxg3 22.hxg3 Rg7 23.Nhf5 Kg8 1-0 Phillip Brown (1763) Scott Lett (2114)

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 0–0 5.d3 Re8 6.Nf3 c6 7.0–0 d5 8.cxd5 Qa5 9.Qb3 Nxd5 10.Bd2 Be6 11.Qc2 Nd7 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qc7 14.c4 Ne7 15.c5 Ng6 16.a4 Ndf8 17.a5 Bc8 18.Rfb1 Ne6

19.e3 Qe7 20.Bb4 Nc7 21.Nd2 Be6 22.a6 Nxa6 23.Rxa6 bxa6 24.Bxc6 Qc7

25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.Nc4 Rc8 27.d4 exd4 28.exd4 Qd7 29.Ne3 Qxd4 30.c6 Ne5 31.c7 Qb6 32.Rd1 f6 33.Bd6 Nf3+ 34.Kh1 Qb7 35.Rb1 Ne1+ 36.Rxb7 Nxc2 37.Rxa7 Nxe3 38.fxe3 Bc4 39.Kg2 Kf7 40.Bb4 Ke6 41.Ba5 f5 42.Rb7 Bd5+ 43.Kf2 Bxb7 44.Ke2 Kd6 0-1 Joshua Samuel (1950) Dragan Plakalovic (1766)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.0–0 0–0 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.c3 c6 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rfe1 Rfe8 12.Bh4 Bh5 13.b3 b6 14.c4 c5 15.cxd5 cxd4 16.Qc6 Ng4 17.Bg3 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Qxc6 19.dxc6 Nde5 20.Ba6 g6 21.c7 Nd3 22.Rxe8+ 1-0 Rhett Langseth (1918) Joe Pahk (1739)

1.Nf3 c5 2.d3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g4 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bd7 7.g5 Nh5 8.Qh4 g6 9.e4 Bd6 10.Be2 Nf4 11.Nc4 Ng2+ 12.Kf1 Nxh4 13.Nxd6+ Ke7 14.Nxh4 Kxd6 15.exd5 exd5 16.Bf4+ Ke7 17.d4 Qb6 18.dxc5 Qxb2 19.Kg2 Kd8 20.Bf3 Qa3 21.Rab1 Kc8 22.Rhd1 Be6 23.Rb5 Qa4 24.Rb4 Nxb4 25.Rd4 a5 26.Be5 Rd8 27.Bf6 Rd7 28.Bd1 Qa3 29.cxb4 axb4 30.Nf3 Qxa2 31.Rxb4 Ra3 32.Rb2 Qc4 33.Ne5 Qe4+ 34.f3 Qe1 35.Nxd7 Bxd7 36.Bb3 Ra1 37.Bd4 Qf1+ 38.Kg3 Qh3+ 39.Kf4 Qh4+ 40.Ke3 Re1+ 41.Kd3 Bf5+ 42.Kc3 Rc1+ 43.Kd2 Qe1# 0–1 Larry Wutt (1859) Anthea Carson (1664)

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Be7 10.Ne5 Qc8 11.0–0 0–0 12.Ndf3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Nh5 14.Be5 Bd6 15.Qd1 Nf4 16.Bxf4 Bxf4 17.g3 Bh6 18.Re1 g6 19.h4 a6 20.Kg2 Bg7 21.Re2 h5 22.Qc2 Ne7 23.Rae1 Nf5 24.Ne5 b5 25.a3 Qb7 26.Kh3 Rac8 27.Qb1 a5 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.Qd3 Bxe5 30.Rxe5 Kg7 31.Qe3 Rh8 32.Qg5+ Kh7 33.Qxh5+ Kg7 34.Qg5+ Kh7 35.Rxe6 fxe6 36.Rxe6 Qg7 37.Re7 Qxe7 38.Qxe7+ Kg6 39.Qg5+ Kh7 40.Qxf5+ Kh6 1-0 Tim Brennan (1999) John Krue (1692)

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Nxg4 d5 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.exd5 Qe5+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bc5 11.d3 Rg8 12.Bf3 Bg4 13.Bxf4 Bxf3 14.gxf3

Na6 15.a3 0–0–0 16.Nc3 Rde8+ 17.Kf1 Bd4 18.Rb1 Rg6 19.Ne2 Be5 20.Kf2 Nc5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.d4 1-0 Dean Brown (1490) Shaun MacMillan (1833)

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.0–0 0–0 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.e5 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Ne8 11.Bf3 d6

12.Rd1 Qa5 13.Nd5 dxe5 14.Nxe7+ Kh8 15.fxe5 Nc7 16.Nxc8 Raxc8 17.Bxb7 Bxe5 18.Qf2 Bxh2+ 19.Kxh2 Qh5+ 20.Kg3 Rb8 21.Qf6+ Kg8 22.Bf3 Qc5 23.Bh6 Ne6 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Rd5 Qxc2 26.Rad1 Nc7 27.Rd8 Ne8 28.Qe7 Qc7+ 29.Qxc7 1-0 Jeffrey Baffo (1830) Zlatko Vasilj (1618)

1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e4 Bc5 4.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 5.Kxf2 Nxe5 6.d4 Qf6+ 7.Ke1 Nc6 8.Be3 d6 9.Bc4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qh3 11.Nd5 Bg4 12.Qd2 0–0–0 13.Nf4 Qh6 14.Ne6 Qh3 15.Nxd8 Nxd8 16.Bf1 Qh5 17.Bg2 Nf6 18.h3 Bd7 19.g4 Qg6 20.Qa5 Nxe4 21.Qd5 Ng3 22.Kd2 Nxh1 23.Bxh1 Nc6 24.Be4 Qf6 25.c3 Re8 26.g5 Qe7 27.Kd3 a6 28.Rf1 Be6 29.Bf5 Nd8 30.Qf3 Kb8 31.Bxe6 Qxe6 32.b3 Qg6+ 33.Qf5 Qh5 34.Rf3 g6 35.Qg4 Qxg4 36.hxg4 d5 37.Rh3 Rh8 38.Rf3 Kc8 39.Rf6 Kd7 40.c4 c6 41.c5 Re8 42.Bf4 Re6 43.Rxe6 Nxe6 44.Be3 Ke7 45.Kc3 f6 46.gxf6+ Kxf6 47.Kb4 h5 48.gxh5 gxh5 49.Ka5 h4 50.Kb6 h3 51.Bg1 Kf5 52.Kxb7 Nxd4 53.Bh2 Nf3 54.Bd6 Ne5 55.Bxe5 Kxe5 56.Kxc6 h2 0-1 Kathy Schneider (1016) Daniel Ruvins (1451)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0–0 d6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nf6 7.d3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3




0–0 9.Be3 Bb4 10.a3 Ba5 11.Bd2 Nd4 12.b4 Bb6 13.Be3 a6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qf6 16.a4 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Ba7 19.c4 Bxe3 20.fxe3 f5 21.a5 Rab8 22.e4 f4 23.b5 h6 24.Rfb1 Kf7 25.bxa6 bxa6 26.Kf2 g6 27.h4 Rg8 28.Kg2 g5 29.Kh3 Ke7 30.h5 Kd7 31.Kg4 Rh8 32.Rc1 Rb3 33.c5 Rxd3 34.c6+ Ke7 35.Rcb1 Ra8 36.Rb7 Kd8 37.Rab1 Kc8 38.R7b3 Rd2 39.R3b2 Rd4 40.Rb4 Kd8 41.Rb8+ Rxb8 42.Rxb8+ ½-½ Brian Rountree (1788) LM Brian Wall (2252)

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Nc6 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Bd3 e5 12.h3 0–0 13.0–0 Bd7 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Ng5 h6 16.Qh5 Re7 17.Nxf7 Rxf7 18.Bxh6 Raf8 19.Be3 Bf5 20.Bc4 exd4 21.cxd4 Ne7 22.Rac1 Qd7 23.Bg5 Bg6

24.Rxe7 Bxe7 25.Qxg6 Bxg5 26.Qxg5 Qxd4 27.Qe3 Qxe3 28.fxe3 Kh7 29.Bxf7 Rxf7 30.Rf1 Rc7 31.Rf2 Kg6 32.Rb2 b6 33.Kf2 Rc3 34.Ke2 Ra3 35.Kf3 Kf5 36.Rb5+ Kf6 37.Rb2 g5 38.Rc2 Kf5 39.Rd2 Kf6 40.Re2 Kf5 41.Rd2 Kf6 42.g3 Kf5 43.g4+ Kf6 44.Ke4 Ra4+ 45.Kf3 Ke5 46.Rb2 Ra3 47.Rb5+ Kf6 48.Rb2 Rc3 49.Ke4 Rc1 50.Rh2 Rc4+ 51.Kd5 Ke7?? 52.Kxc4 1-0 Joe Pahk (1739) Chris Peterson (2132)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3 e6 8.f4 Be7 9.0–0 Qc7 10.Bf3 Na5 11.Qc1 Nc4 12.Bf2 Bd7 13.Nce2 e5 14.Nb3 Bc6 15.Nc3 b5 16.Nd2 Nb6 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Ne2 Bb7 19.b3 Rc8 20.c3 0–0 21.Qc2 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 Ba3 23.Nf1 Bc5 24.Ne3 Nbd7 25.Rac1 Qb6 26.Rd3 Bxe4 27.Bxe4

Nxe4 28.Rcd1 Nxf2 29.Kxf2 Bxe3+ 30.Rxe3 Nf6 31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.Kf3 e4+ 33.Rxe4 Qc6 34.Ng3 Nxe4 35.Qxe4 Qxc3+ 36.Kf2 Qb2+ 37.Ne2 Qxa2 38.Qe7 Qd2 39.b4 Qd6 40.Qe4 f5 41.Qb1 f4 42.Qe4 Qd5 43.Qe7 Rf8 44.h4 f3 45.Nf4 Rxf4 0-1 Scott Lett (2114) Tim Brennan (1999)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bh4 c6 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.e3 Nd7 7.Be2 Qb6 8.Rb1 e6 9.0–0 h6 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Nd2 Bf5 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.cxd3 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qa4 g5 16.Bg3 Ke7 17.d4 Bd6 18.Bxd6+ Qxd6 19.e4 Nb6 20.Qb3 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxd4 22.Qa3+ Ke8 23.Nd6+ Kd7 24.Rfd1 Qf4 25.g3 Qg4 26.Ne4+ Kc8 27.Rbc1+ Kb8 28.Qd6# 1-0 Carlos Santillan (2060) Robert Cousins (2155)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nce2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.c3 Qb6 9.a3 Nc5 10.Ngf3 Bd7 11.Bd3 Nxd3+ 12.Qxd3 a6 13.b4 a5 14.b5 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 a4 16.Be3 Bc5 17.Kd2 0–0 18.Rhg1 Ra5 19.Rab1 Qc7 20.g4 Bxa3 21.b6 Qc4 22.f5 Qxd3+ 23.Kxd3 Be7 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.g5 a3 26.Rg2 Be8 27.Ra1 Bg6+ 28.Kd2 Bf5 29.h4 Rc8 30.Rf2 g6 31.h5 Bf8 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Rff1 Rca8 34.Ra2 R8a6 35.Rfa1 Kf7 36.Rh1 Bg7 37.Rha1 Bxe5 38.Rh1 Kg7 39.Nf3 Be4 40.Rh3 Bxf3 41.Rxf3 Ra8 42.Kd3 Rf8 43.Rxf8 Kxf8 44.Rxa3 Rxa3 45.Bc5+ Ke8 46.Bxa3 Bf4 47.c4 dxc4+ 48.Kxc4 Bxg5 49.Kd4 Kd7 50.Ke5 Be3 51.Bb4 g5 52.Ke4 Bxb6 0-1 Tara Martinez (577) Mihaly Toth (1337)

