Connecticut Chess Magazine

Happy Father's Day - Connecticut Chess Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:01:00 +0000

Happy Father's Day Edition of Connecticut Chess Magazine | Chess Telegram by Stephen Dann | Chess Game of the Week by Alan Lasser | Chess Links by Rob Roy

SUNDAY CHESS at CASTANEDA’S

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:41:00 +0000

SUNDAY CHESS at CASTANEDA’S | 1590 Stanley Street (Corner of Commonwealth Ave) New Britain Connecticut | CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION | (park on Commonwealth Ave, enter back door) | Quads of 45 min games beginning at 1:00 for players with USCF ratings of 1800 or over | Others are always welcome to watch | Registration in person, or by phone, until 12:45 | Quads as numbers allow, matches when needed | Bring sets and clocks, none provided | $20 entry | $40 first prize in each Quad or match | Although we will run these games as often as we can, we may have to cancel them occasionally | Please check with Nelson each week at the New Britain Chess Club or call 860 348-9025

Connecticut Chess Magazine - June 14 edition

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:36:00 +0000

Foote Summer Chess Program July - August

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:33:00 +0000

Foote Summer Chess Program | When: Session 1 | July 22–26, Session 2 | July 29–Aug 2, 8:30am – 2pm | Where: Foote School 50 Loomis Pl New Haven, CT 06511 | Chess is a fascinating game, which can be played and enjoyed at all levels. Educational research indicates chess improves academic performance! The practical application of the skills learned while playing chess are the same skills necessary for academic excellence and sound life-long decision-making | Chess Links by Rob Roy

Chess Telegram by Stephen Dann - June 9

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:08:00 +0000

New Home for New Paltz NY Chess Club

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:49:00 +0000

New Home for New Paltz NY Chess Club | Private Chess Collection for sale | A rook, a knight, and a pawn walk into a bar | It started out simply enough at the Rosendale Chess Club this week when I won a piece and my opponent resigned, but maybe he resigned too soon. In the post-mortem my capturing piece was trapped and I had to give it back for a won ending. | CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE ENTIRE ANNOTATED CHESS GAME | The computer may think the resignation was completely justified but perhaps the game should have continued a little longer to put the pressure on Black to find the right moves here. The cliche is that winning a won game is the hardest thing to do, and the human post-mortem demonstrated that White's position was discouraging, but not bleak.

Connecticut Chess Magazine - June 7

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:04:00 +0000

Atulya Shetty, 17, K-12 Chess Champion

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:30:00 +0000

Atulya Shetty, 17, K-12 Chess Champion | Chess Life Magazine Online | Click Here for June 2013 Issue | Page 37 features Atulya Shetty

Google Analytics for Connecticut Chess Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:59:00 +0000

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Iceland Chess Open - Live Coverage

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:05:00 +0000

Internet coverage of the Icelandic Open (a handful of GMs) is at http://icelandicopen.com with two rounds today, and one round a day for the rest of the week. Check the schedule, but most rounds seem to start at 1 pm EST. We have changed the meeting place of the New Paltz NY Sunday Outdoor Chess Club. We still start at 2 pm, but now we will be at The Bakery, at 13a North Front Street, New Paltz NY The outdoor tables are to the right of the building, not visible from the street. This week's foe will be the muggy heat and possible thunderstorms. If it rains after we start, we can move the games indoors to the second floor. Sunday morning, the club organizer, Teddy Fina, will decide if we're going to get together and I'll send you a confirmation email if you're on the list of New Paltz NY players. Eight players receive my email and Teddy notifies another half a dozen players by text. We had four players last week and we hope to have two or three tables playing regularly. Oh, and ignore the parking meters; parking in New Paltz NY is free on Sundays. This game was the best from week one

Connecticut Chess Magazine - June 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Fri, 31 May 2013 18:12:00 +0000

Chess makes move as next spectator sport

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Thu, 30 May 2013 13:32:00 +0000

