Joe Bihlmeyer tied for first place with Michael Uwakwe. 3-way tie for third; Ben Amar, Hayes Goodman, and Punya Upadhyay.

Haneesha Atkuri gained 86 ratings points. Joe Bihlmeyer's Quick-Chess rating has surpassed the 2000 mark for expert designation, his regular rating went from 2115 to 2125.

Joe Bihlmeyer (left) vs. Ben Amar, round 2, 2019 Charter Oak Open.

Standing; Hayes Goodman (left) and Art Nagel.

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GAME OF THE WEEK by Alan Lasser

Jeffery Xiong was the only American to make it to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, and that required two wins in elimination games. This game didn’t get analyzed on the USCF site, but it was a clutch performance at the tiebreak speed of game/10 plus increments.

He had to keep an even game going without allowing it to become a dead draw before he could finally get a chance to shine in the knight endgame.

GM Jeffery Xiong (2702)- GM Jan-Kryzysztof Duda (2730)
9/22/19
2019 Fide World Cup
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nxe5 d6
4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d3 Nf6
6.d4 Be7
7.Bd3 O-O
8.O-O c5
9.Nc3 Bg4
10.h3 Bh5
11.g4 Bg6
12.d5?! -0.21/21
12.Bxg6 +0.05/21 12...hxg6 13.Re1 Nc6 13...cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Rad1 +0.54 Stockfish 14.d5 Nb4 14...Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nd7 17. Qe3 Bh4 18. Re2 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qd3 Qb6+ +1.11 Stockfish 15.a3 15. Kg2 Na6 16. a3 Nc7 17. a4 Re8 18. g5 Nh7 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. c4 Bf8 22. b3 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 +1.18 Stockfish 15...Na6 16.Bf4 Re8 17.Qd3 Nc7 18.b4 b6 19.Rab1 Rb8 20.bxc5
12…Nfd7
13.Re1 Na6
14.Bf4?! -0.42/22
14.Bxg6 -0.07/21 14...fxg6 15.Qe2 15. Ne4 Nc7 16. b3 b5 17. c4 Nb6 18. Nfd2 Rb8 19. Kg2 Bf6 20. Rb1 Bd4 21. Nf3 bxc4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Qxd4 +0.94 Stockfish 15...Bf6 16.Nb5 Nc7 17.Nxd6 Nb6 18.Nxb7 Qxd5 19.Qe4 c4 20.Rb1 Bxb2 21.Bxb2
14...Nc7?! -0.13/23
14...Nb4 -0.42/22 15.Bf5 Bxf5 16.gxf5 Re8 17.a3 17. Bg3 Nf6 18. a3 Na6 19. Nd2 Nc7 20. Qf3 b5 21. b4 cxb4 22. axb4 +0.45 Stockfish 17...Na6 18.Qd3 Nc7 19.Ne4 Nf6 20.c4 Nh5 21.Bh2 Qd7 22.b4 cxb4 23.axb4
15.Bxg6 fxg6
16.Bg3 Rf7
17.Ne4 Nb6
18.Ne5 dxe5
19.d6 Ncd5
20.dxe7 Qxe7
21.Qd3?! -0.71/21
21.Qd2 -0.37/22 21...Qc7 21... Nf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 Rd8 25. Nxb7 Rd2 26. Rad1 Rfxf2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Rxe5 = Stockfish 22.Rad1 Qc6 23.Bxe5 Rd7 24.Qe2 Re8 25.f4 Nxf4 26.Bxf4
