Connecticut Tournament Calendar
Oct 19 - 2019 Connecticut Harvest Open by Rob Roy in Coventry.
Nov 16 - 2019 Yankee Peddler Open by Rob Roy in Coventry.
Dec 14 - 2019 Holiday Party Open by Rob Roy in Coventry.
GAME OF THE WEEK by Alan Lasser
In this complex variation of the King’s Gambit, the queen must fight to keep the White king from being chased across the board by a swarm of pieces. For many moves, the computer thinks the unbalanced position is mostly equal, until the king finally goes to the wrong square.
GM Alexey Kislinsky(2429)-IM Lukas Cernousek(2438)
5/3/19
2019 Czech Championship
1.e4 e5
2.f4 exf4
3.Nf3 g5
4.h4 g4
5.Ne5 Nf6
6.Nxg4 Nxe4
7.d3 Ng3
8.Bxf4 Nxh1
9.Qe2+ Qe7 Not 9...Be7 10.Nf6 Kf8 11.Bh6 mate
10.Nf6+ Kd8
11.Bxc7+ Kxc7
12.Nd5+ Kd8
13.Nxe7 Bxe7
14.Qg4 d6
15.Qf4 Rg8
16.Qxf7?! -0.42/23
16.Nc3 Ng3 17.O-O-O Be6 18.d4 Rg4 19.Qf3 Nc6 20.Bc4 h5 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Qf7 Nf5 23.Qxe6 Nfxd4 24.Qf7 Kd7 = Stockfish
16.Be2 Rxg2 17.Nc3 17.Qf1 Bxh4+ 18.Kd2 Rxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Ng3 20.Qf3 Bg5+ 21.Kd1 Nf5 22.Qh5 Ne3+ 23.Kc1 h6 24.Qxf7 Bd7 25.Nc3 Nd5+ 26.Kb1 Nxc3+ 27.bxc3 Kc7 -0.24 Stockfish 17...Ng3 18.Bf3 Rg1+ 19.Kf2 Rxa1 20.Qxf7 Nd7 Not 20...Nf5 21. Qg8+ Kc7 22. Nd5+ Kd7 23. Bg4 Bxh4+ 24. Kg2 Na6 25. Bxf5+ Kc6 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxc8+ Kxd5 28. Qc4+ Ke5 29. Qe4+ Kf6 30. Qxh4+ +7.23 Stockfish Another try is 20...Nh1 21. Kg2 Nd7 22. Nd5 Re1 23. Be4 Bf8 24. Nf4 Kc7 25. Ne6+ Kb8 26. Nxf8 Nc5 27. Bf3 a5 28. Qf6 Ne6 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 +2.61 Stockfish 21.Nd5 Nf5 22.Bh5 Bxh4+ 23.Kg2 Ne3+ 24.Nxe3 Nf6 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Qxd5 Be7 27.Qa5+ Kd7 28.Bg4+ Ke8 29.Bh5+ = Stockfish
16…Re8
17.Na3?! -1.10/22
17.Kd2 -0.40/21 17...Bxh4 17...Ng3 18. Qf4 Nxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Bg4 20. Nc3 h5 21. Re1 Rf8 22. Qh1 Nc6 23. Nd5 Kd7 24. Nxe7 Nxe7 -0.81 Stockfish 18.c4 Ng3 19.Nc3 Bg5+ 20.Kc2
17...Bxh4+?! -0.49/23
17...Ng3 -1.10/22 18.Be2 18. O-O-O Bg4 19. Re1 Bg5+ 20. hxg5 Rxe1+ 21. Kd2 Re7 22. Qf4 Nxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Nd7 24. g6 hxg6 -0.50 Stockfish 18...Bxh4 19.Kd1 Nxe2 20.Nb5 Be7 21.Kxe2 Nc6 22.Rh1 a6 23.Qxe8+ Kxe8 24.Nc7+ Kd8 25.Nxa8 Bf5 26.c3 Ne5 27.d4 Nd3 28.b3 Be4 29.Ke3 d5 30.Rh5 Bd6 31.Nb6 Nf4
18.Kd2 Bg5+
19.Kc3 Bd7
19...Nc6 20.Qg7 h6 21.Nb5 Bd7 22.Nxd6 Kc7 23.Nb5+ Kd8 = Stockfish
20.Nc4 Kc7
21.Qd5 Bf4
22.Qa5+?! -0.71/25
22.Na5 0.00/23 22...Nc6 23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.Qa5+ Kc8 25.d4 Re3+ 26.Bd3 Ng3 27.Re1 Be6 27...Ne4+ 28. Kb3 Rb8+ 29. Ka3 Rg3 30. b3 Rxd3 31. Qa6+ Kc7 32. Qxd3 d5 = Stockfish 28.Rxe3 Bxe3 29.Bxh7 Bf4 30.Qa6+ Kc7 31.Qa5+ Kd7 32.Qa6 Rc8 33.Qxa7+ Rc7 34.Qa8 Bd5 35.Bd3 Rc8 36.Qb7+ Rc7 37.Qa8
22…b6
23.Qh5 b5
24.Na5? -3.36/23
24.Qf3 -0.67/22 24...Bg5 25.Na5 Nc6 26.Nxc6 Bxc6 27.Qh5 Bf6+ 27...b4+ 28. Kb3 h6 29. Qxh1 a5 30. Rd1 Bd5+ 31. c4 bxc3+ 32. Kxc3 Bxa2 -1.01 Stockfish 28.Kb3 Ng3 29.Qf7+ Be7 30.Re1 Kd7 31.Be2 Nxe2 32.Rxe2 Kd8 33.Qxh7 Bd5+ 34.Ka3
24…b4+
25.Kb3 Na6?? +0.33/22
