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3 players tie for first place at GREAT HARTFORD OPEN
Posted: 18 Mar 2018 08:09 AM PDT
Two national experts and a new player from New York tied for first place of the 2018 Greater Hartford Open, each winning $80.
Suhas Kodali, Joe Bihlmeyer, and Jon Smucker each scored a total of two wins and one draw during the Swiss-style tournament held on March 17 in Coventry.
Christopher Scarborough of Plainfield finished with two wins, losing his last-round game with Kodali.
Smucker was able to hold off Bihlmeyer to a drawn game in the last round.
Eleven players from the tri-state area competed in this day-long event. Free lunch of hamburgers was provided.
Bob Cyr, the Chess Historian for Connecticut, visited us as a goodwill ambassador, brought donuts and cookies, and helped us by playing a game as houseman.
Thanks to the New Britain Chess Club and the Norwich Chess Club for their representation in this tournament.
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Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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1 | SUHAS KODALI |2.5 |W 7|D 5|W 4|
CT | 13764792 / R: 2107 ->2106 | | | | |
| Q: 1976 ->1980 | | | | |
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2 | JOSEPH E BIHLMEYER |2.5 |W 6|W 7|D 3|
CT | 12686352 / R: 2043 ->2040 | | | | |
| Q: 1927 ->1926 | | | | |
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3 | JONATHAN SMUCKER |2.5 |W 11|W 10|D 2|
NY | 16150138 / R: 1537P13->1560P16 | | | | |
| Q: 1530P13->1552P16 | | | | |
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4 | CHRISTOPHER SCARBOROUGH |2.0 |W 10|W 11|L 1|
CT | 16392185 / R: 1279P8 ->1279P11 | | | | |
| Q: 1179P8 ->1179P11 | | | | |
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5 | MICHAEL STEPHEN SMITH |1.5 |W 9|D 1|U |
CT | 12457896 / R: 1970 ->1978 | | | | |
| Q: 1935 ->1939 | | | | |
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6 | DANIEL ZHOU |1.5 |L 2|D 9|W 11|
CT | 14927462 / R: 1734 ->1723 | | | | |
| Q: 1601 ->1591 | | | | |
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7 | JITHU SAJEEVAN |1.0 |L 1|L 2|W 9|
CT | 15756176 / R: 1780 ->1778 | | | | |
| Q: 1736 ->1727 | | | | |
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8 | ROBERT CYR |1.0 |U |U |W 10|
CT | 12489098 / R: 1604 ->1605 | | | | |
| Q: 1549 ->1550 | | | | |
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9 | ROLAND D BOOKER III |0.5 |L 5|D 6|L 7|
MA | 10569176 / R: 1600 ->1600 | | | | |
| Q: 1500 ->1500 | | | | |
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10 | JUDY J SIMONDS |0.0 |L 4|L 3|L 8|
CT | 13745435 / R: 782 -> 778 | | | | |
| Q: 777 -> 770 | | | | |
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11 | JANICE ELAINE JENKINS |0.0 |L 3|L 4|L 6|
MA | 16175144 / R: 726 -> 722 | | | | |
| Q: 739 -> 733 | | | | |
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When a grandmaster sacrifices three pawns, they usually get an attack, so this week it’s Nakamura’s king who goes for a walk. Working against him is the time limit for this event, game/25 with ten second increments. He succeeds in taking one computer-approved king-step after another until he doesn’t have enough time left to find complicated solutions.
GM Daniil Dubov-GM Hikaru Nakamura
3/2/18
2018 Tal Memorial (rapids)
[Event "2018 Tal Memorial Rapids"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "GM Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.d4 e5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Be2 exd4 10.Bg5 Qg6 11.O-O dxc3 12.Bd3 Qd6 13.Re1+ Be7 ( 13...Be6 14.Qb3
Qb4 15.Qd1 Be7 16.Rb1 Qd6 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Rxb7 Rd8 19.Bc2 Qxd1 20.Bxd1 O-O
{ -0.08 Stockfish } ) 14.c5 ( 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Ne5 Be6 17.Qxc3
O-O 18.c5 Qd8 19.Qc2 h6 20.Rad1 Qc8 { -0.07 Stockfish } ) 14...Qxc5 15.Bxe7
Nxe7 16.Re5 Qd6 17.Bb5+ Kf8 18.Qe2 f6 19.Rd1 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Bf5 21.Rxd6 cxd6
22.Nd7+ Kf7 23.Qc4+ Be6 24.Qf4+ Nf5 ( 24...Bf5 25.Qc4+ Be6 26.Qf4+ Bf5
{ = Stockfish } ) 25.g4 Rad8 $4 { +8.34/24 } ( 25...c2 { 0.00/22 } 26.gxf5
Bxa2
{ 26...Bxd7 27. Bxd7 Rhc8 28. Be6+ Ke7 29. Qc1 Rc5 30. Kg2 d5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5
32. Qxc2 Rd7 = Stockfish } 27.Bc4+
{ 27. Bd3 Rac8 28. Bxc2 Rxc2 29. f6 Rg8 30. fxg7+ Ke7 31. Qe4+ Kxd7 32.