Photo: Jennifer Shahade and Yasser Seirawan conducted live play-by-play of each round of the 2013 U.S. Chess Championships. | In On Chess By Brian Jerauld, special to the Beacon | If Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan ever decides to completely hang up chess, he should be comforted to know he has a future in golf. Maybe not as a player – I haven’t even seen his backswing – but certainly as a commentator. | Jennifer Shahade and Yasser Seirawan conducted live play-by-play of each round of the 2013 U.S. Chess Championships. I took in the U.S. Championships of chess as I do the Masters. The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis recently converted its basement into a production studio and broadcast the national tournament out to tens of thousands of the game’s fanatics around the world. While America’s best battled upstairs in the tournament hall, high-tech boards with micro-chipped pieces sent positions to viewers instantly, as they happened. | CLICK HERE TO READ ENTIRE STORY | And I relished Yasser on a lazy Sunday the same way I do Jim Nantz. Seirawan, a four-time U.S. champion himself, took in each move and offered opinion on what those upstairs grandmasters might be thinking, showing us his thoughts as he clicked around his own digital analysis board. Alongside Women’s Grandmaster Jennifer Shahade and Grandmaster Maurice Ashley, the three highlighted key squares and hot pieces, tossed in the occasional arrow of attack, and broke each game down to a level that any woodpusher could understand. | As if commentating on anything isn’t difficult enough, both Seirawan and Nantz have it even rougher. In both chess and golf, talking is not just frowned upon, it’s considered downright rude - almost jarring. Yet these men have to talk over their subjects for hours at a time. I admit that I write only because I can fit both feet in my mouth, and I acknowledge that what those two possess is an extraordinary skill.

Chicago Open Draws Over 20 GMs

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Tue, 28 May 2013 00:21:00 +0000

The Chicago Open (May 23-27) drew over 20 GMs including Aleksandr Lenderman and Victor Mikhalevski who lead with 4.5 after five rounds. Many other big names are participating including Conrad Holt, hot off his US Championship performance, reigning Women's champ Irina Krush and ten-year-old master Awonder Liang

Who would become Steinitz’s next challenger ?

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Mon, 27 May 2013 22:48:00 +0000

Who would become Steinitz’s next challenger ? It seemed that Steinitz had the power to declare who, when and where. This power remained in the hands of the World Champion until Alekhine died in 1946. The world governing body of chess, known by its French acronym of FIDE established a process to determine Alekhine’s successor and subsequent challengers. | This worked for the next several decades, and whoever emerged as the challenger, they were always considered legitimate. This system culminated in an epic series of matches between Karpov and Kasparov, where Kasparov ultimately established himself as the strongest player in the world.

Li Chao becomes Asian Chess Champion

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Mon, 27 May 2013 22:25:00 +0000

Li Chao becomes Asian Chess Champion | by Goran | The 2013 Asian Continental Championship (Open) was held on 18-26th May in Manila, Philippines. The tournament was organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines and Eugene Torre Chess Foundation, Inc | 75 players from 14 federations, including 26 Grandmasters and 18 IMs, took part in the tournament | Chinese Grandmaster Li Chao emerged Asian Continental Champion after concluding the tournament with 7,0/9 points | Half a point behind, there were five players sharing the 2nd place. Local chess fans are delighted that Philippines’ Grandmasters Oliver Barbosa and Mark Paragua grabbed the silver and bronze medals respectively | Further, Le Quang Liem (Vietnam, 4th) and Adhiban Baskaran (India, 5th) also qualified for the 2013 World Chess Cup. Sasikiran Krishnan had the worst tie-break and remained outside of the qualification.

Thessaloniki Dominguez wins again and grabs the lead

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Mon, 27 May 2013 22:09:00 +0000

Thessaloniki GP R5: Dominguez wins again and grabs the lead | Who would have thought that Leinier Dominguez of Cuba would be leading the Grand Prix in Thessaloniki after five rounds? Especially since the Cuban lost his first game and drew the next, this was an unlikely scenario but three consecutive wins (today a fine rook ending against Rustam Kasimdzhanov) catapulted him to the top of the standings. Because all other games ended in draws today, Dominguez is the only player with 3.5/5. Gata Kamsky, Alexander Grischuk, Veselin Topalov and Fabiano Caruana, who spoilt a winning position against Hikaru Nakamura today, are trailing by half a point.

GM Liem qualifies for 2013 Chess World Cup

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Mon, 27 May 2013 21:48:00 +0000

GM Liem qualifies for 2013 Chess World Cup | VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese player Le Quang Liem has secured a place at the Chess World Cup in Norway scheduled for this August after finishing fourth at the Asian Continental Chess Championship in the Philippines on May 26. | Despite being a black player against host Oliver Barbosa, he successfully held his rival to a draw after 17 moves. With 6.5 points after nine matches like the Philippines’ Oliver and Mark Paragua, Liem was placed behind due to having lower sub-scores. He is qualified to join the World Cup, where his two teammates, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Nguyen Thi Thanh An have won in the regional qualifier.

