Greetings,
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I found out that it is not easy to navigate the chess.com website. So, here is a summary of the links I have added to help players find and join the club:
Chess links (the official CSCC website and the chess.com page are there): cschess.webs.com/apps/links/
official CSCC website (run by Jeff Fox, who might add the chess.com club page link there): springschess.org/
chess.com page (I add a note about each week’s event and it should show up as an upcoming event. Anyone can join for FREE): chess.com/club/colorado-springs-chess-club
Club Calendar (a link to the online club): cschess.webs.com/apps/calendar/
Facebook page (I post a link to the event here, but you have to be a member of the online club for this to work): facebook.com/ColoradoSpringsChessNews
Twitter page (I post a link to the event here, but you have to be a member of the online club for this to work): twitter.com/cschessnews
And now, the newsletter…
Game Of The Week
This week’s game comes from my list of upsets. In fact, it is my 60th upset I have published. I created the list early on when I had limited access to other player’s chess games, and I wanted an easy way to pick one of my games to publish for the newsletter.
I just filtered my database for games where my estimated rating change was +16 or higher. I also had to remove the duplicates, as the Colorado Springs Chess Club had its own rating for a while and the USCF rates some time controls as dual-rated. So, most of the games are standard time control of G/30 or longer, with the exception of a couple of quick-rated events at G/24+5.
I was surprised to see how few and far between the upsets were. How did I get my peak USCF rating to 2102 when I rarely beat someone higher rated? It was kind of a depressing report with drought years in 2018 and 2020 and single digits all over the place.
But these are the numbers. And as a stat guy, you learn to face the data head-on.
Year, Upsets
2019 1
2017 2
2016 1
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 2
2011 1
2010 2
2009 3
2008 2
2007 3
2006 4
2005 3
2004 4
2003 5
2002 2
2001 6
2000 5
1999 2
1998 5
Grand Total 60
The numbers just kept getting worse when I looked at from where my multiple upsets were coming. My top 2 upset opponents make up 1/3 of all my upsets. I guess this is what you get when you only play at club.
My Opponent, # of Upsets, My Rating, Opp Rating
BUCHANAN 11 1896 2006
FOX, JEFF 9 1636 1759
BLOOMER 5 1933 2228
TELINBACCO 2 1824 1882
HORTILLOSA 2 1666 1936
ANDERSON, ROBERT 2 1534 1556
The only consolation I had was that my numbers are eerily similar to a young chess prodigy, as he was playing at his local club.
Bobby’s Opponent, # of Upsets, Bobby’s Rating, Opp Rating
Bisguier 11 1896 2006
Fox, Maurice 9 1636 1759
Alekhine 5 1933 2228
Tal 2 1824 1882
Hort 2 1666 1936
Byrne, Robert 2 1534 1556
White to move
See the diagram and answer here:
cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/ph … =206280809
My 60 Memorable Upsets
chessvideos.tv/chess-game-r … ?id=115698
[Event “March Swiss 90”]
[Site “https://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2019.03.19”]
[Round “3.1”]
[White “Anderson, Paul”]
[Black “Bloomer, Josh”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “E68”]
[WhiteElo “1934”]
[BlackElo “2343”]
[PlyCount “87”]
[EventDate “2019.03.05”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
- d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O
d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bc1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. b3
Ne5 13. Nde2 f5 14. Be3 fxe4 15. Bxc5 Nf3+ 16. Kh1 dxc5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rad1
Bf5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 b5 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Nf4 Kf7 24. Nxe6
Kxe6 25. Bh3+ Kd6 26. Bf1 b4 27. Bh3 Bd4 28. Nd1 Nd2 29. Bg4 a5 30. Ne3 Bxe3
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fxe3 Nxc4 32. bxc4 a4 33. Bd1 b3 34. a3 h5 35. h3 Ke5 36. Kg2 g5 37. Kf2 h4
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gxh4 gxh4 39. Ke1 Kf5 40. Kd2 Ke5 41. Kc3 Kd6 42. Bg4 Ke5 43. Bd7 Kd6 44.
Be8 1-0
This Week In Chess
On August 16th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club held the CSCC Owen Nomore Rapid Online event (4SS, G/10+10).
chess.com/tournament/live/c … ne-1509808
Place, CSCC Owen Nomore (4SS, G/10+10), Score
1 “#1 bozhenoff (1737)” 4.0
2 “#2 Czechmate1972 (1608)” 3.0
3 “#3 jfoxhoot (1563)” 3.0
4 “#4 DuWayneL (1539)” 2.0
5 “#5 cschessnews (1627)” 2.0
6 “#5 tristancruz (1057)” 2.0
7 “#7 KingVed (1479)” 2.0
8 “#8 msmcgough (1468)” 2.0
9 “#9 Navajo36us80917 (1134)” 1.0
10 “- Honeybrook (1344)” 0.0
11 “- RecurringMiss (1889)” 0.0
12 “- Termenoil (1846)” 0.0