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 the Colorado Springs Chess Club’s event: CSCC Recurring Miss Rapid Online (4SS, G/10+10). It was played by Paul Anderson and Andy Rea.
I was happy to win this game because Andy has always had my number.
When you play an opponent 4 times or more and can’t even get a draw once, I call you an Owen. It seems like a humorous way to describe an opponent who is just a bad match-up for you. It is like they own you. See, it kind of sounds like Owen.
However, it really came from the knock, knock joke:
Winner: Knock, knock?
Loser: Who’s there?
Winner: Owen
Loser: Owen who?
Winner: Owen Four!
Well, I am an Owen to Andy; Owen Seven to be exact. We played seven times when he was in Colorado and I lost all seven. He is tied with Renard Anderson as my worst Owen match-up.
However, since it was just a humorous way to look at some chess stats, I didn’t work out all the details. For example, all seven of my losses to Andy were in standard-rated USCF games. Now that my first win is from a Rapid, online event, can I really claim to be off the Owen list?
Well, I am taking it. Mainly because, when I used to tell Mike Smith that he was Owen Six, he would say, “I did beat you in that rapid game!”
So, when I got this Mate In 5 against Andy, I just said to him:
Paul: Knock, knock?
Andy: Who’s there?
Paul: Owen
Andy: Owen who?
Paul: Owen Nomore!
White to move
See the diagram and answer here:
cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/ph … =206276443
Owen Nomore
chessvideos.tv/chess-game-r … ?id=115685
[Event “CSCC Recurring Miss Online”]
[Site “https://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2020.08.09”]
[Round “4.2”]
[White “Anderson, Paul”]
[Black “Rea, Andy”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A00”]
[WhiteElo “1649”]
[BlackElo “1639”]
[PlyCount “57”]
[EventDate “2020.08.09”]
[TimeControl “600+10”]
- f3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Ne2 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nbc3 Qd8 6. d3 Nf6 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 h5 9. g3 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bg2 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. O-O Qd7 14. f4 Nd4
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Bxb7 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bxb7 17. Rxb7 O-O 18. Rfb1 Bd4 19. Qf2 Bb6 20. Qf3 Qa4
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Bxb6 axb6 22. Rxc7 Qxa2 23. Rxb6 Qa1+ 24. Kg2 Ra2 25. Qe2 e6 26. Rbc6 Qc1
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Rxe6 Ra1 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qe6+ 1-0
This Week In Chess
On August 9th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club held the CSCC Recurring Miss Rapid Online event (4SS, G/10+10).
chess.com/news/view/recurring-miss
Place, CSCC Recurring Miss (4SS, G/10+10), Score
1 “#1 NM BrianWall (1974)” 3.5
2 “#2 Termenoil (1918)” 3.5
3 “#3 cschessnews (1649)” 3.0
4 “#4 jfoxhoot (1547)” 2.5
5 “#5 outie5000 (1657)” 2.5
6 “#5 Czechmate1972 (1586)” 2.5
7 “#5 DFSStar (2019)” 2.5
8 “#8 JJ7X (1753)” 2.0
9 “#9 dzhierkiev64 (1639)” 2.0
10 “#10 KingVed (1472)” 1.0
11 “#11 linuxguy1 (1471)” 1.0
12 “#11 alaynew (1340)” 1.0
13 “- tristancruz (1035)” 1.0
14 “#13 Navajo36us80917 (1151)” 1.0
15 “#13 SHerman2 (1024)” 1.0
16 “- Aeqetes (1288)” 0.0