So you want to be a Grandmaster?

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Mon, 27 May 2013 21:39:00 +0000

So you want to be a Grandmaster? You must be ready to play unbalanced positions that you've never seen before. Just take a look at this ending from round one of the US Championships; if your clock is running, you probably don't want to play this position from either side. It's White to move and his king is on g1, his rooks are on e5 and g7, and he has pawns on a2, b2, e4, f2, g3, and h2. Black had his king on b7, a rook on e8, a bishop on g8, knights on c8 and e7, and pawns on h7 and a7. | | White Gregory Kaidanov Black Conrad Holt Event 2013 US Championships Site Saint Louis Chess Club Date 2013.05.04 Result 1/2-1/2 1 b3 Kc7 2 f4 Kd6 3 Kf2 Rf8 4 Ke3 . . . | (+0.33) +0.57 4. Reg5 Kd7 5. Kf3 | 4 . . . Nc6 5 Rh5 N8e7 6 h4 Ke6 7 g4 Kf6 8 Rgg5 Rd8 9 Rc5 . . . | (+0.08) +0.34 9. Rh6 Kf7 | 9 . . . Kg7 | 10 Rc3 . . . | (-0.26) +0.10 10. Rc1 Nb4 11. Rc7 Kf8 12. Rb5 Nec6 13. h5 Nc2 14. Kf2 N2d4 15. Rbb7 Re8 16. Ke3 Nc2 17. Kd2 N2d4 18. Kd3 Rd8 | 10 . . . Rd1 | 11 Rg5+ Kf8 | 12 f5? . . . | (-1.63) -0.26 12. Rd3 Rh1 | 12 . . . Rd6 | (+1.03) +1.63 12... Ne5 13. Kf4 N7c6 14. Rh5 Rf1 15. Kg3 Rg1 16. Kf2 Rxg4 17. Rh6 Ne7 18. Rd6 Rxe4 19. f6 Rf4 20. Kg3 Rg4 21. Kf2 N7c6 13 Rc5 . . . | (-1.46) -1.03 13. Rh5 Ne5 14. g5 N7c6 15. Kf4 Kg7 16. Rh6 Rxh6 17. gxh6 Kxh6 18. Rg3 Bf7 19. Rg5 a6 20. Ke3 Bh5 21. Kf4 Be8 22. Rg8 13 . . . h6 | (+1.17) +1.46 13... Bf7 14. h5 h6 15. Rg6 Bxg6 16. hxg6 Rd1 17. Ke2 Rg1 18. f6 Rxg4 19. g7 Kf7 20. Kf3 Rg6 21. fxe7 Nxe7 22. Kf4 Rxg7 14 e5 . . . | (-1.75) -1.17 14. Rxg8 Kxg8 15. a3 h5 16. g5 a5 17. Rc4 Kf8 18. Rc5 Kf7 19. Rc3 Ne5 20. Rc7 Rc6 21. Rb7 Ng4 22. Kd4 Rd6 23. Kc5 14 . . . Rd5 | 15 Rxg8+ Kxg8 16 Rxd5 Nxd5+ 17 Kf3 Nc3 18 e6 Nxa2 19 g5 hxg5 20 hxg5 Nc3 | 21 Ke3 Kf8 (+2.07) +2.59 21... Nd5 22. Kd3 22 Kd3 Nd5 23 Kc4 Nc7 24 Kc5 Nb8? | (+0.64) +2.04 24... Ne7 25. Kd6 Ne8 26. Ke5 Ng7 27. f6 Ng6 28. Kd6 Nf5 29. Kc7 a5 30. Kc6 Ke8 31. Kd5 Ng3 32. Kd4 Ne2 33. Ke4 Nh4 25 Kd6 Ne8+ 26 Kd5 Nc7+ | (0.00) +0.62 26... Na6 27. f6 Nb4 28. Kc5 27 Kd6 Nb5+ 28 Kc5 Nc3 29 Kd6 Nb5+ 30 Kc5 Nc3 31 Kd6 Nb5+ | My most exciting game against Ben Levitan, the president of the SUNY New Paltz Chess Club, was the last one we played this semester. White Alan Lasser Black Ben Levitan Event game/15 Site SUNY New Paltz Chess Club Date 2013.05.06 Result 1-0 1 d4 c6 2 e4 d5 3 exd5 cxd5 4 c4 e6 5 Nc3 Nf6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Nf3 O-O 8 c5 b6 9 b4 Nbd7 | (-0.25) -0.01 9... Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 a5 12. b5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 10 Qc2 h6 11 h4 . . . | (-0.38) +0.16 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bd3 a5 13. Na4 axb4 14. Nxb6 Ra3 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qd3 Ra7 19. Qb5 Ne4 20. c6 11 . . . Ng4 | (0.00) +0.38 11... Bb7 12. Bf4 a5 13. Nb5 axb4 14. Bc7 Qe8 15. cxb6 Ne4 16. Bd3 Ra6 17. Na7 Ra3 18. Bb5 b3 19. Qb2 bxa2 