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 e6 4.e5 Be7 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Ba5 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.b3 Qb4 9.0–0 Qf8 10.Qe2 Ne7 11.Ng5 g6 12.Na4 Bxd2 13.Qxd2 Qh6 14.Ne4 Qxd2 15.Nxd2 Nd7 16.Nf3 b5 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.dxc5 a5 19.a4 b4 20.Nd4 h5 21.g3 Bb7 22.Rfe1 h4 23.Ne2 hxg3 24.Nxg3 Kd7 25.f4 Rh4 26.Rf1 Ng8 27.Be2 Nh6 28.Rf2 Ke7 29.Re1 Ng4 30.Bxg4 Rxg4 31.Rg2 Rh4 32.Rf1 Ba6 33.Ne2 f5 34.Rxg6 Rg4+ 35.Rxg4 fxg4 36.Rf2 Rg8 37.Rg2 Rg7 38.h3 Bxe2 39.Rxe2 gxh3+ 40.Kh2 Rh7 41.Re3 Kf7 42.Rxh3 Rg7 43.Rh6 Rg6 44.Rxg6 Kxg6 45.Kg2 Kf5 46.Kf3 d4 47.Kg3 Ke4 48.Kg4 Kd5

49.Kf3 Kxc5 50.Ke4 d3 51.cxd3 Kb6 52.f5 exf5+ 53.Kxf5 Kc7 54.Kf6 c5 55.e6 1-0 Chris Peterson (2132) Joshua Samuel (1950)

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Bf5 7.d4 Bb6 8.0–0 0–0 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.h3 Rb8 12.b4 Bc7 13.a4 a5 14.b5 c5 15.g4 Bxg4 16.hxg4 Nxg4 17.Bh3 exd4 18.Nd5 Nde5 19.exd4 Qh4 20.Nef4 Nxf2 21.Rxf2 Bd8 22.dxe5 Rxe5 23.Qf3 Rg5+ 24.Ng2 Qh5 25.Re1 Bf6 26.Nxf6+ 1-0 Larry Wutt (1859) Scott Lett (2114)

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Qh5 8.Be3 0–0–0 9.0–0–0 e6 10.Qc4 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qb3 f6 13.h3 Qe8 14.Bd2 Qd7 15.Rhe1 g5 16.Qe3 Bg7

17.Qe6 h5 18.c3 Rde8 19.Qxd7+ Kxd7 20.Rxe8 Kxe8 21.Re1+ Kf7 22.Kc2 Ne7 23.g4 Ng6 24.Kd3 hxg4 25.hxg4 Bf8 26.Ng1 Bd6 27.Ne2 Rh3+ 28.Kc2 Rh2 29.Be3 Nh4 30.Kb3 Nf3 31.Rc1 Rg2 32.c4 Rxg4 33.cxd5 f5 34.Rc3 Nh4 35.Bd2 Ng6 36.Rd3 Rg2 37.Nc3 Ne7 38.Kc4 a6 39.a4 g4 40.Nd1 f4 41.b4 Rg1 42.Bc1 Nc8 43.a5 Ne7 44.Rd2 g3 45.fxg3 fxg3 46.Rd3 g2 0-1 LM Brian Wall (2252) Dragan Plakalovic (1766)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 a5 9.g4 g5 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.Ng3 Nc5 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Bc2 a4 14.Qd2 Nh7 15.Kf2 Bf6 16.Kg2 Be7 17.b4 axb3 18.axb3 f6 19.b4 Na6 20.Nce2 c6 21.h4 Qc8 22.Bd3 Nc7 23.c5 cxd5 24.exd5 Rf7 25.Bf5 Bf8 26.c6




bxc6 27.dxc6 Bxf5 28.Nxf5 d5 29.Bc5 d4 30.Qd3 Nd5 31.Bxf8 Qxf8 32.Rxa8 Qxa8 33.Nxh6+ Kg7 34.Nxf7 1-0 Phillip Brown (1763) Paul Covington (1878)

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.d3 Bb7 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qe2 Nc5 9.Bd2 Ba6 10.Qe3 Ne6 11.d4 c5 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.a3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bc5 15.Ncb5 0–0 16.0–0 Nac7 17.Nxc7 Qxc7 18.Rac1 Nxd4 19.b4 Ne6 20.Qg3 Nd4

21.Rfe1 Nf5 22.Qd3 Bxf2+ 23.Kxf2 Qd7 24.b5 Ne7 25.Bb4 Rfe8 26.Rcd1 Rad8 27.Re3 Qf5+ 28.Kg1 Qxd3 29.Rexd3 Ng6 30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 Nxe5 32.h3 f6 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.a4 Rc8 35.a5 Rc4 36.Bd2 Rc5 37.Rxc5 Nd3+ 38.Ke2 Nxc5 39.axb6 axb6 40.Be3 Ke7 41.Bxc5+ bxc5 42.Kd3 Kd6 43.Kc4 f5 44.b6 g5 45.b7 Kc7 46.Kxc5 f4 47.Kd4 h5 48.Ke4 Kxb7 49.Kf5 g4 50.Kxf4 gxh3 51.gxh3 ½-½ Tim Brennan (1999) Joe Pahk (1739)

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Ng5 Qd7 9.0–0 Nh6 10.Be3 g6 11.Qb3 Ng4 12.Nxe6 Na5 13.Qb5 b6 14.Nc7+ Kd8 15.Qxd7+ Kxd7 16.Nxa8 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Bh6 18.Nxb6+ axb6 19.Nd1 Nc4 20.Re1 Rf8 21.Rc1 Nd2 22.Nf2 b5 23.b3 Rc8 24.Rxc8 Kxc8 25.h4 Kd7 26.Re2 Nb1 27.Nd1 Bg7 28.Kf2 Na3 29.Kf3 b4 30.Nb2 Nb5 31.Na4 h5 32.Rc2 Ke6 33.Rc8 Na3 34.Nb6 Nb1 35.Nc4 Nc3 36.a4 bxa3 37.Nxa3 Nd1 38.b4 Bh6 39.Nc2 Nb2 40.b5 Nd3 41.b6 Nc5 42.Rxc5 1-0

Anthea Carson (1664) Ron Rossi (1851)

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 Qc8 6.Nc3 c6 7.Be2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Be2 Be7 10.Bd2 0–0 11.Rc1 Qd8 12.Ne5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.f3 Bd5 15.Qd1 f6 16.Nd3 Bc4 17.b3 Bxd3 18.Bxd3 f5 19.0–0 Qd7 20.a4 Na6 21.axb5 cxb5 22.Ba5 Rfc8 23.Qe2 Nc7 24.Bxc7 Rxc7 25.Bxb5 Qd6 26.Bc4 Rd8 27.Bxe6+ Qxe6 28.Rxc7 Rxd4 29.Rxa7 Bc5 30.Ra8+ Kf7 31.Kh1 Rh4 32.g3 Rb4 33.Rc1 Qxb3 34.Qa2 Bxe3 35.Rc7+ Kg6 36.Ra6+ Kh5 37.Qxb3 Rxb3 38.Rxg7 Bd4 39.Rxh7+ Kg5 40.h4# 1–0 Jeffrey Baffo (1830) Dean Brown (1490)

1.Nc3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qh4 e6 5.Qxd8+ Nxd8 6.Nb5 Bb4+ 7.c3 Ba5 8.Bf4 a6 9.Nd6+ Ke7 10.0–0–0 Bc7 11.Nf5+ exf5 12.Bxc7 b5 13.Nf3 f6 14.e3 Nf7 15.Be2 Ra7 16.Bb6 Rb7 17.Bd4 d6 18.Nd2 Rd7 19.g4 Bb7 20.Rhg1 Ngh6 21.h3 g5 22.f4 Rg8 23.Bd3 Ke6 24.e4 fxg4 25.f5+ Ke7 26.hxg4 Ne5 27.Bxe5 dxe5 28.Be2 Nf7 29.Rh1 h6 30.a4 Bc6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Rhe1 Ra8 33.Nb3 Rxd1+ 34.Bxd1 Ra4 35.Nc5 Ra1+ 36.Kc2 Nd6 37.Nb3 Ra8 38.Bf3 Nc4 39.Nd2 Rd8 40.Nxc4 bxc4 41.Re3 Ba4+ 42.Kc1 Bb3 ½-½ John Krue (1692) Daniel Herman (1590)

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e5 5.dxe5 Qxe5+ 6.Qe2 Qxe2+ 7.Bxe2 Nc6 8.Bf4 Nf6 9.Nd2 Be7 10.Ngf3 Be6 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rfe1 Nd5 13.Bg3 Bf6 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Rfd8

17.a3 Nb6 18.a4 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc4 20.Ng3 Bf8 21.b3 Bxb3 22.Reb1 c4

23.Bd4 a6 24.Re1 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ne4 b4 27.Nd2 bxc3 28.Bxc3 Rxa1 29.Rxa1 h6 30.Nxb3 cxb3 31.Rb1 Rd3 32.Bb2 Bc5 33.Be5 Rd2 34.Bg3 b2 35.Kf1 Rc2 0-1 Andy Wu (1720) Tyler Chase (1339)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.Re1 Bg4 9.d3 0–0 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 a5 12.Nf1 a4 13.Bc2 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Ng3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Qd7 17.Kg2 a3 18.b4 Bb6 19.f4 Nd5 20.fxe5 Nxc3 21.Qh5 Nxb4 22.Bb3 Nxd3 23.Rf1 Bd4 24.Bc2 Qd5+ 25.Kh2 g6 26.Qh4 Nxe5 27.Be4 Nxe4 28.Qxe4 Qxe4 29.Nxe4 Bxa1 30.Bh6 Bb2 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Ng5 h6 33.Ne4 Nd3 34.Rd1 Nb4 35.Rd7 Nxa2 36.Rxc7 Be5+ 0-1 Jules Carter (1527) Haven Brewer (Unrated)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 Be7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.0–0 b5 7.Bb3 b4 8.Nb1 Nxe4 9.d4 Qc7 10.Nbd2 Nxd2 11.Bxd2 e4 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.Ng5+ Bxg5 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qxg5 Nd7 16.f3 e3 17.Bxb4 Re8 18.Rae1 Ba6 19.Qf4+ Nf6 20.Bxd6 Qa5

21.Be5 Re6 22.Rxe3 Bxf1 23.Kxf1 Qb5+ 24.Kf2 Rc8 25.Rb3 Qa6 26.a3 Rce8 27.Rd3 Qc4 28.Rc3 Qa4 29.b4 a5 30.bxa5 Qxa5 31.Qd2 Nd5 32.Rd3 Qxd2+ 33.Rxd2 c5 34.Bg3 c4 35.Be5 Ra8 36.g4 Rxa3 37.Kg3 Rc3 38.Rf2 Ne3 39.f4 Nd1+ 40.Rf3 Rxf3+ 41.Kxf3 Nc3 42.Ke3 Nd1+ 43.Ke2 Nc3+ 44.Kf3 Ra6 45.Ke3 Ke6 46.h4 Ra3 47.f5+ gxf5 48.gxf5+ Kxf5 49.Kd2 Ne4+ 50.Kc1 c3 0-1

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2013 Monument Open Final Standings



Pikes Peak Open

by Richard “Buck” Buchanan, Chief TD

The Pikes Peak Open chess tournament was held August 10 – 11 in the Manitou Springs City Hall. Brian Wall won first place in the field of 46 players.

OK, another chess tournament, right? Good times by all, a job well done, what’s next? Well, not quite.

On the Friday before the tournament a massive rainstorm hit not only the town of Manitou Springs but also the infamous “burn scar” in the mountains to the north-west, the result of last summer’s Waldo Canyon forest fire. Rain water poured off the hillsides carrying mud and anything else it could pick up down the canyons into Manitou Springs. State Highway 24 to Woodland Park was closed. Fountain Creek was a torrent, and, most seriously, water from Williams Canyon poured down Canon Avenue, following different destructive routes on its way to Fountain Creek.

