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Volume 47, Number 3 July 2020 COLORADO STATE CHESS ASSOCIATION

COLORADO CHESS INFORMANT

When the Grim Reaper

Decides to Play

®

The Colorado State Chess Association, Incorporated, is a

Section 501(C)(3) tax exempt, non-profit educational corpora-

tion formed to promote chess in Colorado. Contributions are

tax deductible.

Dues are $15 a year. Youth (under 20) and Senior (65 or older)

memberships are $10. Family memberships are available to

additional family members for $3 off the regular dues. Scholas-

tic tournament membership is available for $3.

● Send address changes to Ann Davies.

● Send pay renewals & memberships to Dean Brown.

● 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. President’s Notes

CSCA President Paul Covington

4. 4th CSCA Board Meeting

5. Checkmate COVID-19

7. When the Grim Reaper Decides to Play

Fred Eric Spell

9. Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev

Richard “Buck” Buchanan

21. Colorado Chess Club Directory

22. My Games With Rudolf Petters

Curtis Carlson

30. A Perfect Win for White in Komodo 14.1?

Colin James III

32. A Perfect Draw for Black on 1.e4 in 12 Moves

Colin James III

33. Practical Review of Komodo 14.1 With Switches

Colin James III

34. The Chess Detective

NM Todd Bardwick

36. Tactics Time!

Tim Brennan

38. Tactics Time! (Bonus)

Tim Brennan

From the Editor

I do hope everyone is well and this pandemic has not hit you too

hard. Amazing that I never thought I would experience this in

my lifetime. Well, here we are today dealing with this as best we

all can.

For the time being there will be changes in chess competition

both here in Colorado and all over the world, so stay tuned.

It is with sadness that longtime Colorado player Dr. Mikhail

Ponomarev has passed away. “Buck” Buchanan has submitted an

overview of his life along with games from his time in Colorado.

Dr. Ponomarev’s passing comes not long after the death of an-

other Colorado stalwart, NM Imre Barley. May they both rest in

peace.

May Caissa be with you.

Fred Eric Spell

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Colorado Chess Informant

July 2020

Informant Article Submission Deadlines:

January issue - December 21 / April issue - March 21

July issue - June 21 / October issue - September 21

(Email articles to [email protected])

© 2020 Colorado State Chess Association

CSCA Board of Directors

President:

Paul Covington [email protected]

Vice President:

Brad Lundstrom

[email protected]

Secretary:

Ann Davies

[email protected]

Treasurer:

Dean Brown [email protected]

Junior Representative:

Griffin McConnell

[email protected]

Members at Large:

Lior Lapid

[email protected]

Gracie Salazar

[email protected]

CSCA Appointees

USCF Delegates:

Richard “Buck” Buchanan

[email protected]

Paul Covington [email protected]

CCI Editor:

Fred Eric Spell

[email protected]

Correspondence Chess:

Klaus Johnson

[email protected]

Scholastic Chess:

Lior Lapid

[email protected]

Webmaster & Tournament

Clearinghouse:

Dean Clow

[email protected]

CSCA Historian:

Todd Bardwick

[email protected]

Volume 47, Number 3

On the cover:

“Death is Only a Game”

by Wyldraven www.deviantart.com/wyldraven

www.ColoradoChess.com



President’s Notes:

We have several items of interest to share. And as much as we want to get back to normal over the board

chess, we believe it is more important to put player safety first. This causes a ripple effect for a host of

decisions. First, the Board faced a very difficult decision, what to do about the Colorado Open Extravaganza

we had planned for this September 4-6. After much discussion, it was clear that as much as we love our chess

family and playing chess it was just not worth the risk of conducting an Over-The-Board event when the stakes

to human life are so high. So the OTB event and the Induction into the Colorado Hall of Fame’s second group

of inductees are postponed until next year.

We will have an online Colorado Open Championship 2020. It will be held on the same weekend (Sept 4-6,

2020) and we are working on the details. Brad is working with me on the details. Our starting point is: Event

will be held on Chess.com; the games will be Friday night 7:00pm, Saturday and Sunday 10:00am and

6:00pm. These times may change so watch this webpage for updates. Entry fees prize funds, instructions on

how to register and login, and other details will be posted soon.

I am extremely disappointed that taking this action is necessary, however, our members’ safety is even more

important! I believe you understand.

Second is the Membership meeting. We may be forced to violate our By-Laws this year by not have an in-

person membership meeting. Most of the item that would normally be in that meeting can be accomplished on

our website. However, Board election is not one of those. If you are interested in a particular board position

please submit your name to me and I will post on the website. Include your qualifications and speech that you

would normally make at the meeting. I know this is irregular, but I don’t know what else to do.

The AAUW Grant for “Colorado All Girls After School Chess Club” was awarded to CSCA because of Ann

Davies’ efforts. This $5,700.00 grant will start in January 2021 not September 2020 as previously advertised

due to the uncertainity of how the school districts will be operating this Fall. The women who instruct these

classes will receive payment for their work. Equipment will be provided. Any Denver area ladies interested?

CSCA will need volunteers (our grant does not cover this program) for the Denver Chess league

reorganization and management. This is primarily coordinating with chess coaches at the schools about their

playing schedules (can be done from anywhere). My goal for this is to be an on-line program so travel is

reduced AND acceptibility is increased. Additionally, I want to expand this program to statewide, possibly into

districts or zones where the winners of each area could have a playoff sometime after Spring-break each year.

Contact me at (719) 310-7542 or by email at [email protected] for additional information and

to volunteer!

Paul Covington

CSCA President

Volume 47, Number 3 July 2020



4th CSCA Board Meeting / May 4, 2020

Board Members: Paul Covington, Brad Lundstrom, Ann Davies, Dean Brown, Lior lapid; Absent: Gracie Salazar & Griffin

McConnell (these were excused absences). Members in attendance: Shirley Herman

Meeting called to order: After informal discussion, the following decisions and motions were made.

Reopening Colorado Chess:

• Class 2020: Canceled

• Colorado Online Championship 2020 - a fundraiser for COVID-19 through The Salvation Army food bank. Additional information

on website.

• Southern Colorado Open, July 25-26, 5 round Swiss, Dean and Paul are putting this on in Colorado Springs to restart OTB chess

Governor allowing ... details on website.

• Colorado Open 2020, Festival to celebrate Colorado Chess September 4, 5, &6. Hall of Fame induction, Fischer 960, CO-2020

5SS, Membership meeting. Details on website.

AAUW (American Association of University Women) grant: Ann wrote a grant request and Kevin polished the words in the

request: result—CSCA will be receiving a grant for Chess training for girls in Title 1 schools. Stipulations on how to operate the

program, funds for chess equipment and pay for lady instructors. (Grant amount $ 5,700.00).

• Ordered 200 chess sets for this program to supplement previous chess sets ordered. The Templeton Fund (Ann’s charity),

Scholastic, and general fund ordered 80 chess sets. Some are to replace/supplement the worn scholastic sets, most were for Title 1

program Ann started and use in another tuition free program that is ongoing.

• The 80 sets were ordered from US Chess on reduced price when the US Chess National Elementary tournament was canceled.

Cost: $ 460.00 (40 for scholastic, 20 for title 1, and 20 for CSCA reserves. All were $5.75 each).

• The 200 sets were ordered from US Chess on reduced price when the US Chess National Junior High School tournament was

canceled. Cost: $ 1,175.81 (included sets & boards at $ 5.25 each & shipping $ 125.81). These sets support the AAUW grant.

FIDE World Championship for Disabled Scholastic players: Coming to Denver July 2021. This is a major event which will

feature chess teams from all over the world. CSCA is working with Chess Educators of America who will host this event. Kevin

McConnell worked diligently to bring this event to Denver. CSCA will be asking Colorado chess players to volunteer time and effort

to support this special event.

Treasurer’s report: Before the expenditures mentioned above, CSCA’s accounts were:

• Main: $ 14,474.96

• Scholastic: $ 20, 013.99

• Scholarship: $ 838.19 (this account includes funds designated for special overseas invitational events for scholastic players

($478.19), facebook donations, and other ear marked funds (George Mikhailavich’s Memorial event for his Grandfather - $360)).

Special thanks to Lior for setting up this Zoom meeting, Ann for her dedicated work on the AAUW grant and board members for

participation, ideas, and support!

Board approved two resolutions:

1. The COOF-2020 was declared a one time tournament membership event with free membership for June 20, 2020 to all who sign

up to play.

2. The Board voted to extend All Standard memberships for six months as compensation for the schedule changes due to COVID-19.

Meeting adjourned.




Press Release - Final Results Colorado Chess Players Checkmate COVID-19

Colorado chess players statewide and some very special world class guest players teamed up to help in the economic aftermath of

COVID-19 and benefit The Denver Salvation Army Food Programs.

Project commits 100% of funds raised by donations in a statewide online chess tournament.

Initial goal of $500 was surpassed... and was it ever, as our 112 players and friends raised $3410!

Colorado State Chess Association(CSCA) President, Paul Covington welcomed a hugely diverse team that united with shared a love

of chess and a passion to help others in our community.

Paul has a 47 year history as a Salvation Army volunteer and patron. Paul be presenting our final check on behalf of CSCA as our

state associaton president.

World class masters teamed up with chess players of all ages and skill levels to compete in one big section where any player could

play anyone else as results over six rounds completed. Many of our state players battled against some of the world’s best today!

Players from ages five to 89 were involved in this event.

All types of good people sharing a common goal.

Tournament featured a fun ten minute per player, per game time control and the six rounds ran 10am to 1pm Saturday morning,

June 20th with all games played online.

Imagine a golf or tennis tournament where every entrant has a shot of competing with world class players?

That was the fun and unique challenge to our participants.

All Colorado chess players welcomed our very special guests:

International Grandmaster Alexander Fishbein, the most successful player in Colorado history. Past US Junior champion,

World Open co-champion, internationally acclaimed chess prodigy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fishbein

International Master Keaton Kiewra, chess prodigy and nine time Nebraska state champion. https://www.chess.com/member/

Keaton87

Life Master Brian Wall, twelve time Colorado Champion and most active tournament player.

Master Lior Lapid, two time Colorado Chess Champion and President of Pals Chess Academy.

Master Zachary Bekkedahl, founder and President of Chessmates, and Fort Collins legendary scholastic chess coach.

And an incredible last minute surprise... International Grandmaster Timur Gareyev entered. Timur, one of the world’s most

famous players is the all time Guiness Book of World Records holder in blndfold chess and he completed all six rounds playing

blindfolded - without sight of the board with the aide of a chess student in San Diego! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timur_Gareyev

Final Results:

1st with 6 wins with no loses for 6 points: Grandmaster Alex Fishbein

2nd with 5 wins and one draw for 5.5 points: International Master Keaton Kiewra

3rd with 5 wins and one loss for 5 points (on tie break points): Colorado Master Brian Wall

Also with 5 wins and one loss for 5 points were three additional players: Grandmaster Timur Gareyev (the World Blindfold

Champion) who played all games Blindfolded!! and Fort Collins Chessmates scholastic star Aiden Sirotkin, and a player with the

login of: Bharatasuryakepri. These players all performed exceptionally!

Thank you to all our awesome chess players and their wonderfully generous families and friends; also the CSCA board for their

support and encouragement.




Special thanks to our excellent Tournament Director: Alayne Wilinsky of the Denver Chess Club.

A wonderful day of many great chess performances and a record setting event raising $3,245.00 for those in need in our community!

Colorado Chess Association contacts:

President, Paul Covington phone (719) 310-7542 - email [email protected]

Vice President, Brad Lundstrom phone (970 415-3855 - email [email protected]

The Colorado State Chess Association, Incorporated, is a Section 501(C)3 tax exempt, non-profit educational corporation formed to

promote chess in Colorado

Salvation Army contact:

Rachael Fowler

PR & Special Events Director

The Salvation Army Intermountain Division

Office: 303-860-5460 | Cell: 619-768-3671

Website: imsalvationarmy.org


CSCA President Paul Covington - Captain Caleb Fankhauser - CSCA Treasurer Dean Brown

(Salvation Army)



Twenty-Twenty started out innocently enough - like every year

before it, a grand party was welcoming what everyone thought

would be good times all year long. Politics aside - the economy

was good, jobs were plentiful and there was a relatively good

sense that it would continue. Very few could have predicted

what awaited us all, and I do mean - all!

It started with grumblings of something viral brewing in a far off

land, and not the computer kind either. Something that would

eventually bitch-slap the human race again and again with the

avalanche of more than just a physical affliction. Since this

magazine is mostly about chess in Colorado, that is the track I

will stay on. I will leave all else for others to lament about.

The last Colorado tournament held before it hit the fan was the

Senior Open - and the huge question of not only why, but how

could it be held was asked and grumbled by many. As far as I

know, no one became ill and the tournament was completed,

albeit with certain precautions established beforehand. Then the

hammer fell - everything shut down, not just here but all around

the world as well.

FIDE, the International Chess Federation, decided to go forward

with the Candidates Tournament in Ekaterinburg Russia in late

March - with many objections - even from some players (one

candidate even refused to attend). And it was only when the

Russian Federation decided to halt travel to and from Russia was

the tournament paused, resulting in the players and their staff

hastily making arrangements to return home. Fortunately they all

were able to return safely. I still recall the opening ceremony

picture of a crowded hall with no one wearing a mask except

GM Hou Yifan (sitting lower right in the picture below) - quite a

site.

One by one, not only here in Colorado, but around the country

and around the world - tournaments, meetings and anything to

do with face-to-face chess interaction were cancelled. The worse

yet was that nobody knew when it all would resume. As bad as

the spread became it seemed that only history could give us a

glimpse as to how long it would last. A hundred years ago it

took two years for ‘Influenza A’ to run its vicious course

resulting in millions dead. And it is still with us today still

resulting in thousands dying every year. So what is happening

now needs to be taken seriously until some sort of vaccine is

developed.

Fortunately until the time arrives to resume over-the-board

competition it all has moved to the internet. A place where one

can play against anyone from around the world - even in some

cases, against Grandmasters themselves. There are so many


When the Grim Reaper Decides to Play

by Fred Eric Spell



servers that are offering such online modes of play that it just

comes down to a player’s preference. Web portals like

Chess.com, Lichess.org, USChess.org, Chess24.com and many

others are running tournaments every day of the week. The thirst

for play has exploded to such a degree that even the World

Champion has bought into online play himself, not only as a

player but as an investor.

(World Champion Magnus Carlsen promoting his Chess Tour)

The CSCA Board of Directors has now embraced the obvious

and will hold the venerable Colorado Open online, albeit

modified (see page 3 of this issue). The Denver Chess Club as

well as the Colorado Springs Chess Club are also holding online

tournaments so check them out by searching online chess servers

or contact their officers (you can find their contact information

at the clubs websites or go to the ‘Colorado Chess’ group on

Facebook).

(An example of a game played online between two Colorado

players - their monikers should be recognizable to all.)

BrianWall (2249)

shtivelband (2308)

3+0 Rated Blitz / lichess.org / July 8, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.Bc4

Bg4 8.Ne2 Nf6 9.Qd3 0–0 10.0–0 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Bg5 Qd7

13.c3 Rae8 14.Rae1 h6 15.Bc1 Bf5 16.Qd1 Nb6 17.Bd3 Bxd3

18.Qxd3 Re7 19.Nf4 Rfe8 20.Rxe7 Qxe7 21.h3 Qe4 22.Qxe4

Rxe4 23.Kf2 g5 24.Nh5 Nd5 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.g3 f5 27.Re1

Rxe1 28.Nxe1 Kf6 29.Nd3 b6 30.Bd2 h5 31.c4 Nde7 32.d5 Nb8

33.Bc3+ Kf7 34.Be5 Na6 35.b4 Ng6 36.b5 Nxe5 37.Nxe5+ Kf6

38.Nd7+ Ke7 39.Nxb6 cxb6 40.bxa6 Kd6 41.h4 g4 42.Ke3 b5

43.cxb5 Kxd5 44.b6 1-0

Of course with online play comes the specter of the obvious -

cheating. The various servers that host online play are very well

aware of the possibility so that they have programs that can

detect cheating by players making consistently best moves. The

penalties can be severe and if you are caught you could find

yourself banned quite possibly for life. Another factor thrown in

is that time controls are sped up so if someone wants to cheat

they would have to be most dexterous with their hands as well as

eyes.

On the professional level something unique is utilized not only

to combat cheating but to give the audience an audio/visual treat

- live cameras focusing on the players themselves. If their eyes

and fingers are caught dancing off screen everyone would

suspect that something is up and... goodbye Grandmaster.

Watching and hearing the players reactions is quite a show onto

itself. These types of broadcasts are turning out to be so popular

that they just may be kept after over-the-board play resumes.

We shall see.

So for the foreseeable future, here we are. Yes, it is a little

maddening being cooped up at home with no tournaments to

travel to and face each other in competition but this is the reality

for now. Hopefully this will soon pass - and it will eventually -

but nobody knows just how long it will take. Hang in there.

