In 1998-1999 season and 1999-2000 season, Rob Roy, ran 46 USCF tournaments in nine different locations across Connecticut. Tom Hartmayer handled all events East of the Connecticut River. These had cash-prizes like Rob Roy runs today.
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CONNECTICUT CHESS
Senior TD: ROB ROY, Oct 1998 thru Aug 2000
08 2000-08-05 BAYVIEW # 3
16 2000-07-08 BAYVIEW BARBEQUE # 2
06 2000-05-20 BAYVIEW BEACH OPEN #1
15 2000-05-06 2000 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT OPEN
29 2000-04-15 2000 WESTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN
14 2000-04-08 2000 NEW HAVEN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
24 2000-03-18 2000 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN
15 2000-02-19 2000 SOUTHINGTON OPEN
24 2000-01-29 2000 GREATER NEW HAVEN OPEN
20 2000-01-15 2000 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN
21 1999-12-18 1999 FAIRFIELD COUNTY OPEN
19 1999-11-20 1999 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT OPEN
20 1999-10-23 FIRST HARTFORD OPEN
11 1999-10-16 FIRST STAMFORD OPEN
08 1999-09-18 1999 WESTERN CONN OPEN
16 1999-07-10 1999 CONSTITUTION STATE OPEN
18 1999-06-26 LAST WEST HAVEN OPEN
14 1999-06-13 13TH SOUTHINGTON OPEN
04 1999-05-22 5TH WEST HAVEN SCHOLASTIC
12 1999-05-22 5TH WEST HAVEN OPEN
16 1999-05-15 8TH DANBURY OPEN
19 1999-05-08 12TH SOUTHINGTON OPEN
19 1999-04-24 4TH WEST HAVEN OPEN
08 1999-04-17 7TH DANBURY OPEN
10 1999-04-10 11TH SOUTHINGTON OPEN
24 1999-03-27 3RD WEST HAVEN OPEN
17 1999-03-20 6TH DANBURY OPEN
21 1999-03-13 10TH SOUTHINGTON OPEN
36 1999-02-27 1999 NEW HAVEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
22 1999-02-20 5TH DANBURY OPEN
14 1999-02-13 9TH SOUTHINGTON OPEN
22 1999-01-31 1999 CONNECTICUT WINTER OPEN
28 1999-01-23 1999 NEW HAVEN OPEN
35 1999-01-23 1999 NEW HAVEN AMATEUR
20 1999-01-16 4TH DANBURY OPEN
21 1999-01-09 8TH SOUTHINGTON OPEN
07 1998-12-19 1998 DANBURY JUNIOR QUICK
18 1998-12-19 1998 DANBURY CHRISTMAS OPEN
15 1998-12-12 7TH SOUTHINGTON OPEN
06 1998-12-05 FATHER MCGIVNEY MEMORIAL
04 1998-12-05 CONNECTICUT JR QUICK CHESS #10
04 1998-11-28 DANBURY JUNIOR QUICK CHESS
20 1998-11-28 2ND DANBURY OPEN
25 1998-11-22 1998 CONNECTICUT HARVEST OPEN
14 1998-11-14 6TH SOUTHINGTON OPEN
10 1998-10-31 VINCENT PRINCE MEMORIAL
765 TOTAL MEMBER-MEETINGS, DIVIDED BY # OF MEETINGS 46
AVERAGE TURNOUT = 16
I wanted to provide CSCA tournaments to as many state residents as I could.
11 - Danbury
11 - Southington
11 - New Haven area: (West Haven 5, Milford 4, North Haven 2)
3 - Hartford
3 - Waterbury
2 - Middletown
1 - Stamford
ROB ROY RAN 30 USCF TOURNEYS 1994 THRU 1998
NBCC Class Championships Tournament results
Congratulations to Nelson Castaneda, Mark Bourque, Michael Smith, Bob Cyr and Yogi Jegadeeswaran, winners of their sections of the NBCC Class Championships. Full results will be posted on the calendar once the tournament is rated. Thanks to Suhas Kodali for directing.
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GAME OF THE WEEK
Any time I win a tournament it seems like I win a crucial game against a higher rated foe by employing the Bad Opening and exploiting the confusion. In this game, my opponent castles into my attack and I find the tactics.
