Chess Room Newsletter #889

Newsletter #889

Oct 18, 2019

By Abel Talamantez

Table of Contents

• Mechanics' - Marshall Match
• Chess Club Visit
• Wednesday Night Blitz
• Upcoming Events
• Feedback

 Mechanics' - Marshall Match Ends in Narrow Victory For Marshall That Went Down To Final Game. Power of Chess Clubs in Bringing Communities Together in Full Force in Historic Match.

The nations two oldest chess clubs staged a fight to the finish in a live online match that can down to the final game. In the end, the 10-player team from Marshall Chess Club in New York narrowly edged out the home team of the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club 10.5-9.5 in a match that had, in my view, far greater significance and impact than just a friendly rivalry. Viewership on our channel for this event was the highest we have ever had by far, and goes to show the love and affinity people have towards their chess club and interest in brick and mortar chess clubs in general. We hope to organize and partner with other chess clubs around the country in an effort to learn about other chess communities and promote the power of chess clubs to unite communities together in using chess as a tool for community pride and engagement. We want to thank the many people that helped make this match happen, including Beatriz Marinello, Noah Chasin and the rest of the Board of the Marshall Chess Club, Bryan Quick, Executive Director of Marshall and his staff, the Mechanics' Institute Chess Committee and the staff at our Institute, Juan Cendejas, and Dr. Judit Sztaray, the club's General Manager, who was influential in helping organize the event. Special thanks to our partners for this event, Twitch and Chess.com, and special thanks to Isaac Steincamp from Chess.com for providing the live technical support during the match on their platform. 

The match was a 10-player match, with 2 players representing u/2500, u/2300, u/2100, u/1900, and u/1700 categories. The time control was G/25 +5 and double round against the same opponent. Respectively, the inaugural Mechanics' team for this match were FM Kyron Griffith, FM Josiah Stearman, IM Elliott Winslow, WFM Natalya Tsodikova, Manas Paldhe, David Askin, Cailen Melville, Felix German, Erika Malykin, and David Rakonitz. The following were the matchups for the event:

Mechanics' - Marshall

U/2500

FM Kyron Griffith (KyronGriffith) (2452) - IM Yury Lapshun (imlapshun) (2491)

FM Josiah Stearman (josiwales) (2421) - GM Michael Rohde (boo786) (2475)

U/2300

IM Elliott Winslow (ecwinslow) (2248) - FM Liam Henry Putnam (FMLiamPutnam) (2244)

WFM Natalya Tsodikova (natrost2000) (2196) - FM Jon Jacobs (FishThatRoared)(2200)

U/2100

David Askin (David_Askin) (2053) - Charles Hua (GanarDespacito) (2063)

Manas Paldhe (manaspaldhe12) (2029) - Glenn Cabasso (CabassoG) (2013)

U/1900

Cailen Melville (Mangonel) (1871) - John A Gruska (krusta80) (1835)

Felix German (FelixGerman) (1859) - Orion Lehoczky Escobar (TetsuoKaga) (1725)

U/1700

Erika Malykin (starserika) (1688) - Chloe Gaw (poisedsummer) (1530)

David Rakonitz (MechAnjin) (1639) - Stefan Sekulic Derdowski (stefansd) (1357)

Erika Malykin lit the fireworks for the match right out of the gate, as she scored the first point of the match within the first few minutes. She caught her opponent in a well-known trap out of the Budapest (sure to make Judit proud) and produced this beautiful mate: Gaw - Malykin

In the other games, IM Yuri Lapshun did not arrive at the start of his match with FM Kyron Griffith due to NY traffic, so it was a forfeit. All other games started on time, and after the 1st round of games, Mechanics led comfortably 7-3, but included Marshall's top overall board GM Michael Rohde won a technical game against his former student FM Josiah Stearman. The second round of games was a different story. Marshall players seemed to settle in to mount a comeback. As the evening went on Marshall held an 9-8 lead with two games remaining. Cailen Melville seemed in control of his match and was up +5 on his opponent when suddenly there was internet disconnection. Here was the position at time of disconnect, with white to move: Melville - Gruska

This was of course quite ironic given we are in the Bay Area, but he could not reconnect in time and he lost on time. With Marshall leading 10-9, it was all down to Natalya, who was in a complicated game and both players were short on time. The position got to a point where Natalya had 2 queens on the board, but the position was such that her opponent had a perpetual and the game ended in a draw, sealing the win for Marshall, 10.5 - 9.5.