Finally let us give a shout-out to those energetic individuals who

are organizing and presenting all things chess online and wish

them continued success. And let us give an even bigger shout-

out to those on the front lines everyday - medical field workers,

food supply workers and all the others providing and taking care

of us in these most trying of times!

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Colorado Chess Informant Volume 47, Number 3 July 2020

Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev

1926 - 2020



by Richard “Buck” Buchanan, with scanned picture submissions by Gary Hale-Betchan

Mikhail Philippovich Ponomarev was born on January 23rd, 1926, in Sverdlovsk, USSR to Philipp Ponomarev and Marfa

Ponomarev (Musikhina).

At 17 years of age, he enlisted in the Soviet Naval Medical Academy, and served on the frontlines of WWII. He continued his

studies at the Academy after the war, and became a Medical Doctor and head physician of his regiment. He also earned his PhD in

psychoneurology, and published numerous scientific studies in the top Soviet medical journals about naval aviation and the selection

of pilots for different types of aircraft. Mikhail was on the short list for consideration to become the first doctor in space, but got in

trouble with Soviet authorities over some of his personal writings in which he was critical of the communist political system. Mikhail

went into private practice after serving 20 years in the Soviet military. He continued his writings about the violent founding of the

Soviet Union, and continued his criticism of the communist regime, which lead to increased legal trouble and eventually landed him

in political prison and concentration camps. Mikhail spent a total on 11 years behind bars because of his political views and

dissemination of his writings to associates and international correspondents.

Mikhail fathered 3 children, Mikhail (46), Lyuba (44), and Philipp (37), and successfully moved his family to the USA in 1990, two

years after filing for Political Asylum through the US Embassy in Moscow during President Reagan’s infamous visit. Mikhail

became an accomplished author in the US when he began publishing his political writings. Mikhail also became quite successful in

his lifelong hobbies of chess and poetry. He earned the title of chess master and Colorado State Chess Champion multiple times, and

published several books of poetry, one of which is a trilogy written in the form of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Mikhail is survived by

his 3 children and four grandchildren, Nicholas, Lucas, Michael, and Nina.

When Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev arrived in Colorado from the Soviet Union in 1990, he immediately became part of the chess scene.

One of Colorado’s best players, he won many tournaments and could defeat any of the state’s best. He played sharp, alert chess, and

had his own unique style. He played unusual openings and frequently found himself behind in material; but his tactical alertness and

deep understanding of positions earned him many points and tournament prizes.

I spent time with him in his early years here. He wrote an article about his win over now-GM Jesse Kraai that I helped him edit. It

was published in the January 1992 Chess Life under our pen names.

(Below are a selection of his games while living in Colorado)


Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev (Unrated)

Raymond Haskins (2200)

DCC April Tournament / April 1990 - Round 3

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Qd3 g6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bg7 7.0-0-0 0-0 8.Kb1 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nf6 10.Qh4 Qd5 11.Ne2 Ne4

12.Nc3 Nxc3+ 13.bxc3 e5 14.Bf6 Be6 15.c4 Qd7 16.d5 Bf5 17.Bd3 e4 18.Be2 Qd6 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.g4 Qb4+ 21.Kc1 Bd7 22.Qg3

Rfe8 23.Qe3 a5 24.h4 f6 25.g5 f5 26.Qd4+ Kg8 27.h5 Qa3+ 28.Kb1 Qb4+ 29.Ka1 Qd6 30.hxg6 Qxg6 31.Bh5 Qg7 32.Qxg7+ Kxg7

33.Bxe8 Bxe8 34.c5 Rd8 35.d6 cxd6 36.cxd6 Rd7 37.Rd5 Bf7 38.Rd4 b5 39.Kb2 Bc4 40.Rh6 a4 41.Rf6 Bg8 42.Rxf5 (This was Dr.

Ponomarev’s first published Colorado win. He was unrated going into the tournament.) 1-0


William Engels (2007)

May Daze / May 26, 1990 - Round 2

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Bf5 3.f3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 h6 7.Bh4 Ne3 8.Qd3 Nxf1 9.exf5 Nxh2 10.Rxh2 c6 11.0-0-0 Nf6

12.Ne2 Qc7 13.Bg3 Qd7 14.c4 Rd8 15.Nf4 Qc8 16.Re1 Rd7 17.Kb1 Rg8 18.Rhh1 Qd8 19.Bf2 Qc7 20.g3 Kd8 21.Re2 Kc8 22.Rc1

Kb8 23.Be3 Ka8 24.Rc3 g5 25.fxg6 e5 26.gxf7 Rxg3 27.Ne6 Qc8 28.Qf5 exd4 29.Bxd4 Rxf7 30.Bxf6 Be7 31.Nd4 Rg1+ 32.Kc2

Qf8 33.Rxe7 Rxf6 34.Qxf6 1-0

Mike Shedd (2104)



1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.d4 c6 6.a3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Nd2 f5 9.f3 Bd6 10.g3 exf3 11.Qxf3 0-0 12.c5 Bc7 13.Bc4

Kh8 14.0-0 e5 15.b4 exd4 16.exd4 Nxc5 17.Bb2 Na4 18.Qb3 b5 19.Bd3 Be6 20.Qc2 Nxb2 21.Qxb2 Bb6 22.Nf3 Bd5 0-1


Raymond Haskins (2213)


1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.Qg3 f6 8.exf6 Qxg3 9.f7+ Kxf7 10.hxg3 Nf6 11.Bf4 Bb4+ 12.Nbd2 h6



13.0-0-0 Ng4 14.Rde1 Nxf2 15.Rhf1 Nxd3+ 16.cxd3 Rf8

17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Bd6+ Kg6 19.Bxf8 Ba5 20.Bc5 Nc6 21.Rf8

Bd8 22.Nf3 Bd7 23.Kd1 Rc8 24.Bxa7 Ba5 25.Rxc8 Bxc8

26.Ne5+ Kf6 27.Nxc6 Bxe1 28.Bd4+ e5 29.Nxe5 Bxg3

30.Nc4+ Ke7 31.Ne3 Bf2 32.Ke2 Bxe3 33.Kxe3 ... (And the

game was drawn later.) ½-½

Chris Clevenger (1982)

Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev (2346)

1990 Colorado Open / September 1, 1990 - Round 1

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nc3 e5! 6.Be3 exd4

7.Bxd4 Nc6 8.Qe2+ Be6 9.Bxb6 axb6 10.Nf3 Bb4 11.Qe3 Qf6

12.Be2 Ra3!! 13.0-0 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Rxc3 15.Qe4 0-0 16.Bd3 g6

17.Qe2 Nb4 18.Ne5 Nxd3 19.Nxd3 Bxc4 20.Rad1 Rd8 21.Qe5

Rd6 22.Qe8+ Kg7 23.Ne5 Bxf1 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Qxf7+ Kh6

26.Qf4+ g5 27.Nf7+ Kg7 0-1


Mark Scheidies (2152)


1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 Bf5 5.f3 Nbd7 6.Nxd5!

Nxd5 7.e4 Bxe4 8.fxe4 Ne3 9.Qd3 Nxf1 10.Qxf1 g5 11.Bg3 e6

12.0-0-0 Bd6 13.e5 Be7 14.Qb5 Qc8 15.Ne2 c6 16.Qd3 b5

17.Rdf1 Nb6 18.Rf2 Qd7 19.Rhf1 0-0-0 20.Rxf7 Rdf8 21.Qg6

Rxf7 22.Rxf7 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.Qg8 Qe7 25.Nc3 Kd7

26.Ne4 Na4 27.Nf6+ Kc7 28.Be1 b4 29.Nh7 Bg7 30.Qa8 Kb6

31.Qb8+ Qb7 32.Qxb7+ Kxb7 33.Bxb4 c5! 34.dxc5 Bxe5

35.Ba3 Bxh2 36.Nf8 Bf4+ 37.Kd1 e5 38.Ne6 Kc6 39.c4 a5

40.Nd8+ Kc7 41.Nf7 h5 42.g3 h4! 43.gxh4 gxh4 44.Nd6 h3

45.Ne4 h2 46.Nf2 Kc6 47.Ke2 e4 48.Nh1 Nxc5 49.b4 axb4

50.Bxb4 Nd3 51.Bd2 Nc1+ 52.Kd1 Bxd2 53.Kxd2 Nxa2 54.Ke3

Nc3 55.Kd4 Na4 56.Kxe4 ½-½

Randy Canney (2345)



1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Qb3 Nc6 5.Bd2 Rb8 6.e3 a6 7.Be2

Nf6 8.0-0 Be7 9.c5 Ne4 10.Nc3 0-0 11.a3 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5

13.Rad1 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Nxc5 15.Qxd5 Bd3 16.b4 Bxf1

17.Kxf1 Ne6 18.Qf5 g6 19.Qc2 c6 20.Ne4 Qc7 21.Bc3 Rfd8

22.Bf6 Rxd1+ 23.Qxd1 Bf8 24.g3 Bg7 25.Qa1 Rd8 26.Bg4 h5

27.Be2 Rc8 28.Bc4 b5 29.Bb3 Kh8 30.Ng5 Nxg5 31.Bxg7+

Kh7 32.Qf6 Ne4 33.Qb2 Nd2+ 34.Qxd2 Kxg7 35.Qd4+ f6

36.Kg2 Rd8 37.Qe4 Qd6 38.h3 f5 39.Qc2 Kh6 40.e4 Qd3

41.Qc1+ Kh7 42.Bc2 Qd2 43.Qb1 f4 44.e5 fxg3 0-1


Jesse Kraai (2312)


1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.Nd2

Na6 8.0-0 Nc7 9.a4 e6 10.Nc4 exd5 11.exd5 b6 12.Bf4 Nfe8

13.Qd2 Ba6 14.Ne3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Nf6 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Qd7

18.Qf3 Nh7 19.Qe2 Rae8 20.Qd3 f5 21.Bg3 f4 22.Bxf4 Rxf4

23.Qxg6 Nf8 24.Qg3 Rf6 25.Nc4 Rg6 26.Qd3 Qg4 27.g3 Qd4

28.Rad1 Qxd3 29.Rxd3 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Nd7 31.Ne3 Ne5 32.Rdd1

Ng4 33.Ng2 Rg7 34.h3 Nf6 35.c4 Ne4 36.Rd3 Ng5 37.f4 Nh7

38.Kf2 Nf6 39.Kf3 h5 40.Ne3 Rd7 41.g4 hxg4+ 42.hxg4 Rf8

43.g5 Nh7 44.Kg4 Rg7 45.Nf5 Rd7 46.Re3 Re8 47.Rfe1 Rxe3

48.Rxe3 Kf8 49.Nh4 Rg7 50.Kh5 Kg8 51.Nf5 Rd7 52.Kh6 a6

53.Ne7+ Kf8 54.Ng6+ Kg8 55.f5 b5 56.axb5 axb5 57.f6 Nf8

58.Ne7+ Kf7 59.g6+ Nxg6 60.Nxg6 bxc4 61.Kg5 Nxd5 62.Rh3

Nxf6 63.Rf3 Ke6 64.Rxf6+ Kd5 65.Kf5 Kd4 66.Ke6 Rb7

67.Rf3 c3 68.Nh4 d5 69.Nf5+ Kc4 70.Nd6+ 1-0


Timothy Williams (1982)

DCC July Tournament / July 1990 - Round 2

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb4 4.Qg4 Nf6 5.Qxg7 Rg8 6.Qh6 Rg6

7.Qh4 Nxe4 8.Qxh7 Qf6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Nxd2

Nxd4 12.0-0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Bd3 Rxg2 15.Rhg1 Rxg1

16.Rxg1 Ke7 17.Rg8 b6 18.h4 Bb7 19.Rxa8 Bxa8 20.h5 Ne5

21.h6 Nxd3+ 22.cxd3 Qxc3+ 23.Kd1 Kf8 24.f4 Qf6 25.Nf3 Qg6

26.Qh8+ Qg8 27.Qf6 Bc6 28.Ng5 Qg6 29.Nxe6+ Kg8 30.Qd8+

1-0

Sage Mo (1828)


1991 St Patrick’s Open / March 16, 1991 - Round 1

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5 4.Bc4 Be6 5.Qf3 c6 6.Nh3 Nc7

7.d3 Nd7 8.Bxe6 Nxe6 9.Ng5 Nxg5 10.Bxg5 g6 11.0-0-0 Qa5

12.Qe3 0-0-0 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 e5 15.Rhe1 f5 16.Qg7 Qb6

17.d4 Rhg8 18.Qxh7 exd4 19.Nb1 c5 20.Qf7 Rgf8 21.Qc4 Rfe8

22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.b4 Qc6 24.bxc5 Re5 25.Qxd4 Rxc5 26.Na3 a6

27.Qd6 Qa4 28.Rd3 g5 29.Qd4 Qc6 30.Qd6 Qa4 31.Qd4 Qxd4

32.Rxd4 b5 33.Kd2 Ne5 34.f3 Kc7 35.Nb1 Nc4+ 36.Kd3 Re5

37.c3 Re3+ 38.Kc2 Re2+ 39.Kc1 Rxg2 40.h4 gxh4 41.Rxh4

Rxa2 42.Rd4 Rf2 43.f4 Kc6 44.Kd1 Ne3+ 45.Ke1 Rb2 46.Na3

Rb3 47.Kd2 Rxa3 48.Kxe3 Rxc3+ 49.Kd2 Rc4 50.Rd8 Rxf4

51.Kc3 a5 52.Rc8+ Kb7 53.Rf8 a4 54.Rf6 b4+ 55.Kb2 Rf2+

56.Kb1 a3 57.Ka1 b3 0-1


Edwin Schreiber (1984)

1991 St Patrick’s Open / March 16, 1991 - Round 2

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6

7.Nf3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.c3 g6 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.d5 Nd8 12.0-0-0

Bg7 13.Bc4 exd5 14.Bxd5 0-0 15.Rhe1 Be6 16.Kb1 Bf5 17.Nd4

c6 18.Bb3 Re8 19.Nxf5 gxf5 20.Ng3 Qxe2 21.Rxe2 Rxe2

22.Nxe2 Ne6 23.Rd7 Rb8 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Nf4 e5 26.Nh5 Bh8

27.Ng3 f4 28.Ne4 Bg7 29.Kc2 a5 30.f3 b6 31.Kd3 b5 32.Nd6 c5

33.Ke4 b4 34.c4 a4 35.h4 h5 36.Nf5 Bf6 37.Nh6+ Kh8 38.Kf5

Bxh4 39.Kg6 Rb6+ 40.Kxh5 Bf2 41.b3 axb3 42.axb3 Bd4

43.Kg5 Re6 44.Nf7+ Kg8 45.Kf5 Re8 46.Nd6 Rf8+ 47.Kg6 Ra8

48.Ne4 Ra6+ 49.Nf6+ Rxf6+ 50.Kxf6 e4+ 51.Kg6 1-0


Jim Burden (2096)

Marathon II / April 27, 1991 - Round 3

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.exd6 cxd6

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Qd2 Re8 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.Bh6 Bh8 11.0-0-0 a6 12.h4

b5 13.Bd5 Bb7 14.h5 Nb6 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Bxf7+ Kxf7

17.Ng5+ Kg8 18.Qd3 1-0


Dr. Ponomarev & Buck’s article that appeared

in Chess Life magazine / January 1992 (pages 32-33).

(The game score is on the previous page.)




