Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
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This Week In Chess
On May 19th, the CSCC had 6 members in attendance. With 6 participants, the Quad format was changed to a club-rated, 3 round, Swiss tournament (G20). Here are the results:
Score Player
3.0 Buck Buchanan
2.0 Ken Dail
2.0 Paul Anderson
1.0 Bob Staten
1.0 James Powers
0.0 Russell Montjoy
Comments From Email
Randy Reynolds, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:56 PM
I guess someone should have bothered reading the rules of the Fantasy Chess. Eager to just get started, I was stupid and assumed that 1 should go to the matchup you feel MOST confident about. Thus, I used up my #1 at Tyler’s matchup (Woot, Tyler!), #3 for Nakamura, and so on down the line. I was thinking I was doing great with my Nakamura and Hughes picks until I realized this little error at the end. I wound up with a pathetic 36. Now that I know how the scoring REALLY works, I nervously changed all the confidence points around to what I THOUGHT they were (1’s really 12, 2’s 11, etc.) and hoped I didn’t blunder myself out of a free Monroi. Fortunately, the new score was only 45, same as yours. So I still wouldn’t have won anything. Whew! Moral of the story: RTFR!!! (Read the funny rules!!)
[Comment is about this newsletter: (home.att.net/~cs.chess/newslette … _2009.html)]
DuWayne Langseth, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:39 PM
…we’ve been meeting at Springs Ranch for quick-rated (G/25) tournaments on Friday nights recently. And we’re moving it to the YMCA in Briargate on Wednesday nights starting on 5/27. Adin Umana is running it and he’s talking about charging $10 per person and $20 per family for a whole season of tournaments. It’s family-oriented toward kids and their parents, but I think anyone will be allowed to play. There will probably be an unrated section too. I’ll put out an email soon for details. We’ll be gone backpacking this weekend, but I think he’s holding one more this Friday at Springs Ranch before we move. It’s a great time and he arranges the sections so like-rated players compete. We haven’t had any prizes, just chess.
Game Of The Week
This week’s game comes from Dean Brown again. Back in April, I got a couple of games from Mitch Anderson and Dean Brown (home.att.net/~cs.chess/newslette … _2009.html). As Dean was thumbing through his games, he mentioned his win over DuWayne Langseth. I was eager to see that one, even if the other two had different favorites. I guess it was my top choice for more personal reasons than because of the quality of the chess. DuWayne and I rarely meet over the board. Early on I had the upper hand, as he does not like to play faster time controls. However, all his time in the parent’s section of the scholastic tournaments has improved his time management skills and made him a 30-minute monster. In our last two match-ups, he showed off his new claws and brought our results back even. The only time we met in a slow time control, we drew. I can never get ahead of this guy…well, unless you count rating.
[code]Date Him Me Win Loss Time Rtg Ch Event
7/26/05 1670 1997 1.0 0.0 W 15 5 CHALLENGE
8/9/05 1670 2008 1.0 0.0 W 15 3 QUAD
5/16/06 1653 1919 0.0 1.0 W 15 -26 CHALLENGE
7/29/08 1832 2021 1.0 0.0 B 15 8 SWISS
12/6/08 1824* 1962* 0.5 0.5 B 40/2,60 -5 WINTER SPRINGS
3/10/09 1832 1945 0.0 1.0 W 30 -22 LADDER
3/10/09 1832 1945 0.0 1.0 B 30 -22 LADDER
- USCF rating[/code]
So, when I heard that Dean, who was at his 1400 rating floor while DuWayne was easily 400 points higher, had beaten DuWayne in the 4th round of the Colorado Springs Open, knocking him out of the tournament, I was stunned. I had to see how he did it. Also, it dawned on me that I had not once published a Langseth game in 145 games while DuWayne has already included, with his 18 published games, 3 of mine (1-2-0) on his website (coloradochessgames.com/).
DuWayne’s Day Off (home.att.net/~cs.chess/games/lan … 082009.htm)
(146) Langseth,DuWayne (1869) - Brown,Dean (1400) [A45]
Colorado Springs Open Colorado Springs (4.7), 08.03.2009
[Fritz 8 (60s)]
A45: Trompowsky Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 e6 last book move 3.f4 c5 4.c3 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 d5 7.Ng5 c4 This push gains space 8.Bc2 h6 9.h4 [9.Nf3!?= should be investigated more closely] 9…b5 10.a3 Consolidates b4 10…a5 11.g4 a4 [11…Re8 12.Nh3 e5 13.g5=/+ ] 12.Qf3 White prepares f5 12…g6 Controls f5 13.Nh3 e5 14.f5 White gets more space [14.fxe5!? must be considered 14…Nxg4 15.0-0= ] 14…e4 Black wins space 15.Qf4? [>=15.Qg2=/+ ] 15…Kg7?? gives away a clear win [>=15…Bd6 and the scales tip in favour of Black 16.Qf1 Nxg4-+ ] 16.g5+/= White gains space 16…Bd6 17.gxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qf2 Qxf5 19.Nd2 Qg4 White cannot castle king side 20.Bd1 [>=20.Nf4!? Qf5 21.Nf1± ] 20…Qg3+/= 21.Nf1 Qxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Bxh3 23.Rxh3 Nd7 24.Bd2 f5 25.Be2 Nf6 26.Nh2 Bxh2 [>=26…Ng4+ 27.Kg1 Nxh2 28.Rxh2 Bxh2+ 29.Kxh2 g5-/+ ] 27.Rxh2+/- Ng4+ 28.Bxg4 fxg4+ 29.Kg3?? a transit from better to worse [>=29.Ke2+/= is just about the only chance] 29…Rf3±+ [29…Rf3+ 30.Kg2 g3-+ ] 30.Kxg4 h5+ 0-1
Upcoming Events
5/26 4-SS, G/15, CSCC
5/27 Poor Richard’s May Open final round, CSCC
5/27 May 2009 G/29 Series Event, CSCA
5/30 USAFA QUADS #10, CSCC
5/30-31 Wyoming Open, WCA
6/2 Speed tournament, CSCC
For event details and additional events, see the following websites:
Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (springschess.org/)
Boulder Chess Club: BCC (geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)
Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (colorado-chess.com/)
Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (wyomingchess.com/)
Kansas Chess Association: KCA (kansaschess.org/)