This was the second such flood we had this summer, and the more ferocious. Houses were trashed on upper Canon Avenue, cars were swamped on Lovers Lane off Canon Avenue, businesses along Manitou Avenue had their lower stories buried in mud.

And the chess tournament? Well, the City Hall is well above the creek’s water line, and there was safe parking along Manitou Avenue. A few prudent folks who had watched the scenes on TV decided not to come. But Dean Brown place a post on Facebook that the show must go on, and so we opened the doors and set things up, and lo and behold, the chess players came.

A common pastime during the tourna-ment was to stand by the open windows above the creek and watch the roaring waters and the great piles of stuff they carried from upstream. Throughout the weekend we were warned that we might be evacuated from the building if more storms came. This put an edge on things, especially in round five when official warnings came that there was danger of another downpour, and if the warning siren sounded, we had to get out immedi-ately. The police blocked Manitou Ave-

nue so that no one else could enter the downtown area, though those already there could get out. I told players early on in the round that in case we were evacuat-ed, the prizes would be based on the four rounds already played. This caused some folks to play faster and maybe end their games before they normally would. I packed up all my stuff early, and we put up some tables and chairs while games were going on, contrary to normal prac-tice.

But as it turned out, the siren never sounded, and after a while the cops let drivers enter the area again. So the tour-nament ended with all rounds played.

And the quality of the chess did not seem to suffer from the excitement. We had a good, strong event with lots of fighting chess, upsets, and glorious games. (Also note the round 2 pairings Brian vs. Brian, Tim vs. Tim, Mark vs. Mark.) Half a point below Brian’s 4.5 came Jackson Chen, Kevin Seidler, Mark Schlagenhauf, and the amazing Tim Brennan, whose sharp tactics helped him earn an Expert’s rating (with a little help from Yours Truly as well). Other who impressed were Karl Irons, Mark Krowczyk, and Ron Rossi. There were great games played; I espe-cially recommend Sage-Brennan, Baffo-Seidler, Krowczyk-Peterson, and Samuel-Irons.

Altogether, a remarkable tournament, but an experience I would just as soon not repeat. LM Brian Wall (2247) Andy Wu (1745)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd2 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.exd4 c5 10.0–0–0 c4 11.Kb1 Bd7 12.g4 Qb6 13.g5 Rb8 14.b3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Qxe4 Bc6 17.Qf4 Bd5 18.Ne5 Rb7 19.Ka1 Bxh1 20.Rxh1 cxb3 21.cxb3 Bd6 22.h4 Bxe5 23.Qxe5 0–0 24.Rc1 Qb5 25.Qe3 Rd8 26.Rc5 Qd7 27.Bc3 Rc8 28.Qe5 Rbc7 29.b4 Rxc5 30.dxc5 f6 31.gxf6 gxf6 32.Qxf6 Qf7 33.Qh8# 1–0 Dean Brown (1509) Rhett Langseth (1935)

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 Qa5 5.Bd2 e5 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.0–0 Be7 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.Nxe7 Qxe7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Ng3 g6 13.h3 h5 14.f3 h4

15.Ne2 Nh5 16.Qd2 g5 17.Kh2 Rh6 18.c3 Nf4 19.Nxf4 gxf4 20.Qe2 Rg6 21.Rg1 Rg3 22.Qf1 Bd7 23.d5 0–0–0 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Rd1 Rdg8 26.Qf2 Bxh3 27.Ba6+ Kb8 28.gxh3 Qd7 29.Bf1 Rxg1 30.Qxg1 Rxg1 31.Kxg1 Qe6 32.b3 Kc7 33.Rd2 d5 34.Re2 dxe4 35.Rxe4 f5 36.Ra4 Kb7 37.Rb4+ Kc8 38.Ba6+ Kc7 39.Rb7+ Kd6 40.Rg7 Qd5 41.Rg6+ Kc7 42.Rg7+ Kb6 43.Bc8 Qxf3 44.Bxf5 Qe3+ 45.Kh1 f3 46.Bc8 Qe1+ 47.Kh2 f2 48.Rb7+ Kc5 49.b4+ Kc4 0–1 Tim Brennan (1952) Victor Creazzi (1289)

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bf4 Bb4 9.Rc1 Qb6 10.Qe2 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Bg3 Nh6 13.0–0 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Nf5 15.Rd1 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Qb6 17.Rd6 Qd8 18.Qh5 0–0 19.Rf3 Qe7 20.Bd3 h6 21.Rf4 Qg5 22.Qe2 Qe7 23.Qe4 f5 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.Bg6 Qxd6 27.Qh8+ Ke7 28.Qe8# 1–0 Eugin Pahk (1183) Alex Cacas (1800)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nge7 8.a3 Ba5 9.b4 Bb6 10.Na4 Bd7 11.Bb2 0–0 12.Be2 Ng6 13.0–0 Nf4 14.Rc1 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Bxa4 17.b5 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Bb3 19.Qg4 Bc4 20.Rfe1 Qe7 21.Re3

Rfc8 22.Rg3 Qf8 23.f4 Bxb5 24.Rb1 Rc4 25.Bc3 Bc6 26.Bb4 Rxb4 27.Rxb4 Re8 28.Kh1 f6 29.Rb1 f5 30.Qh4 Qe7 31.Qf6 Qxf6 32.exf6 g6 33.Rg5 Kf7 34.h4 Kxf6 35.h5 e5 36.g3 d4+ 37.Kg1 e4 38.Rd1 d3 39.Kf1 e3 40.Rxd3 Bb5 41.Ke2 Bxd3+ 42.Ke1 Rc8 43.Kd1 Rc2 44.hxg6 hxg6 45.g4 e2+ 46.Ke1 Rc1+ 47.Kf2 e1Q+ 48.Kg2 Qg1+ 49.Kh3 Bf1+ 50.Kh4 Qh2# 0–1




Brian Rountree (1801) LM Brian Wall (2247)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Be7 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Bxd5 cxd5 10.Qxd5 Rb8 11.0–0 Rb6 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Qd4 c5 14.Qe3 0–0 15.Ne4 Rg6 16.f3 Qc7 17.Rd1 f6 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Qf4 Qc6 20.Qf5 d5 21.Ng3 Kh8 22.Bf4 Rfg8 23.Rd2 d4 24.Re1 Bd8 25.Qe6 Bb6 26.Qxc6 Bxc6 27.cxd4 Ba5 28.dxc5 h5 29.Red1 Bxd2 30.Rxd2 h4 31.Ne4 Kh7 32.Kh1 f5 33.Nd6 Bxf3 34.Nxf5 Rxg2 0–1 Timothy Sage (2170) Tim Brennan (1952)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 Ngxe5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.0–0 d6 8.Nc3 0–0 9.b3 Be6 10.Nd4 Qh4 11.f4 Ng4 12.h3 Nf6 13.Rf3 Rae8 14.Ncb5 Re7 15.Bd2 a6 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Nc3 Ref7 18.Qe1 Qh6 19.Kh1 Ne7 20.e4 Nd7 21.g4 Rxf4 22.Bxf4 Rxf4 23.Qg3 Rxf3 24.Qxf3 Ne5 25.Qg3 Qd2 26.Rd1 Qc2 27.Rf1 N7g6 28.Bd1 Qd2 29.Ne2 Nd3 30.Qf3 Nf2+ 31.Kh2 Be3 32.Kg3 e5 33.Ng1 Bf4+ 34.Kg2 Nh4# 0–1 Jeffrey Baffo (1817) Kevin Seidler (2109)

1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4 Ne7 6.dxc5 Nbc6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qxh7 d4 9.a3 Qa5 10.Rb1 dxc3 11.Be3 cxb2+ 12.axb4 Nxb4 13.c3 Nbc6 14.Qc2 Nxe5 15.Rxb2 Bd7 16.Ra2 Qc7 17.Nf3 Bc6 18.Nd4 Bxg2 19.Nb5 Qc6 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Bh6+ Rg7 22.Qh7 Nf5 23.Nxf5 Qe4+ 24.Kd2 Rd8+ 25.Kc1 Qe1+ 26.Kb2 Qxf2+ 27.Kb3 Bd5+ 28.c4 Qf3+ 29.Ne3 Nxc4 30.Qxg7+ Ke8 31.Bxc4 Bxc4+ 32.Kxc4 Qe4+ 33.Kb5 Qd3+ 34.Kb4 Rd4+ 35.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 36.Nc4 b6 37.cxb6 axb6 38.Be3 Qe4 39.Rd1 b5 40.Kxb5 Qb7+ 41.Bb6 Qf3 42.Rd8+ Ke7 43.Rd7+ Ke8 44.Rd8+ Ke7 45.Ra7+ Kf6 46.Rxf7+ 1–0 Mark Schlagenhauf (2007) Mark Krowczyk (1776)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0–0 6.Rc1 c6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 Re8 10.0–0 Qa5 11.a3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qh5 13.Bg3 Nd5 14.Ba2 Bf6 15.Ne4 g5 16.Bb1 Be7 17.Nd6 Rd8 18.e4 Nf4 19.Nxc8 Raxc8 20.Bxf4 gxf4 21.e5 Kh8 22.Qd3 Nf8 23.Qe4 Ng6 24.Rc3

Rg8 25.Rfc1 Rg7 26.Rb3 b6 27.Rxc6 Rcg8 28.Rcc3 Nh4 29.g3 fxg3 30.fxg3 Nf5 31.Kf2 Bg5 32.d5 Bd2 33.Rd3 Rg4 34.Qe2 Nxg3 35.hxg3 Rxg3 36.Qxd2 Rg2+ 37.Ke3 Rxd2 38.Rxd2 Rg3 39.Rf2 Qxe5+ 40.Kd2 Qxd5+ 41.Rd3 Qc5 42.Re2 Qh5 43.Nd4 Qg5+ 44.Kc3 Qc1+ 45.Bc2 Rxd3+ 46.Kxd3 Qxb2 47.a4 Qa3+ 48.Bb3 Qd6 49.Kc3 h5 50.Nb5 Qg3+ 51.Kb2 a6 52.Nc3 h4 53.Bc2 h3 54.Be4 Qg1 55.Rd2 f5 56.Bb7 Kg7 57.Kc2 Kf6 58.Rd1 Qf2+ 59.Rd2 Qc5 60.Bxa6 Qe3 61.Bb7 Qg3 62.Rd1 Kg5 63.Rd3 Qg4 64.Rd7 Kh4 65.Rd6 e5 66.Rxb6 e4 67.a5 h2 68.a6 Qg1 69.Rh6+ Kg3 70.Nxe4+ fxe4 71.Bxe4 Qc5+ 72.Kd3 Qa3+ 73.Kd4 Qb4+ 74.Kd3 Qa5 75.Rg6+ Kf4 76.Rf6+ Kg5 77.Rg6+ Kh5 78.Rc6 Qa3+ 79.Kd4 Qa4+ 80.Rc4 Qxa6 81.Rc5+ Kg4 82.Rc1 Qd6+ 83.Ke3 0–1 Rhett Langseth (1935) Joe Pahk (1726)

1.Nf3 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Nbd2 e5 5.Qa4 Bd7 6.e4 Nd4 7.Qd1 Nxf3+ 8.Nxf3 dxe4 9.dxe4 Bc6 10.Qxd8+ Rxd8 11.Nxe5 Bxe4 12.Bb5+ Ke7 13.f3 Bd5 14.Be3 Ke6 15.Nd3 a6 16.Nf4+ Kf6 17.0–0–0 axb5 18.Nxd5+ Kf5 19.g4+ Ke6 20.Nc7+ 1–0 Karl Irons (1909) Brady Bardemeyer (1674)

