GAME OF THE WEEK, by Alan Lasser
7…e3 appears to be a bughouse move in a bughouse position; no kings are going to castle in this game. It looks like chess by the time the endgame rolls around and the three pawns beat the bishop.
IM David Gorodetzky (2461) vs GM Alexander Moiseenko (2642)
6/27/19 2019 Netanya Open
1.c4 e5
2.Nc3 Bb4
3.Nd5 a5
4.Nf3 e4
5.Ng5 Qxg5? +1.64/24
5...e3 +0.38/20 6.f4 6. fxe3 c6 7. Nxb4 Qxg5 8. Nd3 Nf6 9. g3 d5 10. b3 h5 11. Bb2 h4 12. Rg1 hxg3 13. hxg3 +1.12 Stockfish 6...Nf6 7.Nxe3 O-O 8.Nd5 Re8 9.Qc2 h6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Qh7+
5...c6 6.Nxb4 Qxg5 7.Nc2 Qg6 8.d3 Ne7 9.dxe4 Qxe4 10.Qd3 Qxd3 11.exd3 O-O 12.Be2 d5 13.O-O Re8 14.Re1 +0.43 Stockfish
6.Nxc7+ Kd8
7.Nxa8 e3
7...Qf6 8.a3 Bc5 9.e3 Qa6 10.Qh5 Bf8 11.Qxf7 Nf6 12.b4 Qxa8 13.Bb2 +2.75 Stockfish
8.fxe3?! +1.12/22
8.f3 +2.00/24 8...Qh4+ 9.g3 Qxc4 10.Nb6 Qd4 11.Nxc8 a4 12.a3 Ba5 13.Ra2 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. b4 axb3 15. Rxb3 Re8 16. Rd3 Qxd3 17. exd3 exd2+ 18. Kf2 Re1 19. Qxd2 Bxd2 20. Bxd2 +3.66 Stockfish 13...Nc6 14.b4 axb3
8...Qh4+
9.g3 Qe4
10.a3?! +0.44/24
10.Rg1 +1.12/23 10...Qxe3 11.a3 Qxg1 12.axb4 Nf6 13.d3 Ng4 14.Bf4 Nc6 15.bxa5 +2.88 Stockfish
10…Qxh1
11.axb4 d6
12.d3 Bh3
13.Kd2 Qxf1
14.Qxf1 Bxf1
15.Rxa5 Bh3
16.e4 Ne7
17.Kc3 Ng6
18.Be3?! +0.26/24
18.Rb5 +0.63/24 18...Bc8 19.Rb6 Ke7 20.Nc7 Nd7 21.Nd5+ Ke6 22.Rb5 f6 23.Be3 Kf7 24.Nc7 Ke7 25.d4
18.Ra7 Kc8 19.Nb6+ Kc7 20.Nd5+ Kc8 21.b5 +1.45 Stockfish
18…Nd7
19.Rb5 Kc8
20.Rd5 f5
21.Rxd6 fxe4
22.Nb6+?! -0.52/28
22.Rd5 -0.09/23 22...exd3 22...Ne7 23. Rb5 exd3 24. exd3 Rf8 25. Nb6+ Nxb6 26. Bxb6 Rf5 27. Rxf5 Nxf5 28. d4 Kd7 = Stockfish 23.exd3 Re8 24.Bd4 Bg2 25.Ra5
22…Kc7
23.c5?! -1.02/25
23.Bc5 -0.57/26 23...Nxb6 24.Rxb6 Bg4 25.Rb5 Bxe2 26.dxe4 Re8 27.Bb6+ Kb8 28.Rd5 28. Rc5 Rxe4 29. b3 Re7 30. Rd5 Re8 31. Bd4 Bf3 32. Rf5 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Bxg7 Ng6 -0.53 Stockfish 28...Ne5 29.b3 Bg4 30.Bc5 Nf7 31.Bd4 Rxe4 32.Bxg7 Re3+
23…Nxb6
24.Rxb6 exd3
25.exd3 Rd8
26.b5 Ne7
27.Bf4+ Kc8
28.Rd6 Nd5+
29.Kd4 Nxf4?! -0.02/27
29...Bg2 -0.57/26 30.Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.Be5 g6 32.Bf4 Kd7 33.b3 Ke6 34.Kc4 Kf5 35.c6 bxc6 36.bxc6 Ke6 37.Kc5 Ne7 38.c7 Kd7 39.b4 Nd5
29...Rxd6 30.Bxd6 Bg2 31.h4 Kd7 32.Be5 g6 33.Bd6 Bf3 34.Ke5 Bh1 35.Kd4 -0.55 Stockfish but the last two moves seem to indicate that the computer has no plan for victory.
30.Rxd8+ Kxd8
31.gxf4 Kd7
32.b4 Bg2
33.Kc4?! -0.94/27
33.Ke5 -0.01/25 33...Bf1 34.Kd4 Ke6 35.Kc4
33.f5 Bh3 34.Ke4 b6 35.d4 Bf1 36.Ke5 bxc5 37.bxc5 Bxb5 38.d5 Kc7 39.Ke6 Bd7+ 40.Ke5 Bc8 41.h4 h5 42.f6 gxf6+ 43.Kxf6 Bh3 44.Kg5 Bg4 45.Kf6 Bf3 46.Kg6 -0.09 Stockfish There is no way for Black to make progress.
