Wednesday, July 25, 2018

John Baclawski R.I.P. - Chess News from CT

Chess Community, 

It is with sadness that I write to inform you about the passing of John "The Claw" Baclawski.  He died on 7/24/18 from cancer.  Obit
 
Celebration Of Life held Sunday July 29 from 2-6 at the Quartette Club, 225 Wooster St., New Britain CT.  See updates on NBCC website.
 
Norman Burtness, President 
New Britain Chess Club

 

On behalf of the New Britain Chess Club, it is with a sad and heavy heart to hear about the passing of one of our veteran members, John Baclawski. John left this world on July 24, 2018, after a very long and courageous battle with cancer. John’s history with our family spanned nearly fifty years. Widely known for his fighting and energetic spirit on the chess board, John appropriately earned the nickname - “The Claw.” In the annals of the club, John ranked in the top ten players in overall major (G/30 or longer) tournament victories, his first one earned in 1979 and his last one in 2010. Even though John preferred competing in the slower time-controlled events, he was always up for a quick or blitz game with his buddies. John was a friendly man who exhibited kindness to everyone in our community. May he rest in eternal peace in heaven.​

Robert Cyr
NBCC Historian

 

 

 

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   Look out for those back-rank mates, they can get anyone.  Just a coincidence I suppose, but on the same day that a GOTW reader lost to a back rank attack, so did a grandmaster.

 
Hayes Goodman-Dan Smith
6/28/18
Westerly Chess Club
skittles
25.Rg1 Rc1 0-1
 
 
 
Alexander King-GM Victor Mikhalevski
6/28/18
2018 National Open
2.c4 e6 
24.Qd8 1-0
 
 
 
[Event "skittles"]
[Site "Westerly Chess Club"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hayes Goodman"]
[Black "Dan Smith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
 
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 g6 $6 { +0.85/22 } ( 2...e5 { +0.29/20 } 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7
5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Be3 Bg4 8.h3 Be6 9.Re1 Qd7 ) 3.d4 d6 4.d5 Ne5 5.Nxe5
dxe5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Bg4 10.f3 Bd7 11.Qd2 c6 12.Bh6 $2
{ -0.92/22 } ( 12.Rfd1 { +0.91/21 } 12...Qc7
{ 12...Qc8 13. a4 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 e6 16. Bb3 Bc6 17. a5 Qb8 18.
c4 Rd8   +0.66   Stockfish } 13.d6 Qxd6 14.Qxd6 exd6 15.Rxd6 Rfe8 16.Na4 b5
17.Nc5 bxc4 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Rxd7 a5 20.b3 Red8 21.Rc7 cxb3 22.axb3 Ra6 23.Bg5
Rda8 24.Ra4 f5 ) 12...cxd5 $2 { +0.33/19 } ( 12...Bxh6 { -0.92/22 } 13.Qxh6
Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Qxb2 15.Qe3 Qb6 16.Qe1 Qc5 17.Bb3 Rac8 18.a4 b6
{ 18...Kg7 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Nh5 21. Ne2 cxd5 22. exd5 b5 23. a5 b4 24.
g4 Nf6   -1.34   Stockfish } 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.a5 b5 ) 13.Bxg7 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Kxg7
15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Qd4 17.Qxd4 $6 { 0.00/21 } ( 17.Qxb7 { +0.42/21 }
17...Qxc4 18.Qxd7 Qxc2 19.b4
{ 19.Qe7 Qb2 20.Rab1 Qa2 21.Qe5  +0.08   Stockfish } 19...e6 20.Qe7 Rfe8
{ 20... Rfd8 21. h3 Qb2 22. a4 Rd2 23. Rab1 Qa2 24. Ra1 Qb2 
 
