Friday, January 10, 2020

Feb. 1 West Hartford Chess Camp and Tournament

 

Sat. Feb. 1, West Hartford Chess

Camp and Tournament

 

2020 EASTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN  FEB. 22

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. One Section. Accel.Pairings. W. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com

 

 

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser

It’s the annual Wild Snail issue. For the benefit of the new subscribers, these aren’t tame domestic snails, raised on huge snail farms to be harvested for French cuisine. The wild snails slowly, very slowly, very very slowly, creep through your lawn with the intention of biting you in the ankles and winning the chess game. If the Wild Snail Opening can launch any attack at all, it will take some time to get there. The opposition shouldn’t get too excited, the computer thinks that the advantage of the four free opening moves is only worth about a pawn. I give these odds a couple dozen times a year, the foes below had the best chances stomp on a Wild Snail.

Alan Lasser-Julian Clark
2/7/19
UMass Chess Club
game/15
1.Nc3 Nf6
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Ng1?! -0.62/23
3.e4 +0.07/24 3...e5 4.Bc4 Nxe4 5.O-O Nd6 6.Bd5 Be7 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 O-O
3…e5
4.Nb1?! -1.22/22
4.e4 -0.64/22 4...d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.bxc3 Qd5 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.d3 e4 11.Qe2 f5 12.h3
4…d5
5.d3 d4
6.e4 Bd6?! -0.64/23
6...dxe3 -0.92/22 7.Bxe3 Ng4 8.Nc3 Nxe3 9.fxe3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qh6 11.Qd2 Bc5 12.Nd5 O-O 13.Bg2 Bg4 14.e4 Qg6 15.h3
7.Bg5 O-O
8.Nd2 Be7
9.f4?! -1.53/23
9.Be2 -0.61/23 9...Re8 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bg4
9…Ng4
10.Bxe7? -2.65/22
10.f5 -1.53/23 10...h5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qe2 Nb4 13.Nc4 b5 14.Na3 Rd8 15.Nf3 Ba6 16.Qd2 Nc6 17.c4 dxc3 18.Qxc3 Qd6 19.Nc2 b4 20.Qd2 Rab8 21.Ne3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3
10…Qxe7
11.Nc4 Be6? -1.25/24
11...exf4 -2.94/22 12.Nf3 f5 13.Qe2 Qb4+ 14.Qd2 Qc5 15.exf5 b5 16.h3 Ne3 17.Nxe3 fxe3 18.Qc1 Qd6 19.Kd1 Bxf5 20.Be2 Qg3 21.Ne1 Ne5 22.c3 Rad8 23.cxd4 Rxd4 24.Qc3 Rfd8 25.Kc2 Qf2
12.Be2?! -2.00/23
12.f5 -1.25/24 12...Qb4+ 13.Nd2 Ne3 14.Qc1 Bd7 15.c3 Qd6 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.dxc4 dxc3 18.Qxc3 Qd4 19.Bd3 Nb4 20.Bb1 Qxc3+ 21.bxc3 Na6 22.Nf3 f6 23.Bc2 Nc5 24.O-O Bc6 25.Rfe1 Rad8 26.Kh1 b6 27.Kg1 a5 28.Rab1 a4
12...Bxc4? -0.96/23
12...f5 -2.00/23 13.exf5 Bd5 14.Bf3 exf4+ 15.Qe2 Qxe2+ 16.Kxe2 Rae8+ 17.Kd2 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 b5 19.Na3 Rxf5 20.Rae1 Ne3 21.Kc1 Rd8 22.Re2 Ne5 23.Rhe1 Rd5
13.Bxg4 Be6
14.Bxe6?! -0.91/23
14.f5 -0.56/26 14...Bc8 15.a3 Qh4+ 16.g3 Qg5 17.Nh3 Qf6 18.Qd2
14...Qxe6?! -0.25/26
14...fxe6 -0.91/23 15.Qd2 Qb4 16.c3 dxc3 17.bxc3 Qb6 18.g3 Rad8 19.Nf3 Rd7 20.O-O-O exf4 21.gxf4 Rdf7 22.f5 exf5 23.e5 Re7 24.d4 Na5 25.Qd3 Qc6 26.Rhf1 Qa4 27.Rf2 Nc4 28.Ng5 Qa3+ 29.Kb1 b5
15.f5 Qd6
16.a3 f6
17.Nf3 b5
18.Qd2 a5
19.O-O b4
20.g4 Rab8
21.axb4 Qxb4
22.b3 Qxd2
23.Nxd2 Nb4
24.Rxa5 Nxc2
25.Rc1?! -0.69/27
25.Kf2 -0.29/27 25...Ra8 26.Ra4 Ne3 27.Rc1 Nxg4+ 28.Kf3 h5 29.h3 Ne3 30.Rxc7 Rfb8 31.Raa7 Rxa7 32.Rxa7 h4 33.Kf2 Kh7 34.Kf3 Rb5 35.Ra8
25...Ne3?! 0.00/27
25...Nb4 -0.69/27 26.Rxc7 Rfc8 27.Rc4 Nxd3 28.Kf1 Rf8 29.Ra7 Ra8 30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Ra4 Rb8 32.h4 h6 33.Ra3
26.Rxc7 Nxg4?? +10.26/32
26...Rfc8 0.00/29 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.Nc4 Nxg4 29.h3 Ne3 30.Kf2 Rb8 31.Nxe3 dxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Rxb3 33.Ra8+ Kf7 34.Rh8 h6 35.Ra8 g5 36.Ra7+ Kg8 37.Ra8+ Kg7 38.Ra7+ Kg8
27.Raa7 Rfc8
28.Rxg7+ Kf8
29.Rxh7 Rc1+
30.Nf1 Ne3
31.Rh8# 1-0