Sean Scott (2141)

1991 Al Wallace Memorial / November 3, 1991 - Round 4

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bg7 5.c3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6

7.Bd3 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 c6 11.Re1 h6 12.Ne5

Nd7 13.Ng4 Kh7 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.Ne5 Be6 16.Nxg6 1-0


Keith Oxman (2025)

1991 Membership Meeting Open / September 1, 1991 - Round 2

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Ne7 6.Nc3 d4

7.Ne4 Nbc6 8.Ng5 Nd5 9.Nxf7 Kxf7 10.Bxd5+ Ke8 11.d3 Bxg4

12.Bf7+ Kd7 13.Qxb7+ Kd6 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.Qa6 Rb6 16.Qc4

Qf6 17.Rc1 Be7 18.Ba5 Kd7 19.Bxb6 axb6 20.Bd5 Bc5 21.Nf3

Bb4+ 22.Kd1 Bc5 23.Qb5 Rc8 24.b4 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 Bxb4

26.Bg4+ Kd8 27.Qd5+ Ke7 28.Qd7+ 1-0


David Dustin (1936)

1992 MayDaze / May 2, 1992 - Round 1

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Qd3 e6 5.0-0-0 Be7 6.f3 c6

7.e4 dxe4 8.fxe4 0-0 9.Nf3 Re8 10.e5 Nd5 11.Ne4 Bxg5+

12.Nexg5 Nf8 13.c4 Ne7 14.h4 Qc7 15.h5 h6 16.Ne4 Rd8 17.g4

Kh8 18.Nd6 Ng8 19.g5 Rd7 20.Bh3 hxg5 21.Nxg5 Nh6 22.Rdf1

Re7 23.Qf3 Kg8 24.Rhg1 Rb8 25.Nge4 Bd7 26.Rxg7+ Kxg7

27.Qf6+ 1-0

Michael Shedd (2000)


1992 MayDaze / May 2, 1992 - Round 2

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4

Bb4+ 8.Bc3 Qa5 9.Bxb4 Nxb4 10.Nd2 e5 11.Nb5 0-0 12.a3

dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nc6 14.0-0 Rd8 15.b4 Qb6 16.Qc2 a5 17.Nf3 Bg4

18.Ng5 Bh5 19.Qb3 Rd7 20.Nd6 Rxd6 21.Bxf7+ Bxf7 22.Nxf7

Rd5 23.e4 Nd4 24.Qa2 axb4 25.exd5 Kxf7 26.Qc4 b3 27.d6+

Kf8 28.Qc7 Qxc7 29.dxc7 Rc8 30.Rfe1 Nc2 31.Rad1 Rxc7

32.Rxe5 Nxa3 33.Re2 Rc2 34.Red2 b5 35.Kf1 b4 36.Ke1 Nc4

37.Rd8+ Kf7 38.Rb8 b2 39.Rxb4 Ne4 40.f3 Ned2 41.f4 b1Q 0-1

Zygmond Mayer (2106)


Wyoming Open / May 16, 1992 - Round 1

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bb3 Bg4 6.f3 Bc8

7.Nc3 b4 8.Ne4 Nxd5 9.d4 e6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd2 0-0 12.Ne2

f6 13.Bh4 a5 14.c4 a4 15.Bc2 Nb6 16.Qd3 f5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7

18.Nf2 Ba6 19.b3 axb3 20.Bxb3 c5 21.0-0 Nc6 22.Qe3 Nxc4

23.Bxc4 Bxc4 24.dxc5 Ra3 25.Qd2 Qxc5 26.Rfc1 Qe5 27.Rxc4

Qxa1+ 28.Rc1 Qxa2 29.Rc2 b3!! 30.Rb2 Qa1+ 31.Nc1 Ra2!

32.Nfd3 Rd8 33.Qc3 Rxd3! 34.Qxc6 Rd1+ 35.Kf2 Qxb2+

36.Kg3 Qxg2+ 37.Kf4 Qxh2+ 38.Ke3 Qd2# 0-1


Michael Mulyar (2306)


1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Qe2+ Be7

7.dxc5 Nf6 8.Nb3 0-0 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Nf3 Re8 11.0-0 a6 12.Ba4

Bf6 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.c3 Qe4 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nbd4 Bd7

17.Rfe1 Qg6 18.Qd3 Re4 19.Nd2 Nxh2 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Qc2

Bxd4 22.Kxh2 Be5+ 23.Kg1 Bg4 24.f4! Bxd1 25.Rxd1 Bf6

26.Rd6 Qg3 27.Qd2 Rc8 28.Bf2 Qg4 29.Qe3 Be7 30.Rd2 Qe6

31.b4 f5 32.Qe2 Rd8 33.Be3 a5 34.b5 cxb5 35.Qxb5 Rc8 36.c4

g5 37.Rd5 gxf4 38.Bxf4 Qc6 39.Bd6 Qxb5 40.cxb5 Bxd6

41.cxd6 Kf7 42.b6! Ke6 43.d7 Rd8 44.Rxa5 Rxd7 45.Rb5 Rd8

46.a4 e3 47.Kf1 f4 48.b7 Rd1+ 49.Ke2 Rd2+ 50.Ke1 1-0

David Fletcher (2115)



1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.b3 h5 5.Bb2 h4 6.Bxf6 exf6 7.c4

Nc6 8.Be2 g5 9.0-0 Qe7 10.Nc3 g4 11.Nd5 Qd6 12.Ne1 f5

13.Qc2 Ne7 14.Nxe7 Bxe7 15.d4 Qe6 16.Qd3 Be4 17.Qd2 h3

18.g3 0-0 19.Bd3 Bb7 20.Nc2 d5 21.Rfe1 Rad8 22.Nb4 a5

23.Nc2 Bf6 24.c5 Rfe8 25.b4 axb4 26.Qxb4 Ra8 27.cxb6 cxb6

28.a4 Ba6 29.Qb3 Bxd3 30.Qxd3 Ra5 31.Reb1 Rea8 32.Ne1

Rxa4 33.Rxa4 Rxa4 34.Nc2 Be7 35.Qb3 Rc4 36.Kf2 Qe4!

37.Ne1 Rb4 38.Qxb4 Bxb4 39.Rxb4 Qh1 0-1


Dan Joelson (2148)


1.g4! g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Qa4 e5 6.e3 Nge7 7.a3

a5 8.Nd5 Ra6 9.Ne2 0-0 10.d3 d6 11.h3 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7

13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Qc2 b5 15.e4 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.g5 f4 18.Bf3

Nf5 19.h4 a4 20.Be4 h6 21.0-0-0 h5 22.Rdg1 b4 23.Qd1 Qb6

24.Qc2 Rc8 25.Kd1 Nd4 26.Qc1 bxa3 27.bxa3 Qb3+ 28.Ke1

Qxa3 29.Qxa3 Nc2+ 30.Kd1 Nxa3 31.Bf3 Bf5 32.Bxh5 Bxd3

33.Nc3 Nc4 34.Be2 Nb2+ 35.Kc1 a3 36.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 37.Kc2

Nb4+ 38.Kb3 Rb8 39.Kc4! a2 40.Ne4! Nc2 41.Bc3 Rb1 42.h5

a1Q 43.Bxa1 Rbxa1 44.Rxa1 Nxa1 45.Kb5 Ra2 46.Nxd6 Nb3

47.h6 Nd4+ 48.Kb6! Rb2+ 49.Kc7 Rxf2 50.h7+ Kf8 51.Ra1

Bh8 52.g6 Kg7 53.Rg1 f3 54.Ne8+ Kf8 55.g7+ Bxg7 56.Rxg7

Rh2 57.Rg8+ Ke7 58.d6+ Kf7 59.h8Q Rxh8 60.Rxh8 f2

61.Rh7+ Kf8 62.Rh1 Kxe8 63.d7+ Kf7 64.Rf1 Ne6+ 65.Kd6 1-0

Jeffrey Maguire (2044)


Colorado Class Championship / July 25, 1992 - Round 2

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Be3 e5! 6.d5 Bf5

7.Nc3 N8d7 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Rc1 Bg6

12.Nd2 f5 13.f4 Bf6 14.Bf3 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne5 16.Bxe5 Bxe5

17.Kh1 Qh4 0-1


Michael Mulyar (2337)


1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 h5 3.gxh5 Nf6 4.c4 Nxh5 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6

7.Qe4+ Be7 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Bf4 Ng6 11.Bg3 Nh5

12.0-0-0 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Rxh1 14.Bxh1 c6 15.f4 Qc7 16.Be4 Nf8

17.Nf3 d6 18.Nd4 g6 19.f5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.Qxf5 Qd7

22.Kb1 Ne6 23.Nf3 Nf8 24.Qa5 b6 25.Qa4 0-0-0 26.Ne5 Qf5+

27.Nd3 Kb7 28.e4 Qc8 29.Rf1 f6 30.Rf5 Ne6 31.Qd1 Nc5

32.Rh5 Qe6 33.Qe2 Qg8 ½-½




James Burden (2213)


Denver Open / June 27, 1992 - Round 4

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.h3 Bf5 5.d3 h5 6.Nbd2 Nf6

7.b3 e5 8.Bb2 Bd6 9.Nh4 Be6 10.e4 Qd7 11.Qe2 d4 12.0-0-0 a5

13.Rdf1 Nb4 14.a3 Na2+ 15.Kd1 Bxa3 16.Ba1 a4 17.f4 Nc1

18.Qf2 axb3 19.fxe5 bxc2+ 20.Kxc2 Qa4+ 0-1

Mark Scheidies (2162)


Colorado Open / September 6, 1992 - Round 3

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bg5 Qb6

7.Qd2 Nd7 8.e3 Ngf6 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.a3 Bd6 11.Be2 Ne4

12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Nh4 Be6 14.g3 g5 15.Ng2 0-0-0 16.b4 f5

17.0-0 h5 18.f4 exf3 19.Rxf3 h4 20.gxh4 Qc7 21.Bd3 Bxh2+

22.Kh1 Bg3 23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.Rxf5 Bxh4 25.Kg1 Bg3 26.Qe2

0-1


James McCarty (2360)


1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c6 4.Qd3 Nbd7 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4

Nxe4 7.Qxe4 h6 8.Bd2 Nf6 9.Qd3 g6 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.Qb3 Qb6

12.Bc4 Qxb3 13.Bxb3 Bg7 14.Ne5 e6 15.f3 g5 16.0-0-0 Nd7

17.Nc4 Bf8 18.g4 Bg6 19.h4 gxh4 20.Rxh4 0-0-0 21.Rdh1 Bg7

22.c3 c5 23.Bf4 Bf8 24.Nd6+ Bxd6 25.Bxd6 cxd4 26.cxd4 Nb8

27.Be5 Rh7 28.Rxh6 Rxh6 29.Rxh6 Nc6 30.Bxe6+ fxe6

31.Rxg6 1-0


Michael Ginat (2364)

Colorado Closed / March 1993

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3

Qb6 8.Ne2 cxd4 9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.a3 0-0

13.Nc3 Bd7 14.Re1 Rae8 15.Bc2 Re7 16.Qd3 Be8 17.Ne5 Bxe5

18.dxe5 Bg6 19.Qe2 Nd4 20.exf6 Nxe2+ 21.Rxe2 Rxf6

22.Bxg6 hxg6 23.Bg5 Ref7 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.Rae1 Kf7 26.b4 g5

27.Na4 Qa6 28.Nc5 Qxa3 29.Nxb7 Qxb4 30.Nd8+ Kg6

31.Nxe6 a5 32.h3 a4 33.Nc7 Qc4 34.Ne8 Rf4 35.Re6+ Kh7

36.Re7 Re4? 37.Nf6+ Kg6 38.Nxe4 dxe4 39.R1xe4 Qc1+

40.Re1 Qc3 41.R1e6+ Kh7 42.Re3 Qc1+ 43.Kh2 Qc5 44.R7e5

Qc7 45.g3 a3 46.Re7 Qc5 47.R7e5 Qb4 48.R5e4 Qa5 49.Re1 a2

50.Ra1 Qf5 51.Re2 g4 52.hxg4 Qxg4 53.Raxa2 Qf3 54.Re3

Qh5+ ½-½

James Burden (2179)



1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6

7.Be3 Nc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.h3 Bf5 11.a3 a5 12.Re1 Bf6

13.Nb3 Nd7 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 a4 16.Nc1 Re8 17.Qc2 e5

18.d5 Ne7 19.Ne2 b5 20.Red1 bxc4 21.Qxc4 Nf5 22.Qc2 e4

23.Nfd4 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Bg5 25.Qc3 Nb6 26.Nf5 Bf6 27.Qb4 Re5

28.Neg3 h5 29.d6 h4 30.Ne7+ Bxe7 31.dxe7 Qxe7 32.Qxe7

Rxe7 33.Nf5 Re5 34.Rf1 Nd5 35.Rac1 Rb8 36.Rc5 Rbe8

37.Ra5 Nb6 38.Ra7 Rc5 39.Rb7 Nd5 40.Ra7 Re5 41.Nxh4

Nxe3 42.Ra8+ Kh7 43.Rxf7 Rc1+ 44.Kh2 Nf1+ 45.Kg1 Ng3+

46.Kf2 Rf1+ 47.Kxg3 Rxf7 48.Rxa4 g5 49.Nf3 exf3 50.gxf3

Ref5 51.b4 Rxf3+ 52.Kg2 Kg6 53.b5 Rf2+ 54.Kg1 Rb2

55.Ra6+ Kh5 56.a4 Rd7 0-1

Jerry Kearns (2328)



1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6

7.Be3 e6 8.0-0 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nxc4 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qa4 Nb6

12.Qxc6+ Qd7 13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.Nc3 f5 15.Rac1 c6 16.Bf4

Bd6 17.Bxd6 Kxd6 18.Rc2 a5 19.Rfc1 Rhc8 20.Kf1 g5 21.Ke2

h5 22.Kd3 Rab8 23.Re1 Nd7 24.Rce2 Re8 25.b3 c5 26.dxc5+

Nxc5+ 27.Kc2 Rec8 28.f3 Rb7 29.Rd1+ Ke7 30.Rd4 Kf7

31.Rc4 Rb4 32.Rd2 Rxc4 33.bxc4 Kf6 34.Nb5 h4 35.Na7 Rb8

36.Nc6 Rb6 37.Nxa5 Ra6 38.Nb3 Rxa2+ 39.Kc3 Ra3 40.Kb4

Rxb3+ 41.Kxc5 h3! 42.gxh3 Rxf3 43.Kd6 e5 44.c5 e4 0-1


Robert Karnisky (2214)


1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 c5 4.f3 g5 5.fxe4 gxh4 6.Nf3 e6

7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Rg8 9.e5 Nc6 10.Qe4 Bb4 11.Qxh7 Bxc3+

12.bxc3 Rf8 13.Qe4 Qa5 14.Qe3 b6 15.g3 Bb7 16.Rg1 hxg3

17.Rxg3 0-0-0 18.Rg5 Qa3 19.Bg2 Rg8 20.h4 Nb4 21.Qd2

Rxg5 22.hxg5 Qb2 23.Rd1 Nxa2 24.Qf4 Qxc3+ 25.Kf1 Nb4

26.Qxf7 Nxc2 27.Rd3 Qc5 28.Qf4 Nb4 29.Rd1 Nc6 30.Rc1 Qa3

31.g6 Rf8 32.Qh6 Qe7 33.Rc4 Kc7 34.Rf4 Rg8 35.Rf7 Qe8

36.Qh7 Bc8 37.Qh6 Kb8 38.Qd2! Rxg6 39.Qd6+ Kb7 40.Ng5!

Ka6 41.Bxc6 dxc6 42.Qa3+ Kb5 43.Rf4 1-0


Robert Karnisky (2179)


1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 g5 6.fxe4 gxh4

7.e3 Bh6 8.Nd2 cxd4 9.exd4 Rg8 10.Ngf3 Qh5 11.Qa4 Bxd2+

12.Nxd2 Nc6 13.Be2 Qg5 14.0-0-0 Qxg2 15.Bf3 Qf2 16.e5 a6

17.Rdf1 Qe3 18.Re1 b5 19.Qc2 Qh6 20.Rhg1 Rg6 21.d5 Na5

22.Be4 Bb7 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qd3 Nc4 25.d6 Qf4 26.dxe7

Qxd2+ 27.Qxd2 Nxd2 28.Kxd2 Kxe7 29.Rg4 Rh8 30.Ke3 Rh5

31.Kd4 Ke6 32.Rf4 g5 33.Rf6+ Ke7 34.Ref1 Rh7 35.Rg1 Rg7

36.Rh6 g4 37.Rxh4 Bf3 38.Rh6 a5 39.Ke3 Rg8 40.Rb6 Bc6

41.h4 g3 42.Kf4 g2 43.h5 Rh8 44.h6 Rxh6 45.Rxg2 Rh4+

46.Rg4 Rh2 47.a4 bxa4 48.Ke3 a3 49.bxa3 Ra2 50.Rxc6 dxc6

51.Ra4 Rh2 52.Rxa5 Rh4 53.Kd3 Ke6 54.Kc2 Re4 55.Rc5 Rxe5

56.Rxc6+ Kd7 57.Rc4 f5 58.a4 Ra5 59.Kb3 Ke6 60.Kb4 Ra8

61.a5 Kd5 62.Rf4 Rb8+ 63.Ka4 Ke5 64.Rf1 f4 65.a6 Ke4 66.c4

f3 67.Ka5 Rb2 68.Ra1 f2 69.a7 Ra2+ 70.Rxa2 f1Q 71.a8Q+

Ke3 72.Qe8+ Kd3 73.Qd7+ Kc3 74.Qd2+ 1-0


Paul Connors (2053)


1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e5

Qd8 8.Bd3 d5 9.Qd2 b6 10.Ne2 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.h4 h5

13.Ng5 Qd7 14.a3 Nb8 15.Qd3 Nc6 16.Qf3 Bg7 17.0-0-0 Nd8

18.g4 Qe7 19.gxh5 Rxh5 20.Nf4 Rh8 21.Rdg1 Bh6 22.Kb1 c5




23.c4 Nc6 24.cxd5 Nxd4 25.Qe4 Qb7 26.Qg2 Bxg5 27.Qxg5

Qa6 28.dxe6 Qc4 29.exf7+ Kd7 30.Qxg6 Nb3 31.Rd1+ 1-0




1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Bf5 3.f3 e6 4.e4 Bg6 5.Nge2 c5 6.exd5 exd5

7.Nf4 Nf6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Bg5 c4 10.Qd2 a6 11.g3 Bb4 12.0-0-0

0-0 13.a3 Ba5 14.h4 Qd6 15.Bf4 Qc6 16.g4 b5 17.h5 gxh5

18.g5! Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nh7 20.Rxh5 f5 21.Qh2 Qg6 22.Be2 Re8

23.Rh1 Nf8 24.Be5 Nbd7 25.Rh8+ Kf7 26.f4 Qc6 27.Bxg7!

