Greetings,
I have finished another season of chess newsletters. The final issue includes my favorite game of the year and highlights a much more impressive accomplishment: NM Josh Bloomer wins the steak dinner!
Read the newsletter!
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Make your plans for the 53rd annual Colorado Springs City Chess Championship coming up in October!
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
2017-10-03 53rd Annual Colorado Springs City Chess Championship Colorado Springs CO 2017-09 CL A5012031
The Colorado Springs Chess Club has rated the August Swiss 90 event. I managed to go unbeaten and claim 1st place.
uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201708294812
This week’s position comes from the Game Of The Year. It is black to move.
See diagram and answer here:
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Game Of The Year XIV
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[Event “February Swiss 90”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2017.02.28”]
[Round “5.1”]
[White “Bloomer, Josh”]
[Black “Anderson, Paul”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B06”]
[WhiteElo “2275”]
[BlackElo “2041”]
[PlyCount “120”]
[EventDate “2017.01.31”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
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e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. h3 d6 5. Bc4 Nf6
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e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nf3 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Nb3
Qc7 13. a4 Nd5 14. Re1 e6 15. c3 N5b6 16. a5 Nd5 17. Bg5 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19.
Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qe2 Nxc3 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Na4 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25.
b3 Nb2 26. Be2 Rc3 27. Nd2 Bd4 28. Rxc3 Bxc3 29. Nf3 Bd5 30. Nd2 Bxa5 31. Bf3
Bxd2 32. Bxd2 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Nd3 34. Kf1 Nc5 35. b4 Nd7 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke7
- Kd4 Kd6 39. Bh6 e5+ 40. Kd3 Kd5 41. Be3 f5 42. Ba7 Nf8 43. h4 Ne6 44. Bb6
h5 45. Be3 f4 46. Bb6 g5 47. hxg5 Nxg5 48. Ke2 Ne6 49. Kf1 Kc4 50. Ba5 Nd4 51.
Bc7 Nxf3 52. Kg2 Ne1+ 53. Kf1 Nd3 54. Ke2 e4 55. f3 e3 56. Bd6 Kd4 57. Be7 Ne5
- Bf6 Kd5 59. Bg5 Ng6 60. Bf6 Kc4 0-1