Alan Lasser-Josh Correia
9/30/19
UMass Chess Club
game/15
1.Nc3 e5
2.Nf3 d6
3.Ng1?! -0.36/21
3.d4 +0.32/22 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.O-O Be6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qd3 Qb8 11.Rfb1 Qb7 12.a3 Nd7
3…Nc6
4.Nb1?! -1.03/23
4.e4 -0.31/23 4...Nf6 5.Bb5 Be7 6.d3 O-O 7.Bxc6 bxc6
4…d5
5.d3 d4
6.e4 Nf6
7.f4?! -1.49/20
7.Nf3 -0.59/21 7...Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Ng5 Bd7 12.Ngf3 Bg4 13.Nb3 Qd7 14.Bg5
7...Be7?! -0.92/22
7...exf4 -1.49/20 8.Nf3 Ng4 9.Be2 Bd6 10.O-O Ne3 11.Bxe3 fxe3 12.c3 Bg4 13.Qe1 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 O-O
8.Nf3 Bg4?! -0.44/22
8...exf4 -0.85/21 9.Bxf4 Ng4 10.Qd2 f5 11.Be2 fxe4 12.dxe4 O-O
9.h3 Bxf3
10.Qxf3 O-O?! -0.28/24
10...g6 -0.56/21 11.g3 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Bg2 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Qd6 15.Nd2 Qc5 16.Nc4 Qb4+ 17.Ke2 O-O-O 18.e5 Kb8 19.Rhc1 Qc5 20.Qf2 Rhe8
11.Be2 Bb4+
12.Bd2 Bxd2+
13.Nxd2 Qd6
14.a3 exf4
15.Nc4 Ne5
16.Nxd6 Nxf3+
17.Bxf3 cxd6
18.O-O Rac8
19.Rf2 Rfd8
20.Re1 b5?! -0.33/26
20...Re8 -0.66/26 21.Ref1 Re5 22.Bd1 d5 23.Rxf4 dxe4 24.dxe4 Nxe4 25.Re1 f5 26.g4 g6 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Bg4 fxg4 29.Rxg4+ Kf7 30.Rexe4 Rxe4 31.Rxe4 Rxc2 32.Rxd4 Rxb2 33.Ra4 a6 34.Rd4 Kf6 35.a4
21.Bd1 Re8
22.Rxf4 d5? +1.38/29
22...h6 -0.05/25 23.Ref1 a5 24.Rf5 Re5 25.g4 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.h4 Rc7 28.Kh2 Rce7 29.Kg3 Nh7 30.R1f2 Ra7 31.Kh3 Nf8 32.Be2 Rxf5 33.exf5
23.e5 Nd7
24.Rxd4 Nxe5
25.Kf2 f5? +3.79/24
25...a6 +1.36/26 26.Rxd5 f6 27.Rd6 a5 28.Rb6 Rb8 29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.d4 Nc4 31.Be2 a4 32.d5 Kf8 33.g4 Rd8 34.Bxc4 bxc4 35.Rd1 Rb8 36.Rd4 Rxb2 37.Rxc4 Ra2 38.Rc3 Ke7 39.Kf3 Kd6 40.Ke4 Ra1 41.Kd4
26.Rxd5 a6? +7.38/27
26...Nc6 +3.81/25 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Rxb5 g6 29.Rc5 Ne7 30.c4 f4 31.Bf3
27.Rdxe5 Rxe5
28.Rxe5 f4
29.c3 Kf7
30.Bb3+ Kg6?! +10.76/28
30...Kf8 +8.55/27 31.d4 Rc6 32.Be6 g6 33.Kf3 h6 34.Kxf4
31.Re6+ Kf5
32.Rxa6 Re8
33.Rb6 Re5
34.d4 Re3
35.Rxb5+ Ke4
36.Bc2+ Rd3
37.Re5# 1-0