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.0–0 a6 7.a3 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Qe2 c5 10.d3 Be7 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Qxe6+ Kg6 14.Qf7+ Kf5 15.Qe6+ Kg6 16.Qf7+ Kf5 17.Be6+ Ke5 18.Re1+ Kd6 19.Bf4+ Kc6 20.Bxd7+ Nxd7 21.Qe6+ Bd6 22.Qxd6# 1–0

LM Brian Wall (2247) Rhett Langseth (1935)

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 c6 4.c4 Nbd7 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nge2 Nh5 7.Be3 g5 8.Qd2 Nf4 9.0–0–0 Be7 10.Kb1 h6 11.Ng3 Nf6 12.Nf5 Qc7 13.h4 N6h5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nxe7 Qxe7 16.hxg5 Qxg5 17.Rxh5 1–0 Joshua Samuel (1955) Karl Irons (1909)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bd7 9.0–0–0 0–0 10.Kb1 Rb8 11.h4 b5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.g4 h5 14.gxh5 Nxh5 15.Rg1 b4 16.Nd5 a5 17.Bc4 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Kh7 19.Rg5 Nf6 20.Qd2 a4 21.h5 Nxh5 22.Rh1 e6 23.Qg2 Qf6 24.e5 dxe5 25.Rgxh5+ gxh5 26.Rxh5+ Kg8 27.Bg5 Qg6 28.Qh3 b3 29.axb3 axb3 30.Bd3 bxc2+ 31.Bxc2 f5 32.Qh4 e4 33.b3 Ra8 34.Kc1 exf3 35.Kd2 Ra2 36.Kd1 f2 37.Bd3 Rd8 38.Bxd8 Qg1+ 0–1 Timothy Sage (2170) Chris Peterson (2145)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 d6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.e4 0–0 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Ne2 Re8 11.0–0 Bf8 12.Nxd4 Nxe4 13.Qc2 Nf6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Be7 16.Bg3 Ng4 17.Rae1 Bf6 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Nb5 Qd8 20.h3 Ne5 21.Be2 a6 22.Nc3 g6 23.Qd2 Bg7 24.f4 Nd7 25.Bf2 Qf6 26.g4 Nc5 27.Bf3 Bd7 28.Re1 Nb3 29.Qd1 Na5 30.Re4 Re8 31.Bd4 Qh4 32.Bxg7 Rxe4 33.Nxe4 Kxg7 34.b4 f5 35.Qd4+ Kf7 36.bxa5 Qe1+ 37.Kg2 fxe4 38.Qxe4 Qc3 39.h4 Qxa3 40.h5 Qb2+ 41.Kg3 gxh5 42.gxh5 b6 43.Qg6+ Kf8 44.axb6 Qxb6 45.Qxh6+ Ke8 46.Qf6 Qg1+ 47.Bg2 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Qe7 49.Qh8+ Qf8 50.Qxf8+ Kxf8 51.Be4 Kg7 52.Kg3 a5 53.Kf2 Kh6 54.Ke3 a4 55.Kd2 Kxh5 56.Bc2 Kg4 57.Kc3 Kxf4 58.Kb4 Ke5 59.Bxa4 Bxa4 60.Kxa4 Kd4 61.Kb4 Kd3 62.Kb3 Kd4 63.Kb4 ½–½ Cory Foster (1665) Mark Schlagenhauf (2007)

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e4 0–0 6.Be2 Na6 7.a3 e5 8.0–0 exd4 9.Nxd4 c6 10.f3 d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e5 Nd7 13.f4 Ndc5 14.Ndb5 Be6 15.Be3 f6 16.Bd4 fxe5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.fxe5 Qg5 19.Nxd5 Qxe5 20.Ndc3 Nb3 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Rb1 Qe3+ 23.Kh1 Nac5 24.Qd6




Nd2 25.Rd1 Nc4 26.Qe7 Nxb2 27.Rd8 Qf2 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Qxf8+ Kxf8 30.Nxa7 Ke7 31.Nab5 Bc4 32.Bf3 Ke6 33.h3 Ke5 34.Kh2 Nbd3 35.Kg3 Ne1 36.a4 Nxf3 37.Kxf3 Nxa4 38.Nxa4 Bxb5 39.Nc5 Bc6+ 40.Kf2 b5 41.Nd3+ Kd4 42.Nb4 Bb7 43.g4 Kc4 44.Na2 b4 45.Nxb4 Kxb4 46.h4 Kc5 47.Ke3 Kd5 48.Kf4 Ke6 49.Kg5 Kf7 50.Kh6 Kg8 51.h5 Be4 52.hxg6 hxg6 53.g5 Kf7 54.Kh7 Ke6 55.Kg7 Kf5 56.Kh6 Kg4 57.Kh7 Kxg5 58.Kg7 Kf4 0–1 Katie Wise (2011) Daniel Herman (1587)

1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.0–0 e6 6.d3 Bd6 7.Qe1 Ne7 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 Bc5+ 11.Be3 Bxe3+ 12.Qxe3 Ng4 13.Qc3 Nf6 14.f5 exf5 15.exf5 Bh5 16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.Bc6+ Kf8 18.Bg2 Qd6 19.b3 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Ng4 21.Qf3 Ne3 22.Qxh5 Nxc2 23.f6 gxf6 24.Qh6+ Ke8 25.Rxf6 Qd4 26.Nc3 Nxa1 27.Ne4 Rb6 28.Qf4 Rxf6 29.Nxf6+ 1–0 Mike Madsen (1584) Brian Rountree (1801)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 0–0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0–0 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Na4 b6 13.Nxc5 bxc5 14.Qa4 Qe7 15.a3 Bd7 16.Qc2 a4 17.Rab1 Rfb8 18.h4 Rb6 19.h5 gxh5 20.g3 Bf6 21.Kg2 h4 22.Qd2 Bg5 23.Nxg5 Qxg5 24.Qd3 Rb3 25.Qd1 hxg3 26.fxg3 Qxg3+ 27.Kh1 Qh4+ 0–1 Rebecca Herman (1277) Tom Richardson (1029)

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 b6 4.d4 e4 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 Bb7 9.Qb3 c6 10.e4 Qe7 11.0–0 Nxc3 12.Bxf7+ Qxf7 13.Qxf7+ Kxf7 14.Ne5+ Ke8 15.bxc3 Bd6 16.Nf7 Bxh2+ 17.Kxh2 Rf8 18.Nd6+ Ke7 19.Bg5+ Kxd6 20.Rxf8 a5 21.e5+ Ke6 22.Raf1 Nd7 23.R8f7 Rg8 24.Kg3 Ba6 25.R1f2 Bc4 26.Re7+ Kd5 27.Rxd7+ Ke6 28.Rd6# 1–0 Tim Brennan (1952) Jeffrey Baffo (1817)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.dxc5 Na6 5.c3 Nxc5 6.e3 Bg7 7.Bc4 h5 8.Qd5 Ne6 9.Na3 a6 10.0–0–0 Rb8 11.f4 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Nc2 Rd8 15.Nf3 h4 16.h3 Nc5 17.Bd5 Ne4 18.Qe1

Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Ng3 20.Rg1 Qc4 21.Rd2 Qxa2 22.Nxh4 Ne4 23.Rd1 Nc5 24.Nb4 Qe6 25.Nf3 Qe4 26.Nd2 Qe6 27.Qg3 Bf8 28.Qf3 f5 29.g4 fxg4 30.hxg4 Rc8 31.Nd5 Nd3+ 32.Kb1 Qc6 33.Ne4 Nc5 34.Nxc5 Qxc5 35.Qe4 Bg7 36.f5 Kf8 37.g5 f6 38.gxf6 Bxf6 39.Nxf6 exf6 40.Rxd7 Qe5 41.Qg4 Ke8 42.Qg7 Qxf5+ 43.Kc1 Qxd7 44.Qxh8+ Ke7 45.Rg7+ Ke6 46.Qh3+ f5 47.Qh6+ 1–0 Mark Krowczyk (1776) Chris Peterson (2145)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 0–0 6.Bg5 d6 7.0–0–0 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Ne4 9.Qe3 Nxg5 10.Nxg5 e5 11.Nf3 Qf6 12.g3 Bf5 13.d5 Na5 14.Qc3 b6 15.Bg2 h6 16.Nd2 Nb7 17.f4 Rac8 18.Rhf1 Bh7 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Qxe5 dxe5

21.b4 a5 22.a3 Nd6 23.e4 Ra8 24.c5 bxc5 25.bxc5 Nb5 26.Nc4 f6 27.Kc2 Rfd8 28.d6 cxd6 29.cxd6 Rac8 30.Kb3 Nd4+ 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Rd1 Kf8 33.Rxd4 Bg8 34.Bf1 Rc5 35.Ka4 Be6 36.Nb6 Rb8 37.Bc4 Rxb6 38.Bxe6 Rb8 39.Rd5 Rc4+ 40.Kxa5 Rxe4 41.Bf5 Re3 42.a4 Reb3 43.Rb5 Ke8 44.Ka6 Kd8 45.Be4 Kd7 46.Bb7 Ra3 47.a5 Kxd6 48.Kb6 g5 49.a6 h5 50.a7 Rh8 51.Ra5 Rxa5 52.Kxa5 f5 53.a8Q Rxa8+ 54.Bxa8 f4 55.Kb4 Ke5 56.Kc3 g4 57.Kd3 h4 ½–½ Mark Schlagenhauf (2007) Justin Ater (1927)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 b3 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Nf3 Na6 9.Ng5 Qd7 10.Be2 Nb4 11.0–0 Nc2 12.Rb1 a5 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.d5 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Rc8 16.e4 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qd5 Nd4 19.Bxc4 Qe6 20.Bb5+ Nxb5 21.Qxb5+ Qc6 22.Qxa5 Ra8 23.Qe5 f6 24.Qg3 Qxe4 25.Qxb3 Qxa4 26.Qf3 Rb8 27.b3 Qb5 28.Rd1 e6 29.Bf4 Rb7 30.Rbc1 Kf7

31.Rc8 Rg8 32.Rdd8 Qb4 33.g3 e5 34.Qh5+ Ke6 35.Re8+ Re7 36.Be3 g6 37.Qxh7 Rgg7 38.Qh3+ Kf7 39.Rxf8# 1–0 Katie Wise (2011) Isaac Martinez (1918)

1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5 5.g3 Nc6 6.c3 h5 7.d4 f6 8.Qd3 Nge7 9.Nbd2 h4 10.Rg1 hxg3 11.hxg3 Bh3 12.Bxh3 Rxh3 13.Nxg5 fxg5 14.Ne4 Bf4 15.Bxf4 gxf4 16.Qf3 Nxd4 17.Qd3 Ne6 18.Qc4 Nd5 19.0–0–0 c6 20.gxf4 Qe7 21.Rxd5 cxd5 22.Qxd5 Rd8 23.Qb5+ Rd7 24.f5 Nf4 25.Rg8+ Kf7 26.Rg7+ Kxg7 27.f6+ Qxf6 28.Nxf6 Nxe2+ 29.Qxe2 Rdd3 30.Ne4 Rde3 31.Qg2+ Kf8 32.Kd2 Rd3+ 33.Ke2 Rhe3+ 34.Kf2 b5 35.Qg4 Rh3 36.Qf5+ Ke7 37.Qf6+ Kd7 38.Nc5+ Kc7 39.Nxd3 Rxd3 40.Qe5+ Kb6 41.Ke2 Rh3 42.Qf6+ 1–0 Brady Barkemeyer (1674) Timothy Sage (2170)

