Greetings,
This Tuesday the Colorado Springs Chess Club begins its AUGUST SWISS 90 (5SS, G/90+30, $10 entry, USCF-rated, prizes). Come out and play rated chess for 2 bucks a game!
We finished our JULY QUICK event. Jeff Fox went +5-1=0 to split the top prize and Doug Clark got his first high performance rating warning from the USCF!
uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201707259542
Read the newsletter!
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The USCF has sent out a reminder about the Pikes Peak Open. I will be collecting advanced entries at the club.
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
2017-08-12 Pikes Peak Open - Manitou Springs, CO Manitou Springs CO 2017-06 CL A5012031
This week’s position comes from the 52nd Colorado Springs City Chess Championship. The 53rd edition is coming up in October! It is black to move.
WARNING: High Performance Rating
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[Event “City Championship”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2016.11.01”]
[Round “5.7”]
[White “Rupp, Dan”]
[Black “Clark, Doug”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C21”]
[WhiteElo “921”]
[BlackElo “159”]
[PlyCount “53”]
[EventDate “2016.10.04”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
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e4 e5 2. d4 d6 3. d5 Nf6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bb5+ Bd7
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Qe2 c6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. Qd3 a6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bd5 Rc8 12. Nf3 h6
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Bd2 b4 14. Ne2 Bb5 15. c4 Bc6 16. Nfxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qe7+
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Ne2 a5 20. O-O Qe5 21. Rfe1 Qxb2 22. Nf4+ Be7 23. Ng6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kd7
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Qf5+ Kd8 26. Qe6 Rxc4 27. Qxe7+ 1-0