Kxg7 28.Qh7+! Nxh7 29.R1xh7+ 1-0

Todd Bardwick (2225)



1.e3 d5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.d4 e6 5.c3 Be7 6.Bd3 Bh4+ 7.g3

Be7 8.Nbd2 f5 9.Qa4 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bf6 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.dxe5

Qd7 13.Qc2 h5 14.Bd2 0-0-0 15.0-0-0 Nge7 16.c4 h4 17.cxd5

exd5 18.Bc3 Qe6 19.b3 g6 20.Be2 Kb8 21.g4 fxg4 22.Rhg1 g3

23.hxg3 h3 24.g4 a5 25.Bf3 h2 26.Rg3 Rh4 27.Qf2 a4 28.b4 d4

29.Bxd4 Nxb4 30.Bh1 Nxa2+ 31.Kd2 c5 32.Rb1 Nb4 33.Qf3

Qa2+ 34.Ke1 Qxb1+ 35.Kf2 Nd3+ 36.Ke2 cxd4 0-1


Jonathan Revusky (2147)


1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bd2 c5 6.Qg4 g6 7.c4 f5

8.Qg3 Nc7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.h4 Be7 12.h5 Kf7

13.Ng5+ Kg7 14.Nc3 Qe8 15.0-0-0 h6 16.Nf3 g5 17.Bd3 Qf7

18.Nb5 Nxb5 19.cxb5 Nb4 20.Bb1 b6 21.Bc3 Nd5 22.Rxd5 1-0

Todd Bardwick (2239)


Colorado Closed / April 1995

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.g3 Nd7 7.Bg2

a5 8.0-0 Ngf6 9.Qc2 0-0 10.Na2 Nb6 11.Nxb4 axb4 12.a5 b3

13.Qc3 Nfd5 14.Qe1 Nd7 15.e4 N5f6 16.Bf4 Qe7 17.Ne5 Nxe5

18.Bxe5 Ng4 19.Qc3 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qc5 21.Rfc1 Rd8 22.Bf1 g6

23.Bxc4 Rd4 24.Bxb3 Qxe5 25.Bc2 Qd6 26.Rd1 e5 27.Rxd4

exd4 28.Qd2 c5 29.Bd3 Be6 30.Qc2 Qc7 31.b4 c4 32.Bf1 Rc8

33.Rd1 Qd6 34.b5 Qe5 35.Qa4 d3 36.a6 bxa6 37.bxa6 Qc5

38.a7 Ra8 39.Ra1 Bg4 40.Bg2 d2 41.e5 Rxa7 42.Qe8+ Kg7

43.Rxa7 d1Q+ 44.Bf1 Qxa7 45.Qc6 Bh3 46.Qf6+ Kg8 0-1

Ian MacLellan (1989)


Denver Open / July 2, 1995 - Round 4

1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 d4 3.Nce2 Nc6 4.Ng3 e5 5.Bc4 Na5 6.Bb3 Nxb3

7.axb3 d3 8.Nf3 dxc2 9.Qxc2 Bd6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Qc3 Qf6

12.Ne1 Ne7 13.f4 h5 14.d4 exd4 15.Qc2 Qg6 16.f5 Qf6 17.Nh1

h4 18.Nd3 Nc6 19.Nhf2 Bh5 20.Nh3 Qe7 21.Bg5 f6 22.e5 Bxe5

23.Rfe1 fxg5 24.Kh1 0-0 25.Nxe5 Nxe5 26.Ra5 d3 27.Qc3 Rxf5

28.Raxe5 Qxe5 29.Rxe5 Rf1+ 30.Ng1 Rd8 31.Re7 Bf7 32.Qd2

h3 33.Qxg5 Rxg1+ 34.Kxg1 d2 35.Re8+ Rxe8 36.Qxd2 hxg2

37.Kxg2 c5 38.Qc3 b6 39.Kg3 Re4 40.Qd3 Rb4 41.Qd2 Rxb3+

42.Kf4 Rb4+ 43.Ke5 Rd4 44.Qf2 a5 45.h4 a4 46.h5 Rd5+

47.Kf4 Rxh5 48.Qg3 b5 49.Kg4 c4 50.Qc3 Rd5 51.Qg3 Be6+

52.Kh4 Kh7 53.Qe3 Bf7 54.Qe4+ Kg8 55.Qe1 Rd3 56.Qh1 Rb3

57.Qa8+ Kh7 58.Qe4+ Bg6 59.Qh1 Kg8 60.Qd5+ Kh7 61.Qh1

Bf5 62.Qf1 Kg6 63.Qg1+ Kf6 64.Qd4+ Ke6 65.Qb6+ Ke5

66.Qc7+ Ke4 67.Kg5 g6 68.Qc6+ Kd3 69.Qd6+ Kc2 70.Qh2+

Kb1 71.Qg1+ Ka2 72.Kf4 Rxb2 73.Ke3 c3 74.Kd4 b4 75.Kc4

Rb1 76.Qa7 a3 77.Kb5 c2 78.Qf7+ b3 0-1

Richard “Buck” Buchanan (2103)



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4

7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 a5 10.0-0 Bd6 11.e4 e5 12.Be3 0-0

13.Ne2 Re8 14.Qc2 exd4 15.Nexd4 Ne5 16.Be2 Nfg4 17.Bg5

Qb6 18.h3 c5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Nxb5 Bxe4 21.Qc4 Qg6

22.Bxg4 Qxg5 23.Rfe1 Bd5 24.Qf1 h5 25.Be2 Qf4 26.g3 Qe4

27.f3 Qe3+ 28.Kg2 h4 29.Rad1 Qg5 30.Kh1 Bxg3 31.Qg2 Qe5

32.Nc3 Bxe1 33.Rxd5 Qe6 34.Bc4 Bxc3 35.bxc3 Qe1+ 36.Kh2

Qxc3 37.Rxc5 Qd4 38.Rc7 Qf4+ 0-1


David Hartsook (2049)

Loveland Open / February 18, 1996 - Round 4

1.d4 f5 2.g4 fxg4 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.h3 g3 6.fxg3 Bg7 7.Nf3

Nf6 8.Be3 c6 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.0-0-0 Nbd7 11.Ng5 Nb6 12.e5 dxe5

13.dxe5 Nfd5 14.e6 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 0-0 16.Re1 Nd5 17.Nxd5

cxd5 18.Bg2 b6 19.Bxd5 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Nf7 Qd5

22.Kb1 Rac8 23.Rh2 Qb5 24.Qb3 Qc5 25.h4 Qd4 26.h5 Rc5

27.hxg6 hxg6 28.c3 Qd3+ 29.Qc2 Qxg3 30.Reh1 Rf5 31.a3 Qe3

32.Re2 Qf3 33.Rg1 R8xf7 34.exf7+ Kxf7 35.Reg2 Bf6 36.Rxg6

Qf2 37.Qe4 Re5 38.Qc4+ e6 39.Qc7+ 1-0

Brian Wall (2261)


Colorado Closed / May 1996

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4

7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Ne2 Na6 9.Bc3 Nf6 10.Qd6 Bd7 11.0-0-0

Qxc4 12.Ng3 Qc5 13.Bxa6 Qxd6 14.Rxd6 bxa6 15.Rhd1 Nd5

16.Bxg7 Rg8 17.Bd4 f5 18.Nh5 0-0-0 19.g3 Rg6 20.Be5 Rh6

21.Nf4 Rxh2 22.Nxe6 Re8 23.Nc5 Rxe5 24.Nxd7 Kc7 25.Nxe5

Kxd6 26.Nd3 a5 27.Rd2 h5 28.Kd1 h4 29.gxh4 Rxh4 30.Kc2

Rc4+ 31.Kb3 Rd4 32.Kc2 Nb4+ 33.Kc3 Rxd3+ 34.Rxd3+ Nxd3

35.Kxd3 Kd5 36.a4 Ke5 37.Ke3 Kf6 38.Kf4 Kg6 39.Ke5 Kg5

40.f3 a6 41.b3 c5 42.Ke6 Kf4 43.Kf6 ½-½

James McCarty (2382)



1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3

Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Qh4+ 12.Bf2 Qf4

13.Qc1 Qf5 14.Qb1 Qxb1+ 15.Rxb1 0-0-0 16.c5 Nd5 17.Nxd5

Rxd5 18.Rd1 Ne7 19.Bd3 Rd7 20.b4 a6 21.a3 Nd5 22.c6 Rd8

23.cxb7+ Kxb7 24.0-0 Be7 25.Be4 c6 26.f4 g6 27.Rc1 f5

28.exf6 Bxf6 29.Rfe1 Rhe8 30.Kh1 Rd6 31.Rf1 Ne7 32.a4 Nd5

33.b5 cxb5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Rc5 Rb6 36.Rb1 b4 37.f5 gxf5

38.Bxd5+ exd5 39.Rxd5 f4 40.Rf5 Re4 41.d5 Ra6 42.Bc5 Ra1




43.Rxa1 Bxa1 44.Rf7+ Ka6 45.Ra7+ Kb5 46.Bxb4 Bd4 47.Re7

Rxe7 48.Bxe7 Kc4 49.d6 Bc5 50.Kg2 Kd5 51.Kf3 ½-½


Renard Anderson (2346)


1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.f3 Nbd7 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nh3 h6

7.Bh4 c6 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.Nf4 Bh7 10.Nd3 e6 11.Bg3 Nb6 12.Ne5

Nfd7 13.e3 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 0-0-0 15.Bd3 f6 16.Bg3 Nc4 17.Bxc4

dxc4 18.0-0 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Rxd6 20.Ne4 Qxd2 21.Nxd2 Bxc2

22.Nxc4 Rdd8 23.Rf2 Bg6 24.Rc1 Rhe8 25.Rd2 Bf7 26.e4 Kb8

27.Kf2 e5 28.Ke3 exd4+ 29.Rxd4 Rxd4 30.Kxd4 Rd8+ 31.Ke3

Kc7 32.h4 g6 33.Nd2 b6 34.f4 a5 35.a3 a4 36.Rf1 c5 37.f5 g5

38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Rh1 Kd6 40.Rh6 Ke7 41.e5! fxe5 42.Ne4 Rd1

43.f6+ Kd8 44.Nxg5 Bd5 45.Rh8+ Kd7 46.f7 Bxf7 47.Nxf7

Re1+ 48.Kd2 Re4 49.Rh5 Rd4+ 50.Ke3 Ke6 51.Nxe5 b5

52.Nd3 Rxg4 53.Rxc5 Rg3+ 54.Kd2 1-0

Craig Wilcox (2101)



1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.0-0 Qc8 6.c4 Bh3 7.cxd5

cxd5 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Nc3 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Qd7 11.Nb5 a6 12.Ne5

Qc8 13.Nc3 b5 14.Nxb5 axb5 15.Qxb5 Ra6 16.Bd2 Nd7

17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.Qxd5+ Ke8 19.Qb5 e6 20.Rfc1 Bd6 21.Rc2

Kd7 22.Rac1 Qa8 23.e4 Rb8 24.Qd3 Ke8 25.Kg1 g6 26.e5 Bb4

27.Bg5 Be7 28.h4 Bxg5 29.hxg5 Nb4 0-1


Brian Wall (2210)


1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.f4 e6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+

Qxd7 8.Nf3 exd5 9.Nxd5 Nc6 10.0-0 Nge7 11.c3 0-0 12.Be3

Rad8 13.Qd3 Nxd5 14.exd5 Ne7 15.Bf2 Rde8 16.a4 h5 17.Rfe1

b6 18.b3 Nf5 19.Ra2 Rxe1+ 20.Bxe1 Re8 21.Re2 Rxe2 22.Qxe2

Kf8 23.Bd2 Qb7 24.Qd3 a6 25.Kf2 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ng5

Ne7 28.c4 bxc4 29.bxc4 Qb2 30.Kg3 Nf5+ 31.Kh3 Qa1 32.Qb3

Qb2 33.Qxb2 Bxb2 34.g4 hxg4+ 35.Kxg4 Ke7 36.Kf3 Nd4+

37.Ke4 Nf5 38.Kd3 Nd4 39.Be3 Nf5 40.Bf2 Kf6 41.Kc2 Bd4

42.Bg3 Ne3+ 43.Kb3 Ng2 44.Ne4+ Ke7 45.f5 gxf5 46.Bxd6+

Kd7 47.Bxc5 fxe4 48.Bxd4 f5 49.c5 e3 50.c6+ Kd6 51.Bc5+

Kc7 52.Kc3 e2 53.Bf2 e1Q+ 54.Bxe1 Nxe1 55.h4 Ng2 56.h5

Nf4 57.h6 Nxd5+ 58.Kd4 Ne7 59.Ke5 Ng6+ 60.Kxf5 Nf8

61.Kf6 Kxc6 62.Kf7 Nh7 63.Kg7 Ng5 64.Kg6 Ne6 ½-½

Jerry Kearns (2334)



1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4

7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.0-0 Qc7

12.Bd3 h6 13.e4 e5 14.Be3 exd4 15.Bxd4 0-0 16.Rc1 a6 17.a4

b4 18.Qb3 Rad8 19.h3 c5 20.Be3 Bf4 21.Rfe1 Bxe3 22.Rxe3

Qf4 23.Rc4 Qd6 24.Qc2 Qe6 25.Qe2 a5 26.Rc1 Rfe8 27.Bb5

Bc6 28.b3 Qg6 29.Bxc6 Qxc6 30.Nd4 Qf6 31.Nb5 Qe5 32.g3

Nb6 33.f4 Qe7 34.Qc2 c4! 35.bxc4 Qc5 36.Kf2 Re7 37.Kf3

Red7 38.Re2 b3! 39.Qb2 Nxa4 40.Qa3 Rd3+ 41.Kg2 Qxa3

42.Nxa3 b2 0-1

Randy Canney (2357)



1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c4 Nb6 6.c5 N6d7

7.Bc4 e6 8.h3 Bf5 9.Nc3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.b4 b6 12.Bf4 Nc6

13.Qa4 Ndb8 14.Rad1 bxc5 15.dxc5 Qc8 16.b5 e5 17.bxc6 exf4

18.Nd5 Bxc5 19.Rfe1 Be6 20.Ng5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Bd6 22.Qc2

g6 23.Bb3 Na6 24.Qc4 Rb8 25.Ra5 Rxb3! 26.axb3 Bb4

27.Qxa6 Bxe1 28.Qxc8 Rxc8 29.Rxa7 Bb4 30.Ne4 f5 31.Nf6+

Kf7 32.Nxh7 Be7 33.h4 Bxh4 34.b4 Ke6 35.b5 Kd6 36.Rb7 Ra8

37.b6 Ra1+ 38.Kh2 Bxf2! 39.g4 Bxb6 40.gxf5 gxf5 0-1



Colorado Open / August 30, 1997 - Round 2

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Qd3 b6 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Qe4 c6 11.Bd3 g6

12.0-0-0 Bb7 13.h4 Nd7 14.h5 Kg7 15.Qe3 Rh8 16.Ne5 Nxe5

17.dxe5 Qe7 18.h6+ Kf8 19.Be4 Ke8 20.Rd6 f5 21.Bf3 Kf7

22.Rhd1 Rhd8 23.g4 Rxd6 24.exd6 Qf6 25.gxf5 exf5 26.d7 Qe7

27.Qc3! Qg5+ 28.Kb1 Rd8 29.Qg7+ Ke6 30.Qxh7 Qf6 31.Re1+

Kd6 32.Qg7 Qxg7 33.hxg7 1-0


Renard Anderson (2230)

Colorado Open / August 31, 1997 - Round 4

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Qd3 g6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bg7

7.Nc3 c6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 Qa5 10.0-0 e5 11.Qd2 exd4 12.Nxd4

Ne4 13.Nxe4 Qxd2 14.Bxd2 Bxd4 15.Nd6 Nb6 16.c3 Bg7

17.Nxc8 Rfxc8 18.Rad1 h6 19.g3 Re8 20.Rfe1 Rad8 21.Kf1

Re4 22.Be3 Rde8 23.a3 Na4 24.Bc1 Nc5 25.f3 R4e7 26.Bc4

Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rd8 28.Be3 Na4 29.Rb1 Nb6 30.Bb3 Re8

31.Kf2 Bf8 32.Rd1 c5 33.Rd2 Kg7 34.Ba2 Be7 35.h4 Rc8 36.b3

Rc6 37.Bb1 c4 38.Be4 Rd6 39.Rxd6 Bxd6 40.Bd4+ f6 41.b4

Be5 42.Bxe5 fxe5 43.Ke3 Na4 44.Kd2 b6 45.Bd5 Kf6 46.Bxc4

1-0


Randy Canney (2305)


1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.a3 Qa5 7.b4

Qb6 8.e4 e6 9.e5 Ng8 10.Rb1 a5 11.Nh3 axb4 12.axb4 Ne7

13.Bxe7 Bxe7 14.Be2 Ra3 15.f4 f6 16.Nf2 0-0 17.0-0 Kh8

18.Ncd1 g5 19.fxg5 fxe5 20.g6 Rf4 21.g3 Qxd4 22.Qc1 Ra2

23.gxf4 exf4 24.Rb3 e5 25.Nc3 Ra8 26.Qd1 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Nf6

28.gxh7 e4 29.Re1 Bf5 30.Bd1 Bd8 31.h3 Bg6 32.Kf1 f3

33.Nb1 Ra2 34.Bxf3 Rxc2 35.Be2 d4 36.Rg3 Kxh7 37.Bg4 Bb6

38.Bd1 Rb2 39.Rb3 Ra2 40.Re2 Ra1 41.Reb2 Nd5 42.Ra3 Ne3+

43.Kg1 Rxa3 44.Nxa3 d3 45.Kh2 Bd4 46.Rb1 Nd5 47.Ng4 e3

48.Bf3 d2 49.Rh1 Nxb4 50.Kg3 Bd3 51.Nb1 Nc2 52.Rd1 c5

53.Nxd2 exd2 54.Rxd2 c4 (55.Rxd3 draws. Usually Dr.