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.a3 Bg7 4.c4 0–0 5.b4 d6 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.Be2 Ngxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qc2 a5 12.Nd2 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1+ 14.Bxa1 Qe7 15.Bc3 f5 16.e4 Nf6 17.h3 Bh6 18.Bf3 Rd8 19.0–0 Bxd2 20.Bxd2 fxe4 21.Be2 Bf5 22.Bg5 Rd4 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Qa4 Kg7 25.Qa5 b6 26.Qa3 Qe7 27.c5 bxc5 28.bxc5 Bd7 29.Rd1 Bc6 30.Qc3 Qd7 31.Re1 h5 32.Qe3 Qe7 33.Qg3 Kh6 34.h4 Qf6 35.Rd1 Rxd1+ 36.Bxd1 Qf4 37.Qxf4+ exf4 38.g3 f3 39.Kf1 Kg7 40.Ke1 Kf6 41.Kd2 Ke5 42.Ke3 Kd5 43.Bb3+ Kxc5 44.Bf7 Bd5 45.Bxg6 Kb4 46.Kd4 Bb7 47.Bxh5 c5+ 48.Ke3 c4 49.Kd2 c3+ 50.Kc2 Ba6 51.Bg4 e3 52.fxe3 f2 53.Bh3 f1Q 54.Bxf1 Bxf1 55.h5 Kc4 56.Kc1 Be2 57.e4 Bxh5 58.e5 Bg4 59.Kc2 Bf5+ 60.Kc1 Kb3 61.Kd1 Kb2 62.Ke2 c2 63.Kf2 c1Q 0–1 Eric Barkemeyer (1510) Alex Cacas (1800)

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.a3 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.b4 e6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 0–0 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.h3 Bf8 13.0–0 g6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.f4 a5 17.Bc3 axb4 18.axb4 b6 19.cxb6 Qxb6 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Rb1 Rb8 22.Kf2 Qb5 23.Qxb5 Rxb5 24.Ke2 Nb6 25.Kd3 Na4 26.e4 Nxc3 27.Kxc3 Bh6 28.g3 Bf8 29.g4 c5 30.bxc5 Rxb1 31.Nxb1 Bxc5 32.exd5 exd5 33.f5




Kf8 34.Nd2 Ke7 35.Nf3 Bb6 36.Nd4 Bc7 37.Nf3 Bb6 38.Kd3 Bc5 39.Ng5 h6 40.f6+ Ke8 41.Nf3 Kd7 42.h4 Bf2 43.h5 g5 44.Nxg5 Ke8 45.Nh3 Bc5 46.Nf4 d4 47.Ne2 1–0 Anthea Carson (1720) Lennon Gashwazra (1464)

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.0–0 Bd7 8.Qe2 c4 9.Bc2 Qe7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 0–0–0 13.Qxc4 Kb8 14.Qb3 Na5 15.Qc2 f5 16.Bg5 Qf7 17.Bxd8 fxe4 18.Ng5 Qh5 19.g3 Rxd8 20.Nxe4 Bc6 21.Nxd6 Rxd6 22.Qd3 a6 23.Qe3 Bf3 24.Qf4 Kc7 25.h4 h6 26.Rfe1 g5 27.Qe5 Nc6 28.Qg7+ Rd7 29.Qf6 Bd5 30.c4 Rf7 31.Qxf7+ Qxf7 32.cxd5 exd5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Rac1 Kb8 35.Rcd1 Qg7 36.Rd3 g4 37.Red1 Qg6 38.a3 Qe4 39.Re3 Qc2 40.Red3 Qxb2 41.R1d2 Qc1+ 42.Rd1 Qg5 43.Rb1 Qe7 44.Re3 Qh7 45.Rd1 Qh5 46.Red3 Na5 47.Rc3 Nc4 48.Rb3 Qh7 49.a4 Qc2 50.Rdb1 Na5 51.Rb4 Qh7 52.Kg2 Nc6 53.Rb6 Nxd4 54.R6b2 Qh3+ 55.Kg1 Nf3# 0–1 Eugin Pahk (1183) Victor Creazzi (1289)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Be3 Bb4 8.Qd3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 b5 13.0–0 Bb7 14.e4 Nc6 15.Rad1 Ne5 16.Qg3 0–0 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.Qg5 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 Bxe4 20.Rg3 g6 21.Qh6 Qe7 22.Rf4 f5 23.Rh4 Qg7 24.Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.Nxe6+ Kg8 26.Nxf8 Rxf8 27.Re3 Rc8 28.g4 Bxc2 29.gxf5 Bxf5 30.a4 Rc4 31.Rxc4 bxc4 32.Re8+ Kf7 33.Ra8 h5 34.Rxa6 Kg7 35.Rd6 Be4 36.Rd4 1–0 Sara Herman (1306) Dustin Hoppe (1230)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Qd3 Nc6 7.Nf3 b6 8.0–0–0 Bxc3 9.Qxc3 Qf4+ 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.d5 Na5 12.dxe6 dxe6 13.Qxg7 Ke7 14.Qd4 Rad8 15.Qe3 Qxe3 16.fxe3 Rd7 17.Bb5 Rd6 18.Nc4 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Nc6 20.Bxc6 Bxc6 21.Ne5 Bb5 22.c4 Be8 23.h4 f6 24.Nd3 Bc6 25.e5 Bxg2 26.exf6+ Kxf6 27.c5 Rd8 28.cxb6 axb6 29.Rd2 Be4 30.Rf2+ Ke7 31.Ne5 Rf8 32.Rxf8 Kxf8 33.Kd2 Ke7 34.Kc3 c5 35.b4 Kd6 36.Ng4 h5 37.Nf6 Bg6 38.bxc5+ bxc5 39.Kc4 e5 40.a4 Bf7+

41.Kb5 c4 42.Ne4+ Kd5 43.Nf6+ Kd6 44.Ne4+ Kc7 45.a5 Bd5 46.Nc3 Kd6 47.Nxd5 Kxd5 48.a6 c3 49.a7 Ke4 50.a8Q+ Kxe3 51.Qa3 Kd2 52.Qd6+ Kc1 53.Qxe5 c2 54.Qxh5 Kb1 55.Qg5 1–0 LM BrianWall (2247) Karl Irons (1909)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nh3 e5 8.d5 a6 9.Nf2 Qe8 10.g4 h6 11.Be3 Kh7 12.b4 Qe7 13.Qd2 Ng8 14.Bd3 Qh4 15.a4 b6 16.a5 Bb7 17.axb6 cxb6 18.Na4 Qd8 19.h4 Rb8

20.h5 g5 21.0–0 Bf6 22.Nh1 Ne7 23.Ng3 Bg7 24.Kg2 f6 25.Rfc1 Bc8 26.Qe2 Ra8 27.Nf1 f5 28.exf5 e4 29.Bxe4 Bxa1 30.f6+ Kg8 31.fxe7 Qxe7 32.Rxa1 Qe5 33.Qb2 b5 34.Qxe5 dxe5 35.Nb6 Nxb6 36.Bxb6 Bb7 37.c5 Rab8 38.Bc7 Rbe8 39.Ne3 1–0 Joshua Samuel (1955) Kevin Seidler (2109)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.f4 Nc6 10.g4 e5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.f5 d5 13.g5 d4 14.gxf6 Bxf6 15.Bd2 dxc3 16.Bxc3 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Ra7 18.Qe1 Rd7 19.Qf2 Qxf2 20.Rxf2 c5 21.Rd1 Rfd8 22.Rxd7 Rxd7 23.Bf3 Bb7 24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 g6 26.Bg2 Kg7 27.Bc3 Kh6 28.Kg1 gxf5 29.exf5 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 Kg5 31.a3 Kxf5 32.b4 Be7 33.Bd2 Ke4 34.c4 cxb4 35.axb4 Kd3 36.Bc1 Bxb4 37.Bb2 e4 0–1 Mark Schlagenhauf (2007) Katie Wise (2011)

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nh3 Bg7 5.0–0 0–0 6.c4 d6 7.d5 Qe8 8.Qc2 a5 9.Nc3 Na6 10.a3 Nc5 11.b3 a4 12.b4 Nb3 13.Rb1 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Nxc1 15.Rbxc1

fxe4 16.e3 h6 17.Nf4 g5 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.dxe6 Qg6 20.Bxe4 Qf6 21.Bxb7 Ra7 22.Bd5 g4 23.c5 Kh8 24.b5 Ra5 25.Ba2 Qb2 26.cxd6 cxd6 27.Bc4 Qxa3 28.Qe4 Qb4 29.Rb1 d5 30.Qxd5 Qc3 31.Qe4 1–0 DuWayne Langseth (1977) Mark Krowczyk (1776)

1.d4 f5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.0–0 0–0 6.b3 d5 7.Bb2 b6 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 Ba6 10.b4 Bxc4 11.Bxc4 dxc4 12.Qxc4+ Qd5 13.Rc1 Nbd7 14.Qxc6 Rac8 15.Qxd5+ Nxd5 16.a3 Rxc1+ 17.Bxc1 Rc8 18.Bd2 Rc2 19.Ne1 Rc4 20.Ra2 e5 21.Rc2 b5 22.Rxc4 bxc4 23.Nc3 N7b6 24.Nc2 Nxc3 25.Bxc3 Na4 26.Ba1 c3 27.dxe5 Bxe5 28.Kf1 Kf7 29.f4 Bf6 30.Ke2 Ke6 31.Nd4+ Kd5 32.Kd3 Nb2+ 33.Kxc3 Nc4 34.Kd3 Nxa3 35.Nb3 Bxa1 36.Nxa1 Nc4 37.Nb3 Nb2+ 38.Ke2 Kc4 39.Nd4 a6 40.Nc2 Nd3 41.Na3+ Kxb4 42.Kxd3 Kxa3 43.g4 Kb4 44.e4 Kc5 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.e5 Kd5 47.Kc3 Kc5 48.Kb3 Kb5 49.Ka3 a5 50.Kb3 Kc5 51.Ka4 Kb6 52.e6 Kc6 53.e7 Kd7 54.e8Q+ Kxe8 55.Kxa5 Kf7 56.Kb5 Kg6 57.Kc5 Kh5 58.Kd5 Kg4 59.Ke5 h5 ½–½ Victor Huang (1773) Justin Alter (1927)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 e6 6.0–0 Be7 7.Nbd2 d5 8.h3 0–0 9.Nh2 Qb6 10.Kh1 dxe4 11.dxe4 e5 12.f4 Rd8 13.f5 Qc7 14.g4 h6 15.Rg1 Nh7 16.c3 b6 17.Qe1 Ba6 18.Ndf3 Bd3 19.h4 c4 20.g5 hxg5 21.hxg5 Bc5 22.Be3 Bxe4 23.Bxc5 Bxf3 24.Bxf3 bxc5 25.Qh4 Rd6 26.f6 Nf8 27.Be4 Ng6 28.Bxg6 fxg6 29.Qxc4+ Kf8 30.Qxc5 gxf6 31.gxf6 Kf7 32.Qc4+ Kxf6 33.Ng4+ Kg7 34.Rg2 Rh8+ 35.Nh2 Qf7 36.Qe4 Rf6 37.Kg1 Qe6 38.Rd1 Rf4 39.Qd3 Rd8 40.Qc2 Rxd1+ 41.Qxd1 e4 42.Nf1 Ne5 43.Qd4 Qb6 44.Rf2 Rg4+ 45.Rg2 Qxd4+ 46.cxd4 Nf3+ 47.Kh1 Rh4+ 48.Nh2 Rxh2+ 49.Rxh2 Nxh2 50.Kxh2 Kf6 51.Kg3 Ke6 52.Kf4 Kd5 53.Ke3 a5 54.b3 g5 55.a3 g4 56.b4 axb4 57.axb4 g3 58.b5 Kd6 59.Ke2 Ke6 60.b6 Kd6 ½–½ Lennon Gashwazra (1464) Brian Rountree (1801)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Be2 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.0–0 0–0 10.Bc4 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Qe7 12.Re1 Ne5 13.Nd2 Bg4 14.Be2




