Greetings,
A Happy Belated Father’s Day to all the chess dads out there!
I got busy on Father’s Day and ran short of time to get out my tradition of publishing a win from my dad, who got me into chess. Here is the late edition.
Also, the website that had the chess viewer seems to be down. If anyone used the chess viewer, let me know and I will look for another option. Otherwise, I include the pgn for DuWayne’s sake.
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And now, the newsletter…
Game Of The Week
All good things come to an end.
My Father’s Day tradition for the Colorado Springs Chess News website has been to publish a win from my dad during our email match together. We started playing in 1996, before I ever went to the Colorado Springs Chess Club. We finished the match after 53 games in 2010.
The match was even (+12-12=9) after this game in 2003. However, it was also the final nail in the coffin for my dad. He had purchased Fritz 8 for me as a Christmas gift. Now, I had a tool to go over my games. After this point, I won ten of the last twenty games (+10-3=7) to pull ahead in the match.
Going over your own chess games is key to improvement at chess.
I was reminded of this fact recently when I stopped by the Denver Open in April. One of the invited masters was IM Danny Rensch, who was doing a lecture and simul the night I was there. I caught part of his lecture where he talked about how to go over your games. He stressed turning off the computer and finding three key moments on your own.
Of course, I didn’t catch the lesson perfectly, as it is never easy to retain 100% when you are not taking notes or expecting to stay for the whole lecture. I was only in Denver to meet with family and unprepared to catch some pearls of chess wisdom.
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
Luke 6:40 (KJV)
However, here is what I gleaned from IM Daniel Rensch’s 3 Point System for analyzing games without a computer. You are to find the moves where these main elements occurred:
Out of Book
Turning Point
Final Nail
Since this game is also the final nail in the coffin of publishing wins for my dad and doesn’t have a good tactical moment, I thought I would apply the 3 Point System to this game.
First, finding the point I got out of book was pretty easy. I had just discovered LM Brian Wall’s emails and the Fishing Pole was all the rage. Of course, some might say the Fishing Pole move was also the final nail in the coffin of winning this game.
Second, the turning point was harder to choose. I clearly missed the explanation of this item during the lecture.
Third, the final nail is that moment when the final result is set in stone. If you play on, you are just hoping for a miracle. It is that time when the masters say, “The rest is technique.” Here is the position I chose for this game. Black has given up all hope for a win, but might have one last shot at a draw. I didn’t play the move. You just have to find a better move than 36…Rf8.
I will let you be the judge on how well I found the 3 points.
Black to move
See the diagram and answer here:
cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/ph … =205770725
Final Nail
[Event “12-12-9”]
[Site “https://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2003.10.31”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Anderson, Douglas”]
[Black “Anderson, Paul”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C65”]
[PlyCount “115”]
[EventDate “2003.08.16”]
[TimeControl “0”]
- e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6.
d3 Bc5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 h4 10. Bxh4 gxh4 11. hxg4 Qe7 12. Nc3 a6 13.
Ba4 Qg7 14. Nd5 Kd8 15. Nh2 d6 16. Kh1 h3 17. g3 b5 18. Bb3 Na5 19. f3 Nxb3 20.
axb3 Bb7 21. b4 Bd4 22. c3 Bxd5 23. cxd4 Bb7 24. d5 f5 25. Qe2 fxg4 26. fxg4
Ke7 27. Rac1 Kd7 28. Rf5 Raf8 29. Qe3 Rhg8 30. Rcf1 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Kd8 32. Rh5
Kc8 33. Rxh3 Kb8 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. g5 Rf7 36. Rh6 Rf8 37. Ng4 Rg8 38. Nf6 Qxg5
- Qxg5 Rxg5 40. Kh3 Rg7 41. Kh4 Ka7 42. g4 Bc8 43. g5 Kb6 44. Rh8 Bh3 45. Ne8
Rxg5 46. Kxg5 Bf1 47. Rh7 Bxd3 48. Nxc7 a5 49. Na8+ Ka6 50. Kf5 a4 51. Rd7 a3
- Rxd6+ Kb7 53. bxa3 Kxa8 54. Rc6 Kb7 55. Rc5 Kb6 56. d6 Bf1 57. Kxe5 Bh3 58.
Kf6 1-0
This Week In Chess
On June 11th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club continued the June Swiss 90 event (4SS, G/90+30).
Standings. June Swiss 90
Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Tot Prize
1 Paul D Anderson 1950 W11 W4 2.0
2 Christophe Motley 1679 W5 W11 2.0
3 Joey Arispe 1259 W10 H— 1.5
4 Mark McGough 1857 W9 L1 1.0
5 Richard Buchanan 2000 L2 W13 1.0
6 Peter Barlay 1906 W8 U— 1.0
7 William Leo Wolf 1300 U— W12 1.0
8 Dean W Brown 1460 L6 D9 0.5
9 Kenneth Macrae 1264 L4 D8 0.5
10 Michael Smith II 1713 L3 H— 0.5
11 Grayson Ed Harris 1534 L1 L2 0.0
12 Joy Sato unr. U— L7 0.0
13 Joseph Griffin 761 U— L5 0.0