25...Re5 -3.37/24 26.Qf3 Rxa5 27.Qxf4 Nc6 27...Ba4+ 28. Kc4 Nc6 29. d4 Bxc2 30. Rc1 Rf8 31. Qh2 Rf2 32. Bd3 Ba4 33. a3 Rxb2 34. axb4 Rb5 35. Rxh1 R5xb4+ 36. Kd5 Rxd4+ 37. Ke6 Ne5 -6.76 Stockfish 28.a4 Rg8 29.Qf7 Rgg5 30.g3 Nxg3 31.Bh3 Nf5 32.c3 bxc3 33.bxc3 Ne5 34.Qxh7 Nxd3 35.Kc2 Nc5 36.Qf7 Rxa4 37.Rxa4 Nxa4
26.Qxh1?! 0.00/23
26.d4 +0.33/22 26...Ng3 26...Re3+ 27. c3 Ng3 28. Qf7 Nf5 29. a4 bxc3 30. Bxa6 Rb8+ 31. Bb5 Nxd4+ 32. Ka2 Nxb5 33. Qc4+ Kd8 34. Qxf4 Be6+ 35. Nc4 Bxc4+ 36. Qxc4 cxb2 37. Qg8+ Kc7 = Stockfish 27.Qf7 Nxf1 28.Rxf1 Bg5 29.Rf5 Be7 30.Rh5 Rab8 31.Rxh7 d5
26…Nc5+
27.Kxb4 Rab8+
28.Kc4?? #-11/21
28.Ka3 0.00/25 28...Rb5 29.Nc4 Re6 30.b3 30. Qh4 Bd2 31. c3 d5 32. Qg3+ Kb7 33. Nd6+ Rxd6 34. Qxd6 Ra5+ 35. Kb4 Rb5+ = Stockfish 30...d5 31.Qh4 Ra6+ 32.Kb2 Na4+ 33.Ka3 Nb6+ 34.Kb2 Na4+
28...d5+
29.Kc3 Na4+
30.Kd4 Be3+ 31.Kd5 Nb6 is checkmate 0-1
EastConnChess
The Ultimate New Britain Chess Club Trivia Challenge
Please take some time to test your knowledge about the NBCC. Please e-mail your answers to Bob Cyr at doctork87@yahoo.com. Good luck!
1. Who holds the record for being the youngest member to win
the New Britain Chess Club Championship? a) Danny Rozovsky b) Eric Godin c) James Nitz d) Mike Casella 2. In what year did the Greater Hartford Chess Club host a special banquet
to honor Arkadijs Strazdins for his decades of devoted service to Connecticut chess? a) 1989 b) 1993 c) 1997 d) 2002 3. Which of these USCF National Masters gave a simultaneous chess exhibition
at the New Britain Chess Club in 1979? a) Kerry Leahy b) Dr. Joseph Platz c) James Bolton d) Richard Bauer 4. Which of these New Britain Chess Club memorable events occurred
during the 1960s? a) First New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship b) Membership reached all-time high of 119 c) Club moved to New Britain Quartette Club d) Arkadijs Strazdins elected club president 5. Who was the only New Britain Chess Club member to hold each of
the four officer positions at different times throughout his membership? a) Edmund Roman b) Jan Cendrowski c) Robert Corr d) Arkadijs Strazdins 6. How many matches have been held between the New Britain Chess Club
and the Springfield Chess Club of Massachusetts? a) 12 b) 18 c) 22 d) 28 7. What college team did the New Britain Chess Club team tie for first place with
in the class B tournament of the 1952 Connecticut Chess League? a) Central Connecticut State College b) Wesleyan c) University of Connecticut d) Yale 8. Who served the most consecutive years as secretary of the New Britain Chess Club? a) Boleslaw Gryboski b) Peter Kloskowski c) Daniel Lechowicz d) Robert Milardo 9. What was the score of Super Match I held between the Boylston Chess Club
and the combined forces of the New Britain Chess Club and the Hartford Chess Club? a) 14 ½ - 16 ½ b) 17 - 19 c) 24 ½ - 12 ½ d) 15 - 15 10. Which of these milestones in New Britain Chess Club history
occurred third? a) First use of computerized pairing software b) First Planet Earth Chess Championship c) First appearance on television d) First lecture and simultaneous exhibition by a GM BONUS QUESTION How many New Britain Chess Club members defeated Grandmaster Samuel Reshevsky
in his simultaneous chess exhibition at Trinity College in Hartford on March 9, 1986?