Alan Lasser-Vicente Gris
3/25/19
UMass Chess Club
skittles
1.Nf3 d5
2.Nc3 Nf6
3.Ng1? -1.03/23
3.d4 -0.02/23 3...Bf5 4.Bf4 e6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Nc6 9.O-O
3…e5
4.Nb1 Nc6
5.d3 e4
6.Bg5 Be7?! -0.78/21
6...h6 -1.32/20 7.Bc1 Ng4 8.dxe4 Qf6 9.f3 Bc5
7.Nc3 h6
8.Bh4 d4?! -0.42/20
8...exd3 -0.92/21 9.exd3 g5 10.Bg3 d4 11.Ne4 Bf5 12.Qe2
9.Bxf6 dxc3?! +0.35/20
9...Bxf6 -0.33/19 10.Nxe4 Be7 11.Nf3 f5 12.Ned2
10.Bxc3 O-O?! +0.78/21
10...exd3 +0.22/19 11.exd3 Nd4 12.Nf3 c5 13.Be2 Be6 14.O-O O-O 15.Bxd4 cxd4 16.c3 dxc3 17.bxc3 Qc7 18.c4 Rfd8 19.Rb1 Rab8 20.d4 Bxc4 21.Qc2
11.dxe4 Re8
12.e3 Bb4?! +1.64/23
12...Bd6 +1.01/19 13.Bd3 a6 14.Qd2 b5
13.Bxb4 Nxb4
14.Bd3?! +0.82/22
14.a3 +1.63/22 14...Nc6 15.Qxd8 Nxd8 16.Bd3 Ne6 17.Ne2 a6 18.O-O
14...b6?! +1.27/22
14...Qg5 +0.82/22 15.Nf3 Qg6 16.O-O Bg4 17.e5 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Rad8 19.d4 c5 20.Rc1 b6 21.b3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 cxd4 23.exd4 Rxd4 24.Qb7 a5 25.f4 Rd2 26.Qc6 Qxc6 27.Rxc6
15.a3?! +0.32/25
15.Ne2 +1.27/22 15...Qd6 16.O-O Nxd3 17.Qxd3
15...Nc6? +1.44/23
15...Nxd3+ +0.32/25 16.cxd3 Ba6 17.Ne2 Qxd3 18.Nc3 Qc4 19.Qd5 Rad8 20.Qxc4 Bxc4 21.Rd1 c5 22.f4 f6 23.Kf2 Bb3 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Ke2 Bc4+ 26.Kf3 Bb3 27.Rf1 Rd7 28.g4 g6 29.Rf2 a5 30.Nb5 Bc4
16.Nf3?! +1.06/25
16.Ne2 +1.44/23 16...Ne5 17.O-O Bb7 18.Nc3 Qf6 19.f4 Nxd3 20.cxd3 c5 21.Qc2 Qg6 22.b3 Rad8 23.Rfd1 Qe6 24.Rac1 a5 25.e5 f6 26.d4
16…Bg4
17.h3 Bh5
18.Qe2 Ne5
19.g4 Nxf3+
20.Qxf3 Bg6
21.O-O-O Qe7
22.Qf4 c6?! +1.98/26
22...Bxe4 +1.53/24 23.Qxe4 Qxe4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rd7 Rc8 26.Rhd1 Kf8 27.b3 a5 28.R1d3 Ke8 29.Kb2 g6 30.R7d5 Re6 31.c4 c6 32.R5d4
23.f3 Qc5?! +2.16/25
23...b5 +1.86/23 24.h4 b4 25.a4
24.h4 Bh7 25.h5?! +1.96/24
25.Be2 +2.54/24 25...Rf8 26.Rd7 b5 27.Rhd1 a6 28.Kb1 a5 29.g5 h5
25…b5
26.c3? +1.01/24
26.Be2 +2.06/25 26...f6 27.Rd7 Rad8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rxd1+
26…a5
27.Bc2 b4
28.Rd7 Rab8?? #2/62
28...Rf8 +1.17/22 29.axb4 axb4 30.Kd2 Rad8 31.Rd4 Qa7 32.Rb1 Kh8 33.Rd1
29.Qxf7+ Kh8
30.Qxg7# 1-0

