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Greetings,

Tonight starts the July Mating Game (4SS, G30;d/10, USCF-rated, prizes)! It is a 2 week event with the first 2 rounds tonight.

The Colorado Springs Chess Club has rated a number of events recently:

End Date
Event ID Event Name
Dates and Section Count

2016-07-01
201607010362 DENNY’S QUICK JULY 1
Received: 2016-07-02 Entered: 2016-07-02 Rated: 2016-07-02 Sections: 2

2016-06-30
201606309842 DENNY’S THURSDAYS JUNE 2016
Received: 2016-06-30 Entered: 2016-06-30 Rated: 2016-06-30 Sections: 1

2016-06-28
201606289282 JUNE SWISS 90
Received: 2016-06-29 Entered: 2016-06-29 Rated: 2016-06-29 Sections: 2

2016-06-22
201606226372 BARLAY-ROUNTREE
Received: 2016-06-23 Entered: 2016-06-23 Rated: 2016-06-23 Sections: 1

I received the following ads for chess events in Colorado:

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
2016-07-19 Colorado Springs Chess Club July Quick (QC) Colorado Springs CO 2016-07 CL A5012031
2016-10-04 52nd Annual Colorado Springs City Championship Colorado Springs CO 2016-08 CL A5012031

This week’s position comes from my list of upset wins. It is white to move.

See the diagram and answer here:

cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/pho … =202153932

chessvideos.tv/chess-game-re … ?id=107374

[Event “October Panera Wednesday”]

[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]

[Date “2014.10.22”]

[Round “4.1”]

[White “Anderson, Paul”]

[Black “Langseth, Rhett”]

[Result “1-0”]

[ECO “B07”]

[WhiteElo “2012”]

[BlackElo “2022”]

[PlyCount “115”]

[EventDate “2014.10.01”]

[TimeControl “5400”]

  1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Be2

e5 6. d5 Nc5 7. Nd2 Be7 8. Bf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nf1 a6 12. Be3

cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Rec1 b5 17. Ng3 Red8 18. Ne2

Na4 19. c3 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. Ng3 g6 23. Nf1 Rcd8 24. Ne3 Bg5

  1. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Rc7 27. Qb3 Be7 28. Rd5 Rb8 29. a3 Rc4 30. Qc2 b4 31. Qe2

Rc5 32. axb4 Rxd5 33. exd5 Ra8 34. Qc4 Bd8 35. Qc6 Qxc6 36. dxc6 Ra7 37. Bd5

Kf8 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Ke2 f6 40. Kd3 Bb6 41. f3 a5 42. bxa5 Rxa5 43. Rxa5 Bxa5

  1. Kc4 Kd8 45. Kb5 Bc7 46. Ka6 f5 47. Kb7 g5 48. b4 e4 49. fxe4 fxe4 50. Bxe4

d5 51. Bxh7 g4 52. b5 g3 53. hxg3 d4 54. cxd4 Ba5 55. b6 Bxb6 56. Kxb6 Kc8 57.

Bf5+ Kd8 58. c7+ 1-0

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2016 Calendar Of Events for the Colorado Springs Chess Club:
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Denver Chess Club: denverchess.com
Colorado State Chess Association: colorado-chess.com/
Wyoming Chess Association: wyomingchess.com/