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2019 COVENTRY SUMMER OPEN - JUNE 22 MILL BROOK PLACE, 1267 MAIN ST. TD: ROB ROY -----------------------------------------------------------------
Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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1 | JOSEPH BIHLMEYER |3.0 |W 5|W 2|W 4|
CT | 12686352 / R: 2078 ->2090 | | | | |
| Q: 1971 ->1980 | | | | |
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2 | DANIEL ZHOU |2.0 |W 3|L 1|W 5|
CT | 14927462 / R: 1990 ->1984 | | | | |
| Q: 1745 ->1753 | | | | |
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3 | ROGER WEILER |2.0 |L 2|W 7|W 8|
RI | 12408556 / R: 1509 ->1514 | | | | |
| Q: 1509P10->1505P13 | | | | |
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4 | ARTHUR C NAGEL |1.5 |D 7|W 8|L 1|
CT | 10264669 / R: 1700 ->1700 | | | | |
| Q: 1502 ->1484 | | | | |
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5 | THOMAS RIZZO |1.0 |L 1|W 6|L 2|
MA | 10017769 / R: 1503 ->1513 | | | | |
| Q: 1574P19->1563P22 | | | | |
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6 | ROB ROY |1.0 |W 8|L 5|U |
CT | 10574790 / R: 1400 ->1400 | | | | |
| Q: 1150 ->1150 | | | | |
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7 | LAURENT LAFOSSE |0.5 |D 4|L 3|U |
CT | 12431094 / R: 1235 ->1249 | | | | |
| Q: 1139 ->1154 | | | | |
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8 | NICHOLAS WRONA-LYTWYN |0.0 |L 6|L 4|L 3|
CT | 16967612 / R: 733P9 -> 731P12 | | | | |
| Q: 714P9 -> 707P12 | | | | |
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REPORT by Rob Roy - 2019 COVENTRY SUMMER OPEN - JUNE 22
Joe Bihlmeyer of Durham, chess instructor at the New Britain Chess Club won clear first, 3-0, of the 2019 Coventry Summer Open chess tournament.
Dan Zhou of Storrs, a young man who will soon be rated expert, and newcomer Roger Wieler from Charlestown RI, tied for 2nd place, each winning $40.
Bihlmeyer won $160 then he made a $40 donation to the club. Zhou made a $2 donation. Thanks again to Bihlmeyer, who arrived early to help setup the tables, then stayed late to put the tables back.
Coventry Chess Club began May 2016 and Saturday was tournament #39. In July 2018 the club moved to the Mill Brook Place in historic downtown Coventry.
Our next tournament, the 2019 Connecticut Yankee Open will be on Sat. July 13.
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GAME OF THE WEEK by Alan Lasser
I play the English Gambit 1.c4 b5, but not in tournaments; with enough time on their clock, someone might figure out what to do against it. I score well in club play at game/30 or faster. This week’s game is an obvious improvement, opening theory says you are a tempo ahead if you can play the gambit with the White pieces.
GM Joules Moussard (2583) vs Emma Richard (2120)
5/24/19
2019 French League
1.Nf3 c5
2.b4?! -0.21/22
2.e4 +0.31/21 2...e6 3.Nc3
2…cxb4
3.a3 bxa3
4.e4 d5?! +0.26/20
4...Nc6 -0.15/18 5.Nxa3 e5 6.Bb5 Nf6 7.O-O Bc5 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Nxe4 11.d4 Bxa3 12.Rxa3 d6 13.Bf4 Qf6 14.Qf3 Bf5 15.c3 Qh4 16.Bd3 d5
5.exd5 Qxd5
6.Nxa3 Bg4
7.Nb5 Kd8?! +0.68/22
7...Qd8 +0.33/21 8.Rxa7 Rxa7 9.Nxa7 Nf6 10.Bb2 e6 11.Bb5+ Nbd7 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qa1 Bd6
7...Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qxf3 9.gxf3 Kd7 10.Nxa7 Nf6 11.Bb5+ Kc7 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Ke2 Kb8 14.Bxd7 Nxd7 15.Nb5 Ra6 +0.89 Stockfish
8.Ra3 Nd7
9.c4 Qe4+?! +1.20/22
9...Qh5 +0.68/21 10.Nxa7 10. Be2 e5 11. O-O e4 12. Nfd4 Ngf6 13. Rh3 Qg6 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. Qa4 Nc5 16. Qa1 Qc8 17. Nxa7 +2.44 Stockfish 10...Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qxf3 12.gxf3 Ke8 13.Nb5 Rxa3 14.Bxa3 Ngf6 15.f4 Kd8 16.d4 g6 17.Be2 Bh6 18.O-O Bxf4 19.Ra1 Nb6 20.Bb4 Kd7 21.Ra7 Rb8
10.Be2 Bxf3
11.Rxf3 Ngf6
12.O-O e6
13.d4 Qc6?! +2.10/19
13...a6 +1.42/20 14.Nc3 Qc6 15.c5 b5 16.Rh3 16. Re3 Qc7 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Rfe1 b4 19. Na4 Ke8 20. c6 Bd6 21. cxd7+ Nxd7 22. d5 e5 23. Bg4 +5.14 Stockfish 16...Qc7 17.Be3 b4
14.Bf4 Qc8? +3.25/21
14...a6 +1.88/19 15.Qa1 Qc8 15...b6 16. Nc7 Rc8 17. d5 Qc5 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. dxe6 Rc6 20. exd7 Bd6 21. Qxa6 Nxd7 +5.86 Stockfish 16.Nc7 Ra7 17.c5 Ne8 18.Nxe8 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Qa5+ Nc7 20. Bc4 b6 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Qxb6 Qb7 23. Qa5 Qb4 24. Qa2 Qb6 25. Rb1 Bb4 26. Be3 Qa5 27. Qxa5 Bxa5 28. Rb8+ Ke7 29. Rxh8 +9.81 Stockfish 18...Kxe8 19.Rb1 e5 20.Re3 Be7 21.Bxe5
15.Bc7+ Ke8
16.Bg3 Bb4?! +5.61/24
16...Kd8 +3.46/23 17.Nc7 Rb8 18.Qa1
16...Be7 17.Nc7+ Kf8 18.Nxa8 Qxa8 19.Rb3 a5 20.Qa1 +6.88 Stockfish
17.Rb3 Be7
18.Nc7+ Kf8
19.Nxa8 Qxa8
20.Bf3 Nb6
21.Qa1 Qd8
22.Qxa7 1-0
NEW BRITAIN CHESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWS by Norman Burtness
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CHESS COLUMNS FROM THE PAST by Rob Roy
1977 - 2000, Rob Roy wrote 1,300 Waterbury Sunday Republican chess columns. The column helped his Waterbury Chess Club to become very successful.
Clerks at the newspaper office were the ones who re-typed hard-copy into the newspaper system, they made many typos with chess notation. All future editions of Connecticut Chess Magazine will feature a different column.
