Greetings,
As a chess player, my Mother’s Day tradition is to publish a win from her son over her ex-husband. What better way to honor your mother than by demonstrating that what she created is smarter than what her mother-in-law created. Ok, I am a little strange, but don’t blame my mom; she did the best she could. And my son ended up the same way. You should see his Mother’s Day video:
cschess.webs.com/apps/videos/vid … her-s-day-
Chesswise, GM Nakamura leads the US Championships (uschesschamps.com/) by half a point with a week to go. This week’s game features my version of a Nakamura opening.
In the World Championship (moscow2012.fide.com/en/), Anand and Gelfand are still tied 1-1 with about 2 weeks left. Both players are using the highly superior 1.d4.
Peace be with you,
Paul Anderson
Read The Newsletter!
( cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/show/ … f-my-armor )
- Game Of The Week: How To Improve At Chess, Part I
- This Week In Chess: Quad Results
- Game Viewer: Paul Anderson v Douglas Anderson ( cschess.webs.com/ )
- Colo Spgs Open Games by Buck Buchanan
2012 Calendar Of Events for the Colorado Springs Chess Club:
cschess.webs.com/apps/calendar/
For additional events, see the following websites:
Denver Chess Club: DCC (denverchess.com)
Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (colorado-chess.com/)
Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (wyomingchess.com/)
Kansas Chess Association: KCA (kansaschess.org/)
ps - Newsletter preview with pgn (for board diagram and video see The Newsletter):
I have been hanging out with chess masters Brian Wall and Josh Bloomer recently, staying up all night playing blitz. Despite the painful and groggy next day, it has been a blast. I even get a win once in a while. Usually my wins come towards the crack of dawn when Brian is nodding off and Josh is dropping pieces. However, despite the clear difference in our skill levels, Brian can see a change in my play from when he first met me. He says, “You used to be a solid 1600 and now are an expert.” So, when he asked me what changed, I felt bad that I didn’t have a specific answer.
I looked back over my email chess match with my dad and saw a clear turning point. I can now pinpoint the time when things changed for me. So, I asked myself what happened at that point that would have been the key to my success. There were a couple of things I remember trying to improve at chess. However, I think it was a couple of things that didn’t occur to me that really made the difference. They were just happenstance.
When I first started playing chess, it was by email to stay in touch with my dad and sister. I won both games, but my dad enjoyed it enough to continue in a 53 game match. He was a PhD in electrical engineering who had played in the Chicago Industrial Chess League when he worked for Bell Labs. He even got a win over FM Greg DeFotis. So, a loss to his son came as a challenge for him to solve. He refocused himself and won the next four games. I realized I needed to improve to beat him,but how?
[Event “15-12-13”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2005.08.30”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Anderson, Paul”]
[Black “Anderson, Douglas”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A35”]
[PlyCount “67”]
[EventDate “2005.06.09”]
[TimeControl “0”]
- c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. a3 a6 5. b3 g6 6. Bb2
Bg7 7. Qc2 Nge7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. f4 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. h3 Qc7 12. Kf2 Rfd8 13. g4
d5 14. h4 Rd7 15. h5 Rad8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Ng5 Qd6 21. Rh7+ Kf8 22. Rah1 d4 23. Be4 dxe3+ 24. dxe3 Nd4 25. Qc4
Qf6 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Qd5+ Rd7 30. Qa8+ Kc7 31. Rh8
b5 32. Qb8+ Kc6 33. Rc8+ Kd5 34. e4# 1-0