Qg5 15.Bxg4 Nxg4 16.N2f3 Qh6 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.N3d4 Bxd4 20.Qxg4 Bf6 21.Qf3 Qe4 22.Rad1 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Rad8 24.e4 g6 25.Nh6+ Kg7 26.Ng4 Bg5 27.b4 Bd2 28.Re2 Bxc3 29.Rc1 Bd4+ 30.Kg2 Bb6 31.a4 h5 32.Ne3 Bxe3 33.Rxe3 Rd2+ 34.Kg3 c6 35.Rb3 Red8 36.b5 cxb5 37.Rxb5 R8d7 38.Rcb1 Ra2 39.a5 a6 40.Rc5 Ra3 41.h4 Rdd3 42.Rf1 Kf6 43.Kf4 Ke6 44.Rc7 Rdb3 45.Rc5 Rb5 46.Rfc1 Raxa5 47.Rc8 Kf6 48.R1c7 Re5 49.Rxb7 Re7 50.Rc6+ Re6 51.Rcc7 Kg7 52.Rxf7+ Kg8 53.Rg7+ Kf8 54.Rgc7 Rf6+ 55.Kg3 Re5 56.Ra7 Re8 57.Kf2 Rxe4 58.Rh7 Kg8 59.Rhg7+ Kf8 60.Rh7 Kg8 61.Rhg7+ ½–½ Andrew Lin (1401) Daniel Herman (1587)

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Ne5 Nf6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rad1 Ne8 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Rd3 Rb8 16.Rg3 Rxb2 17.Nxd5 Rb5 18.Rxg7+ Nxg7 19.Nf6+ Kh8 20.Qxd7 Rf5 21.Qxa7 Rxf6 22.Qe7 Rg8 23.Qxf6 h5 24.Qh6# 1–0 Tara Martinez (578) Trever Sottosanti (Unrated)

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.e5 Nd7 8.0–0 Qc7 9.Bf4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Bc5 11.Qd3 0–0 12.Ng5 g6 13.Qh3 h5 14.Nf3 Ba6 15.Rfe1 Qb6 16.Qh4 Rfe8 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Rad8 19.Qd4 c5 20.Nxd5 cxd4 21.Nxb6 Nxb6 22.exd4 Bb7 23.Rad1 Nc4 24.b4 Nb2 25.Rd2 Na4 26.c4 a6 27.c5 Rd5 28.Rc1 Bc6 29.Rf1 Nc3 30.Ng5 Rf8 31.Rf3 Nb1 32.Rd1 Na3 33.Rxa3 Bb5 ½–½ Jackson Chen (2113) Ron Rossi (1812)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.c3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 Be7 11.0–0 0–0 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Rb8 15.Qd3 a5 16.Be3 c5 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.Bc4 Bf6 19.b3 Qe7 20.Qxd6 Qxe4 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Qxd5 23.Rxd5 Bd4 24.Bxd4 cxd4 25.Rd1 Rfd8 26.R1xd4 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Ra8 28.Rc5 Kf8 29.Kf1 Ke7 30.Rc7+ Ke6 31.Ke2 Ra6 32.f4 h5 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 g6 35.Ke3 Kf6 36.g5+ Ke6 37.Ke4 f5+ 38.Kd4 Rd6+ 39.Kc4 Rd1 40.Kb5 Rd3 41.Kxa5

Rd4 42.Rg7 Rxf4 43.Rxg6+ Ke5 44.Kb5 Rg4 45.a5 f4 46.Rg8 f3 47.Re8+ Kf4 48.Rf8+ Kg3 49.a6 Rxg5+ 50.Kxb4 Rg4+ 51.Kc3 Rg6 52.a7 Rc6+ 53.Kb2 Ra6 54.a8Q Rxa8 55.Rxa8 f2 56.Rf8 Kg2 57.b4 1–0 Jackson Chen (2113) LM Brian Wall (2247)

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Be7 10.h3 h6 11.a3 b5 12.Bb3 a6 13.0–0 0–0 14.a4 Nb6 15.Ne5 Nbd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Nd3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 c5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Qxb5 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 cxd4 23.Rd1 Bf6 24.exd4 Bxd4+ 25.Kh1 Qe5 26.Qxe5 Bxe5 27.g4 g5 28.Kg2 Rb8 29.Rd3 Bxb2 30.Re3 Kf8 31.Kg3 Bc1 32.Rd3 Bf4+ 33.Kf3 Rb4 34.Rc3 Ke7 35.Rc4 Rxc4 36.Bxc4 f5 37.Bd3 Kf6 38.Bc4 Bd6 39.Bd3 h5 40.Bc4 Bc5 41.Bd3 fxg4+ 42.hxg4 h4 43.Bc4 Ke5 44.Kg2 Bd4 45.Kf3 Bc3 46.Kg2 Bd2 47.Kf3 Bf4 48.Kg2 Kd6 49.Kf3 h3 50.Bf1 h2 51.Bg2 Kd5 52.Ke2+ Kd4 53.Bh1 Bc7 54.Bg2 Ba5 55.Bh1 Bc3 56.Bg2 e5 57.Bh1 e4 58.Bg2 Ke5 59.Bh1 Kf4 60.Bg2 Bd4 61.Bh1 Bc5 62.Bg2 e3 63.Bh1 Kxg4 64.Bf3+ Kf4 65.Bh1 Ke5 66.Bg2 Kd4 67.c3+ Kxc3 68.Bh1 Kd4 69.Bg2 Bd6 70.Bh1 Bg3 71.Bg2 Bf2 72.Bh1 Ke5 73.Bg2 Kf4 74.Bh1 Bh4 75.Bg2 g4 76.Bh1 Bg5 77.Bg2 Kg3 78.Bh1 Kh3 79.Kf1 Bf4 80.Bg2+ Kh4 81.Bh1 Kg3 82.Be4 Bg5 83.Bd5 Kf4 84.Bh1 Ke5 85.Ke2 Kd4 86.Bg2 ½–½ Jackson Chen (2113) Tim Brennan (1952)

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 c6 9.c5 Nd5 10.Qb3 b6 11.Nxd5 exd5

12.Qc3 bxc5 13.dxc5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd7 15.0–0 f6 16.Bh5+ g6 17.Bg4 Kf7 18.Re1 Ne5 19.Bf4 Nxg4 20.hxg4 Be7 21.Re2 Qd7 22.Rae1 Rhe8 23.g5 fxg5 24.Be5 ½–½ Andy Wu (1745) Ken MacRae (1303)

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d3 Nc6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0–0 Nd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 Qb6 11.Kh1 0–0 12.c3 dxc3 13.Nxc3 Rb8 14.b3 Bd7 15.Bb2 Bc6 16.Re1 Qc7 17.Rc1 Qd7 18.d4 d5 19.e5 Ne8 20.Bh3 g6 21.g4 Ng7 22.g5 Qc7 23.Bg4 Rfd8 24.h4 b5 25.Re3 Qa5 26.a3 b4 27.axb4 Bxb4 28.Rh3 Bd7 29.h5 Rdc8 30.Qe1 Rc7 31.hxg6 fxg6 32.Qh4 Kf7 33.Qxh7 Rg8 34.Ra1 Qb6 35.Na4 Bxa4 36.Rxa4 a5 37.Rh6 Kf8 38.Rxg6 Rf7 39.Bxe6 Qxe6 40.Rxe6 Nxe6 41.Qh6+ Ng7 42.Ba3 Bxa3 43.Rxa3 Rxf4 44.Rxa5 Kf7 45.Ra7+ Kf8 46.Qd6+ Ke8 47.Qe7# 1–0 Spencer Shook (1444) Andy Wu (1745)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Be3 d6 7.0–0 Bg4 8.Nd5 0–0 9.c3 b5 10.Bb3 Qd7 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Bh6 Rfe8 13.Bd5 Rad8 14.Bxc6 Qxc6

15.h3 Bh5 16.Nd4 exd4 17.Qxh5 Qd7 18.f4 dxc3+ 19.Kh1 Kh8 20.bxc3 Rg8 21.f5 Qe7 22.d4 Bb6 23.Rf4 Rg3 24.Rh4 Rdg8 25.Bf8 1–0

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2013 Pikes Peak Open Final Standings


1. William Wolf - Tim Brennan Panera Bread - Powers / July 2013

Black to Move

2. Barry Hepsley - Randy Reynolds Summer Solstice Showdown / 2013

Black to Move

3. Todd Burge - Devon Wall Colorado Open / 2013

White to Move

One of the best ways to improve your game is to study tactics, such as the following, from games played by Colorado players. Answers are on the next page.

6. Chris Peterson - Andy Wu Colorado Open / 2013

White to Move

4. Gene Lucas - Jason Lee Panera Bread - Powers / August 2013

White to Move

5. LM Brian Wall - IM Sandor Kustar Colorado G/10 Championship / 2013

White to Move

7. Brian Rountree - William Shand Panera Bread - Academy / Aug. 2013

White to Move

8. “Buck” Buchanan - Tim Brennan Colorado Springs CC Quad / 2013

Black to Move

9. Jason Lee - Tim Brennan Panera Bread - Powers / Aug. 2013

Black to Move

Tactics Time! by Tim Brennan

Volume 40, Number 4


October 2013

Tactics Time answers: If you have a position from a game played in Colorado with an interesting tactic please send it to me! It can be anything from a ma-te in one to a deep combination that only you and Magnus Carlsen could have possibly figured out! [email protected] 1. In this position I noticed that if I could play 10...Qb4+ I would fork the White king and bishop, winning a piece. But if I did this

right away, White could block the check with 11.Nd2 which also defends the bishop on c4. So I first played 10...Bxf3 removing this defender, 11.gxf3 only way to recapture 11...Qb4+ forking the White king and bishop, winning a piece.

2. 15...Rd1+!! sets up a deadly double discovered check. 16.Kxd1 Ba4+ 17.Ke1 Qd1# Randy saw this tactic, which allowed him to put his knight safely on e4, which looked like it was an unsafe square, but actually was safe because of this tactic. His oppo-nent did not fall for this little trap.

3. 19.g4 forks the Black queen and bishop. 4. 27.Qxf5, which wasn’t played in the game, wins a valuable pawn, and attacks the vulnerable rook on g6. The e6 pawn is pinned

like a tail on the donkey. 5. 23.Bxf7+ turns Black’s position into a steaming pile of Hungarian goulash. 23...Rxf7 24.Qg8+ Rf8 25.Qxg6+ Rf7 26.Qxe4

and White is up 2 pawns. 6. 20.Rc7 forking the Black queen and bishop. 7. 19.Qxb6+ takes the rook. The knight on d7 is pinned, and cannot recapture. 8. 29...Na3+!! is a buckshot forced mate, 30.bxa3 Rc1+ 31.Kb2 Qc3# or 30.Ka1 Rc1+ 31.Qb1 Rxb1#. 9. In this game I blundered my queen early and fought back to eventually win. Here I started my comeback with 24...Rxd6. If

White recaptures with 25.Nxd6 I have the knight fork 25...Nf2+ forking the White king and queen. Paul Anderson told me that I am the Anthony Weiner of Colorado Chess - I don’t know when to resign!

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Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan promoting their new Kindle eBook, Tactics Time 2, 1001 Real Chess Tactics from Real Chess Games at the 2013 Colorado Open. The book is available at www.amazon.com and contains hun-dreds of positions from the games of Colorado Chess players.



Forcing a Draw – Problems

by NM Todd Bardwick (Reprinted with permission of the Author,

the United States Chess Federation & Chess Life magazine.)

We looked at a some examples of how to save a lost game by forcing a draw in the July issue of the Colorado Chess In-formant. When you are behind and in trouble, it is important to stay mentally tough and look for any way possible to save yourself.