The tournament was a huge success and we saw in the broadcast people rooting and cheering for their clubs. We believe organizing matches such as these really help promote a positive culture within the club and offers the opportunity for others to learn about the players and happenings of other clubs in other communities. We hope to organize more matches like this in the future, perhaps organizing something larger. The real winners Tuesday night were the chess fans, who got to see a battle of the two oldest chess clubs in the U.S., by the players that participate at the club on a regular basis. The involvement of the regular club player, and that it featured players of varying skill levels really made it feel like a club match, and in many ways, made it just as exciting or more than watching super GM's play. 

Thank you to everyone who followed the match and supported our event. To re-live the thrilling action of this historic match, watch it through our YouTube channel at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3AkTDKRBFM

To view the pgn of the games played during the match, follow this link and scroll down for the files:
https://www.milibrary.org/chess-tournaments/mechanics-marshall-match

Or visit the following link: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/4850

Below are some photos from the match, played from inside our chess clubs. Enjoy everyone!

Games From the Match

[White "josiwales"]
[Black "boo786"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2626"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. Ne2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qd3 b6 11. f4 h6 12. d5 Na5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. c5 bxc5 15.
Qb5 Nb7 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Qa4 c4 18. Qc2 Bg4 19. Bc5 Bh5 20. Rae1 Bg6 21. Nc1
Nxd5 22. a4 a5 23. Kh1 Nb6 24. Rd1 Qd7 25. Rxd6 cxd6 26. Bxb6 Reb8 27. Bg1 Rb7
28. Qd1 Rab8 29. Qd5 Qxa4 30. Qxd6 f6 31. Ne2 Qc2 32. Ba7 Qxe2 33. Bxb8 Rb2 34.
Qd5+ Kh8 35. Rg1 Rxb8 36. h4 a4 37. Ra1 Rb2 38. Rg1 a3 {boo786 won by
resignation} 0-1

[White "boo786"]
[Black "josiwales"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2398"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qa5
15. Bd2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Qa6 17. Bg5 Bb8 18. Bf1 Qa5 19. Qf5 Qb4 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Qf8 24. Nc3 Qe8 25. f4 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. e5
Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Kf3 f6 30. exf6+ Nxf6 31. g4 h6 32. Bd3 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5
34. Ne4 Nxe4 35. Kxe4 {Game drawn by agreement} 1/2-1/2

[White "FMLiamPutnam"]
[Black "ecwinslow"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
 

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Be3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Rfc8 14. Nd2 Qxb2 15.
Rfc1 Qa3 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Rab1 b5 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. Bf1 Qa3 20. f4 Nh5 21. Nb3
Nxg3 22. Qg2 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nxb3 24. Rxb3 Qc5+ 25. Kh2 Nxf1+ 26. Qxf1 b4 27. Ne2
Qb6 28. Be3 Qb7 29. Nd4 Be5+ 30. Kg1 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Rc8 32. Qd2 a5 33. Nf3 Bc3
34. Qh2 Qa6 35. Bd4 Bxd4+ 36. Nxd4 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Qc4 38. Qxd6 Qxd4 39. Qxd7
Qxe4+ 40. Rf3 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 Qe5+ 42. Kg4 Rg2+ {ecwinslow won by resignation} 0-1

[White "ecwinslow"]
[Black "FMLiamPutnam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
 