=    Stockfish } 21.Qg5 f6 22.Rac1 Qe2 23.Rc7+ Kg8 24.Qc1 Qa6 ) ( 17.Rfd1
Qxd5 18.Bxd5 Be8 19.b3 Rb8 20.a4 f5 21.Kg1 Kf6 22.Rd3 f4 23.Rc3 Bf7 24.Bxf7
Kxf7 25.Rd1 Rfd8 26.Rcd3 Rxd3 27.Rxd3 b5 28.axb5 Rxb5 29.Rd5 a6
{ +0.12   Stockfish } ) 17...exd4 18.Rfd1 e5 19.c3 dxc3 20.Rxd7 cxb2 21.Rb1
Rac8 22.Bb3 $4 { -13.13/34 } ( 22.h4 { -0.03/25 } 22...Rxc4 23.Rxb2 Rb8
24.Rbd2 Rbc8 25.Re7 R8c7 26.Rxe5 a6 27.Kh2 b5 28.Rd6 Ra4 29.Rd2 h5 30.Kg3
Rac4 31.Rd6 R4c6 32.Red5 Rxd6 33.Rxd6 ) ( 22.Rxb7 Rxc4 23.R7xb2 Rfc8 24.h4
Ra4 25.Kh2 Kf6 26.Kg3 h5 { = Stockfish } ) ( 22.Be2 Rc1+ 23.Rd1 Rxb1 24.Rxb1
Rc8 25.Rg1 Rc1 26.Bd3 b5 27.g3 a5 28.Kg2 b4 29.Bb1 a4 30.f4 exf4 31.gxf4 a3
32.e5 b3 33.axb3 Rxb1 34.Rxb1 a2 { -7.18 Stockfish } ) 22...Rc1+ 23.Rd1 Rxb1
24.Rxb1 Rc8 25.Rg1 Rc1 0-1
 
 
[Event "2018 Philadelphia International"]
[Site "Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "one"]
[White "Alexander King"]
[Black "GM Victor Mikhalevski"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
 
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Nc6 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Rc8 14.Bd3 Na5 15.Re3 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Ne5 Qd5 18.Qf1 Rc7 19.c4 Qxd4 $2 { +2.80/26 } ( 19...Qd6
{ +0.03/21 } 20.Qd3
{ 20.Rd1 Ne4 21.Bf4 g5 22.Bg3 Ng3 23.hg f6 24.Nf3 Rd8 25.Qe2 Bf3 26.Qf3 e5 
+0.23   Stockfish } 20...Rfc8 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Rg3+ Kf8 23.Rg8+ Kxg8 24.Qg3+
Kf8 25.Ng6+ Kg7 26.Qxd6 Rxc4 27.f3 hxg6 28.Rd1 Bd5 29.Qd7 R8c7 30.Qb5 Rc3
31.a4 Bc4 32.Qe8 Bd5 33.Rb1 R3c4 34.Qd8 ) 20.Rd1 Qb2 $6 { +4.05/24 } ( 
20...Qc5 { +2.67/24 } 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Nd7 Qe7 23.Rg3+ Kh8 24.Nxf8 Qxf8 25.Qd3
h6 26.Qd4 Kh7 27.Qf4
{ 27. h3 Rc5 28. Qxf6 Rf5 29. Qh4 Qc5 30. Rd8 Qxf2+ 31. Kh2 Qb2 32. Rb8
Bxg2 33. Rxg2 Qe5+ 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Rxg3   +7.18   Stockfish } 27...Rc8
28.Rd7 Rd8 29.Qd4 Rxd7 30.Qxd7 Ba6 31.Qxa7 Bxc4 32.Qxb6 Bd5 33.h3 f5 34.Qd4
f6 35.a4 Qf7 ) 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Qd3 fxe5 $4
{ #5/62  I was watching on the internet as the GM spent more than 10
minutes examining the cheese before finally taking the bait and falling
into the trap. } ( 22...Kh8
{ +4.10/24      22... Bf3 23. Nxf3 Rcc8 24. Re2 Rcd8 25. Rxb2 Rxd3 26. Rxd3
Rc8 27. Nd2 Rc7 28. Rd8+ Kg7   +10.58    Stockfish } 23.Re2
{ 23. Rh3 f5 24. Qe3 Rg8 25. Rg3 Re8 26. h3 f6 27. Rd4 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qxd4
29. Qxd4 Be4 30. Qd6 Rb7 31. Nd7 Rxd7 32. Qxd7 Rg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Qxe6+
  +17.02    Stockfish } 23...Qxe5 24.Rxe5 fxe5 25.Qd6 Rcc8 26.Qxe5+ f6
27.Qxe6 Ba6 28.c5 Rce8 29.Qd6 Be2 30.Re1 ) 23.Rg3+ Kh8 24.Qd8 1-0
 
 
 

 


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