20. Rxa2 Rxa2 12 Bf4 . . . | (-0.56) 0.00 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. c6 Ndf6 14. b5 e5 15. dxe5 d4 16. Ne4 Nxe5 17. O-O- O Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qa3 19. Kb1 Qb4 20. Kc1 12 . . . Bb7 | (+0.04) +0.56 12... bxc5 13. dxc5 a5 14. c6 axb4 15. cxd7 Bf6 16. dxc8=Q Rxc8 17. Rb1 Bxc3 18. Bd2 Bd4 19. Nxd4 Rxc2 20. Nxc2 Qf6 21. Rxb4 Qxf2 13 Nb5 a6 | (-0.21) +0.13 13... Bc6 14. Bc7 Qc8 15. Bg3 bxc5 16. bxc5 Ndf6 17. Nd6 Qd8 18. Bd3 Qa5 19. Qd2 14 Nd6 Bxd6 15 Bxd6 Re8 16 Rc1 b5? | (-1.44) -0.06 16... e5 17. Be2 Rc8 18. dxe5 d4 19. O-O Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qh3 h5 23. Rfd1 Nc6 24. Bf3 bxc5 25. bxc5 Qf6 17 Be2? . . . | (+0.23) +1.44 17. c6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 e5 19. Bc7 exd4 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Nxd4 Qe4 22. Qc3 Qxg2 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Re4 25. Rd1 Rxb4 26. Rxd5 17 . . . f5?? | (-2.60) -0.23 17... Nb6 18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Qf4 Nf6 20. g4 Ne4 21. Bc7 Qd7 22. g5 f6 23. gxf6 Rf8 24. Be5 Nxf6 25. O-O 18 Ne5?? . . . | (+0.78) +2.60 18. c6 Rc8 19. cxd7 Qxd7 20. Bc5 e5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. O-O d4 24. f3 Qe6 25. Bd3 Rd8 26. Rfd1 Kh8 27. Qb2 18 . . . Ngxe5 | 19 dxe5 Rc8 | (-1.20) -0.88 19... Nb8 20. Bh5 20 Bh5 Bc6 | 21 g4 . . . | The rook doesn't have to be captured right away. I hope that by keeping my bishop on the board for a few more moves, its influence on the light squares near the Black king will be useful in developing my attack. (+1.03) +1.54 21. Rh3 a5 22. a3 Ra8 23. Kf1 Qc8 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. bxa5 Nf8 26. Rb1 Kh7 27. Rg3 Kh8 28. Kg1 Qa6 29. Bc7 Rdc8 30. Bb6 | 21 . . . a5?? | (-2.64) -1.03 21... d4 22. Rh3 Bg2 23. Rh2 Bf3 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. gxf5 Qh5 26. Kf1 Qg4 27. fxe6 Qxe6 28. Qb3 Bd5 29. Qh3 Qf7 30. Rd1 Be6 | 22 a3? . . . | (+1.27) +2.64 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Qxf5 Rxe5 24. Bxe5 Qe7 25. Rg1 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Rc3 Nc4 28. bxa5 Nxa5 29. Rf3 Rc7 30. Rf6 d4 31. Rxh6 | 22 . . . axb4 23 axb4 d4 24 Rh3 Be4 25 Qd2 fxg4 26 Bxg4 Bf5 27 Bxf5 exf5 28 Qxd4 . . . | (+0.59) +1.20 28. f4 Nf8 29. Qxd4 28 . . . Re6?? | (-2.53) -0.59 28... Nxe5 29. Kf1 Nc6 30. Qd5 Kh8 31. Qxf5 Nxb4 32. Qg4 Nc6 33. Rf3 Kg8 34. Rd1 Ne5 35. Bxe5 Qxd1 36. Kg2 Rxe5 29 Qd5 Qe8 30 f4?? . . . | (+0.80) +2.45 30. Kf1 Nb6 31. cxb6 Rxc1 32. Kg2 Qf7 33. Rd3 Kh7 34. b7 Qh5 35. b8=Q Qg4 36. Rg3 Qxh4 37. Rxg7 30 . . . Nb6?? | (-3.51) -0.80 30... Nf6 31. Qb3 Ne4 32. Rd1 Kh7 33. h5 g5 34. Kf1 gxf4 35. Qf3 Qf7 36. Qxf4 Ree8 37. Rf3 Qxh5 38. Ke1 Kg6 39. Ra1 Rcd8 31 Qd3 | Black's time expired here. | | Alan Lasser | "Chess Game of the Week" is published and sent out by email every Saturday morning by Alan Lasser | Email your subscription request to blacklightalanlasser@blacklightmazes.com | Alan Lasser web site www.blacklightmazes.com

