3-way tie for first
Rick Bauer, Joe Bihlmeyer, and Jon Smucker, ended up in a 3-way tie for first place at the 2019 Constitution State Open held May 18 at the Coventry Chess Club. Each finished with two wins and a draw.
The event attracted five new players who have never played in Coventry. Four from our Top 12 loyal players: Joe Bihlmeyer, Hayes Goodman, Larry Lafosse, and Art Nagel.
It was a gorgeous sunny day; the first nice Saturday since October. Rick Bauer donated $20. Joe Bihlmeyer and Jon Smucker donated $10 each. The donations enabled the tournament to finish in the black. Rob Roy volunteered as organizer and director. Thank you very much.
Our next event is June 22, the 2019 Coventry Summer Open
The Coventry Chess Club meets one Saturday per month at Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St (Rt. 31). It is very comfortable, well-lit, quiet, air-conditioned, and is accessible to wheelchairs.
Please come play chess with us. We get together one Saturday per month, to provide a tournament for USCF players.
We also welcome players who are unable to pay to enter the tournament. Everyone is invited to come and be a spectator, plus they can also play non-tournament games.
Rob can setup free USCF-Rated matches. You must be a current USCF member.
We arrive at 9 AM and stay until 6 PM. Bring whatever equipment you have; we have loaner boards, chessmen, and clocks.
2018 CONSTITUTION STATE OPEN - MAY 18 - COVENTRY CT
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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 | RICHARD N BAUER |2.5 |W 7|W 6|D 2|
CT | 10583896 / R: 2252 ->2250 | | | | |
| Q: 2088 ->2087 | | | | |
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2 | JOSEPH BIHLMEYER |2.5 |W 9|W 8|D 1|
CT | 12686352 / R: 2020 ->2030 | | | | |
| Q: 1963 ->1969 | | | | |
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3 | JONATHAN SMUCKER |2.5 |D 5|W 9|W 6|
NY | 16150138 / R: 1653P24->1727 | | | | |
| Q: 1529P19->1589P22 | | | | |
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4 | HAYES GOODMAN |2.0 |L 6|W 10|W 5|
RI | 15207355 / R: 1734 ->1745 | | | | |
| Q: 1414 ->1440 | | | | |
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5 | REYNALDO PEREZ |1.5 |D 3|W 7|L 4|
CT | 17053195 / R: Unrated->1746P3 | | | | |
| Q: Unrated->1528P3 | | | | |
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6 | MARK A WILKIN |1.0 |W 4|L 1|L 3|
CT | 12462963 / R: 1915 ->1898 | | | | |
| Q: 1682 ->1664 | | | | |
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7 | DENNIS PAUL HIMES |1.0 |L 1|L 5|W 9|
CT | 12570458 / R: 1789 ->1778 | | | | |
| Q: 1565 ->1556 | | | | |
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8 | LAURENT LAFOSSE |1.0 |W 11|L 2|U |
CT | 12431094 / R: 1260 ->1264 | | | | |
| Q: 1135 ->1139 | | | | |
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9 | ARTHUR C NAGEL |0.0 |L 2|L 3|L 7|
CT | 10264669 / R: 1700 ->1700 | | | | |
| Q: 1541 ->1502 | | | | |
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10 | ROB ROY |0.0 |U |L 4|U |
CT | 10574790 / R: 1405 ->1400 | | | | |
| Q: 1160 ->1150 | | | | |
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11 | JIM MCCARTHY |0.0 |L 8|U |U |
CT | 17068512 / R: Unrated-> 873P1 | | | | |
| Q: Unrated-> 753P1 | | | | |
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GAME OF THE WEEK, by Alan Lasser
The tripled pawns win! This is the eighth time that this counter-intuitive phenomena has appeared in this chess column. Every once in a while the tripled pawns appear to be good strategy. In this game they don’t arrive on the board until move twenty-four, but they control the center and pave the way to resignation.
