This Week In Chess
Tuesday May 31, 2005
On May 24, the CSCC had 17 members in attendance. In addition to the regular club members, a handful of kids from the Cripple Creek Chess Club stopped by to play some chess before the main event started. In the USCF-rated match (G90), Richard Cordovano and Dan St John ended in a draw. Most of the members played in the thematic event. All games had to start in the Scotch Gambit and were played in a 3 round, double Swiss tournament (G10) so that each player could play both sides. Brian Wall finished on top. Here are the results:
Player
Score
Brian Wall
5.5
Paul Anderson
5.0
Jeff Fox
3.0
Joe Pahk
3.0
Mick Taylor
3.0
Jerry Maier
3.0
Virgil McGuire
2.5
Ken Alhstrom
2.0
Chris Wynkoop
1.0
Chris McCarty
0.0
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Even More Photos
This past weekend, the CSCC had their chess booth at the Territory Days in Old Colorado City. The members play visitors for free as a way to promote the club and chess in Colorado. Jeff Brewer manned the booth each day and captured a handful of images on his digital camera. You can view the photos by visiting the homepage and viewing the Images section.
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Game Of The Week
This week’s game comes from the CSCC’s Tuesday event. I didn’t write the score down during the game, but I did my best to remember it later that night so I could see where I went so wrong. I took a huge opening lead and threw it away in 2 moves. It was at my second, double-question-mark move that Joe asked me, “Are you trying to let me win?” What could I say? He was right. I had just let him win. So, I kept my mouth shut and just hoped he didn’t see it. Well, he missed it, and then he put up some double-question-marks of his own. So, when it all was over, there was only one thing to say:
Were You Trying To Let Me Win?
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(41) Anderson,Paul (1842) - Pahk,Joe (1245) [C44]
CSCC Themematic Colorado Springs (3.2), 24.05.2005
[Fritz 8 (60s)]
C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4 last book move 5...Be7 6.Qb3 [6.Qd5 Nh6 7.Bxh6 0-0 8.Bxg7 Kxg7 9.Nxc3 d6+/= ] 6...d5 7.exd5 Na5 8.Qa4+ Nc6?? [>=8...c6 was much better 9.dxc6 cxb2 10.Bxb2 Nxc6= ] 9.dxc6+- bxc6 10.Ne5 Bd7 11.Bxf7+ [>=11.Nxf7 nails it down 11...cxb2 12.Bxb2 Qb8+- ] 11...Kf8 12.Qc4 Bf6 13.Bxg8 [13.f4 and White can already relax 13...Qe7 14.0-0 Nh6+- ] 13...Qe7 14.0-0 Bxe5 15.f4 Bd6+/- 16.Bxh7?? throwing away the advantage [>=16.Nxc3 Rxg8 17.Qd3+/- ] 16...Rxh7 17.Qd3?? further deteriorates the position [>=17.b4 Bxb4 18.Kh1-/+ ] 17...Qh4 [17...Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Rxh2+ 19.Kxh2 Qh4+ 20.Qh3 Bxh3 21.gxh3 Re8 22.Kg2 Re2+ 23.Kf3 Qh5+ 24.Kg3 Qg6+ 25.Kh4 Be7# ] 18.h3= Consolidates g4 18...Re8 19.Nxc3 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Re1 21.Bd2+- Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Be6? [22...Bd6 23.f5 c5 24.Ne4+- ] 23.Be1 Qh6?? Black has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position [23...Qh5 24.f5 Bd5 25.Nxd5 cxd5 26.Qxd5 Bd6+- ] 24.Qd8+ Kf7 25.Qxc7+ Kg8 26.f5 Bc4 27.Rf3 Qf6?? terrible, but the game is lost in any case [>=27...Qc1 28.Qe5 Bf8+- ] 28.Ne4 Qe7 29.Qxe7 Bxe7 30.f6 gxf6+/- 31.Nxf6+ Bxf6 32.Rxf6 Bd5 33.Kh2 Rg7 34.g4 Rg5 35.Bc3 Rg7 36.Kg3 Re7 37.Bd4 Kh7 38.a4 a6 39.Rf8 Re2 40.h4 Kh6 41.h5 Rg2+ [41...c5 praying for a miracle 42.Bf6 Be4 43.Rh8+ Bh7 44.g5+ Kxh5 45.Rxh7+ Kg6+- ] 42.Kf4 1-0
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