Alan Lasser-Peter Huang
2/14/19
UMass Chess Club
skittles
1.Nc3 Nf6
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Nb1?! -0.48/23
3.e4 +0.15/23 3...e5 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.d3 h6 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Ne7 11.Qe1 Bg4 12.Bb3 Ng6 13.Qg3 Qd7 14.c3 Rae8 15.Rae1 Be6 16.Bxe6
3...e6?! -0.11/23
3...e5 -0.48/23 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg5 Nxd4 7.Qxd4
4.Ng1?! -0.95/23
4.d4 -0.11/23 4...d5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 e5 8.Bb5 exd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.e4 Be5 14.Nf3
4...Bc5?! -0.68/24
4...e5 -0.95/23 5.e3 d5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.d3 e4 10.Nge2 Qe7 11.Ng3 Bg4 12.Qd2 Rad8 13.h3 Be6 14.O-O
5.Nf3 O-O?! -0.19/24
5...e5 -0.67/23 6.c3 Qe7 7.b4 Bb6 8.b5 e4 9.Ba3 d6 10.bxc6 exf3 11.e3 fxg2 12.Bxg2 Rb8 13.cxb7 Bxb7 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.Qa4+ Qd7 16.Qxd7+ Nxd7
6.d4 Bb4+
7.Bd2?! -0.25/22
7.c3 +0.10/25 7...Be7 8.Bf4 d6 9.e3 Nd7 10.Bg3 e5 11.Be2 f5 12.h3 e4 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Nfd2 Bh4 15.Bxh4 Qxh4 16.c4 Nf6 17.g3
7...Bxd2+
8.Nbxd2 d5
9.e3 b6
10.Bb5 Bb7
11.O-O a6
12.Bd3 a5
13.c4 Ba6
14.b3 Nb4
15.Be2 Ne4
16.Nxe4 dxe4
17.Nd2 Qe8?! +1.31/23
17...f5 +0.36/24 18.a3 Nc6 19.Qc1 Qd6 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.f3 exf3 22.Bxf3 Bb7
18.Nxe4 Rd8
19.a3 Nc6
20.Bf3?! +0.73/22
20.Qc2 +1.25/22 20...Qe7 21.f4 f6 22.Bf3 Bb7 23.c5 Qd7 24.Rfc1 b5 25.Qc3
20…e5
21.d5 Ne7
22.Nc3 f6
23.Qc2 Qg6?! +1.44/24
23...f5 +1.18/21 24.e4 f4 25.Rfc1 Ng6 26.Nb5 Qd7 27.Qe2 c5 28.Bg4 Qe7 29.Be6+ Kh8 30.Qh5 Bxb5 31.cxb5 f3 32.Bf5 Rd6 33.g3
24.Qxg6 hxg6
25.e4 f5
26.Be2?! +1.74/25