Ponomarev was the aggressor in a wild fighting game like this.)

½-½





Matt Galman (2126)


1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.exd6 cxd6

7.Nf3 h6 8.Be3 0-0 9.Qd2 Kh7 10.h4 e5 11.h5 g5 12.0-0-0 Nc6

13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Ne4 f5 15.Nd6 Nf6 16.Bxg5 e4 17.Qf4 exf3

18.Nxf5 hxg5 19.Qxg5 Qc7 20.Qg6+ Kh8 21.h6 Bxh6+

22.Qxh6+ Nh7 23.Qxf8# 1-0


Craig Wilcox (2090)


1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Be3 Qa5 5.Qd2 cxd4 6.Bxd4 Bxd4

7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Qd2 0-0 10.a3 Kg7 11.h3 d6 12.g4 a6

13.g5 Nd7 14.Be2 Nde5 15.Nh4 b5 16.f4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 bxc4

18.Nd5 Bb7 19.0-0-0 Rab8 20.Rhe1 Qb5 21.Qc3+ Kg8 22.Nf3

Qc5 23.Nd4 Rfe8 24.Nf3 Na7 25.Qd4 Rbc8 26.a4 Bxd5 27.exd5

c3 28.b4 Qc7 29.Nh2 Qd7 30.Ng4 h5 31.gxh6 f6 32.Qxf6 exf6

33.Nxf6+ Kf7 34.Nxd7 Rxe1 35.Rxe1 Rc7 36.h7 1-0


David Landers (2037)

US West Festival Open / November 14, 1998 - Round 2

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6

7.Nf3 0-0 8.c3 Nd7 9.Qc2 b6 10.h4 Bb7 11.Bd3 g6 12.h5 e5

13.hxg6 hxg6 14.0-0-0 exd4 15.cxd4 Kg7 16.Ng3 Bg5+ 17.Kb1

Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nf6 19.Rdg1 Nd5 20.Be4 Rc8 21.Bxd5 Qxd5

22.f4 Be7 23.Nh5+ Kg8 24.Rxg6+ Kh8 25.Rh6+ 1-0


Edward Frumkin (2006)

US Senior Open / November 10, 1998 - Round 3

1.d4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.e4 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Nxe4

7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Nxe4 Rf8 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.Bh6 e5 11.Nf3 Bg4

12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qd6 Qxd6 14.Nxd6+ Ke7 15.Bxg7 Rxf3

16.Nc8+ Kd8 17.Nd6 Ke7 18.Bxe5 Nd7 19.Bc3 Rxc3 20.bxc3

Kxd6 21.f3 Re8+ 22.Kf2 Bf5 23.Rhd1+ Kc7 24.Rd2 Nb6 25.g4

Bd7 26.a5 Nc4 27.Rd4 Ne5 28.Re4 Nxg4+ 29.Rxg4 Bxg4

30.fxg4 Re4 31.Kf3 Rc4 32.Ra3 g5 33.h3 a6 34.Kg3 Rf4 35.Ra1

Rc4 36.Ra3 Rf4 37.Rb3 Ra4 38.Kf3 Rxa5 39.Ke4 Ra2 40.Kf5

Ra5+ 41.Kf6 Rd5 42.Kg7 a5 43.Kxh7 Rd2 44.Kg6 Rh2 45.c4

Rxc2 46.Kxg5 Rxc4 47.h4 a4 48.Ra3 b5 49.h5 c5 50.h6 Kb6

51.h7 1-0


IM Igor Ivanov (2426)

US Senior Open / November 12, 1998 - Round 5

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bxf6 gxf6

7.Qg4 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Qg7 Rf8 10.Nge2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6

12.Rd1 fxe5 13.Qxe5 Qxb5 14.Ndxb5 Nxe5 15.Nc7+ Ke7

16.Nxa8 Kd6 17.Ke2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bd7 19.Rb1 Kc6 20.Rb4

Rxa8 21.Rh4 Rg8 22.Rg1 Rg6 23.f4 Nc4 24.g4 Nd6 25.Rb1 f5

26.h3 Ne4 27.Rb3 b5 28.Ke3 Kc5 29.Ra3 Bc6 30.Rxa7 Nxc3

31.Rh7 d4+ 32.Kd2 fxg4 33.Rxg4 Rf6 34.Rh4 e5 35.R7xh6

Rxh6 36.Rxh6 e4 37.f5 e3+ 38.Ke1 Bd5 39.f6 Ne4 40.h4 b4

41.Rg6 Bxa2 42.h5 b3 43.f7 bxc2 44.f8Q+ Kc4 45.Rc6+ 1-0

Eric Billaux (2093)


Colorado Closed / February 1999

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.c5 N6d7

7.Bc4 e6 8.Be3 b6 9.h3 Bf5 10.Nc3 bxc5 11.d5 c6 12.dxe6 Bxe6

13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Qe7 15.0-0 Ne5 16.Re1 Nbd7 17.f4 h6

18.Nge4 Nf7 19.Qa4 Nb6 20.Qxc6+ Qd7 21.Qxd7+ Nxd7

22.Nb5 Kd8 23.b3 a6 24.Nbc3 Rc8 25.Red1 Ke8 26.Na4 Nd8

27.Rac1 Rc6 28.Naxc5 Nxc5 29.Nxc5 Be7 30.b4 Rf8 31.g4 g5

32.fxg5 Rf3 33.Re1 Bxg5 34.Bxg5 hxg5 35.Kg2 Ra3 36.Re2

Rb6 37.Rb2 Ke7 38.Ne4 Nc6 39.b5 axb5 40.Nxg5 Ne5 41.Rcb1

Rc6 42.Re2 Nd3 43.Kh2 b4 44.Re3 Rxa2+ 45.Kg3 Ra3 46.Rxb4

Nxb4 47.Rxa3 Kf6 48.h4 Nd5 49.Rf3+ Kg6 50.Nf7 Rc3

51.Ne5+ Kh6 52.Rxc3 Nxc3 53.g5+ Kh5 54.Nd3 Ne4+ 55.Kf4

Kxh4 56.g6 Kh5 57.g7 Nf6 58.Ke5 Kg6 ½-½

Brian Wall (2212)



1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Bd3 Nc6

7.Ne2 Qh4 8.Be3 Nb4 9.Nbc3 Nxd3+ 10.Qxd3 Bd7 11.a4 Qg4

12.b3 Bf5 13.Qd2 Qxg2 14.Rg1 Qc6 15.d5 Qd7 16.a5 Nc8

17.Nd4 Bg6 18.a6 c5 19.axb7 Qxb7 20.Nc6 Be7 21.Nb5 0-0

22.Qa5 Bf6 23.Ra3 Qd7 24.Nc7 Qf5 25.Rxg6 fxg6 26.Qd2 Nb6

27.Nxa8 Qb1+ 28.Ke2 Rxa8 29.Nxa7 Nc8 30.Nb5 Rxa3

31.Nxa3 Qxb3 32.Qd3 Qb2+ 33.Kf3 Be5 34.h3 Nb6 35.Nb5

Qb4 36.Nc7 Qxc4 37.Qxc4 Nxc4 38.Bf4 Bxf4 39.Kxf4 Kf7

40.Nb5 Ke7 41.h4 h6 42.Nc7 Ne5 43.Ke4 Ng4 0-1

Stephen Towbin (2083)



1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.g5 e5 4.d3 Be7 5.h4 h6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Nxe5

Be6 8.f4 hxg5 9.hxg5 Rxh1+ 10.Bxh1 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.e4

dxe4 13.Bxe4 0-0-0 14.Be3 Re8 15.Kf2 f6 16.g6 Nh6 17.Bxa7

Ng4+ 18.Kg3 Rh8 19.Qd2 f5 20.Bf3 Rh2 21.Qxh2 Nxh2

22.Kxh2 Qe8 23.Nc3 Qxg6 24.Ne2 Bd5 25.Rg1 Qh6+ 26.Kg2

Qh5 27.Nd4 Qg4+ 28.Kf1 Qxf4 29.Ke2 Qe5+ 30.Kd1 Bf6

31.Rf1 g6 32.c3 Kc7 33.Rh1 Bg8 34.Re1 Qa5 35.Bb8+ Kxb8

36.Re8+ Ka7 37.Rxg8 Bxd4 38.cxd4 Qxa2 39.Rxg6 Qxb2 40.d5

Qd4 41.Ke2 cxd5 42.Re6 f4 43.Bg4 Qb2+ 44.Kf3 Qh2 45.Bf5

Qg3+ 46.Ke2 f3+ 47.Kf1 Qg2+ 48.Ke1 f2+ 0-1

Imre Barlay (1905)


Colorado Springs Open / March 6, 2005 - Round 4

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6

7.Nf3 Na5 8.Qa4+ c6 9.Ne5 b5 10.Qd1 Nc4 11.Nxc4 dxc4 12.a3

Nd5 13.Qd2 a5 14.g3 b4 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Rg1 Rb8 17.Bg2

Be4 18.f3 Bg6 19.Kf2 bxa3 20.bxa3 Rb3 21.Bf4 c5 22.e4

Qxd4+ 23.Be3 Qxd2+ 24.Bxd2 c3 25.Bc1 c4 26.Rd1 Bc5+

27.Ke1 Ke7 28.Bf1 c2 29.Rd5 Rb1 30.Rxc5 Rxa1 31.Kd2 Rb8

32.Rxc4 f5 33.Bd3 fxe4 34.fxe4 Rd8 35.Kxc2 Rxc1+ 36.Kxc1

Rxd3 37.Rc7+ Kd6 0-1

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This is an add-on to DuWayne Langseth’s excellent article in the

January 2020 Colorado Chess Informant about the late Imre Barlay.

This item comes from the May 1959 issue of Chess Review.

From the article (picture scanned and sent by Gary Hale-Betchan) ...

In the California Intercollegiate Championship at California State Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo,

Imre Barlai of San Diego State College won with a perfect 5-0. Ernest Mitsunga of San Jose State came

second with 4-1...

Imre Barlai and Zoltan Kocsis escaped from Hungary, made the U.S. emergency quota, and came to San

Diego State when that college put in for some Hungarians. Barlai barely made it, in a truck load of refugees

which was stopped by a Russian tank but let go when a diplomatic car full of reporters happened by. He had

later to cross a field of machine-gunners. But he reached Vienna and a job at American headquarters.


COLORADO CHESS CLUB DIRECTORY

Boulder Chess Club: Meets Wednesdays at the University

Memorial Center (First Floor) on the CU Boulder campus, 6:30-

9:30pm. 1669 Euclid Avenue, 80309. www.BoulderChess.com.

Carbondale Chess Club: Meets every Tuesday from 6:00pm

until the wee hours at Kahhak Fine Arts & School, 411 Main

Street, Carbondale, 81623. All levels and ages are welcome and

chess coaching is available. Please contact Majid Kahhak at

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Wednesday evenings from 7:00-9:00pm. Highlands Ranch Li-

brary, 9292 Ridgeline Boulevard, 80129.

Information is also available on the Chess Knights’ Web site at

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Contact: Frank Atwood (720) 260-1493 or by email:

[email protected].

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at 8:00pm (must show up by 8:00pm or you might be locked

out). For information see our website at www.SpringsChess.org

or email Richard “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, Den-

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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,

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Colorado State University. You can email Randy Reynolds at

[email protected].

On the web - 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 Chess Club: Meets Mondays at 6:30pm in

the Safeway at Starbucks, 2901 Patterson Road. Call Rick Lova-

to at (970) 243-1073.

Grand Junction Junior Chess Club: Meets every 3rd Sat-

urday 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

(970) 415-3855.

Lafayette Chess Club: Meets Mondays, from 6:00-9:00pm at

the Mojo Coffeehouse, 211 North Public Road in Lafayette. For

more information send an email to [email protected] or

contact Victor Creazzi at (303) 332-7039.

Longmont Chess Club: Meets Wednesdays from 6:30-

9:00pm. Check www.LongmontChess.com for current meeting

location. Email Todd Burge at [email protected] or

call (720) 220-5240.

North Jeffco Chess Club: Meets Thursdays from 7:00-

10:00pm at the Grandview Tavern & Grill, 7427 Grandview

Avenue in Arvada. Email [email protected] for more information.

Northeast Denver Chess Club: Meets Mondays and Thurs-

days 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.

Parker Chess Club: Meets every Thursday from 7:00-

9:00pm at the new Parker library in Parker, CO. All levels and

ages welcome. Contact John Brezina at [email protected].

Pueblo Chess Club: Meets at the Hanging Tree Café, 209

South Union, 81003 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].

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days at 5:00pm. 449 Main Street, Longmont. Call (303) 776-

3796 for more info.

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My Games With Rudolf Petters

(& More)

by Curtis Carlson

“We’re not in this ‘together’. We’re in this simultaneously.” -

Vincent Ferrari

“The weakness of the dark squares means a weakness of the

neighboring light squares as well.” - GM David Bronstein

“If you want to reach the heights, you should study the entire

history of chess. I can’t give any clear logical explanation for

it, but I think it is absolutely essential to soak up the whole of

chess history.” - GM Vladimir Kramnik

“To be a socialist or a flat-earther requires denying basic

evidence of reality.” - David McElroy

“What we do know is that in the past, open institutions and

policies have resulted in wonderful new goods and services.

Based on that, we can predict with a high degree of confidence

that if open institutions and policies continue, we will continue

to benefit from wonderful new goods and services.” - Arthur

Diamond, Jr.

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched

to everything else in the universe.” - John Muir

“There is a lot of value in driving the pieces into disharmony

or passitivity or just generally noticing a very bad piece or a

very good piece. This should cause you to think about how to

improve a bad piece if it is your own, or how to challenge a

very good piece if it is your opponent’s.” - IM Erik Kislik

“To escape mass poverty requires a move from familiar

economic habits, arrangements, customs, and patterns to new

economic habits, arrangements, customs, and patterns.” -

Donald J. Boudreaux

Rudolf Petters (1920-1992) was Colorado champion in 1954

(the year I was born) and again in 1960 when I was in

Kindergarten. I first saw him at the 1970 Colorado Open. He

was a large, impressive European with a heavy accent and a

powerful, interesting Steinitzian playing style. My early chess

education was edified in 1968 by Fred Reinfeld’s Winning

Chess, Chess Traps, Pitfalls, and Swindles, and How to Think

Ahead in Chess, but they emphasized tactics and did little to

prepare me for closed positions. (“Many people in their youth

enthusiastically read chess books. Through their books the

authors frequently become somebody’s first chess teachers.

Reflection on the read material helps to develop chess views

and abilities.” - GM Vasily Smyslov) My previous article made

me wonder what a computer might think of our four tournament

games, which are analyzed here. The first was on October 2,

1971, in the third round of the Wyoming Open when I was a

1661 rated high school senior, and at 2063 Rudy was second

ranked behind Robert Wendling. After he beat me easily in a

zany Denver Open King’s Gambit blitz game I had more than

the typical B player’s veneration for him. My position was bad

out of the opening but managed to equalize with opposite

colored Bishops. As always, notes are mine with help from

Houdini 6.02 with 4 CPUs, ChessBase 14, and whatever

engines happen to be online.