WGM Olga Girya(2449)-WFM Galina Mironenko(1901)
2019 Russian Women’s Team Championships
5/9/19
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 b6
4.g3 Ba6
5.b3 Bb7
6.Bg2 Be7
7.O-O O-O
8.Bb2 Na6
9.Nc3 d5
10.cxd5 exd5
11.Rc1 Qc8
12.Ne5 Qe6
13.e3 Ne4
14.Ne2 Rfd8?! +0.60/22
14...Bd6 +0.09/21 15.Nf4 15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 c5 17. Ng3 Ne8 18. Nf5 f6 19. Nd3 Rd8 20. Re1 cxd4 21. exd4 +0.96 Stockfish 15...Qe8 16.Bh3 Ng5 17.Bg4 Qe7 18.h4 Ne4 19.Bf5
15.Nf4 Qd6
16.Qh5 g6
17.Qe2 Nb4?! +1.66/24
17...Rac8 +0.86/19 18.Rfd1 18. f3 Nf6 19. e4 Bf8 20. Bh3 Bh6 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. e5 Qe7 23. Be6+ Kg7 24. exf6+ Qxf6 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rfe1 Bxf4 27. gxf4 +3.29 Stockfish 18...Bf8 19.Bh3 Rb8 20.Qc2 c5
17...Bf8 18.a3 Nf6 19.b4 c6 20.Rc2 Rac8 21.Rd1 +1.84 Stockfish
18.a3 Ba6? +2.99/23
18...Na6 +1.75/22 19.b4 Nf6 20.b5 Nb8 21.Qc2 21. Rc2 a6 22. Rfc1 axb5 23. Rxc7 Ra7 24. g4 Rf8 25. g5 Ne8 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Bxd5 +3.47 Stockfish 21...Ne8 22.Nc4 Qd7 23.a4 Bb4 24.Ne5 Qd6 25.Nh3 Nd7 26.Qb3 a5 27.Nc6 Bxc6 28.Rxc6 Qe7 29.Qxd5 Nc5
19.Qd1 Bxf1
20.Bxf1 f6?! +4.61/22
20...g5 +2.78/22 21.axb4 21. Nh5 Qe6 22. axb4 Rf8 23. f3 Nf6 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Qf5 26. Rxc7 Bd6 27. Bd3 Qg5 28. Rb7 +7.58 Stockfish 21...gxf4 22.Rc6 fxg3 23.Qh5 gxf2+ 24.Kg2 Rf8 25.Rxd6 Bxd6 26.Ng4 f5 27.Nxf2 Nf6 28.Qxf5 Kh8 29.Qb1
20...c6 21.axb4 Rac8 +5.65 Stockfish There's no escape for the Black knight.
21.axb4 fxe5?! +6.50/22
21...Kf8 +4.60/22 22.Nc6 22. Rc6 fxe5 23. Ne6+ Kf7 24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Nxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bg2 h5 28. Qa1 Rd7 29. Bxe5 Bf6 30. Bxe4 Bxe5 31. Bxg6+ Kxg6 32. Qxe5 Kf7 33. Qxh5+ +11.18 Stockfish 22...Re8 23.Ba6 g5 24.Nd3 Qe6 25.Bb7 Nd6 26.Bxa8 Rxa8 27.Qf3 Qe4 28.Qh5 Kg7
21...Bf8 22.Nc6 Kh8 23.Nxd8 Rxd8 24.b5 f5 25.Qc2 Bh6 26.Nd3 Rc8 27.Qc6 Qxc6 28.Rxc6 +7.97 Stockfish
22.dxe5 Qd7
23.f3?! +4.60/22
23.Bh3 +5.81/21 23...Qe8 24.Rxc7 Qf8 25.Be6+ Kg7 26.Bxd5 Kh6 27.b5 27. Qf1 Rxd5 28. Nxd5 Qf5 29. Nxe7 Qh5 30. Nd5 Rf8 31. Nf4 Nd2 32. Nxh5 Nxf1 33. Nf6 g5 34. Kxf1 Kg6 35. Nxh7 Re8 36. Rxa7 +16.04 Stockfish 27...Nxf2 28.Kxf2 Rac8 29.Rc6 Rxc6 30.bxc6 Bg5 31.Kg2 Qc5 32.Bd4
23...Bxb4? +9.25/22
23...Ng5 +4.60/22 24.h4 Bxb4 25.hxg5 Bc5 26.Qe1 26. Kf2 a5 27. Bh3 Qe7 28. Be6+ Kg7 29. Qd3 c6 30. Rh1 Qxg5 31. Bd7 Kg8 32. Bxc6 Qf5 33. Bxd5+ Kf8 34. Qxf5+ gxf5 35. Rxh7 Rxd5 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. e6+ Ke7 38. Nxd5+ +10.80 Stockfish 26...Qe7 27.e6 d4 28.exd4 Bxd4+ 29.Bxd4 Rxd4 30.Qe5 Qd6 31.Qxd6
