Paul Vs Paul

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Greetings,

I got an invitation to the Colorado Closed! This is the first time my rating has been high enough to get invited. Only 6 of the highest rated get to play and right now I am 13th on the list, but still, it is nice to be invited. You can see the rest of the list in this week’s newsletter.

Peace be with you,

Paul Anderson

The Newsletter
( cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/show/ … ean-streak )

  1. Game Of The Week: Paul Vs Paul
  2. This Week In Chess
  3. Game Viewer: Paul Covington v Paul Anderson ( cschess.webs.com/ )
  4. 2012 Colorado Closed

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 (for board diagram and video see The Newsletter):

This week’s game comes from the February Panera tournament. It was a 5-round, Swiss tournament with one game per week for the 5 Wednesdays in February. It is such a rare occurrence because you have to have a leap day on a Wednesday for it to work. The next time it will happen is 2040. So, I decided to test out chess playing on Wednesday nights. It turned out great for me going 5 for 5 and gaining 30 rating points.

My final round opponent was Paul Covington. We played once before in a USCF-rated event back in 2008 when I was 1945, and he was 1906. He won a hard fought game threatening to promote a pawn when I resigned on move 58. This time was eerily similar. I was 1968, and he was 1921. He resigned on move 63 just before I promoted a pawn.

It was the kind of game I really enjoy: Winning a drawn endgame with a one pawn advantage. Usually, I go by the mantra that you need a 2-pawn advantage to win a game, but when you can’t get that second pawn, you just have to figure out some way to get that little lamb to the promised land. I was a game up on the field so a draw or a win sealed the tournament for me. I think Paul needed a win for any money so he pushed harder passing up a couple of easier drawing lines. But with 2 chess players so similar in style, the difference in the game was going be as close as our first names.