This Week In Chess
On June 2nd, the CSCC had 10 members in attendance. The evening’s event was a 7-round, double-Round Robin, blitz tournament (G5). I lost one to Mitch Anderson and was stalemated by Isaac Martinez just as my flag fell to claim first place. Here are the results:
Score Player
12.5 Paul Anderson
11.0 Mitch Anderson
10.0 Josh Divine
7.5 Buck Buchanan
5.5 Anthea Carson
5.5 Isaac Martinez
4.0 Ken Dail
0.0 Mitchell Pjontek
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Local Chessplayer Passes Away
“A broom is drearily sweeping up the broken pieces of yesterday's life. Somewhere a queen is weeping, somewhere a king has no wife, and the wind, it cries Mary” (J. Hendrix). I just received news about the death of a local chessplayer. The note read, "This is to inform you that William Garcia passed away on March 31, 2009." I remember playing him twice, once in Pueblo and once in Colorado Springs. I wanted to pass along my sympathies to any of his friends and family who read this and share one of our games together.
[Event "Pikes Peak Open"]
[Site "Colorado Springs"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Garcia, William"]
[Black "Anderson, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1303"]
[BlackElo "1684"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:25/3600:25/3600"]
1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb3 e5 5. d3 h6 6. Qf3 Nf6
7. h3 Nc6 8. c3 Bc5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O e4 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qh2 Bd6
14. g3 Qd7 15. Rd1 Ne5 16. Kh1 Qf5 17. Rxd6 Qf3+ 18. Qg2 Qxe2 19. Be3 Qe1+ 20.
Qg1 Qxg1+ 21. Kxg1 Bxh3 22. Nd2 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe4 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 b6 26.
Rd1 Re8 27. Nd6 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Rxe3 29. Bxf7+ Kf8 30. Bh5 Ne5 31. Kh2 Bg4 32.
Bxg4 Nxg4+ 33. Kg2 Re6 34. Rd2 a5 35. a4 h5 36. Nf5 Ne3+ 37. Nxe3 Rxe3 38. Kf2
Re6 39. b4 Rc6 40. Rd3 Ke7 41. Ke3 Rc4 42. Kd2 axb4 43. Kc2 Rxc3+ 44. Rxc3 bxc3
45. Kxc3 Kd6 46. Kc4 Kc6 47. Kb4 g5 0-1
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Game Of The Week
I was trying to write an article for the upcoming Colorado Chess Informant, and I was having a hard time coming up with an idea. I didn’t have any major triumphs this year about which to write an inspiring piece. I didn’t have any humorous stories to weave into a comedy. So, I went with one of those tear-jerking chess narratives that just tears your heart in two. My preview audience had this to say, “Aww.... such a tragic article...” (R. Reynolds). Well, in the process of writing the great chess tragedy, I came upon some enlightening statistics. I noticed that I didn’t have very many upset wins in a slow time control. I consider a slow time control to be a game where the players get a certain amount of time for their first 40 moves and additional time to complete the game. In those types of game, I have recorded 6 upset victories. That seems awfully low to me, especially compared to the 28 upsets I have at 30-minute games. However, it was possible that I have just played 4 times as many games in the faster time control. So, I crunched some numbers, a trait that was passed on to me by my mother the CPA. I found that at game 30, I scored upsets 13% of the time, at game 60, it was 8%, and at game 90, it was 11%. Those numbers all seemed fairly consistent, but when I looked at the slow time control numbers, it appeared markedly lower. I scored upsets only 4% of the time! Clearly, I was doing something wrong. The stronger rated opponents were making better use of the extra time than I was. It wasn’t until I started writing this newsletter that I broke out of my upset drought. Here is one of those upsets where I slowed down enough to outlast my opponent.
DATE EVENT TIME CNTRL RT CH RATING OPPONENT
3/7/98 CS OPEN 40/90, 25/1 21 1753 DEBRA JOHNSON
12/5/99 WS OPEN 40/2, 20/1 21 1671 MICHAEL KASS
12/3/00 WS OPEN 40/2, 20/1 18 1587 ROBERT ANDERSON
8/8/04 PP OPEN 40/2, G60 16 1770 MARK KROWCZYK
8/5/06 PP OPEN 40/90, G60 18 1912 ARTHUR GLASSMAN
12/2/07 WS OPEN 40/2, G60 17 1905 LARRY WUTT
The Glassman Cracketh
(Click this link to view the game on your web browser)
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(148) Glassman,Arthur (1912) - Anderson,Paul (1838) [B10]
Pikes Peak Open Colorado Springs (2.1), 05.08.2006
[Fritz 8 (60s)]
B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4
1.e4 c6 2.f4 last book move 2...d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Na3 Nh6 6.d3 b5 7.Nc2 Bb7 8.a4 a6 9.g3 Nd7 10.Bg2 Nc5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.0-0 0-0 14.Be3 [14.f5 gxf5 15.Nfd4 fxe4+- ] 14...Nb3 [14...Qa2 15.b4 Na4 16.e5= ] 15.Ncd4 Nxd4 [15...Ng4!? 16.Bd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Qa6= ] 16.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17.Nxd4 Qa2 18.Qe2 e5 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Nf3 f6 Prevents intrusion on e5+g5 21.Qe3 Kg7? [21...Nf7 22.b4+/= ] 22.b4 [>=22.Nxe5!? fxe5 23.Rxf8 Kxf8 24.Qxh6+ Kg8 25.Qg5 Qa7+ 26.d4 exd4 27.Qd8+ Kg7 28.Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 29.cxd4+- ] 22...Ra8 23.h3 Secures g4 23...Qa7 24.Qxa7 [>=24.d4!?+/- ] 24...Rxa7= 25.d4 Nf7 26.dxe5 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 fxe5 28.Rd1 Bc8 29.Rd6 Bd7 30.Bf1 Kf7 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Rd3 Ra2+ 33.Ke3 Be6 34.Rd2 Ra1 35.Kf2? [>=35.Rf2=/+ would keep White in the game] 35...Rc1-+ 36.Rb2 Rxc3 37.g4 Kf6 38.Kg2 Kg5 39.Kh2 Bb3 40.Rd2 Rc2 0-1
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Upcoming Events
6/9 June Mating Game: 4-SS, G/30, USCF rated, $5 entry fee, CSCC
6/10,17,24 East Coast Deli’s June Open final rounds, CSCC
6/13-14 11th Annual Southern Colorado Open, CSCA
6/16 June Mating Game continues, CSCC
6/18 June 2009 G/29 Series Event, WCA
6/19-20 Chess and Chess Variants, CSCA
For event details and additional events, see the following websites:
Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/)
Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)
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/)
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