Greetings,
Tonight is the 3rd & 4th rounds of the June Mating Game (4SS, G/30; d/10, $5 entry) at the Colorado Springs Chess Club. Supporting Members get free entry and there is still time to join and get a couple of free, dual-rated games!
This Friday is the IHOP Quick (4SS, G/24; d/5, entry $5). See calendar for details.
Also, I received this reminder from USCF about some local tournaments:
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
2015-08-01 Pikes Peak Open - Manitou Springs, CO Manitou Springs CO 2015-06 CL A5012031
2015-12-05 Winter Springs Open Manitou Springs CO 2015-10 CL A5012031
This week’s position comes from the 1st week of the June Mating Game. It is black to move.
See the diagram and answer here:
cschess.webs.com/apps/photos/pho … =198831537
Read The Newsletter!
cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/show/ … for-pin-iv
- Game Of The Week: P Is For Pin IV
- This Week In Chess: June Mating Game standings
2015 Calendar Of Events for the Colorado Springs Chess Club:
cschess.webs.com/apps/calendar/
For additional events, see the following websites:
Denver Chess Club: denverchess.com
Colorado State Chess Association: colorado-chess.com/
Wyoming Chess Association: wyomingchess.com/
P Is For Pin IV
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[Event “June Mating Game”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2015.06.09”]
[Round “2.3”]
[White “Herman, Shirley”]
[Black “Rountree, Brian”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A53”]
[WhiteElo “1088”]
[BlackElo “1841”]
[PlyCount “69”]
[EventDate “2015.06.09”]
[TimeControl “1800”]
- d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O
- d5 c5 7. Bd2 b5 8. Bc3 b4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. e4 Bxe4 12. Qc1 Qa5
- Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3
a5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 a4 22. Nc1 Nd7 23. Rb1 a3 24. b3 Rae8 25. Ne2 e5 26.
Ng3 f5 27. Rbe1 Nf6 28. Nh4 e4 29. Qc2 Kh7 30. h3 Qd8 31. Re3 Nd7 32. Nhxf5
gxf5 33. Nxf5 Rxf5 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 1/2-1/2