33…Ke6
34.b6 Kf5
35.b5 Kxf4?? +9.54/25
35...g6 0.00/23 36.h4 36. h3 h6 37. c6 bxc6 38. bxc6 Bxc6 39. Kc5 Bb7 40. Kd6 Kxf4 41. Ke6 g5 42. d4 Ke4 43. Kf6 Kxd4 -0.31 Stockfish 36...h5 36... h6 37. d4 Ke6 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. c6 Kd6 40. f5 gxf5 41. cxb7 Bxb7 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Ke3 h5 45. Kf4 Ba8 46. Ke3 f4+ 47. Kxf4 Bd5 -4.65 Stockfish 37.d4 Ke6 38.Kc3 Kd7 39.Kb4 Bd5 40.Kc3 Kd8 41.Kb4 Kd7
36.d4 Kf5?! +14.07/26
36...Bf1+ +9.35/23 37.Kb4 Bg2 38.c6 Bd5 39.Kc5 Ke4 40.Kd6 Kxd4 41.c7 Bh1 42.c8=Q
37.c6 Ke6
38.Kc5 g5
39.d5+ Bxd5
40.c7 Kd7
41.Kxd5 h5
42.Ke5 g4
43.Kf4 1-0
New Britain Chess Club Weekly News June 29, 2019
This Week’s News Items:
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Quick Double Quads - results
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July Knockout and Swiss returns for a 4th year
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Training Class 6:15-7:00 Expert Joe Bihlmeyer: Themed Tactics and Future Training Plans
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Quick Double Quads Tournament Results
Congratulations to Nelson Castaneda (1st) and Suhas Kodali (2nd) in Quad 1, Mike Smith (1st) and Joe Hricko (2nd) in Quad 2, Bill Campbell (1st) and Joe Mansigian (2nd) in Quad 3, Carter Clayton (1st) and Mahesh Mahabaleshwar (2nd) in Quad 4 and Norman Aldrich (1st) and Yogahari J. (2nd).
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GOING BACK IN TIME by Bob Cyr
Bob Cyr, Connecticut Chess Historian, sent us a
newpaper clipping from 63 years ago, written by
G.E. Avery for the Hartford Courant.
Dr. Joseph Platz, USCF Master Emeritus, annotates
a game between Arkadijs Strazdins and Jim Bolton.
The image may be difficult to read, what helps
is to click on the image then hit the CTRL key
together with the + key several times.
Avery reports on a healthy Hartford Chess Club,
(32 members) who was victorious (15-12) in a
team match at the Boston Chess Club.
The column also makes mention of the CSCA
meeting held at the YMCA in Middletown that
was called by president Isaiah Spector.
Avery's column also featured a chess puzzle
diagram, solve the mate-in-four, taken from a
real-live game by Dr. Tarrasch in 1914.
CONNECTICUT SPEED-CHESS LEAGUE
In this 1978 newspaper clipping from Rob Roy's
chess column for the Waterbury Sunday Republican,
the speed-chess tournament held in conjunction
with the 3rd Hartford Open was Elo-Rated by the
relatively new Connecticut Speed-Chess League.
CSCL was a joint venture between Arkadijs Strazdins
with his New Britain Chess Club, and Rob Roy with
his Waterbury Chess Club.
Over the course of a few years Strazdins and Roy
developed a following of players who preferred
speed-chess over the regular "slow" variety.
The column also displays a chess position
and annotations from where Dr. Joseph Platz
wins against his teacher; Dr. Emmanuel Lasker.
Click on the image, then hit Ctrl + keys a few times.
CHESS IN COVENTRY:
It has not been easy to establish a chess program
located in Eastern Connecticut. There were
no local players to start with.
All of the players at my USCF tournaments in
Coventry travel more than 25 miles to attend.
North Eastern CT is very sparsely populated.
Luckily we get players from South Eastern CT
Westerly RI, Norwich and New London.
Our players from New Britain, Hartford,and
New Haven use our "wormhole" I-384.
Upstate Connecticut gets no players from the
Fairfield County region of New York/Conn.
Norwalk is home to a 24/7 chess "studio"
that also attracts players from NY and NJ.
Fairfield County residents, if they were to
ever venture away from their home, are certain
to hop a train to NYC rather than come to us.
FUTURE OF COVENTRY CHESS CLUB
The Coventry Chess Club needs to pay rent,
Chess Life listings, Email Blasts, rating fees,
affiliation fees and other expenses.
To stay afloat; we need an average of
12 players at our monthly tournaments.
If our tournaments are important to you,
then please consider attending more often.
In 3 years, we've had 142 different players,
71 of those (half) came only once.
Out of the 39 tournaments so far, only
12 players attended 7 or more times.
I know newcomers get discouraged when
they finish 0-3. Our top players are really
good, don't count on winning any cash.
I think chess is a really great bargain.
$35 for a full day's entertainment.
Real-Live experience with genuinely
competitive play.