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Nb3 b5 14. a3 Ne5 15.
Qd4 Rc8 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Bxb6 Bc6 18. Ba5 Nfd7 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Na5 Ba8 21. b3
g6 22. Be2 Kf8 23. Rd4 Kg7 24. g3 Rhd8 25. Rhd1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. f4 Ng4 28.
Bxg4 hxg4 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Re1 Bf6 32. Ne2 Be4 33. Kc1 Rd6 34.
b4 c4 35. Rd1 Bb2+ {FMLiamPutnam won by resignation} 0-1

[White "natrost2000"]
[Black "FishThatRoared"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
 

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. Ngf3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ba6 10. Qe2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 O-O 14. Nb3 a6 15.
Re1 b5 16. Nc5 Nb6 17. Nd2 Nc4 18. Ndb3 Ra7 19. f4 Qc8 20. Rf1 a5 21. Bd2 axb4
22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 g6 24. Bc3 Rd8 25. g4 Kh8 26. Kh1 Rg8 27. Nc1 Bxc5 28.
dxc5 d4 29. Be1 Qb7 30. Qe4 Ra8 31. Rxa8+ Qxa8 32. Nd3 Qe8 33. Bh4 Ne3 34. Bf6+
Kg8 35. Qf3 Qd7 36. h4 Qd5 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. g5 Nf5 39. h5 gxh5 40. Kh2 Ne3 41.
Kg3 Nc2 42. f5 N2xb4 43. Nf4 d3 44. Kf2 h4 45. e6 fxe6 46. fxe6 d2 47. Ke2 h3
48. Nxh3 Na6 49. Kxd2 Nxc5 50. Nf4 d4 51. e7 Kf7 52. Nd5 b4 53. Nxb4 Nxb4 54.
Bxd4 {natrost2000 won on time} 1-0

[White "FishThatRoared"]
[Black "natrost2000"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
 

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c5 7. c4 d4 8. b4 Nc6
9. bxc5 e5 10. d3 Nd7 11. Nfd2 Nxc5 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 15.
Bxe4 Qc7 16. Nd2 a5 17. Bg2 f5 18. a3 a4 19. Qc2 Bc5 20. Rfb1 Qe7 21. Qb2 Ra6
22. Qc1 Kg7 23. Rb5 Na7 24. Rb2 Nc6 25. Raa2 g5 26. Rb1 Kg6 27. Rb5 Na7 28.
Rbb2 Nc6 29. g4 Bxa3 30. gxf5+ Bxf5 31. Ne4 Bxb2 32. Qxb2 Qb4 33. Qc1 h6 34.
Ng3 a3 35. Nxf5 Kxf5 36. Be4+ Kf6 37. Qf1 Kg7 38. Qh3 Ne7 39. Qd7 Kf6 40. Qxb7
Rb6 41. Qa8 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qxa2 43. Qf8+ Ke6 44. Qxh6+ Kd7 45. Qxb6 Qb2 46. Qa7+
Ke8 47. Qa4+ Kf8 48. Qd7 a2 49. Bd5 Nxd5 50. cxd5 a1=Q 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Qd7+
Kf6 53. Qe6+ Kg7 54. Qe7+ Kg6 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ Kg6 57. Qe6+ Kh5 58. Qh3+
Kg6 59. Qe6+ {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2

[White "David_Askin"]
[Black "GanarDespacito"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
 

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Bb7
9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nxb6 11. e4 O-O 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. h3 Qa5 14. Rb1 Ne8 15. Bd2
Nc7 16. b3 Nb5 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Rbc1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Be3 a5 21. Rfe1 Ba6
22. Bf1 Na3 23. Qd2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rfb8 25. Nb2 Qb7 26. Nd3 Bg7 27. Bh6 Bh8 28.
h4 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rfe1 Qa6 31. Nf4 Nc4 32. Qe2 Ne5 33. Rc2 Qxe2 34. Rexe2
Ng4 35. Bg5 f6 36. f3 fxg5 37. fxg4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Bd4+ 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. f5 gxf5
41. exf5 Be5 42. Kf3 Rf4+ {GanarDespacito won by resignation} 0-1

