On July 3, the CSCC had 11 members in attendance. In the USCF-rated ladder game (G90), Anthea Carson couldn’t claim a victory or a defeat against Tim Brennan as they agreed to a draw after deliberating the possibility of the club’s first adjourned game. The rest of the participants played in the double-round robin, speed tournament (G5). LM Brian Wall outpaced the field, but suffered a couple scrapes with a draw against Mike Filppu and a loss to me. Here are the results:

Player Score

Brian Wall 8.5
Paul Anderson 7.0
Shaun MacMillan 7.0
Mike Filppu 4.5
Renae Delaware 2.0
Jerry Maier 1.0

See Brother Dean beat the 2 rook tattooed gentlemen in "Three Boards". See the abacus in action in "Games Of Skille". The new photos by Matthew Anderson are on the website at:

http://cs.chess.home.att.net/chess_photos/index.htm

It is two years ago today since Allan Ufer passed away. I still have games people sent me back in 2005 to remember him. So, I decided to keep publishing them until I run out of games. But I wasn’t sure which one to choose. I thought I would turn the responsibility over to Dean Brown, the tournament director of the Al Ufer Memorial. I was scheduled to play chess at the Renaissance Festival with Dean this past weekend. Of course, if you have Dean, you get Kathy Schneider as well. They are like a combo meal. You just can’t have one without the other. With the three of us thinking about Al, it was like a reunion of the 2001 Northwest Colorado Open’s famous The Fantastic Four picture (http://cs.chess.home.att.net/chess_photos/index.htm). It was the first time I played Renaissance chess with Dean, and it went well considering our different playing styles. Dean is a deliberate, single-board monk while I play two boards as fast as I can. Dean even keeps track of every outcome with his tree-mounted abacus. He said he would track my games too, as long as I let him know each result. I would call out, “Huzzah! Give me another bean on the bean counter.” The customers seemed to enjoy it as they often asked how many wins I had now. Dean also seemed to enjoy it as I suffered my first loss of the year early on in the day to the gentleman with the 2 rooks tattoo and had to tell everyone I had 1 loss while Dean gleefully added, “I’m still unbeaten!” However, Kathy was a little confused. She wanted to know why I kept calling Dean “Huzzah.” By the end of the day, my style finally vindicated me as Dean finished with a winning percentage of 87% (13 wins out of 15 games) while I scored a winning percentage of 98% (44 wins out of 45 games). The only thing left to do was select the Al Ufer game for this week. Dean went with a game from one of Al’s most competitive rivals, Tom Mullikin. Here is what Tom said, “In going through my games with Alan, I found I had 15 games with him. We split 7-7-1.”

Dean's Choice (Click this link to view the game on your web browser)

(98) Mullikin,Tom (1080) - Ufer,Allan (1096) [B01]
CSCC G/90 Colorado Springs, 02.11.2004
[Fritz 8 (60s)]

B01: Scandinavian Defence
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 c6 3.g3 cxd5 4.Bg2 last book move 4...Nf6 5.d4 Bf5 6.Nf3 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qb5 Traps the king in the center 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bf1 [9.Nh4!? is worthy of consideration 9...Be4 10.f3= ] 9...Qc6 Exerts pressure on the backward pawn 10.c4 Qe6+ 11.Qe2 dxc4 12.Qxe6 Bxe6 13.Bxc4 Bg4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Ne4 16.Bb5+ Bd7 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.0-0 Nxd2 19.Rd1 Ke6 20.Nxd2 g6 21.f4 Bg7 [21...g5 22.Nf3 gxf4 23.Ng5+ Kf5 24.Nxf7= ] 22.Nc4 b5 23.Ne3 f6 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Rac1 Rad8 26.Rc6+ Kf7 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Ng4 Bd4+ 29.Kg2 Ke8 [29...h5 30.Nf2 Bxf2 31.Kxf2 Rd2+ 32.Ke3 Rxa2-/+ (‹32...Rxh2 33.Ra6= ) ] 30.Kf3= Bb6 31.h4 Rd2 [31...Rd3+ 32.Ke4 Rxg3 33.Ne5= ] 32.Rc8+ Kf7 33.Ne5+ Kg7 34.a4 bxa4 35.bxa4 Ra2 36.Re8 Bc5 37.Rc8 Ra3+ 38.Kg4 [38.Kg2 Bd6= ] 38...Bd6 39.Rc4 Kf6 40.Re4 h5+ 41.Kh3 a5 [>=41...Bxe5 42.Rxe5 Rxa4-/+ ] 42.Nc4 Rxa4 [>=42...Rd3!?+/= should be considered] 43.Nxd6+- Rxe4 44.Nxe4+ Kf5 45.Nf2 [>=45.Nd2 a4 46.Nb1+- ] 45...e5= 46.fxe5 Kxe5 47.g4?? releasing the pressure on the opponent [47.Nd3+ Kd4 48.Nb2 Kc3 49.Na4+ Kb4= ] 47...a4 [47...Kd4 48.Nh1 a4-+ ] 48.Nd3+ Kd4 Active king in the endgame 49.gxh5 gxh5 50.Nb2?? gives away a clear win [>=50.Nb4= the rescuing straw] 50...a3-+ 0-1

7/10 G/15 Tournament, CSCC
7/11,18,25 Poor Richard's Book Store July Open, CSCC
7/13-15 2007 Kansas Open, KCA
7/14 Delta Swiss Chess Tournament, CSCA
7/20-22 Boulder Chess Festival: Boulder Invitational, BCC
7/21 DCC Red Hot Quick Tournament, DCC

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Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/)
Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/)
Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/)