Qxc2 Rxg7+ 33. Kf1 Bd5 +0.41 Stockfish } 27...Bxc4 28.Qxc4+ Ke7 29.Nc5
c1=Q+ 30.Qxc1 dxc5 31.Qxc5+ Kf6 32.Qd6+ Kxf5 33.Qd5+ Kf6 34.Qd6+ Kg5 35.Qd5+
Kg6 36.Qd6+ Kh5 37.Qd5+ g5 38.Qf7+ Kh4 39.Qc4+ g4 40.Qe6 h6 41.Qf6+ Kh5
42.Qf5+ Kh4 43.Qf6+ ) 26.gxf5 Bxd7 27.Bc4+ ( 27.Qc4+ Ke7 28.Qh4+ Ke8 29.Qh5+
Kf8 30.Qg5 Bxb5 31.Qxd8+ Be8 32.Qxd6+ Kf7 33.Qe6+ Kf8 34.f6 gxf6 35.Qxf6+ Kg8
36.Qxc3 h5 { +4.58 Stockfish } ) 27...d5 28.Bxd5+ Kf6 29.Qd6+ Kxf5 30.Bc4
$6 { +4.00/21 } ( 30.Bb3 { +5.25/21 } 30...g6
{ 30...Bc6 31. Qe6+ Kf4 32. Bc2 Rd1+ 33. Bxd1 Re8 34. Qd6+ Re5 35. Qd4+ Re4
36. Qxc3 +10.41 Stockfish } 31.h4 Bc6 32.Qe6+ Kf4 33.Qe3+ Kf5 34.Qg5+ Ke4
35.Qe7+ Kf4 36.Bc2
{ mating eventually 36...Be4 37. Qd5+ Kf6 38. Bxe4 Re6 39. Qxb7 Rb6 40.
Qxa7 Rb4 41. Qa6+ Ke5 42. Bc2 Rg4+ 43. Kf1 Rxh4 44. Qa5+ Ke6 45. Bb3+ Kd7
46. Qd5+ Kc7 47. Qe5+ Kc8 48. Qe8+ Kb7 49. Qe7+ Kc6 50. Qxh4 c2 51. Bxc2 h5 52. Kg1 Kd5 53. Bxg6 Ke6 54. Qxh5 Kd6 55. Be4 Ke6 56. Qg5 Kd6 57. Qf6+
Kd7 58. Bf5+ Ke8 59. Qe6+ Kf8 } ) 30...Rhe8 31.Bd3+ Kg5 32.h4+ $2
{ +1.97/21 } ( 32.f4+ { +4.21/23 } 32...Kg4 33.Qd5 Kxf4 34.Qd4+ Kg5
{ 34...Kf3 35. Qh4 Ke3 36. Bxh7 Bf5 37. Qf2+ Kd3 38. Qxf5+ Kd4 39. Qd3+ Kc5
40. Qxc3+ +5.57 } 35.Qxg7+ ) 32...Kh5 33.Qg3 Bg4 34.f3 Rd4 35.Kf2 c2 $2
{ +4.89/23 } ( 35...Re7 { +2.08/22 } 36.fxg4+ Rxg4 37.Qf3 Kxh4 38.Be2 Rxe2+
{ 38...h5 39. Qh1+ Kg5 40. Bxg4 Kxg4 41. Qf3+ Kg5 42. Qxc3 +3.49
Stockfish } 39.Kxe2 b5 40.Qxc3
{ 40. Qh1+ Kg3 41. Qe1+ Kg2 42. Qf2+ Kh3 43. Kf3 Rg5 44. Qe1 Rf5+ 45. Ke4
g6 46. Qxc3+ +3.99 Stockfish } 40...h5 41.Qe1+ Kg5 42.Qc1+ Rf4 43.Qg1+
Kf6 44.Qxa7 Rf5 45.Qa6+ Kf7 46.Qb7+ Kf6 { +4.18 Stockfish } ) 36.Bxc2 Rf8
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