O Is For Overload

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Greetings,

I added some fun stuff to the website.

I created a new section of videos called Banned From Youtube:

cschess.webs.com/apps/videos/cha … om-youtube

Also, I stopped by the Chess Festival in Manitou Springs and got a couple pictures of the action.

2012 CO Closed: cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/pho … =154282543

2012 Senior Open: cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/pho … =154283142

Peace be with you,

Paul Anderson

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( cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/show/ … r-overload )

  1. Game Of The Week: O Is For Overload
  2. This Week In Chess: Quick-rated and unrated Quads
  3. Game Viewer: Jeff Fox v Paul Anderson ( cschess.webs.com/ )
  4. Results of 2012 Spring Chess Festival by Jerry Maier
  5. Announcement For Winter Springs Open by Buck Buchanan
  6. Chess Set Collectors Wanted By Clayton Neubert

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):

Last time on the DROP method of tactics, I talked about Removal (cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/entri … r-removal-). The DROP method is an acronym for the basic kinds of tactics. It is meant to remind you not to drop your pieces and help you get your opponent to drop theirs. The third category in the DROP method is Overload. See, D is for Discovery, R is for Removal, and O is for Overload. The last category I will discuss in a later newsletter.

Overload is my way of describing a Double Attack. The idea of Overload appealed to me, not just because it helped create the acronym, but also because it conveyed the idea of streatching the defense beyond its limits. Similar to Removal, it incorporates a number of tactical ideas. For example Battery, Fork, Over-Worked Piece, and Skewer can all be considered different kinds of Overload. The main idea is to use multiple pieces (as in a Battery) or multiple threats (as in a Fork) so that the defense cannot respond to all in one move.

Here is an example from one of my upset wins over Jeff Fox. Jeff and I have played each other more than any other opponent. He is the number one opponent on my list, and I am the number one opponent on his list. Early on in the match-up, he was higher rated, and I would get an upset only because he got in time pressure. This is one of those games. Jeff gets low in time, and I move quickly to keep his clock running but fall into a common Overload tactic.

Sometimes the Overload tactic is a quick shot that just appears. However, it often occurs after a combination of moves that the offense uses to apply forces to a target until the defense runs out of resources to hold it. When more attackers than defenders aim at a target the Overload is achieved. Which one did Jeff find?

[Event “June Borborgyms”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2001.06.19”]
[Round “4.2”]
[White “Fox, Jeff”]
[Black “Anderson, Paul”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D78”]
[WhiteElo “1700”]
[BlackElo “1544”]
[PlyCount “66”]
[EventDate “2001.06.12”]
[TimeControl “1800”]

  1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
    O-O Nbd7 8. d4 Ne4 9. Nfd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Nf6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4
    Bh3 14. Re1 e6 15. f3 Bf5 16. Nf2 g5 17. Qd2 c5 18. Rad1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20.
    Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rad8 22. Red1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 e5 24. Rd5 f6 25. Ne4 Kf7 26.
    Nd6+ Kg6 27. Nxb7 Bb1 28. Ra5 Rf7 29. Nd6 Rd7 30. c5 Bd3 31. Kf2 a6 32. Ke3 Bf1
  2. a3 f5 0-1