[White "GanarDespacito"]
[Black "David_Askin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
 

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. c5 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. b4
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nc6 12. Bd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Bb5 Bd7
15. Rb1 e5 16. Qd5 exd4+ 17. Kf1 Bf5 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rd1 Bc2
21. Rd2 d3 22. Bg5 Bc3 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. a3 g5 25. g4 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 Re8 27. f3
Re2 28. Ne4 Bb3 29. Nf2 Bc4 30. Kg2 d2 31. a4 Re1 32. h3 Rxh1 33. Kxh1 Bb3 34.
b5 Bxa4 35. b6 axb6 36. cxb6 d1=Q+ 37. Nxd1 Bxd1 38. b7 Bxf3+ 39. Kh2 Bd5 40.
b8=Q+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kg6 42. Qf5+ Kh6 43. Qf6# {GanarDespacito won by checkmate}
1-0

[White "krusta80"]
[Black "Mangonel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
 

1. c4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
a5 9. b3 d6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15. Kh1
f5 16. exf5 Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rxf5 20. f4 Rxf4 21. Ne4
Qf8 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qa2 Rxe4 24. c5+ Kh8 25. dxe4 Qf3+ 26. Kh3 h5 27. Qa8+
Kh7 28. Qc8 Qxe4 29. Ra8 Qg4+ 30. Qxg4 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 bxc5 32. bxc5 dxc5 33.
Ra5 Nb3 34. Rb5 c4 35. Rb4 Nd2 36. Rb2 Nf1 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. Rf2 Kf5 39. Rxf1 e4+
40. Ke3+ Ke5 41. Rd1 c3 42. Rd4 c2 43. Rc4 Kf5 44. Rxc2 {krusta80 won by
resignation} 1-0

[White "Mangonel"]
[Black "krusta80"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
 

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Ba3 Ne4 8. Qc1 Nd6
9. Qf4 Nf5 10. cxd5 Qa5 11. Bb2 exd5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bg2 f6 14. O-O Re8 15. e3
Nd6 16. Ne1 Bf5 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. a3 Qc7 19. Rac1 a6 20. Nxd5 Qd8 21. Nc3 h5 22.
Rce1 Bh6 23. Nf4 g5 24. e4 gxf4 25. exf5 f3 26. Qxh6 fxg2 27. Kxg2 Nxf5 28.
Qg6+ Ng7 29. Re4 Nf8 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Qxf6 Nh7 32. Qh6 Rd8 33. Nd1 Qe4+ 34.
Kg1 Re8 35. Ne3 Re6 36. Qf4 Qd3 37. Qb8+ Re8 38. Qxb7 Ng5 39. Qxc6 Rxe3 {
krusta80 won on time} 0-1

[White "manaspaldhe12"]
[Black "CabassoG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
 

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 a6 7. a3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Nd5 12. Bg3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. a4 b4 15.
cxb4 Nxb4 16. Rb1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 c5 19. Rfd1 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qa5 21.
Qb6 Qf5 22. Kg2 h5 23. Qb7 Bf6 24. Qe4 Qg5 25. h4 Qa5 26. Rb7 Rad8 27. Bc7 Qc5
28. Bxd8 Bxd8 29. Rb8 Bc7 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qc6 Be5 32. Qxa6 Bf6 33. Rc1 Qb4
34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Rc4 Qa3 36. Qc5 {manaspaldhe12 won by resignation} 1-0

[White "CabassoG"]
[Black "manaspaldhe12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
 

