Greetings,
Tonight is a Quick-rated tournament at the Colorado Springs Chess Club (6SS, G/24+5, $10 entry)! It runs 2 weeks and offers 3 games per night. Come join us! 1st round starts at 7pm.
This week’s newsletter covers my frustration with the USCF TD certification renewal process and results from last month’s event.
Read the newsletter!
cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/entri … of-testing
The USCF has sent me reminders about a couple of Colorado tournaments.
The events shown below are ones that have been or will be advertised in Chess Life or Chess Life for Kids:
Date Event Location TLA in Affiliate
2018-04-17 Cabin Fever Reliever Colorado Springs CO 2018-04 CL A5012031
The events shown below are ones that are part of US Chess’s free Online TLA Service. There may be some duplication between events in this list and in the list of events in Chess Life:
Date Event Location Affiliate
2018-04-14 Denver Open 2018 Denver CO A5016762
LM Josh Bloomer won the March Swiss 90, which has been rated:
uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201803271712.0
This weeks position comes from the final round of the March Swiss 90. It is white to mate!
You can view the diagram and answer here:
cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/pho … =204974973
A Time Of Testing
chessvideos.tv/chess-game-re … ?id=112429
[Event “March Swiss 90”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2018.03.27”]
[Round “4.4”]
[White “Motley, Chris”]
[Black “Smith, Mike”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B10”]
[WhiteElo “1556”]
[BlackElo “1644”]
[PlyCount “67”]
[EventDate “2018.03.06”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
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e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nc6
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cxd4 cxd4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Nexd4 e5 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12.
Qxc6+ Kf8 13. O-O Ne7 14. Qa4 h5 15. d4 Ng6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rd1
Qh4 19. g3 Qg4 20. f4 h4 21. Rd5 hxg3 22. Qa3+ Bd6 23. Qxg3 Bc5+ 24. Rxc5 Qd1+
- Kf2 Qh1 26. Bd2 Qxa1 27. Bc3 Rh7 28. Rg5 g6 29. f5 Qh1 30. Bb4+ Kg7 31.
Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Bc3+ Rg7 34. Qxg7# 1-0