CHESS Stephen Dann May 19

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Mon, 27 May 2013 21:26:00 +0000

CHESS Stephen Dann May 19 | White in today's position has just grabbed a pawn. How does black move to put a high price on this mistake? Answer below | Gata Kamsky of New York won his fourth U.S. Championship title after defeating fellow GM Alejandro Ramirez in a two-stage playoff. Both had 6.5 of 9 points in the 24-player, 10-day event in St. Louis. | Irina Krush of New York finished 8-1 and won the women's championship round robin, defending her title, her fifth in all dating back to 1998. | Ramirez, Timur Gareev and Alexander Onischuk, who took second, third and fourth, all are from Texas. Of the New England players, Larry Christiansen of Cambridge tied for sixth and Sam Shankland, a student at Brandeis, tied for 12th. Others with ties to the region included Robert Hess (student at Yale), tied for 14th, Alexander Ivanov of Newton, and Jorge Sammour-Hasbun of Rhode Island, both tied for 20th, with 3-6 in the ultra-strong event. | Two changes were announced last week to the USCF rating system, effective this weekend. One affects the number of effective games for players below 2355 (99 percent) to enable ratings to go up or down more quickly, changing the K factors for various skill levels. The second only affects higher rated players in fast time controls, now that play is rated in four ways, based on time controls and correspondence games, each with separate ratings. | Carissa Yip, 9, of Chelmsford, has qualified for the www.chessKid.com 2nd Online National Championship, June 14-17, sponsored by www.chess.com. The sections were doubled from two to four this year, and each will be an eight-player round robin, Carissa in the under-age-10 group. ChessKid.com offers a free chess curriculum download suitable for both classroom and informal instruction of youngsters by parents. | The 82nd Mass. Open will be next weekend at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlboro, with six rounds, two each on Saturday through Monday. On each day there will be a scholastic side event, all detailed at www.masschess.org Also on the site this week is a statement by Richard "Doc" Kinne, the incoming editor of Chess Horizons, announcing his new format and publication dates and deadlines. | Results of Norway's "supertournament" that ended yesterday can be found at www.norwaychess.com Two Americans, Kamsky and Hikaru Nakamura, are next competing in the FIDE Grand Prix in Greece, Tuesday until June 4 www.fide.com | David Vigorito of Andover won last weekend's 42-player Beantown Open in Braintree, and Jesse Nicholas of Newton won the Boylston Chess Club of Somerville's May Grand Prix. Carissa Yip was clear third, gaining about 50 rating points. | Answer to quiz: Black wins big time with 1. ... Na5 and white's queen is trapped. The game from 2011 at the Metrowest Chess Club of Natick is presented in the www.tacticstime.com e-book of 1,000 positions, which will be available in print later this year at www.newinchess.com | Order the Telegram & Gazette, delivered daily to your home or office! www.telegram.com/homedelivery

Alan Lasser's Chess Game of the Week - May 25 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Sun, 26 May 2013 23:25:00 +0000