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 Nd5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Qh6 Qg7 19. Qh4 Rae8 20. Ng5 Bc8
21. Bb3 h6 22. Nf3 Be6 23. Re5 Nc7 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Rae1 Rd8 26. Qe7 Nxd4 27.
Qxb7 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Rd3 30. R1e3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rd8 32. Qe7 Qd4 33.
b3 Rd5 34. h4 Kg7 35. Re4 Qc5 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Ra4 a5 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. Rf4+ Ke6
40. b4 axb4 41. Rxb4 Rc2 42. a4 Ra2 43. Rb6 Kd5 44. Ra6 Kc4 45. Rxc6+ Kb4 46.
Rf6 Rxa4 47. Rxf7 Ra6 48. Rh7 h5 49. Rc7 Rf6 50. f4 Kb5 51. Kf3 Rf5 52. Re7 Rf6
53. Ke4 Kc6 54. Ke5 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Kd6 56. Re5 Rf6 57. f5 gxf5+ 58. Rxf5 Rh6 59.
Kf4 Ke6 60. f3 Ke7 61. Kg5 Rh7 62. Kg6 Rh8 63. Rxh5 Rf8 64. Rf5 Rg8+ 65. Kh5
Ke6 66. Rg5 Rf8 67. Kg4 Ra8 68. h5 Ra1 69. Rg6+ Kf7 70. f4 Rg1+ 71. Kf5 Rh1 72.
Kg5 Rg1+ 73. Kh6 Rf1 74. Rg4 Ra1 75. Kh7 Ra5 76. h6 Ra8 77. Rg7+ Kf6 78. Rg8
Ra7+ 79. Kh8 Rb7 80. h7 Ra7 81. Rf8+ Ke7 82. Kg8 Ra6 83. h8=Q Rg6+ 84. Kh7 {
CabassoG won by resignation} 1-0

[White "FelixGerman"]
[Black "TetsuoKaga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
 

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. f3 e3 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. a3 Be7 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. b4 e2 14. Qxe2 h6 15.
Be3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b5 Nb8 18. Rfe1 Bd6 19. Rad1 Be5 20. Nce4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Qc7 22. g3 d6 23. f4 Bb2 24. Rxd6 Bxa3 25. Qc4 Nd7 26. Qxe6+ Rf7 27. Rc6
Qa5 28. Rd1 Nf8 29. Qc4 Re8 30. Nd6 Ree7 31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. Ra6 Qb4 33. Qa2 Bb2
34. Rxa7 c4 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Rb1 Qe7 37. Qxc4+ Ke8 38. Bf2 Qf6 39. Re1+ Kd8
40. b6 Bc3 41. Qc7# {FelixGerman won by checkmate} 1-0

[White "TetsuoKaga"]
[Black "FelixGerman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
 

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bh4 Rad8 14. Bg3 Qb4
15. Bb3 Nc5 16. Be5 Nxb3 17. axb3 c5 18. Ra4 Qb6 19. Rc4 cxd4 20. Na4 Qb5 21.
Rxd4 b6 22. Nc3 Qc5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qf3 Rd2 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Ne4 Qxc2 27.
Nxd2 Qxd2 28. Rd1 Qxb2 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qxa7 Qxb3 31. Qd7 b5 32. Rd3 Qb1+ 33.
Kh2 Be5+ 34. g3 b4 35. Rf3 Bf6 36. Qxf7 b3 37. Rxf6 b2 38. Rf4 g5 39. Qh5+ Kg8
40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Rf8 Kh6 42. Rh8+ Qh7 43. Rxh7+ Kxh7 44. Qb5 e5 45. Qxb2 g6 46.
Kg2 e4 47. h4 {TetsuoKaga won by resignation} 1-0

[White "poisedsummer"]
[Black "starserika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1520"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
 

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5
8. axb4 Nd3# {starserika won by checkmate} 0-1

[White "starserika"]
[Black "poisedsummer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1558"]
[BlackElo "1544"]
 