Alan Lasser(1962)-Ian Dudley(2074). 4/14/19
Chess Fool’s Day Open. Amherst, MA
1.d4 Nf6
2.Qd3 b6
3.e4 d6
4.Nc3 e6
5.f4 Be7
6.Be2 Ba6
7.Qf3 Bxe2
8.Ngxe2 d5
9.e5 Nfd7
10.f5 c5
11.O-O? +1.20/24
11.fxe6 +3.35/22 11...fxe6 12.O-O Rf8 13.Nf4 Rf5 14.Nxe6 Rxf3 15.Rxf3 Nxe5 15...Nf8 16. Nxd8 cxd4 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Ne6 dxc3 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxa8 Nc6 21. bxc3 Nxe5 +7.57 Stockfish 16.dxe5 Qd7 17.Nxd5 17. Nxg7+ Kd8 18. e6 Qc6 19. Rf5 Kc8 20. Nxd5 Kb7 21. Nxe7 Qe4 22. Nd5 Nd7 23. Bh6 Ne5 24. Rd1 Qxc2 25. Ne3 Qe4 26. e7 Nd3 27. e8=Q Rxe8 28. Nxe8 Qxe8 29. Rxd3 +9.52 Stockfish 17...Qxe6 18.Nc7+ Kd7 19.Nxe6 Kxe6 20.Rg3 Bf8 21.Bf4 Nc6 22.c4 Nd4 23.Re1 Rd8 24.Be3 g6 25.Rh3 Rd7 26.Rf1
11...O-O
12.f6 gxf6
13.Bh6 Kh8
14.Bxf8 Qxf8? +4.00/24
14...Bxf8 +1.18/23 15.exf6 Nc6 16.Qh5 cxd4 17.Nb5 Nce5 18.Rab1 18. Nf4 Qc8 19. Nxd4 Bd6 20. Nfxe6 fxe6 21. f7 Qc5 22. c3 Bf8 +1.19 Stockfish 18...Bc5 19.Nexd4 a6
15.Nxd5 Nc6? +7.38/22
15...exd5 +4.00/24 16.Qxd5 Na6 16...Nc6 17. Qxc6 Qc8 18. Qe4 Qe8 19. Ng3 cxd4 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qd5 Be5 22. Rxf7 +5.92 Stockfish 17.Qxd7 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Rd8 19.Qxa7 Rxd4 20.Qxa6 fxe5 21.Qxb6 f6 22.Qc6 Rd6 23.Qc3 Rb6 24.Kh1 Bc5 25.b3 Bd4 26.Qc7 Rb5 27.c3 Rc5 28.Qb6 Rxc3 29.Rxf6
16.Nxf6 Nxd4
17.Nxd4 Bxf6
18.exf6?! +4.66/24
18.Nxe6 +6.56/25 18...fxe6 19.exf6 Ne5 19...Rb8 20. f7 Qg7 21. Qc6 Nf8 22. Rad1 Qe5 23. c3 c4 24. Kh1 Qc5 +10.98 Stockfish 20.Qe4 Nf7 21.Qxe6 21. Rad1 c4 22. Rd7 Re8 23. Rxa7 b5 24. Qc6 b4 25. Qxc4 Rd8 26. Qb5 Rd5 27. Qb7 +11.98 Stockfish
18…cxd4
19.Qg4?! +3.76/25
19.Rad1 +4.47/24 19...Rc8 19...Ne5 20. Qe4 Ng6 21. Rxd4 h5 22. Rfd1 Kh7 23. Rd7 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Qxe6 +7.84 Stockfish 20.Rxd4 Ne5 21.Qg3 21. Qe3 Ng6 22. Rfd1 Kg8 23. Rd7 h6 24. R1d6 h5 25. c3 Re8 26. Qd2 a6 27. Qg5 h4 28. b4 e5 29. Rxb6 +9.18 Stockfish 21...Ng6 22.Rfd1
19...Rd8?! +5.11/24
19...d3 +3.76/25 20.cxd3 Rc8 21.d4 Qh6 22.Qf4 22. Qf3 Qg6 23. Rad1 Rg8 24. Rc1 b5 25. d5 Ne5 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 exd5 28. Rc7 +7.33 Stockfish 22...Qxf4 23.Rxf4 h6 24.Raf1 b5 25.Rh4 Kh7 26.Rg4 Rf8 27.Rg7+ Kh8 28.Rg3 b4 29.a3 a5
19...Rc8 20.Qxd4 Qc5 21.Rad1 Qxd4+ 22.Rxd4 Rc7 23.c4 h5 24.g4 Ne5 25.gxh5 Kh7 26.Kf2 Kh6 27.b3 +5.86 Stockfish
20.Qxd4 Nc5
21.Qf4 Qg8
22.Rad1 Re8
23.Qe5 Qg4?! +8.49/26
23...Qg6 +5.16/26 24.b4 Rg8 25.Qg3 25. Rd2 Nd7 26. Qc7 Nf8 27. Qxa7 Qg5 28. Rdf2 Qh5 29. Qxb6 Qd5 30. Qc7 +8.73 Stockfish 25...Qxg3 26.hxg3 Ne4 27.Rd7 Rf8 28.Rxa7 Nxg3 29.Rf3 Ne4 30.Rb7 h5
23...a5 24.Qc7 e5 25.Qxb6 Ne6 26.Qxa5 Nf4 27.g3 h6 28.Rde1 Nh3+ 29.Kh1 +8.90 Stockfish
24.Rd4 Qg6
25.b4 Rg8
26.Rf2 Na4? +14.49/26
26...Qh6 +8.09/27 27.Rfd2 27. bxc5 Qc1+ 28. Rf1 Qxc2 29. g3 Qxc5 30. Qxc5 bxc5 31. Rd7 Rf8 32. Rxa7 h6 +15.37 Stockfish
26...Na6 27.Rd3 Qg5 28.Qxg5 Rxg5 29.a3 Rg8 30.Rd7 +12.13 Stockfish
27.Rd3 Qh6
28.Rg3 Qf8
29.Rxg8+ Kxg8
30.Qg5+ Kh8
31.Rd2 h6
32.Qg4 1-0
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