In the unlikely event that it's a nice afternoon this Sunday, some of the New Paltz area players are probably going to meet at the Water Street Market and start a new chess club. If you are a New Paltz player and GOTW reader I'll send you an email on Sunday with the expected starting time when I get the word that it's actually going to happen. The Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, a B-list grandmaster round-robin in Sweden, seems to start(because of transmission delay) each day around 8:30 am at http://www.sigeman-chess.com/live although the last round on Tuesday will start two hours earlier. The A-list GMs are at the Thessalonki Grand Prix, their games start at 7 am. http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com/en/component/article/40-static-content/133-live-games There at 21 Grandmasters at the Chicago Open, games from there can also be seen live via the internet at www.monroi.com (or use the link from chicagoopen.net) Today and tomorrow, the rounds are at noon and 7 pm; monday at 11 and 5:30. The latest attempt by the psychedelic opening laboratory to try and set back chess theory a few hundred years is the opening I call the "Wild Snail". It's not one of those docile creatures raised on snail farms to become restaurant cuisine; no, the wild snail comes at you very, very, very slowly and then tries to jump up and bite you around the ankles. Sure, after move four, my opponent has more space; but space must be converted to a material advantage in order to win, and that means captures, combinations, and tactics where anything might happen; especially at the time limit of game/10. | | White Alan Lasser Black Chris Lamerson Event game/10 Site Rosendale Chess Club Date 2013.05.22 Result 1-0 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 Ng1 . . . (-0.53) +0.07 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nc6 7. h3 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Be2 Nh5 11. O-O 2 . . . d5 3 Nc3 e5 4 Nb1 . . . Everyone would rather have the Black pieces here. (-1.29) -0.91 4. d3 Nc6 5. e4 d4 6. Nce2 Be6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. Bd2 O-O 4 . . . c5 5 d3 Nbd7 Even if Black makes the right move here, the computer never thinks that his space advantage is worth more than a pawn. (+0.68) +1.01 5... Nc6 6. Nd2 Be6 7. e4 h6 8. c3 Bd6 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nc4 6 Nd2 Bd6 7 e4 dxe4 (+0.22) +0.64 7... h6 8. Be2 8 Nxe4 Nxe4 9 dxe4 Qe7 10 b3 Nf6 11 Bd3 Be6 12 Bb2 . . . Even with my bad move here, I still don't have anything worse than a normal opening disadvantage. (-0.50) -0.16 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O c4 14. bxc4 Rfc8 15. Bg5 Bxc4 16. Nh4 12 . . . O-O-O (+0.22) +0.50 12... c4 13. bxc4 O-O-O 14. Qf3 13 Nf3 . . . (-0.62) -0.22 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Nf3 c4 13 . . . c4 14 bxc4 Bb4+ 15 c3 Ba5 (+0.25) +0.85 15... Nxe4 16. O-O 16 Qc2 Rd7 (-0.24) +0.24 16... Qc5 17. O-O Rxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxc4 19. Qc2 17 Nxe5 Rdd8 18 O-O? . . . (-0.75) +0.22 18. Nf3 Nxe4 19. O-O Nc5 20. Ba3 Qc7 21. Be2 g6 22. Nd4 Rhe8 18 . . . Bc7? (-0.33) +0.75 18... Qd6 19. f4 Nh5 20. Bc1 Bb6 21. Kh1 19 Nf3 Qc5 20 a4 Bxc4 21 Nd4 Qe5 (-1.01) -0.28 21... Qh5 22. g3 Ng4 23. h4 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 g5 25. Bc1 gxh4 26. Qb5 Qe5 27. Rb1 Qxb5 28. Rxb5 hxg3 29. fxg3 Bxg3 30. Rxf7 Bc7 22 f4 Qc5 (-1.67) -1.02 22... Bxd3 23. fxe5 Bxc2 23 Ba3 Bxd3 24 Qxd3 Qa5 (-2.18) -1.85 24... Qh5 25. Rab1 25 Bb4? . . . (+1.34) +2.18 25. Rfb1 Qa6 25 . . . Qh5 (-1.69) -1.34 25... Qa6 26. Qf3 Bb6 27. a5 Bxd4 26 h3 . . . (+1.28) +1.69 26. a5 a6 27. e5 Nd5 26 . . . Rhe8 27 e5 Nd5 28 Bc5 Nb6?? (-3.74) -1.80 28... f6 29. Rab1 fxe5 30. Nb5 b6 31. Qc4 exf4 29 Bxb6 . . . (+3.18) +3.74 29. a5 Nd7 30. Bxa7 29 . . . Bxb6 30 a5 Bc5?? (-6.22) -3.11 30... Bxd4 31. cxd4 31 Qc4 b6?? (-mate 10) -6.37 31... Rxe5 32. fxe5 32 axb6 axb6 33 Ra8+ Kc7 34 Ra7+ Kb8 35 Rfa1 Bxd4+ 36 cxd4 blacklightmazes@me.com blacklightalanlasser@blacklightmazes.com web site: www.blacklightmazes.com