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. f3 Bf5 8. Be5
e6 9. Nge2 Bxc5 10. Bd4 Bd6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Qd2 a6 13. Bd3 Nxd4 14. exd4 Bh7
15. a3 Qa5 16. Kf2 Rc8 17. Rhe1 b5 18. Bxh7 Bxg3+ 19. hxg3 Nxh7 20. b4 Qc7 21.
Nxd5 Qxc2 22. Qe2 Qxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Kd8 24. Nf4 Nf6 25. Nd3 Ke7 26. Nc5 Rc6 27.
Rd1 Rd8 28. Nb7 Rd5 29. Nc5 Rcd6 30. Red2 e5 31. Nb7 Rd7 32. Nc5 R7d6 33. Re2
Rxd4 34. Rxe5+ Kf8 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Nxa6 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Rd3 38. Rxb5 Rxa3 39.
Nc7 Rb3 40. Na6 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 Rb3 42. Rb8+ Ke7 43. b5 Nd5 44. Nc5 Rb2+ 45. Kg1
Ne3 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Ne4+ Kg6 48. Nf2 Rb1+ 49. Kh2 Rb2 50. Kg1 Rb1+ 51. Kh2 Rb2
52. Nd3 Rxg2+ 53. Kh3 Rg1 54. Nf4+ Kf6 55. g4 Nf1 56. Nh5+ Kg6 57. Nf4+ Kf6 58.
Nh5+ Kg6 59. Rb6+ Kh7 60. g5 hxg5 61. Rb7 Kg6 62. Rb6+ Kxh5 {poisedsummer won
on time} 0-1

[White "MechAnjin"]
[Black "stefansd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "1351"]
 

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 c5 8. Bb5+
Nc6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Qf3 f6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6+ Rxc6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O
Be7 15. Rd1 Rd6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qf5 Kh8 20. Ba5 Qe8
21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Qb5 23. Bc3 Rd8 24. Qf5 Qe2 25. Qb1 h5 26. Qe1 Qg4 27.
h3 Qe6 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Qf7 30. Qd7 g5 31. Qxa7 Kg7 32. Qd7 Kg6 33. a4 Bf8
34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. b3 Bd6 36. Kf1 f5 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. Bf6 g4 40.
hxg4 hxg4 41. f3 gxf3 42. gxf3 Ke6 43. Bc3 Kd5 44. e4+ fxe4+ 45. fxe4+ Ke6 46.
Kc4 Kd7 47. Kd5 Be7 48. Ba5 Ke8 49. Bb6 Kd7 50. Bxc5 Bd8 51. b4 Kc7 52. e5 Kd7
53. e6+ Ke8 54. a5 Bc7 55. a6 {MechAnjin won by resignation} 1-0

[White "stefansd"]
[Black "MechAnjin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1345"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
 

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qxb2 8.
Nbd2 Nge7 9. Bd3 Nf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Nb3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Bc1
Qc3 15. Bd2 Qc4 16. Rc1 Qb5 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Nc5 Rab8 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Qd2 Na5
21. Rfc1 b6 22. Rc3 Nc4 23. Qc2 Qa5 24. Nb3 Qa6 25. Nfd2 Na3 26. Qb2 Nxb1 27.
Qxb1 Rfc8 28. Rh3 Rc7 29. f4 Rbc8 30. Nf3 Qe2 31. Nfd2 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 Qxf4+ 33.
Rf3 Qxh2 34. Kf2 Rc3 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. Qb2 Qg3+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39.
Kg1 Rc7 40. Nf3 h6 41. Qa3 Qe3+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kh2 Rc2 45. Qb4
Qf2 46. Nfd2 f4 47. Kh1 f3 48. gxf3 Bh3 {MechAnjin won by resignation} 0-1

Chess Club Visit from Los Angeles

The chess club gets many new visitors every week, and this week Vladimir Eugene stopped by to visit the club off a cruise ship! That's commitment folks! He is from Los Angeles and is a casual online player, though is quite strong given his non tournament experience. He got a game in with yours truly and FM Paul Whitehead. Thanks for visiting!

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