21.a4 Rd8 22.Qe2 Nf4 23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.a5 Nd5 25.Rad1 Qh4 26.Ng3 Rf7 27.Qxe5 Nf4 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Qe8+ Qxe8 30.Rxe8+ Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 = Stockfish
21…c4
22.Qd2 Raf8
23.Rad1?! -0.63/24
23.Ng5 -0.35/25 23...c3 23...Rf4 24. Ne4 R4f7 25. Kh2 Qb4 26. Qxb4 Nxb4 27. Re2 Nc6 28. Rd2 Re7 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 = Stockfish 24.bxc3 Rf4 25.Ne4 Rf3 26.Ng5 26. c4 Nf4 27. Bxf4 R3xf4 28. c5 Nd7 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Re3 Nf6 31. Qd6 Re8 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 +0.42 Stockfish 26...Rxc3 27.Bxe5 Rc6 28.Bd4 Qd7 29.Bxb6 Nxb6 30.Qxd7 Nxd7
23…Nf4
24.Kh2 h6
25.Qa5 Nc8?! 0.00/22
25...Qc7 -0.33/21 26.Rd6 26. Nc3 Qc6 27. Re4 Ne6 28. Qb5 Nd4 29. Qxc6 bxc6 30. Kg2 Nxc2 31. a3 Rf3 32. Rd6 R3f6 33. Rd1 Rf3 = Stockfish 26...g5 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.f3 Nc8 29.Qxc7 Rxc7 30.Rd4 Nb6 31.c3 Rff7 32.Nd6 Rfe7 33.Rde4 Rxe4 34.Rxe4 Rd7 35.Rd4
26.Qb5 Qc7
27.Nc3 g5
28.Qxe5 Qb6
29.Qb5 Qg6
30.Ne4 Rc7
31.Rd4 a6
32.Qa5 Qc6
33.Qd2 Re7
34.Bxf4 Rxf4
35.Rd8+ Rf8
36.Ng3 Rxe1
37.Rxf8+ Kxf8
38.Qxe1 Ne7
39.Qe5 Qd5
40.Qc7 Ng6
41.Nf5 Qe5+
42.Qxe5 Nxe5
43.Kg3 g6
44.Nd6 b5
45.f4 gxf4+
46.Kxf4 Nc6
47.c3 Ke7
48.Ne4 a5
49.a4 bxa4
50.Nd2 Kd6
51.Nxc4+ Kc5
52.Ne3 Na7? +1.21/34
52...g5+ 0.00/32 53.Kf5 Ne7+ 54.Kf6 Nd5+ 55.Nxd5 Kxd5 56.Kg6 Kc4 57.Kxh6 Kb3 58.c4 Kxb2 59.c5 a3 60.c6 a2 61.c7 a1=Q 62.c8=Q a4 63.Qb7+ Kc2 64.Qc6+ 64. Qg2+ Kc3 65. h4 gxh4 66. g5 a3 67. g6 Qc1+ 68. Kh7 Qc2 69. Qf3+ Qd3 70. Qxd3+ Kxd3 71. g7 a2 72. g8=Q a1=Q = Stockfish 64...Kd2 65.Qd6+ Ke2 66.Kxg5 a3 67.Qe6+ Kf2 68.Qb6+ Kg2 69.Qc6+ Kxh3 70.Qf3+ Kh2 71.Qf2+ Kh1 72.Qf3+ Kh2
53.g5 hxg5+
54.Kxg5 Nb5
55.Kxg6 Nxc3
56.h4 Ne2
57.Kg5 Ng3? +5.15/29
57...Kd6 +0.86/29 58.Nc4+ 58. Kf6 Nf4 59. Kf5 Ne6 60. Nc4+ Ke7 61. Ne5 Nd4+ 62. Kg6 Kf8 63. h5 Ne6 64. Kf6 Nc7 65. h6 +0.73 Stockfish 58...Ke6 59.h5 59. Nb6 Nc1 60. Nxa4 Nd3 61. h5 Kf7 62. h6 Kg8 63. Kg6 Ne5+ 64. Kf6 Nd3 65. b3 Kh7 66. Kg5 Ne5 67. Nc5 Nf7+ 68. Kf6 Nxh6 69. Nb7 Ng4+ 70. Kf5 Nf2 71. Nxa5 +0.47 Stockfish 59...Kf7 Stockfish thinks White is barely ahead in this variation, +0.13 h6 Kg8 61. Nxa5 Nc1 62. Kg6 Nd3 63. h7+ Kh8 64. Nb7 Ne5+ 65. Kh5 Kxh7 66. Nc5 a3 67. bxa3 Kg7
58.Nf5 Kb4?? #19/25
58...Ne4+ +5.03/31 59.Kg6 Nf2 60.h5 Ng4 61.Ne3
59.Nxg3 Kb3
60.h5 Kxb2
61.h6 a3
62.h7 a2
63.h8=Q+ Kb1
64.Qb8+ Kc2
65.Qc7+ Kb2
66.Qb6+ Kc2
67.Qc5+ Kb2
68.Qd4+ Kb1
69.Ne4 a1=Q
70.Nd2+ Ka2
71.Qa4+ Kb2
72.Nc4+ Kb1
73.Qd1+ It's mate after 74...Qa2 75.Qc2 Qb2 76.Qb2# 1-0