“Telescopes are time machines that literally allow us to see

objects as they were in the past.” - Amber Straughn

“If you lose the power to laugh you lose the power to think.” -

Anthony McCarten

“In Capablanca’s games, we sense cohesion, elegance, and

singularity of intent. Not so from Korchnoi, who is, in a way,

the anti-Capa.” - IM Cyrus Lakdawala

Rudolf Petters thinks hard at the 1971 Colorado Open

“You need to constantly put yourself in the minds of the

opponents and study their game along with your own.” - GM

Vishy Anand

On Facebook my longtime friend Max Burkett recently said,

“I saw your photo of Rudolph Petters against whom I played

1st board in an early 1960s Colorado - New Mexico match. We

each won a game. After the game he told me about his life -

from surviving WWII on the Eastern Front to being a Denver

paperboy with a bunch of kids.” I remember him having two or

three daughters and working for the Denver Post, but knew no

more. Thanks to Max for sharing this memory.




“ Every so-called “market failure” is also an entrepreneurial

opportunity, and those opportunities do not go unexploited for

long.” - Steve Horwitz

“Under the rule of experts, knowledge is imposed on the

system. Knowledge should instead emerge from the system.” -

Roger Koppl

Wyoming Open

Round 3 / October 2, 1971

Curtis Carlson (1661, age 17)

Rudolf Petters (2063, age 51)

C60 TC: 50/2 (https://denverchess.com/games/view/19269)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nge7 6.Be3 Nd4

7.Bc4 c6 8.Bxd4 exd4 9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O d5 11.exd5 cxd5

12.Bb3 a5 13.a3 (13.a4=) 13...a4 14.Ba2 Bg4=+ 15.Ng3?

(White is only slightly worse after 15.Nd2 or 15.Ne1=+)

15...Rc8-/+ 16.Rc1 Bh6 17.Rb1 Bxf3 (This maintains an edge

for Black but since White is very passive Black has time to

expand on the queenside. HCE likes 17...Qd6! followed

by ...Nc6, and b7-b5-b4 with advantage.) 18.gxf3? (Right was

18.Qf3 Rc2 19.Rfe1 fighting on a pawn down.) 18...Qc7-/+

(Still good was 18...Qd6 19.Re1 Rc7, which is close to -+)

19.c4 dxc3 20.bxc3 Qxc3 (HCE prefers 20...Qd7-/+ when the

c3 pawn is hard to defend.) 21.Qxa4 Qxd3?! (Now it’s almost

even again. 21...Rc7 22.Qh4 Kg7 -/+ HCE) 22.Rxb7=+ Nf5=

(22...Ra8=+ was the only try for advantage.) 23.Qd1 Qxa3

24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Qxd5= (A draw could have been agreed to

here but Rudy persisted due to the large rating difference.)

25...Rc5 26.Qb3 Qxb3 27.Bxb3 Bf4 28.Rd1 Rc6 29.Rdd7

Rg6+ 30.Kf1 Rf6 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.Re7 Kg6 33.Red7 h5 34.h4

Kg7 35.Re7 Kg8 36.Red7 Rg6+ 37.Kf1 Rf6 38.Kg2 Kg7

39.Re7 Bd2 40.Red7 Ba5 41.Re7 Bd8 42.Red7 Rb6 43.Rxb6

Bxb6 44.Rd5 Bd8 45.Kh3 f4 46.Rf5 Bc7 47.Rxh5 Rb8

48.Bxf7 Rb2 49.Bd5 Rxf2 50.Be4 Bd6 51.Rh7+ Kf6 52.Rh6+

Ke7 53.h5 Be5 54.Rg6 Rf1 55.Kg2 Ra1 56.h6 Bd4 57.Kh2

Ra2+ 58.Kh3 Ra1 59.Kg4 Rg1+ 60.Kxf4 Rxg6 61.Bxg6 Kf6

62.Be4 Bb2 63.Kg4 Bc1 64.h7 Kg7 65.f4 Bxf4. We adjourned,

but agreed to split the point without further play. I drew another

expert! My future was so bright I had to wear shades.

“Everything changes for the better when you take ownership

of your problems.” - Robert J. Ringer

“One of the marks of great players isn’t they don’t make

errors, but rather that they adapt seamlessly to the errors and

begin course corrections the instant they identify their

mistakes.” - IM Cyrus Lakdawala

“But save us from the man who lives up to his own standards,

save us from the man of clean conscience, he’s the man that

will beat us.” - Ayn Rand

Denver Open

Round 5 / July 2, 1972



C44 TC 40/2 (https://denverchess.com/games/view/19298)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 (After our previous game I avoided

the Ruy Lopez) 3...exd4 4.c3 d5 5.Bb5 (This blind developing

move leads to interesting play, where White gives up a pawn

and the bishop pair to damage Black’s structure. Bob

Wendling asked me if it was book, since he’d only seen the

obvious 5.de which is probably best. I of course knew no

theory and just made moves. Black is already better after

5.e5!? de 6.Nc3 d4 7.Nb5 Bg4, and 5.Bd3 Bg4 gives Black

easy equality.) 5...dxe4 6.Nxd4 Bd7=+ 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bc4 Nf6

(Move order makes a difference! Better is 8...Bd6 to answer

9.Qb3 with Qe7.) 9.O-O=+ (The passitivity of my youth is

unbelievable. HCE gives 9.Qb3 Nd5 10.Bd5 cd 11.Qd5 Be7

12.O-O O-O= which is better than White should have had.

Interesting is 9.Qb3 Bd6!? 10.Bf7 Ke7 11.Bc4 Qe8= HCE,

which is also better than what White would have had after

8...Bd6.) 9...Be7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Re1 Bf5=+ 12.Qa4 c5

(12...Bd6=+ HCE) 13.Bb5= Bd6 14.h3 Rb8 15.Bc6 Bf4 (HCE

says it’s still equal after this but Black should probably keep

his dark squared bishop since they protect his c pawns, and

Black’s weakened structure is more of a liability with fewer

pieces on the board. Simply 15...h6 was good, since 16.Ne4

Ne4 16.Be4 is well answered by 16...Re8-/+. Also reasonable

was 15...Qe7= HCE.) 16.Nb3 (White should probably grab

the annoying e4 pawn with 16.Ne4 Bc1 17.Rac1 Ne4 18.Be4

Be4 19.Qe4 Rb2=) 16...Qd6 17.Na5? (The knight takes the

long route to c4. Right was 17.Bf4 Qf4 18.Qc4= HCE.)

17...Bxc1 18.Raxc1 Qf4-/+ (18...Qd2 19.Rcd1 Qg5-/+ was also

very strong when a storm is brewing around White’s king.)

19.Nc4 g5!? (After this natural move Black has no

advantage. 19...Qg5-/+ was very hard to meet.) 20.Rcd1= Be6

21.b3 Rbd8 22.Ne3 h5

“I wish that my fellow economists would pay less attention to

aggregate demand and more attention to economic

coordination.” - Donald J. Boudreaux

“One aspect of logical chess is that we often realize that

certain moves must be played sooner or later. Barring

immediate threats we can create or must deal with, such moves

are usually the most logical. In most cases, it is flexible to play

those moves first.” - IM Erik Kislik


https://denverchess.com/games/view/19269




23.Qxa7 (There’s no need to worry about king safety when

there’s a pawn hanging! This is actually HCE’s first choice

but 23.c4= was also OK. “Go out on a limb - that’s where the

fruit is!” - fictional TV character Diane Lockhart.) 23...Qe5

24.Qa5 g4 25.hxg4 Bxg4?!+= (The bishop is badly placed

here. HCE prefers 25...Ng4=) 26.Rxd8= (26.Rd4!+= HCE

didn’t even occur to me. We were both low on time and

moving quickly.) 26...Rxd8 27.Nc4 (27.c4= HCE. Moving

pieces away from the king is probably not best although

HCE says it’s still equal.) 27...Qf4?+- (27...Qe7= HCE. Black

needs to keep an eye on the c7 pawn.) 28.Qxc5+/- (28.g3! Qf5

29.Qc7+- HCE) 28...Rd3

“In fact there is, I believe, an inherent ‘justice’ in chess - that

those who are brave and willing to dive headlong into the

abyss, are favoured over those who err on the side of caution,

always looking for the easy route.” - GM Danny Gormally

“Every time we humans adapt, we expand the range of the

spiritual.” - Howard Bloom

29.Ne3?= (29.Qe5 Qe5 30.Ne5 Rc3 31.Ng4 hg 32.Be4+/- was

best. As usual I was more worried about losing a pawn than

favorable simplification. “Finding the path out of a

middlegame jungle is considerably easier if the player knows

what kind of endgame he should be aiming for.” - GM Mihail

Marin) 29...Rd6?+- (This turns out well due to White’s weak

response. Best was 29...Rd2 30.Nf1 Ra2= HCE. Also good

was 29...h4= stopping g3.) 30.Nxg4?? (A gross blunder that

changes the assessment from +- to -+. 30.a4! Rd2 31.Nf1+-

was right. Now the game is over. “There are so many ways to

go wrong in chess. A game may be ‘won,’ but it isn’t over until

it is over! One little mistake late in the game can ruin an

otherwise well-played game.” - Chuck Ensey) 30...Nxg4 31.g3

(Too late! Black’s next is what I missed on move 30.)

“In desperate situations, it is too late to be afraid. You must

examine every choice, explore every hope - forcing variations

first among them - as they can sharply alter the course of the

game.” - IM Mark Dvoretsky

“Rules are just guidelines for stupid people.” - House

(fictional TV character)

31...Rxc6! (Of course! I should have resigned here but we

were moving quickly to make time control.) 32.Qd4 Qf6

33.Rxe4 Qxd4 34.cxd4 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Rc2 36.a4 Rxf2+ 37.Kg1

Rb2 38.Re7 Rxb3 39.Rxc7 Rxg3+ 0-1 (“In chess, you don’t

beat the board. It’s more important to beat the player on the

other side. Everyone thinks you make the best moves, but it’s

more about who makes the last mistake on the board.” - GM

Vishy Anand). One move before move 40 but way too late to

shake hands. This game is painful to think about, not only of bad

play but also of bad manners. In my youth polite behavior

wasn’t always forthcoming, but Rudy was very nice and said I

should have won. When I said the better man won he smiled.

This game wasn’t good, but better than remembered. The

passing of many years creates myopic memories on and off the

chessboard, and they get more distorted when they’re myopic to

begin with.

“I’m old enough to remember when there was still a travel

industry. But that was back in the old days, in early March.” -

Robert Higgs

“If you put the government in charge of the Sahara Desert in

five years there would be a shortage of sand.” - Milton

Friedman

Moscow 1958: 15 year old Bobby Fischer crosses swords with

GM Tigran Petrosian. They should have had a bigger clock!




“The economy will get going again when people feel safe no

matter what the law says. The economy is us. So stop looking

for a plan and start thinking about what it would take for you

to feel safe resuming bits of normality. We will decide, not

them.” - Steve Horwitz

“In life’s unforgiving arithmetic, we are the sum of our

choices.” - George F. Will

“Complete absence of imperfections is consistent with

efficiency only if the cost of accomplishing this objective is

zero.” - Harold Demsetz

Naylin Memorial

Round 5 / January 28, 1973



C76 TC 40/2 (https://denverchess.com/games/view/19300)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 (Back to the tried and trust Ruy!)

3...g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 d6 6.d4 a6!? (This move order allows

7.Bc6 bc 8.de de 9.Qa4 Bd7 10.Rd1+/- HCE. As usual I made

perfuntory developing moves with no attention to detail.)

7.Ba4 Bd7+= 8.dxe5 (This is OK since it blocks Black’s dark

squared bishop, but most common and probably best is

8.Re1 maintaing tension.) 8...dxe5 9.Qe2 Nge7 10.Rd1 O-O

11.Be3 b6 (11...Qe8= is Plachetka-Suba 1977) 12.Nbd2 (This

is natural, but HCE’s first choice is 12.Na3 {Suetin-

Nezhmetdinov 1956}, where on a3 the knight can still head

to c2 or c4 without blocking the d file. The typical Nbd2-f1-

e3/g3 is less effective with a pawn on g6 since White can’t

easily play Nf5. Also reasonable were 12.Bc2+=, 12.Bb3+=,

and 12.h3+=) 12...Qc8 13.Nf1 Nd4 14.cxd4 Bxa4 15.b3 exd4!?

(This leads to an exchange of dark squared bishops which is

dangerous for Black. Right was 15...Bb5= HCE.) 16.Bxd4

Bb5 17.Qc2= (17.Qe3 or 17.Qb2 are += HCE.)

17...c5? (This is a serious error that allows White to keep his

f1 knight. HCE gives 17...Bd4 18.Rd4 c5 19.Rd2 Bf1 20.Kf1

Nc6=) 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.a4? (White wrongly provokes a bad

exchange. Right was 19.Qb2 f6 {or 19...Kg8} 20.Ne3+- HCE.

Suddenly 12.Nbd2 loox OK. “It is not important which pieces

you exchange but those that remain on the board” - GM

Siegbert Tarrasch) 19...Bxf1 20.Kxf1+= Nc6 21.Rd6= (Again

very routine. A better try was 19.Qc3 Kg8 20.Rd6 Qc7

21.Qf6+/-, but Black has 22...Re8= HCE.) 21...Qc7 22.Rad1

Rad8 23.Qd2= Nd4?!+= (This simplifies into an ending

where White is better. 23...Rfe8 or 23...Rd6 24.Qd6 Qd6

25.Rd6 Rc8= HCE.) 24.Nxd4 Rxd6 25.Nf5+ gxf5 26.Qxd6

Qxd6 27.Rxd6 fxe4 28.Rxb6 Rd8 29.Rxa6 Rb8 30.Rc6 Rxb3

31.Rxc5 Kg6 32.a5+= (Too weak, too slow! White should

have prevented 32...f5 with 32.g4, which HCE says is +/-)

32...Ra3?+/- (32...f5=) 33.Rc6+? (33.g4+/- was still right.)

33...Kg5 34.a6 f5= 35.g3 Ra2 DRAW on my offer. Rudy

seemed very relieved, but there was no hope to win with Black’s

active rook and secure pawns. 36.Re6 Kh5 37.Kg2 Kg4

38.h4+=. If White had played 32.g4 and Rf5 he could have

brought his king to the queen side to chase Black’s rook off the a

file, but that concept was too deep for my adolescent brain. This

game is also embarrassing to think about, but at least I was more

respectful than before. At age 19 I was finally approaching the

maturity of a 13 year old.

“The worst people, with the worst ideas, are now centrally

planning your poverty.” - David E. Shellenberger

“In chess, we need to have flexible nodes of thought and to be

open to suddenly shifting gears from sharp execution of a

direct idea to a tenacious defence if the situation demands it.” -

IM Erik Kislik

Denver Open

Round 3 / June 30, 1973



A23 TC 40/2 (https://denverchess.com/games/view/19301)

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 (Later in life I had reasonable

success with ...Bb4 continuations.) 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5

6.Qb3 Nc6 (I knew no theory and had to find moves over the

board. I was surprised to find this was considered best!)

7.Nxd5 Nxd5 (ChessBase 14 has six games with this move,

but none by a GM. It’s first choice of HCE and Stockfish 11

although 7...Nd4 is most common since it hits White’s queen

instead of luring it to d5. 8.Nf6 gf 9.Qd1 Qc7 10.Kf1 Nc2

11.Rb1 Be6 12.b3 Rc8= is Hodgson-Illescas Cordoba 1993)

8.Qxd5 Qxd5!? (8...Bd6= and 8...Qb6= are better. Black

should keep queens on the board.) 9.Bxd5+= Nd4 10.Kd1

Bf5 11.d3= (According to HCE the simplifying 11.Nf3+= is

best.) 11...Rd8!?+= (I don’t remember why I rejected the

stronger 11...O-O-O=) 12.Bxb7 e4 (Playing for compli-

cations. 12...Bc5 and 12...Be7 were better.) 13.Ba6!? (13.g4

Bg4 14.Be4+/- was obvious and good when it’s hard to see

compensation for two pawns. 13...Bg6 14.e3 Ne6 15.d4 is also

depressing for Black.) 13...exd3 14. Bxd3!? (14.ed Bc5+=)

14...Nxe2 15.Nxe2 (15.Ke2 Bd3 16.Kf3 Be7 is equal since

Black’s bishop pair and better development is worth a

pawn.) 15...Rxd3+ 16.Ke1? (An inexplicable blunder. 16.Bd2

Be7 17.Nc3 O-O= HCE.) 16...Bb4-+ 17.Nc3 Rxc3 18.bxc3

Bxc3+ 19.Ke2 Bxa1 0-1 move 50. This game gave little

satisfaction since Rudy was unrecognizable (moves 13 and 16).






I think the 1973 Denver Open was his last tournament. My life

record against him was better than desereved.

“Every life history is the history of suffering.” - Arthur

Schopenhauer

I last saw Rudy at the CU student center in Boulder in 1982. We

we analyzed some positions and played a couple of offhand

games. At age 62 he was still 2000+ strength. According to

FamilyTreeNow.com and Chessgames.com he was born

December 21, 1920, and died November 29, 1992. RIP Rudy.