Now you get your shot at it...can you fig-ure out how to draw these inferior posi-tions?

#1

Position after 54.Bxe4 (pawn) Black to move

#2

Position after 25.Nxf3 (bishop) Black to move

#3

Position after 43.a4 Black to move

#4

Position after 69...Rb5 White to move

#5

Position after 41.Kh4 Black to move

#6

Position after 16.Kxc6 (knight) Black to move




#1 This position occurred between Garry Kasparov and Neil McDonald in Great Britain in 1986. Black appears to have no useful checks and is behind in material. Black sees a clever stalemate position and plays 54...Rxg3+! 55.Kxg3 Qe5+! Draw White must capture the queen and stalemate Black.

#2 White is ahead a pawn and has slightly better development. Black sees a clever way to force a three-move repeti-tion draw with his annoying knights and advanced g-pawn. He plays, 25...Nf4 26.Bxh8 N2h3+ 27.Kh1 (27.Kf1 g2 ma-te) 27...Nf2+ Draw agreed because of the upcoming three-move repetition. This position occurred in London in 1862 be-tween George MacDonnell and Adolf Anderssen.

#3 Max Euwe was White against Mir Sultan Khan in this position from Has-tings in 1931. White has an extra passed pawn and looks like he is on his way to victory. Black made several key observa-tions: White’s bishop is stuck defending his pawn on d5 which blocks the bishop from helping slow down Black’s kingside pawn majority and the bishop and the promotion square of White’s h-pawn are not on the same color. Black sees a way to eliminate all of White’s other pawns by playing 43...Nxa4! 44.Kxa4 g4 45.fxg4 fxg4 46.Kb4 h5 47.Be8 The bishop must abandon his d-pawn to stop Black’s king-side pawns. 47...Kxd5 48.Bxh5 Ke5 49.Bxg4 Draw agreed. White cannot promote the h-pawn since his bishop is not the same color as the promotion square.

#4 This position occurred in the 1956 USSR Championship between Yuri Aver-bakh and Boris Spassky. White is behind in material, but has a chance to draw be-cause Black only has one pawn left. Re-member that when you are behind in ma-terial, it is usually a good idea to trade off pawns, with the goal of eliminating all your opponent’s pawns – his potential queens. White figures out how to do this by playing 70.Rxb5! axb5 71.e6+ Rxe6 72.Kc5 Re5+ 73.Kb6 Draw agreed. Black’s king cannot help protect his b-

pawn as White threatens Bb4 and Bc5, cutting off the rook from defending the pawn. The ending with the bishop vs. a rook is a draw, if played properly.

#5 Stephen Boyd was playing the White pieces against Torbjorn Glimbrant in this 1992 game played in Alicante, Spain. Black’s exposed king is in danger of getting checkmated by White’s queen and rook. Black finds a solution by sacri-ficing all three (!) of his pieces to force a stalemate. He plays 41...Rxh3+! 42.Kxh3 Qh1+ 43.Kg3 Nh5+! 44.gxh5 Qf3+! 45.Kh2 Qg2+ 46.Kxg2 Stalemate.

#6 This position occurred in Vienna in 1872 between Carl Hamppe and Philipp Meitner. Black sacrificed a lot of pieces to draw White’s king into Black’s posi-tion. He must checkmate him or force a three-move repetition before White’s pieces can come to the rescue. Black plays 16...Bb7+! 17.Kb5 17.Kxb7 loses to 17...Kd7 18.Qg4+ Kd6 and White can-not stop the threat of 19.Rhb8 mate.

17...Ba6+ 18.Kc6 18.Ka4 Bc4 and the threat of 19...b5 mate that cannot be stopped! 18...Bb7+ Draw by 3-move repetition.

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NM Todd Bardwick is the author of “Chess Strategy Workbook:

A Blueprint for Developing the Best Plan.”


2013-2014 Colorado Tour Standings Through the Colorado Open


Volume 40, Number 4


October 2013

Overall

Name Rating Points Games 1 Victor Huang 1794 51.6 5 2 Lior Lapid 2290 48.0 5 3 Rebecca Herman 1361 48.0 5 4 Jesse Cohen 2187 48.0 5 5 Michael Mulyar 2546 48.0 5 6 Tom Needham 1327 44.0 5 7 Matthew Campbell 2000 43.2 5 8 Jackson Chen 2124 43.2 5 9 LM Brian Wall 2236 43.2 5 10 Scott Lett 2130 43.2 5

Expert

Name Rating Points Games 1 Jesse Cohen 2187 48.0 5 2 Matthew Campbell 2000 43.2 5 3 Jackson Chen 2124 43.2 5 4 Scott Lett 2130 43.2 5 5 Chris Peterson 2163 43.2 5 6 Marc Jimenez 2075 38.4 5 7 Jason Loving 2060 38.4 5 8 Carlos Santillan 2043 38.4 4 9 Kevin Seidler 2053 28.8 5 10

Class B Name Rating Points Games 1 Victor Huang 1794 51.6 5 2 Dennis Bolshakov 1678 43.0 5 3 Suhaas Narayanan 1747 43.0 5 4 Adam Young 1617 40.0 5 5 Robert Blaha 1608 38.7 5 6 John Krue 1662 38.7 4 7 Norbert Martinez 1632 38.7 5 8 Deanna Alter 1722 34.4 5 9 Luke Stephens 1725 34.4 4 10 Jonathan Buck 1695 34.4 5

Class D Name Rating Points Games 1 Rebecca Herman 1361 48.0 5 2 Tom Needham 1327 44.0 5 3 Ryan Beckett 1214 43.0 5 4 Tikila Nichols 1353 40.0 5 5 Todd Bruge 1387 36.0 5 6 KW Cowin 1345 36.0 5 7 Xiang Huang 1265 32.0 5 8 Devon Wall 1212 32.0 5 9 Samuel Dorchuck 1397 32.0 5 10 Sara Herman 1335 32.0 5

Active

Name Rating Points Games 1 Victor Huang 1794 51.6 5 2 IM Michael Mulyar 2546 48.0 5 3 Lior Lapid 2290 48.0 5 4 Jesse Cohen 2187 48.0 5 5 Rebecca Herman 1361 48.0 5 6 Tom Needham 1327 44.0 5 7 LM Brian Wall 2236 43.2 5 8 Chris Peterson 2163 43.2 5 9 Scott Lett 2130 43.2 5 10 Jackson Chen 2124 43.2 5

Class A

Name Rating Points Games 1 Dean Clow 1806 43.0 5 2 Ryan Swerdlin 1953 38.4 5 3 Nabil Spann 1821 38.4 5 4 Gunnar Andersen 1945 33.6 5 5 Mark Krowcyzk 1855 38.8 5 6 Isaac Martinez 1932 28.8 5 7 Justin Alter 1912 28.8 5 8 Tim Brennan 1990 28.8 5 9 Joshua Samuel 1960 28.8 5 10 Brad Lundstrom 1993 28.8 4

Class C Name Rating Points Games 1 Joseph Aragon 1413 40.0 5 2 Javier Hollines 1475 38.7 5 3 John Haring 1471 34.4 5 4 Thomas Corbett 1559 34.4 4 5 Jasom Al-Adsani 1521 34.4 5 6 Akshat Jain 1567 34.4 5 7 Andrew Lin 1449 32.0 5 8 Tyler Chase 1423 32.0 5 9 Lennon Gashwazra 1534 30.1 5 10 Aidan Marco 1427 30.1 5

Class E Name Rating Points Games 1 Shamik Bhat 1151 36.0 5 2 Gary Miles 803 32.0 5 3 Caled Al-Adsani 687 28.0 5 4 Frank Atwood 1141 28.0 5 5 Arvind Chandramouli 1111 28.0 5 6 Terry McDivitt 1102 28.0 5 7 Samuel Kater 223 27.2 5 8 Atharva Vispute 993 24.0 5 9 Greg Bausch 1053 24.0 5 10 Tara Martinez 677 24.0 5


COLORADO CHESS CLUB DIRECTORY Boulder Chess Club: Is back in business and meets every Wednesday at the UMC Alferd Packer Grill 6:30-11:30pm. Contact Ginny Gaige at [email protected] or Julian Evans at [email protected] for more information.

Carbondale Chess Club: Meets every Tuesday from 6:00pm until the wee hours at Kahhak Fine Arts & School, 411 Main Street, Carbondale. All levels and ages are welcome and chess coaching is available. Please contact Majid Kahhak at (970) 704-0622 or email: [email protected].

Castle Rock Chess Club: Meets every Monday from 6:00-9:00pm at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 South Wilcox Street, Castle Rock.

Chess Knights: (Highlands Ranch) Meets on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday evenings from 7:00-9:00pm. From C-470 & Broad-way, on Broadway go 1.3 miles south, at the light, turn right onto Highland Ranch Parkway, go 0.2 miles, to the first light, turn left onto Ridgeline Blvd., go 0.2 miles, the library is on the left. We meet in the conference room on the left beyond the re-strooms. Information is also available on the Chess Knights' Web site at http://HighlandsRanchLibraryChess.org. Contact: Frank Atwood (720) 260-1493 or by email: [email protected].

Chessmates Chess Club: (Fort Collins) 111 North College Ave. Meeting upstairs, Monday 3:45-4:45pm & Thursday 4:45-6:15pm. For kids ages 6-14 of all levels. Instructed by Zachary Bekkedahl. For more information go to www.chessmatesfc.com or email: [email protected].

Colorado Springs Chess Club: Meets Tuesday evenings, 7:00-10:00pm, in the ballroom of the Acacia Apartments build-ing, 104 East Platte. Scheduled activities every meeting at 8:00pm (must show up by 8:00pm or you might be locked out). For information see their website at www.SpringsChess.org or email Buck Buchanan at [email protected] or call (719) 685-1984.

Craig Chess Club: Call Rick or Mary Nelson, (970) 824-4780 to schedule play.

Denver Chess Club: Meets on Tuesdays, 6:00-10:00pm at the Third Christian Reformed Church, 2400 South Ash Street, Denver. (303) 733-8940. www.DenverChess.com

Denver Chess / Meetup.com: This group is run through the social site Meetup.com, and our page is www.Meetup.com/Learn-to-Play-Chess/. Players must join in order to receive infor-mation and sign up for events. Contact: David Costantino at [email protected] or through the group's Meetup.com page.

Durango Chess Club: Meets on Wednesdays from 6:00-9:00pm at Durango Joe’s Coffee Shop, 732 East College Drive.

Fort Collins Chess Club: Currently meets Tuesdays, 7:00pm, in the food court of the Lory Student Center (2nd level), Colorado State University. You can email Randy Reynolds at [email protected]. On the net - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fort_collins_chess.

Fort Lewis College Chess Club: Meets Thursday nights in the X-treme room which is located the College Union Building, the club is sponsored by the school and is a USCF affiliate club. For more info, contact Andrea Browne at (970) 247-6239.

Grand Junction Junior Chess Club: Meets every 3rd Saturday of the month at the Knights of Columbus Building, 2853 North Avenue. Call Rand Dodd at (970) 245-4015.

Greeley Chess Club: Meets Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00pm at Your Place Coffee, 2308 West 17th Street, Greeley. Contact Brad Lundstrom at [email protected]. Or call him at (720) 272-9384.

Lafayette Chess Club: Meets Mondays, from 6:00-9:00pm at the Mojo Coffeehouse, 211 North Public Road in Lafayette. Contact Victor Creazzi at (303) 332-7039 or by email at [email protected] for more information.

Longmont Chess Club: Meets Thursdays, from 6:30-9:00pm at Abbondanza Pizzeria, 461 Main St., in Longmont. Contact James Drebenstedt at (720) 494-0993 for more infor-mation.