Event Summary
Event		2019 CHARTER OAK OPEN (201909286362)
Location		COVENTRY, CT 06238
Event Date(s)		2019-09-28
Sponsoring Affiliate		ROB ROY CHESS CENTER (A6046238)
Chief TD		ROB ROY (10574790)
Processed		Received: 2019-09-29 Entered: 2019-09-29 Rated: 2019-09-29
Stats		1 Section(s), 10 Players The ratings shown on this page are not official published ratings and may change from time to time. Using them for pairing purposes in tournaments should only be done if this has been advertised in all advance publicity and is announced to all players at the tournament.

Section 1 - CONNECTICUT CHESS E-ZINE
Section Date(s)		2019-09-28
Processed		Received: 2019-09-29 Entered: 2019-09-29 Rated: 2019-09-29
Stats		3 Rounds, 10 Players; K Factor: F Rating Sys: D Tnmt Type: S Time Control: G/60;d5

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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 | JOSEPH BIHLMEYER                |2.5  |W   4|W   3|D   2|
   CT | 12686352 / R: 2115   ->2125     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1998   ->2002     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | MICHAEL UWAKWE                  |2.5  |W   7|W   5|D   1|
   CT | 15610873 / R: 2074   ->2078     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1953   ->1957     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | BENJAMIN HOVER AMAR             |2.0  |W   8|L   1|W   7|
   ME | 14789400 / R: 1988   ->1985     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1712   ->1716     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | HAYES N GOODMAN                 |2.0  |L   1|W   9|W   8|
   RI | 15207355 / R: 1833   ->1831     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1549   ->1553     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | PUNYAVRAT UPADHYAY              |2.0  |W  10|L   2|W   9|
   CT | 15975172 / R: 1362   ->1383     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1243   ->1254     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | HANEESHA ATKURI                 |1.5  |D   9|L   7|W  10|
   CT | 16282828 / R:  809   -> 895     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  803   -> 851     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | ARTHUR C NAGEL                  |1.0  |L   2|W   6|L   3|
   CT | 10264669 / R: 1700   ->1700     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1486   ->1476     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | ELIZABETH C SMITH               |1.0  |L   3|W  10|L   4|
   CT | 15913683 / R: 1393   ->1405     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1269   ->1265     |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | STEVEN STEWART                  |0.5  |D   6|L   4|L   5|
   CT | 17091420 / R:  885P3 -> 891P6   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  719P3 -> 753P6   |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | ROB ROY                         |0.0  |L   5|L   8|L   6|
   CT | 10574790 / R: 1400   ->1400     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1056   -> 991     |     |     |     |     |
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3 Round Swiss, G/60;d5 Affects both quick and regular rating. Round Times: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. Entry Fees: $35 Cash Only On-site Only: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. No Advance Entry. One Section. Accelerated Pairings. Wheelchair Accessible. USCF TLASite: Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St., Coventry, CT 06238 Across street from Bidwell Tavern is our stone building at rear of parking lot