You will never be forgotten.

“If you want to know the ultimate truth of life, rites and rituals

are a huge obstacle. But if you are interested in social stability

and harmony, as Confucius was, truth is often a liability,

whereas rites and rituals are among your best allies.” - Yuval

Noah Harari

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and

slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while

reading.” - William Styron

Endgame Studies

“Top grandmasters use studies as part of their training

programs to improve their creativity and out-of-the-box

thinking, to polish their calculating skills, to enrich their

arsenal of tactical weaponry and to deepen their endgame

understanding. And no less importantly: to keep sharp in

general and intensify their joy in chess!” - IM Yochanan Afek

1234 Modern Endgame Studies #513

Somoff - Nasimovitch / 1928

White to play

The given solution is A: 1.g6 Rg2 2.g7 Rg7 3.b8/B (3.b8Q or

3.b8R allows 3...Rg1 4.Ka2 Ra1 5.Ka1=) 3...Rg1 4.Ka2 Kb7

5.Bh2 Rg2 6.Rh8+-, and B: 3...Rg8 4.Ra7 Kb6 5.Rc7 Rb8

6.Rc4+-, but in line A 6...Rc2 7.Kb1 (7.Ka3 Rc1 8.b5 a5 gets

nowhere) 7...Rb2 8.Kc1 Kc6 is drawn since White loses his last

pawn, and in B HCE says 6...Kb5 is equal. 5.Ra8 Kb7 6.Ra3

Rb8 7.Rc3 Kc6 8.Rc4 Kb5 9.Rd4 Ka4 is also drawn, according

to tablebases at Syzygy and Shredder. But instead of the

execrable 1.g6? White wins easily with 1.b8B Kb7 2.Ra7 Kb8

3.Ra3 Rg2 4.Rc3 Rg5 5.Rc4 (+- HCE), which is similar to line

B after 6.Rc4 except Black’s king is passive. Sometimes the

simplest moves are best! GM Larry Evans was right when he

said computers would refute analysis of many old positions.

“Sometimes we search for the truth in abyssal depths, when we

can find it just one step away from us...” - GM Mahil Marin

“I never feel more like my father’s daughter than when

correcting risible linguistic absurdities.” - Sarah Skwire

“I wonder if people are going to realize that the policies they

were so quick to adopt are causing a global depression.” -

Sean Malone

In 1983 the Czechoslovakian composer Jindřich Fritz (1912-

1984) published an interesting book called Česká studie (Czech

Study) with 644 compositions; a web site about him is at

http://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/endgamestudies/

studies-by-composer/418-fritz-jindrich-1912-1984.

This is position #239

White to play

The given solution is 1.Kb7! Nb2! 2.Ne3 Kg6 3.Kc6 Kg5

4.Kc5 Kf4 5.Kd4=, since White holds after 5...Kf3 6.Nd1! Nd1

7.Kd3=. But instead of the affable 1...Nb2? Shredder’s tablebase

says Black wins with 1...Nf2! 2.Ne3 Kg6 3.Kc6 Kg5 4.Kc5 Kf4

5.Kd4 Kf3 and now 6.Nd1 doesn’t work because of 6...Ke2!

7.Nc3 (7.Nb2 Nd3-+ wins at once) 7...Ke1 8.Ke5 (other moves

are worse.) 8...Nd3 9.Kd4 Nc1-+. White is helpless to

stop ...Ne2 or ...Na2 deflecting White’s knight. The difference is

instead of being loose on b2 the knight is protected on f2 once

Black’s king reaches f3. Assiduous accuracy is necessary to

achieve victory.


http://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/endgamestudies/studies-by-composer/418-fritz-jindrich-1912-1984

http://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/endgamestudies/studies-by-composer/418-fritz-jindrich-1912-1984



“Losses loom larger than gains.” - David Asch

“In general, the less material on the board, the more precise

your moves need to be.” - FM Fred Lindsay

“Tartakover was once asked whom he considered the greatest

chess player of all. He replied: “If chess is a battle, Lasker; if it

is a science, Capablanca; if it is an art, Alekhine.” - Martin

Beheim

Leipzig 1960

Fischer reading Tal’s palm, predicted he would lose his title to

a young American. Whereupon Tal said to Lombardy,

“Congratulations William, you are the next world champion!”

“If we stop lying to each other how will we ever get to the

truth?” - Brenda Lee Johnson (fictional TV character)

“I think after these quarantines are over the psychiatric clinics

will be full!” - GM Alexander Grischuk

This is position #240

The given solution is 1.Bh4! Kd5 2.a6 Ke4 3.a7 Kf3 4.Bg3!

Re8 5.Be5! Rd8 6.Bd6 Rc8 7.Bc7=, but instead of the

eleemosynary 1...Kd5? Shredder gives 1...Kb5! 2.Be1 Rg6!

when things are no longer in abeyance. Zugzwang forces White

to move his bishop to a vulnerable square that lets Black gain

time with his king: 3.Bd2 Kc4 4.Be1 (4.a6 Ra6 5.Kg2 Ra2-+ )

4...Kd3 5.a6 Ke2 6.a7 Ra6 7.Bf2 Kf3-+. The best path from c6

to f3 isn’t direct! Computers make things look so easy, but the

animus between White’s bishop and Black’s rook still makes a

deep impression. “In our permanent search for absolute truth

we are often surprised to find that the path we would like to be

more or less straight is in fact a breathtaking spiral. Some

statements that seemed to be definite truths in a certain

moment are refuted by new discoveries, which, in their turn,

will soon lose their validity, eventually being replaced again by

the previous conclusions.” - GM Mihail Marin

“Food for thought: a bucket of KFC chicken is more expensive

than a barrel of oil.” - Kenneth Lovering

“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are

free, they are not equal; and if they are equal, they are not

free.” - Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

“At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go back in the

same box.” - Italian Proverb


F. Sackman / 1910

White to play

The given solution is 1.c7 Rc6 2.e7 Rhe6 3.Nd6! Rcd6 4.Kc4

Rc6 5.Kd5 Kg7 6.e8/Q Re8 7.Kc6=, but Shredder says Black

wins with 4...Kg7! 5.c8/Q Rc6 6.Qc6 Rc6 7.Kd5 Rc8 8.Ke6

Re8 9.Kd7 Kf7-+. While the rook was desirous of being behind

the c pawn, it was better to allow promotion! Natural moves

aren’t always best.

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation,

because your character is what you really are, while your

reputation is merely what others think of you.” - John Wooden




“There is a generally accepted division of chess players into

those who calculate variations and those who think in schemes

by laying stress on the strategic elements of chess play.” - GM

Garry Kasparov

“The formation of my style was influenced to a great extent by

A. Alekhine’s book My Selected Games. In many of his games

reigned logic. Alexander Alekhine was looking not for certain

moves, but sought to perceive the depth of chess, the logic of

events on the board, and only then to find the best

continuations with regard to the chosen plan of game.” - GM

Vasily Smyslov

1929: Former World Champion Jose R. Capablanca gives a

simul two years after being dethroned by Alexander Alekhine.

It’s unfortunate there wasn’t a rematch.

“In practice, budget deficits are bad and trade deficits are

good. Most people miss this truth.” - Donald J. Boudreaux

“Korchnoi is a player who lacks a sense of enoughness.

Absolutely confrontational, he never seems to back down or

play it safe and is never satisfied with previous gains. There is

no sense of a job well done. As long as his opponent is among

the living, Korchnoi remains in a perpetual state of agitation.”

- IM Cyrus Lakdawala


V&M Platov / 1910 White to play

The given solution is 1.Rd3 Ka4! (1...Ka2/b2 2.c7 Rc4 3.Rd2

& 4.Rc2+-) 2.c7 Rc4 3.Rd4! Rd4 4.Nd3 Rd3 5.Kc2+-, but

Shredder and Syzygy tablebases say it’s a draw after 5...Rd6!

6.c8Q Kb5 7.Qe8 Rc6 8.Kb3 Ng6 saving the knight. But

instead of the indolent 2.c7? White wins with 2.Nc2! Rc4

3.Rd4+-. If 2...Rb8 3.Ra3 and 4.Rb3 wins Black’s rook. The

only other try is 2...Rb1 but after 3.Kd2 it’s over. It’s curious

the composers missed this easy win.

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you

look at change.” - Robert J. Ringer

“Just because those in political power can do something, does

not mean that they should. In fact, that is one of the hard

lessons of constitutional government. We want restraints

precisely when they will pinch and annoy those in power. “ -

Peter Boettke

Chess Poem

“There’s real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of

reality.” - Richard Dawkins

My longtime friend Dr. Victor Contoski (retired University of

Kansas professor) won the 3rd US Correspondence Chess

Championship:

http://www.iccfus.com/crosstables/usccc_finals/uscccf03.htm).

He has generously allowed me to share this intriguing poem:

ORGANIZING A CHESS CLUB

You lie in your bed.

Your secretary comes in.

She bows and informs you

that you already have already

enrolled two grandmasters

Beethoven and Hayden.

She hands you a yellow sheet

a letter from your best friend

in high school

a crack chess player

who has come down

from the north.

Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky

have sent in their applications.

Outside your home

crickets click their telegraph keys.

Overhead a hawk circles.

You nod and close your eyes.

Now you can play.

--Vic Contoski

“One of the most difficult things in chess (and in life) is to

make choices. When everything is forced, then only good

nerves and precise calculation is needed, but when two or

more apparently equivalent ways are possible then the

probability of a mistake increases.” - GM Mihail Marin


http://www.iccfus.com/crosstables/usccc_finals/uscccf03.htm



“Another basic belief that supports prosperity is that the

potential for wealth is limitless because it is based on ideas and

insights, not fixed because of scarce resources.” - Michael

Porter

“The best thing government can ever do, is absolutely

nothing.” - Theodore Lee

“One of the benefits of learning chess, in my opinion, is to

learn that life isn’t just black and white. Every situation is

extremely complicated and it has many contributing factors to

it. It is an art to examine everything, assess what’s most

important and find the truth.” - Mike Zaloznyy

Chess TED Talks &

Other Useful Links

There’s a fine GM Judit Polgar TED talk at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ttu7dyBCU.

As she says, “Chess is not only a game, sport, and part of

culture - it is an essential educational tool... chess gave me life

skills which I use in everyday life, whatever I do.”

Her sister GM Susan Polgar also has a TED talk at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c956hc2TdjY.

GM Garry Kasparov’s TED talk is at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP8xt8o4_5Q.

GM Avetik Grigoryan has a good article at

https://chessmood.com/blog/learn-the-right-lessons-from-your-

mistakes.

Prolithic author IM Cyrus Lakdawala analyzes an interesting

tactical middlegame at http://view.chessbase.com/

cbreader/2020/5/26/Game952304625.html?fbclid=IwAR2U-

JuHY_ita3NExlXMnBNLOnb3D8i61lsq9nE12Xzo5kwT3mCy

SyyEVIY.

As he says, “The secret of luring our opponent into a trap is

that our geometry must feign total innocence.” In this game the

trapper got trapped.

“Being smart is knowing how to get out of a tough situation.

Being wise is not getting into it in the first place.” - John

Drexel

“We should not be surprised by marriages between people who

would never have been friends.” - Arthur Schopenhauer

My articles are like a box of chocolates: you never know what

you’re going to get! I appreciate being able to share memories.

I agree with GM Mihail Marin who said, “Every time I publish

a new book it feels as if I am blessed with yet another child.

How else could I describe my thoughts when holding in my

hands something created by me and which bears in it so much

of my intimate self?” Thanks (again) to Mike Archer for pix

used in this article. Please send comments, corrections,

suggestions, and anything embarrassing to Brian Wall:

[email protected].

k


IM Cyrus Lakdawala learns Anti-Sicilians Move by Move

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ttu7dyBCU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c956hc2TdjY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP8xt8o4_5Q

https://chessmood.com/blog/learn-the-right-lessons-from-your-mistakes

https://chessmood.com/blog/learn-the-right-lessons-from-your-mistakes

http://view.chessbase.com/cbreader/2020/5/26/Game952304625.html?fbclid=IwAR2U-JuHY_ita3NExlXMnBNLOnb3D8i61lsq9nE12Xzo5kwT3mCySyyEVIY






We use the chess engine Komodo 14.1 to produce a perfect

win for White using its strongest opening D37.

[D37] Queen’s gambit declined (QGD) with 5...exd5

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3

4...a6

[4...c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3

(8.Be2 b4 9.Na4 Be7 10.a3 a5)

8...a6]

5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5

6...Be7

[6...c6 7.e3 h6

(7...Bf5 8.Qb3 b5 9.Ne5 Bd6 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 Ra7

12.Rae1 Re8 13.f4 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Rc1 Rc7 16.Bh5

Ree7 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Ne2 Qf8 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Rxc6

Nxc6 21.Qxd5 Be6 22.Qxc6 Qe8 23.Qxb5 Bc4

24.Qxc4)

8.Bh4

(8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.Qb3 0–0 11.0–0 Nd7

12.Rfe1 Qd6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Qc7 15.Rad1 Nf6

16.Bc2 Nd5 17.Ne5)

8...Be6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Qc2

(10.Rc1 Bd6 11.0–0 0–0 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Bg3 Rfc8

14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.h3 b5 16.Rfd1 Rc7 17.Ne2 Rac8

18.Qd2 Nb6 19.b3 Nbd7 20.Qa5 c5 21.dxc5 Nxc5

22.Nfd4 Bd7 23.Bf5 Ne6 24.Rxc7 Rxc7 25.Bb1 Nxd4

26.Nxd4 Rc8 27.Bd3 g6 28.Ne2 Kg7 29.Qd2 Qe5

30.Nd4 Ne4

(30...Qg5 31.Kf1 Qe5 32.Rc1 Rxc1+ 33.Qxc1

Qd6 34.Qa1 Kg8 35.Ne2 Bc6 36.Qd4 Nd7

37.f3 Bb7 38.Kf2 b4 39.h4 h5 40.Nf4 Qc5

41.Be2 a5 42.Nd3 Qxd4 43.exd4)

31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.f4 Qc5 33.b4 Qc3 34.Nb3 Qxd2

35.Rxd2 Be6 36.Nc5 Kf8 37.Nxe6+ fxe6 38.Rd6 Ke7

39.Rxa6 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Rb1 41.a4 Kf6 42.axb5 Rxb4

43.b6 Rb3 44.Ra4 e5 45.Rxe4 exf4 46.exf4 Rxb6

47.Kg3 Rb3+ 48.Kg4 Ra3 49.Rd4 Ke6 50.Rb4)

10...Bd6 11.Rc1 (Transposes as 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rac1 Re8) 11...0

–0 12.0–0 Re8 13.a3 a5 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.Bg3 Bxg3

17.hxg3 Qd8 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Qe7;

6...Be6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 0–0 9.Rc1 Nbd7 10.0–0 Re8 11.Qc2 h6

12.Bh4 c6 13.h3 Rc8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7

17.f4 g6 18.Ne2 c5 19.Qd2 b5 20.Rf3 c4 21.Bc2 Nc5 22.Nd4

Ne4 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Rf2 Qc7 25.Qe1 Kh7 26.Rd1 Rcd8

27.Rfd2 Bc8 28.Rc2 g5

(28...Qc5 29.a4 Rd7 30.b3 Bb7 31.axb5 axb5 32.bxc4

bxc4 33.Rb1 Bd5)

29.b3 Rg8 30.bxc4 bxc4 31.Qf1 Bxh3 32.Rxc4 Qa5 33.Kh2 Bg4

34.Rdc1

(34.Re1 Qd2 35.Rc7 Rd7 36.Rxd7 Bxd7 37.fxg5 Rxg5

38.Re2 Qa5 39.Qxf7+ Rg7 40.Qf6 Rg6 41.Qf7+ Rg7

42.Qf6 Rg6 43.Qe7+ Rg7 44.Qd6 Bg4 45.Rf2 Qe1

46.Qf8 Qxe3 47.Rf7 Qg5 48.Qxg7+ Qxg7 49.Rxg7+

Kxg7 50.Kg3 Bc8 51.Kf4 Kg6 52.Nc2 Be6 53.a3 h5

54.g3 Bc8 55.Ne3 Bb7 56.Nf5 Ba8 57.Nd4 Bd5 58.Nf5

Ba8 59.Ne7+ Kf7 60.Nc8 Kg6 61.Nd6 e3 62.Kxe3 Kg5

63.e6 Kf6 64.Ne8+ Ke7 65.Ng7 Kf6 66.Nxh5+ Kxe6)

34...Rd7 35.Rc6 gxf4 36.Qxf4 Rg5 37.Qxe4+ Kg7 38.e6 Re7

39.Qf4 Qe5 40.Qxe5+ Rxe5 41.exf7 Rxf7 42.Rxa6 Rxe3

43.Rcc6 h5 44.a4 Rd7 45.Nb5 Rd2 46.Ra7+ Kg8 47.Rg6+ Kh8

48.Rf6 Rf3 49.Rd6 Rff2 50.Rxd2 Rxd2 51.Kg3]

7.e3 0–0 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 Bg4 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Be6

12.Rac1 Re8 13.h3 c6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Bxe7

Qxe7 17.f4 g6 18.b3 Rac8 19.Ne2 c5 20.Qd2


A Perfect Win for White in Komodo 14.1?