Northeast Denver Chess Club: Meets Mondays and Thursdays from 4:00-8:00pm at 2575 Vine Street, Denver. Call (303) 320-6716 for more info.

Pagosa Springs Chess Club: Meets on Tuesdays (6:00-9:00pm) and on Saturday mornings (9:00-Noon) at Nello’s Res-taurant, 135 Country Center Drive, #A. For more information contact Anthony Steventon by email at [email protected] or at (970) 731-3029.

Pueblo Chess Club: Meets at the Daily Grind Café, 209 South Union on Tuesdays and Thursdays after 6:30pm. For more info contact Liz Nickovich at [email protected] or by phone at (719) 696-8389.

Rifle Chess Club: Meets Thursdays, 6:30-9:00pm, at City Hall. For information email Dane Lyons at [email protected].

Stonebridge Games Chess Club: (Longmont) Meets Tues-days at 5:00pm. 449 Main Street, Longmont. Call (303) 776-3796 for more info.

To add to or update listing information please email Fred Eric Spell at

[email protected].

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Volume 40, Number 4


October 2013


Tri-Lakes Open October 5 - 6, 2013

4 Round Swiss System Tournament Time Control: 40/90, G/30;+30” Increment. Site: The Inn at Palmer Divide, 443 State Highway 105, Palmer Lake, CO 80133. Sections: Open Entry Fee: $40; Pre-registration entry fee: $35, which must be paid at the time of pre-registration. Send pre-registration with check payable to Fred Spell, 16845 Buffalo Valley Path, Monu-ment, CO 80132. Pre-registration must be received and paid in full by October 3rd in order to qualify for the reduced entry fee. Go to www.GentlemensChessClub.com & click on "Upcoming Tournaments" for pre-registration form. Prizes: Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed at the conclusion of the event. Registration: October 5th - 8:30-9:30am. Rounds: October 5th - 10:00am, 4:00pm; October 6th - 9:00am, 3:00pm. Entries: Fred Spell Phone: (719) 491-1040 E-mail: [email protected] USCF membership required. Presented by the Gentlemen's Chess Club

Denver Open

October 19 - 20, 2013

5 Round Swiss System Tournament Time Control: G/90;d5(Rnds 1-3) and G/120;d5 (Rnds 4-5). Site: Marriott Tech Center, 4900 S. Syracuse St., Denver 80237 Open: Open to all USCF members. U1800: Open to all USCF members rated less than 1800 and unrated. U1500: Open to all USCF members rated less than 1500 and unrated. U1200: Open to all USCF members rated less than 1200 and unrated. Entry Fee: $60 ($45 if rec'd by 9/30). Prizes: Open $900-500-200 U1800 $700-300-100 U1500 $500-200-100 U1200 $300-150-50. Based on 100 players. Registration: 9:00am - 10:00am. Rounds: October 19 - 10:00am, 2:00pm, 7:00pm; October 20 - 9:00am, 3:00pm. Entries: Randolph Schine 8101 East Dartmouth Avenue, #15, Denver, CO 80231. Phone: (303) 695-7839 Make checks payable to Denver Chess Club. USCF and CSCA membership required (for CO residents). Special hotel rates of $89/night if made by 9/27. Mention "Chess Tournament". Call (800) 266-9432. Free Parking for all participants. No last round byes accepted. Online registration available - small fee applies. Colorado Tour Event

The President's Cup October 27, 2013

4 Round Swiss System Tournament Time Control: G/25. Site: Marriott Hotel, Tech Center, (Pike's Peak Hall), 4900 S. Syracuse St. Denver CO 80237 Open: One open section. Entry Fee: $20; Pre-registration price: $15 Prizes: Certificates and Trophies Registration: Sunday, October 27th, Noon - 1:00pm. Rounds: Sunday, Oct 27th; 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm. Entries: Obi Ikeako 2075 S. Danube Way, Aurora, CO 80013 Phone: (720) 326 2875 E-mail: [email protected] USCF rated. Free parking for all participants. Online registration available (small fee applies).

Inaugural Corner Bakery Open

November 2 - 3, 2013

4 Round Swiss System Tournament Time Control: G/90; 30 second increment. Site: Corner Bakery Cafe, 1147 16th St., Denver, CO Directions: 16th Street mall between Lawrence and Arapahoe. Under the Clock tower, visible from the Chess tables. Open: One open section Entry Fee: $40; Pre-registration price: $35. Prizes: Cash prizes based on entry fees. Registration: 9:30am -10:30am. Rounds: November 2 - 10:30am, 3:00pm; November 3 - 10:30am, 3:00pm. Entries: Brian Wall 9320 Gaylord Street, Thornton, CO 80229 Phone: (720) 641-9588 E-mail: [email protected] Colorado Tour Event 25% off for Juniors/Seniors/Unrated players. USCF and CSCA membership required. Online entry available - small extra fee applied.

Chess Knight with the Denver Nuggets November 23, 2013

Site: Pepsi Center, Downtown Denver Entry Fee / Tickets: $22 which includes Chess Lesson by NM Todd Bardwick, Dinner at Pepsi Center, give-aways for the kids, and Nuggets game against the Dallas Mavericks! Prizes: Give-aways for the kids Entries: Lindsay Marchbanks Phone: (303) 405-7635 E-mail: [email protected] Registration: www.ColoradoMasterChess.com or www.nuggetstix.com/chessknight2013 after October 14.

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October 2013



Winter Springs Open December 7 - 8, 2013

4 Round Swiss System Tournament Time Control: 40/2, G/60; d/5. Site: City Hall, 606 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs. Sections: June: Open to all / July: U1800 / August: U1400 Entry Fee: $35 if received by 12/5, $40 at site. $9 off EF for Juniors, Seniors, Unrated. Additional $5 discount for Supporting Members of the Colorado Springs Chess Club. Prizes: Cash prizes per entries. Registration: December 7 - 8:30-9:30am. Rounds: December 7 - 10:00am, 4:00pm; December 8 - 9:00am, 3:00pm. Entries: Richard Buchanan, 1 Sutherland Road, Manitou Springs CO 80829. Phone: (719) 685-1984 E-mail: [email protected] CSCA membership required ($15, $10 for juniors & seniors), OSA. Colorado Tour Event

2014 Colorado Correspondence Championship

January 2 - December 31, 2014

Time Control: 10 moves in 30 days, time duplication after 20 days, 30 days vacation/year. Site: www.iccf-webchess.com Sections: Multiple sections if 10 or more entries Entry Fee: $20 Prizes: Free entry to 2015 Colorado Correspondence Champion-ship for the winner of each section, $25 credit towards a corre-spondence tournament for winner of Championship Section. Round Times / Registration Deadline: December 15th. Entries: Richard Buchanan 1 Sutherland Rd., Manitou Springs CO 80829 E-mail: [email protected] CSCA membership required A state championship tournament For USCF correspondence rules, see http://www.uschess.org/content/view/7521/393/ If entries warrant multiple sections, there will be a championship section and reserve section(s). The championship section will be consisted of two former champions, up to three top finishers from the 2013 tournament, and at least two players who qualify by rating.

Colorado Springs Open March 8 - 9, 2014

5 Round Swiss System Tournament Time Control: Rounds 1-2 G/90, d/5; Rounds 3-5 G/90, +30 second increment. Site: City Hall, 606 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs Open: One open section. Entry Fee: EF $35 if rec'd by March 6, $40 at site. $9 EF dis-count for juniors, seniors, unrated. Additional $5 discount for Supporting Members of Colorado Springs Chess Club. Prizes: Cash prizes per entries.

Registration: 8:30am - 9:30am. Rounds: 10:00am, 2:30pm, 7:00pm; 9:00am, 3:00pm. Entries: Richard Buchanan 1 Sutherland Rd., Manitou Springs CO 80829 Phone: (719) 685-1984 E-mail: [email protected] Note: Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday morning. CSCA required, ($15, jrs & srs 10), OSA. Colorado Tour Event

Boulder Open March 21 - 23, 2014

5 Round Swiss System Tournament Time Control / 3-day: G/90 +30 second increment; 2-day: Rounds 1-2: G/60, d/5. Rounds 3-5: G/90 +30 second increment. Site: Best Western Plus Boulder Inn, 770 28th St, Boulder, CO 80303. Group rate available soon. Call (303) 499-3800. Website at www.BoulderInn.com Open: Open to all current USCF members (rated and unrated). U1700: Open to all USCF members rated under 1700 and un-rated. Entry Fee: $35 by March 19. $40 on site. Prizes: Open: $200-125-75 U1700: $150-75-45 Based on 40 players. Registration: 3-day: Friday 6:00pm - 7:00pm; 2-day: Saturday 8:30am - 9:30am. Rounds: 3-day: 7:00pm; 10:00am, 3:00pm; 2-day: 10:00am, 12:30pm, 3:00pm; Sunday: 9:00am, 2:00pm all. Entries: Jackson Chen 5653 Stoneybrook Drive, Broomfield, CO 80020 Phone: (720) 234-1186 E-mail: [email protected] $9 discount for Juniors, Seniors, and Unrated. Randy Reynolds will be the Chief TD. USCF and CSCA membership required (other state membership accepted). Colorado Tour Event Small extra fee for online registration.

For more information & additional listings on upcoming Colorado events, please visit the CSCA website at

www.ColoradoChess.com.

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USCF Delegate’s Report

By Richard “Buck” Buchanan As usual, I represented Colorado at the USCF Delegates Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin, on August 3-4. Alternate Delegate Dean Brown was unable to go because of family commitments, so the long string of consecutive US Opens that he and Kathy Schneider had created, came to an end. Also as usual, Michael Mulyar was playing on the top boards and doing very well. Shortly after that he earned a GM norm in the Washington International tournament.

My wife Dee and I drove out and made a vacation out of it. On the way east, we camped overnight in Nebraska and Iowa, and dis-covered that northeast Iowa is really a charming place. We even camped at Pikes Peak State Park, with a great view overlooking the Mississippi River. After the meeting, we headed north into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and took a boat to Isle Royale National Park on an island in Lake Superior.

The travel details are to pad this report, because really very little happened at the meeting. None of the usual controversies took place, the disruptive “characters” weren’t there, no lawyers were hovering about, we listened to a few interminable speeches but still were able to finish off the business in only one day.

Four of the six candidates for the Executive Board were chosen: Ruth Haring, Mike Atkins, Randy Bauer, and my old Ohio buddy Chuck Unruh. They received many, many more votes than the runners-up. I am still on the USCF Ethics Committee, though no long-er Chairman. There were the usual routine matters to resolve, and when I tell you the most controversial topic was the minimum age of Delegates and Executive Board members, you will understand it wasn’t that exciting. The most important thing for tournament players is that a new rule book will be coming out soon, I believe by the end of the year.

Still, it was worth it to go there and participate. I saw many old friends and a few folks who are on one side or another of Ethics com-plaints - now that part took a little diplomacy!

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Tara ...Queen of the Upsets Galore

by Joe Fromme Assistant TD, Monument Open

When Chris Peterson drew Grandmaster Tejas Bakre in 2012, it was an exciting moment to be sure and I was moved to write about it. The title “The Art of the Possible” says it all. Now, here we go again. Wunderkind Tara Martinez rated 577 defeats a 1337 player at the 2013 Monument Open. I personally watched the best endgame technique ever by an under 600 player in my life. Am I scared to play her? You’re darn tootin’ boy!

Seriously, isn't there a rule against such uppity behavior? How much longer can western civilization stand when little children intel-lectually outmaneuver our seasoned elders? Ahhhh...the humanity!! Anyway, Fred Spell awarded her the upset prize which was a beautiful red “Cross” brand pen. Seeing the joy in her face and the pride in her parent's eyes made my weekend right there. Congrat-ulations Tara!

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