23...Bg5 24.e6 Qe7 25.fxe4 d4 26.exd4 Bf6 27.Nd5 Rxd5 28.exd5 +9.12 Stockfish
24.fxe4 Bc5 Not 24...de 25.Bc4 Kf8 26.Qf1 +32.63 Stockfish 25.Nxd5 Qg7?! +14.34/22
25...Qe6 +9.28/23 26.Bc4 Kg7 27.Qe2 h5 28.b4 28. Nf6 Qe7 29. e6 Bd4 30. exd4 Rf8 31. Nd7 Rad8 32. d5+ Kg8 33. Nxf8 Rxf8 34. Qe3 +19.31 Stockfish 28...Bf8 29.Qf2 Kh8 30.Nxc7 Qe7 31.Nxa8
25...Bxe3+ 26.Nxe3 Qxd1 27.Nxd1 Rd2 28.Bc3 Rdd8 29.Bc4+ Kf8 30.Ne3 Ke7 31.Nd5+ Kd7 32.e6+ Kxe6 33.Nxc7+ +12.98 Stockfish
26.Qf3 Rf8
27.Nf6+ Kh8
28.Rc2?! +8.32/23
28.Rxc5 +13.14/24 28...bxc5 29.e6 Rad8 30.e7 Qxe7 31.Nd5+ Qg7 32.Bxg7+ Kxg7 33.Qg4 33. Qe2 h5 34. Nxc7 Rd6 35. Qc4 Rb8 36. Qxc5 Rd7 37. Qxa7 Rbd8 38. e5 Rf7 39. e6 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 +44.40 Stockfish 33...Rxd5 34.exd5
28.Qe2 c6 29.Ng4 h5 30.e6 hxg4 31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.b4 +12.46 Stockfish
28...Rac8?! +13.70/24
28...h5 +8.32/23 29.Qf4 29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. e6 a5 31. Qf4 a4 32. e7 a3 33. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 34. Be5 a2 35. Nxh5 Rxf4 36. Bxg7+ Kg8 37. exf4 gxh5 38. Ba1 Kf8 39. f5 Kf7 40. Bc4+ Ke7 41. f6+ Kd7 42. Kg2 Ke8 43. h3 Kf8 44. f7 h4 45. gxh4 c6 46. e5 Ke7 47. e6 Kd6 48. f8=Q+ Kc7 49. Qf7+ Kb6 50. Qe7 Ka5 51. Qxc5# Stockfish
28...Rad8 29.Qe2 c6 30.Ng4 h5 31.e6 Qxb2 32.Rxb2 hxg4 33.b4 Be7 34.Qxg4 +13.58 Stockfish
29.e6?! +7.97/26
29.Rxc5 +13.70/24 29...bxc5 30.e6 Rcd8 31.e7 Qxe7 32.Nd5+ Qg7 33.Bxg7+ Kxg7 34.Qg4 34. Qe2 Kg8 35. Qb2 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rf8+ 37. Kg1 Rf7 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Ng4 Re7 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qxh7+ Kf8 42. Qxg6 Rg7 43. Qf5+ Rf7 44. Qxc5+ Kg7 45. Ne5 a5 46. Nxf7 Kxf7 47. Qxc7+ Ke6 48. Qc6+ Ke7 49. e5 a4 50. bxa4 Kf7 51. Qf6+ Ke8 52. Qg7 Kd8 53. Qb7 Ke8 54. e6 Kd8 55. Qd7# Stockfish 34...Rf7 35.Nf4 Re8 36.Bc4 Rfe7 37.Qg5
29…Be7
30.Rf2 c5?! +11.14/27
30...Bxf6 +7.96/26 31.Bxf6 Qxf6 32.Qxf6+ Rxf6 33.Rxf6 Re8 34.Bc4 34. Bb5 Re7 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. e5 Kg7 37. Kf3 Kh8 38. Ke4 Kg8 39. Kd5 Kg7 40. Kc6 a6 41. Bxa6 +20.27 Stockfish 34...Re7 35.Rf7 Rxf7 36.exf7 Kg7 37.b4 c6 38.e5 g5 39.e6 Kf8 40.Kg2 g4 41.Bd3 c5 42.bxc5
30...c6 31.Nxh7 Rxf3 32.Bxg7+ Kxh7 33.Rxf3 Re8 34.Rf7 +12.98 Stockfish
31.Nd5 Qxb2
32.Qxf8+ 1-0
Connecticut State Chess Association News
5/19
Results of the CCFC K-12 Scholastic Championship in Norwalk.
5/18
Results of the 2019 Constitution State Open in Coventry.
5/18
Results of the CCFC Saturday Quads in Norwalk.
5/18
Results of the 48th NECA Scholastic in Stamford.
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