CHESS COLUMN by Stephen Dann - May 26 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Sun, 26 May 2013 23:20:00 +0000

CHESS Stephen Dann It's your turn to find the best move for white in today's position. Answer below. The 82nd Mass. Open continues today and tomorrow with rounds 3 to 6 at the Royal Plaza Best Western Hotel in Marlboro. Tomorrow's scholastic side event, for grades K-6, begins at 10:30 a.m. Details at www.masschess.org Check the MACA website Monday to find out the new president and vice president, as ballots were counted Saturday, and the annual meeting is Monday at 9 a.m. before round 5. Sad international news with the passing of GM Lothar Schmid, 85, of Germany, who was the match referee of the World Championship in Iceland in 1972. He competed in 11 Chess Olympiads, in correspondence chess, and had one of the world's greatest chess libraries, as described in detail at www.chessbase.com He somehow convinced Fischer and Spassky to continue their duel in 1972 when all looked hopeless. While on Chessbase you can view Mike Ciamarra's ongoing story on using chess to battle Alzheimer's disease at a VA hospital. A dozen times this month Ciamarra has tweeted on his findings, and on Monday the story and film from a CBS affiliate in Birmingham, Ala., was posted urging a global response, using mind sports like chess. He also has been recognized on www.uschess.org for his chess promotional ideas. The ongoing FIDE Grand Prix in Greece that ends June 3 has official coverage on www.playchess.com and Americans Kamsky and Nakamura have their work cut out for them in a very strong field. On www.chesscafe.com Bruce Pandolfini on Wednesday posted his Oct. 30, 1995, lesson given at an elementary school in New York City. He went back more than 100 years to find a game by Paul Morphy to illustrate a Fried Liver attack to kids in Grades 1 to 5. With 26 diagrams on two demo boards, he explains why each position requires unique thoughts and even uses a game where Morphy gave his opponent rook odds. A great feature of Chess Cafe is that through Google Translate, you can read most any of the articles in the huge archive in about 70 languages. While there, view Geurt Gijssen's "Arbiter's Notebook", with more questions posed on USCF versus World Chess Federation rules. Amazing how different these rules are in tournament play, as well as blitzes based on different situations. Pick of next weekend appears to be the Rhode Island Open in Warwick, where a hearty group of volunteers has all types of activities most every week of the year, this one over two days with Sunday side events. Answer to quiz: White plays Qh6ch leading to Nxf7ch. A recent www.tacticstime.com position. Last week's chess grid was incorrect. White pawns at c3 and f3 should have been white knights. A corrected version is on telegram.com. Order the Telegram & Gazette, delivered daily to your home or office! www.telegram.com/homedelivery

August 25 - NBCC Summer Chess - Wickham Park Manchester

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:02:00 +0000

August 25 2013 - 48th New Britain Chess Club Summer Open | Wickham Park - Manchester Connecticut | Details will appear here as they become finalized | CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM LAST YEARS EVENT

Free Saturday Chess Fest somewhere in Connecticut this summer

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Sat, 25 May 2013 17:48:00 +0000

Rob Roy wants to organize a free chess fest on a Saturday somewhere sometime this summer | Any chess player can help find contacts with a municipality or fraternal organization who can let us use their outdoor pavilion for free | Rob Roy is a certified tournament director | It must be open to the general public | I will notify all my readers | I can bring 6 tables 12 chairs | I can bring a dozen Chess clocks/boards/men | I can bring hot coffee in thermos carafes and cold soda on ice | I can rate USCF games | RobRoy810@Gmail.com | 860 887-5052

9 new links to Chess Links by Rob Roy #3

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:38:00 +0000

Ten new Chess Links by Rob Roy #2

noreply@blogger.com (Rob Roy) — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:15:00 +0000