©Copyright 2020 Colin James III

All Rights Reserved



20...Rcd8

[20...b5 21.Bc2 Rcd8 22.a3 f5 23.b4 Nb6 24.Bb3 Nc4 25.Qc3

Bf7 26.Rfd1 a5 27.bxc5 Qxc5 28.Nd4 Rb8 29.Ra1 Rb6 30.Rdc1

Kh7 31.Qd3 b4 32.axb4 Rxb4 33.h4 h5 34.Kh2 Kg8 35.Nc2

Rb6 36.Qc3 Ra8 37.Nd4 Rb4

(37...Ra7 38.Qe1 Be8 39.Rab1 a4 40.Bxc4 dxc4

41.Rxb6 Qxb6 42.Rxc4 a3;

37...Qe7 38.Kg3 Qb4 39.Qd3 a4 40.e6 Rxe6 41.Nxe6

Bxe6 42.Qc3 Qxc3)

38.Rd1 a4 39.Qe1 Nb2 40.Rdc1 Nc4 41.Qg3 Kh7 42.Bxc4 dxc4

43.Nf3 Kg8 44.e6 Be8 45.Ne5 Qe7 46.Nxg6 Qxe6 47.Ne5+ Kh7

48.Nf3 Qe7 49.e4 fxe4 50.Ng5+ Kg8 51.Ra3 Ra6 52.Re3 Bg6

53.f5 Bxf5 54.Nxe4+ Rg6 55.Ng5 Be6 56.Qe5 c3 57.Kg1 Qf6

58.Qc7 Rxg5 59.hxg5 Qd4 60.Qxc3 Qxc3 61.Rexc3 Rb2]

21.Bb1 b6 22.Nc3

22...Nf8

[22...Qh4 23.Rcd1 b5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Nxe5 26.Qb7

Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Rf1 Nd3 29.Bxd3 Rxd3 30.f5 g5 31.Qe7

Qh5 32.Rf3 Kh7 33.Qe8 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rd2 35.Rg3 c4 36.bxc4

bxc4 37.Qc8 c3 38.Qxc3 Qd1 39.e4 Rd7 40.Qc8 Qd6 41.e5 Qc7

42.Qxc7 Rxc7 43.Re3 Kg7 44.Kg3 Rc2 45.e6 fxe6 46.fxe6 Kf8

47.e7+ Ke8 48.Ra3 Kxe7 49.Rxa6 h5 50.Kh2 Rc5 51.a4 h4

52.Rb6 Rc4 53.a5 Ra4 54.a6 Ra1 55.Rb7+ Ke6 56.Rh7 Kf5

57.Ra7 Ke6 58.Ra8 Kf6 59.a7 Kg7 60.g4 hxg3+ 61.Kxg3 Ra5

62.Kf3 Ra2 63.Kg4 Ra5 64.Kf3 Ra4 65.Kg2 Ra2+ 66.Kf1 Kh7

67.Ke1 Ra6 68.Kd2 Ra3 69.Kc2 Ra2+ 70.Kd1 Ra1+ 71.Ke2

Ra2+ 72.Ke3 Ra3+ 73.Kd4 Ra6 74.Kc3 Ra3+ 75.Kd2 Kg7

76.Kc2 Ra6 77.Kb3 Ra1 78.Kc4 Ra3 79.Kd5 Ra1 80.Kc5]

23.e4 dxe4

24.Qe3

[24.Qf2 e3 25.Qxe3 f5 26.exf6 Qxf6 27.Ne4 Qe7 28.b4 Bd5

29.bxc5 Nd7 30.cxb6 Bxe4 31.Qxe4 Qxe4 32.Bxe4 Rxe4

33.Rfd1 Rb4 34.Rc7 Rxb6 35.Rdxd7 Rxd7 36.Rxd7 Rb2 37.a3

Rb3 38.Rd6 Rxa3 39.Rxg6+ Kh7 40.f5 Ra2 41.Rd6]

24...Bf5 25.g4 Ne6 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.Kh2 Kh8 28.Rg1 Rg8

29.Bxe4 fxe4 30.Nxe4 Nd4 31.Nf6 Rg6 32.Qd3 Rxf6 33.exf6

Qxf6 34.Qe3 Kh7 35.Rcf1 Nf5 36.Qe4 Rd4 37.Qg2 Ne7

38.Kh1 c4 39.bxc4 Rxc4 40.Rf3 b5 41.a3 Rc8 42.Re3 Ng6

43.f5 Qxf5 44.Rf1 Qd7 45.Ref3 Nh8 46.Rf5 Rc3 47.h4 Rxa3

48.Qe4 Kg8 49.h5 Rg3 50.Rg1 Rg7 51.Rxg7+ Kxg7 52.Qe5+

Kg8 53.Kg2 b4 54.Rf3 Qd2+ 55.Kh3 Qd7+ 56.Kh4 Qc6

57.Kg3 a5 58.Qxa5 Qd6+ 59.Kh3 Qe6+ 60.Qf5 b3 61.Kg2

Qe2+ 62.Kg1 Qd1+ 63.Kh2 Qc2+ 64.Kh3 Qc6 65.Rxb3 Qh1+

66.Kg4 Qd1+ 67.Rf3 Kg7 68.Qe4 Kf8 69.Qe3 Qa4+ 70.Kg3

Qa1 (#28) 71.Qa3+ 1–0

If this result of perfect play beyond Depth 51 is repeatedly

replicated, then chess is decidable because White has advantage

of the first move that is sustained to an effectively forced win.

We discovered no counter example to falsify our result. We

found bugs in the consistency of the statistics for ply strength.

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A Perfect Draw For Black

on 1.e4 in 12 Moves

©Copyright 2020 / Colin James III - All Rights Reserved

Chess engine Komodo 14.1 produces a perfect draw for Black

against 1.e4 as B22: Sicilian: 2.c3 4...d6 at depth 50 or more and

in 12 or less moves.

[B22] Sicilian with 2.c3, 4...d6.

1.e4 c5 2.c3

White’s options to 2.c3

as 2.Nc3 d6 or 2.Nf3 e6

(2...d6) are weaker and

lead to Black equality

sooner.

2...Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 d6 5.exd6 Nc6 6.d4

White’s options to 6.d4

as 6.Bb5 Qxd6 or 6.Na3

e6 are weaker and lead

to Black equality sooner.

6...cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qxd6 8.Be2

White’s options to 8.Be2

as 8.Na3 e6 or 8.Bc4

Qe5+ are weaker and

lead to Black equality

sooner.

8...Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bd7 10.0-0

White’s options to 10.0-

0 as 10.c4 Nb4, 10.Na3

e5, or 10.Bf3 Qe6+ are

weaker and lead to

Black equality sooner.

10...e5 11.Qc4 Nb6 12.Qb3 Bc6 = (0.00)

White’s continuation is equality as 13.Bb5 Be7 or 13.Re1 Be7.

This means the strongest moves for White after 1.e4 lead to

Black equality in 12 or less moves. This implies White is best

using 1.c4 to lead into D37 and the Queen’s Gambit Decline

(QGD).

We note that White’s 2.c3, while the strongest chess machine

ply against 1...c5, may violate our recent advance (or

confirmation) of a theoretical principle not found in the

literature. Because the weakest squares initially are the bishop

pawns at c2, f2, c7, and f7, to move those pawns may weaken

those squares. (The same technically applies to 1...c5, or for that

matter to 1.c4 as a lead into D37 QGD.) In the example of this

experiment, that principle may well be borne out, because

White’s failure to gain meaningful initiative appears to evolve

from 1.e4, 2.c3 rather than from 1.c4 in the first place. From a

symmetrical central viewpoint, White ends up with two missing

center pawns while Black obtains a pawn at e5.

This experiment by chess machine requires replication to be

definitive.

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Practical Review of Komodo 14.1 With Switches

©Copyright 2020 / Colin James III - All rights reserved

Our goal is using the Komodo 14.1 (K14.1) chess engine version, without demand upgrades, to find the optimal lines from the first

move. The approach is to streamline the process in the shortest amount of time.

These switch options were used. In tab Change Main Engine > Advanced, the maximum hash table size is selected. This defaults to a

lesser amount than is chosen. Permanent brain and Use Tablebases are turned off. The latter switch ignores databases so as to test the

engine without assuming collective experience of masters’ games. Smart CPU usage is on which has to do with how the engine is

loaded on hardware. In the tab > Engine parameters, Threads is set to the maximum number of CPUs on the computer. (That number

is seen when running the program by increasing the number of CPUs to the maximum.) We set Table Memory to the maximum as

1024. We believe this switch was critical for our experiment because it dedicated the largest size for the table memory model. All

other switches on the Advanced page were set off, except for: Use LMR; Null Move Pruning; and Use Syzgy (with Syzgy 50 Move

Rule and Smart Syzgy).

We began the experiment from the tab Home > New Game > Infinite Analysis. We arbitrarily chose five lines in the engine pane

with the magnifier button, then waited about 11 hours until Depth=46 was reached in the figure below, meaning that we obtained

Level 45.

Using the tab Analysis > Classify Opening, we found the lines were named:

1. (0.34) D37: Queen’s Gambit Declined: 5.Bf4

2. (0.30) B63: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...Be7 and Unusual Black 7th moves

3. (0.30) D37: Queen’s Gambit Declined: 5.Bf4

4. (0.29) D30: Queen’s Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3

5. (0.15) E14: Queen’s Indian: Classical Variation (4.e3)

The reader already noticed that Lines 1 and 3 share the same moves to ply 6.Bg5 where the lines diverge as 6...c6 (0.34) or 6...Be6

(0.30). Apparently K14.1 deemed Line 1 (0.34) was more aggressive than the more passive Line 3 (0.30). As Brian Wall is quick to

point out, the values are nearly identical if rounded off at (0.3). This is due to the level of accuracy of the measurements as displayed

by K14.1. The ply value of +0.30 with a margin of error of ±0.01 is in the interval of +0.31 to +0.29; and similarly, the ply value of

+0.34 is in the interval of +0.35 to +0.33.

This experiment captures the effect that 1.d4 is marginally best by test, not 1.e4. However, the response to 1.e4 is not 1...e5 for the

Spanish but rather the Sicilian as 1...c5. Also of interest is that the optimal Line 1 commences in the English Opening as 1.c4 but

quickly transposes into the Queen’s Gambit Declined.

In closing we iterate that the results in the figure for an obtained Level 45 may surely vary with more powerful hardware

configurations and for periods longer than 11 hours.

We ask, “Does Line 1 end in an effectively forced machine vs. machine win?”; to which, “We are still working on that, in search of

the perfect machine win as White”.

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®

Deflection by NM Todd Bardwick

(Reprinted with permission of the Author, the United States Chess Federation & Chess Life magazine.)

Deflection is a chess tactic where a piece is deflected away from defending another piece or critical square.

Deflections often occur as part of a combination where the deflected piece is essential to the defense.

Deflection is method used to remove the guard or defender which is often referred to as an overworked piece.



The Chess Detective

Here is an example from a game between Valentine Green and

Wilhelm Steinitz from London, England, in 1864.

Position after 31.Re3 / Black to move

Steinitz played 31...Rd2+! and White Resigned. If White plays,

32.Rxd2 the rook is deflected from protecting the queen,

allowing Black to play 32...Qxb1. 32.Kf1 or 32.Ke1, results in

32...Qh1 mate.

Here is another example of a deflection from a game from the

2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, between

Tiger Hillarp-Persson and Fernando Peralta. White notices that

Black’s queen is the only defender of his light-squared bishop.

Position after 18...Bd7 / White to move

He chases her away with 19.a4! and Black Resigns. After

19...Qxa4 20.Ra1 Qb5 21.Ra5, the bishop is lost.

Here is a more complicated deflection problem. Notice White’s

queen is attacked once, and defended once, by the rook on d1.

Position after 19.Qd6 / Black to move

Black plays, 19...Rac8+ The start of a series of checks that

forces the deflection. 20.Kb1 Be4+ 21.Ka1 Rc1+! Deflecting

the rook from defending the queen. 22.Rxc1 Qxd6 23.Rhd1

Qb6 24.Rxd7 Bxf3 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Ba6 Bc6! Blocking the

threat of Rc8 and saving the queen by offering the bishop. 27.b4

Qd6 28.f4 g6 and Black went on to win.

Alexander Moiseenko was White against Vladimir Potkin in this

game from the 2003 European Chess Championship in Silivri,

Turkey.

When you see a square you would like to get a piece to, but your

opponent has it defended, look for ways to deflect the defender.

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NM Todd Bardwick is the author of

‘Chess Strategy Workbook’,

‘Chess Tactics & Combinations Workbook’ &

‘Attacking the Chess King Workbook for Rated Players’.

He can be reached at www.ColoradoMasterChess.com



NM Todd Bardwick’s books can be purchased at Amazon.com here:

https://tinyurl.com/y4dk56ky


1. J.C. MacNeil - Jason McEwen

DCC April / 2019

Black to move

2. Brian Rountree - Jonathan Brown

CSCC April Quick Six / 2019

Black to move

3. Paul Covington - Brian Rountree

Club Chess!! Strong Swiss / 2019

Black 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. Clifton Ford - Rhett Langseth

Colorado Springs Open / 2019

Black to move

4. Alex Yermolinsky - Josh Bloomer

Port of Dubuque / 2019

Black to move

5. Frank Deming - Ayush Vispute


Black to move

8. Jason McEwen - William O’Neil

DCC May / 2019

White to move

9. Mark McGough - Paul Anderson

CSCC May Swiss / 2019

Black to move

Tactics Time! by Tim Brennan

Volume 47, Number 3


July 2020

7. Rhett Langseth - Sara Herman


Black to move




Tactics Time Answers:

1. 19...Ng4 threatens both ...Qh2# and ...Bxg5 winning a piece. White cannot meet both

threats.

2. 25...Qxf5, winning a piece, was missed in the game. White cannot recapture because of the

back rank mate threat.

3. 24...Qxd3!! wins a piece. 25.Qxd3 Rxe3+ 26.Qxe3 Nxe3.

4. Josh exterminated the Yermonator with 33...Nf3+!! Clearing the back rank with check, so

he can play 34.bxa1Q+ on the next move. If he had made a queen first, he gets checkmated,

33. bxa1Q?? 34.Qxh6+ Kg8 35.Nf6# Congrats on the GM scalp Josh!

5. 34...Rxc3+ 35.bxc3 Qxc3+ 36.Bc2 Qxc2#

6. 26...Rg1+!! 27.Kh2 Qe5+ 28.Kxg1 Ne2+ forking the king and queen.

7. 23...Rc1+!! 24.Qxc1 Nxd3+ forks the king and queen.

8. 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Rb6 and Black cannot protect both the bishop and the knight.

9. Black has a cute checkmate with knight and pawn, 73...Nc3+ 74.Ka1 b3 75.c8N b2#.

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1. Michael McNamara - Vyacheslav Pupko

DCC June / 2019

White to move

2. Mukund Gurumurthi - J.C. MacNeil

DCC June / 2019

Black to move

3. J.C. MacNeil - Phillip Brown

DCC June / 2019

Black 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. Neil Bhavikatti - Brian Wall

DCC July / 2019

White to move

4. Nicholas Torres - Jason McEwen

DCC June / 2019

Black to move

5. Vibi Varghese - Ben Gurka

DCC June / 2019

Black to move

8. Paul Anderson - Chris Motley

CSCC July Quick Six / 2019

Black to move

9. Gunnar Andersen - Richard Shtivelband

Colorado Closed / 2019

White to move

Tactics Time! by Tim Brennan

Volume 47, Number 3


July 2020

7. Jason McEwen - Phillip Brown

DCC July / 2019

White to move




Tactics Time Answers:

1. 23.Bf5+ discovered attack on the Black queen.

2. 23...g4 attacking the pinned bishop.

3. JC’s queen got food poisoning from the a7 pawn she just grabbed after 26...Ra8 trapped

her.

4. 22...Nb3+ forks the White king and queen. The c2 pawn is pinned.

5. 9...Nxe4 alertly grabs a pawn that appears to be defended, but isn’t. If 10.Qxe4 Bxc3+

11.bxc3 Qxc3+ forking the king and rook.

6. 44.Ne5 threatens the Black queen and a back rank checkmate with Rh8#. Black cannot meet

both threats.

7. 31.Re4 traps the Black bishop.

8. 32...Rd8, which was missed in the game, pins the knight, which can’t be protected, and

can’t move because of the back rank mate threat.

9. 21.Rxe6! Black cannot recapture because of the double pin after 21...Qxe6 22.Bd5.

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