26.Rfe1 +2.03/24 26...Rde8 27.exf5 Nxf5 28.Be4 Kh7 29.Bd3 Nd4 30.b4 Bc8 31.bxa5
26…fxe4
27.Nxe4? +0.69/23
27.Rfe1 +1.72/24 27...Nf5 28.Rac1 Bb7 29.Nxe4 Nd4 30.Ng5 Nxb3 31.Rc3 Nc5 32.Bg4 Bc8 33.Bxc8 Rxc8 34.Ne6 Nxe6 35.dxe6 Rf4 36.Rxe5
27...Rf4? +2.35/23
27...Nxd5 +0.69/23 28.Bg4 Nf4 29.Rfd1 Bc8 30.Bxc8 Rxc8 31.b4 Rcd8 32.bxa5 bxa5
28.Nc3?! +1.80/25
28.Ng5 +2.35/23 28...Rd7 29.Rae1 a4 30.Ne6 Re4 31.Bd1 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 c6 33.dxc6 Nxc6
28…c6
29.dxc6 Rd2? +4.51/24
29...Nxc6 +1.97/25 30.Nd5 Rf7 31.Bg4 Nd4 32.Rfe1 Nxb3 33.Rad1 Re8 34.Nxb6 Kh7 35.Bf3 Rc7 36.Bd5 Nc5 37.Re3 g5 38.Rh3+ Kg6 39.Bf3 Kf7 40.Nd5 Rb7 41.Ne3 e4 42.Bg4 Nd3 43.Rh5 Kf6 44.c5 Nxc5 45.Rd6+ Ke7
30.c7 Rc2
31.Rfc1 Rxc1+?! +6.39/26
31...Rb2 +4.97/24 32.Rab1 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Kf7 34.Re1 Rf6 35.Bf3 Rd6 36.Rxe5 Rd3 37.Re3 Rd7 38.Bd5+ Nxd5 39.Nxd5
32.Rxc1 Nf5? +10.98/27
32...Rd4 +6.39/25 33.c5 Bxe2 34.Nxe2 Rd3 35.cxb6 Rxb3 36.f4 Rxb6 37.c8=Q+ Nxc8 38.Rxc8+ Kf7 39.fxe5 Rb3 40.Rc7+
33.c5 Nd4
34.Bxa6 Nxb3
35.c8=Q+ Rf8
36.Bc4+ Kh7
37.Qh3# 1-0


Alan Lasser-Mark Jang
11/11/19
UMass Chess Club
game/15
1.Nc3 e6
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Nb1?! -0.28/24
3.e4 +0.46/24 3...Nf6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bg5 d6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O h6 8.Bxf6
3…Nf6
4.Ng1?! -0.91/23
4.d4 -0.28/23 4...d5 5.Bg5 Qd6 6.c3 Ne4 7.Bh4 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qb6 12.Nb3 Be7 13.e3 Be6 14.Qc2 O-O-O 15.Bd3 Kb8 16.Nbd4 Bg4 17.O-O-O Rde8
4…d5
5.d3 Bd6
6.Nc3 e5
7.Bg5 Be7
8.e4 d4
9.Nce2 h6
10.Bh4?! -1.12/22
10.Bd2 -0.72/23 10...Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.Nf3 Qd6 13.Ng3 g6 14.Be2 h5 15.O-O Nd7 16.a3
10…Nd7
11.Bxe7 Qxe7
12.f4?! -1.42/21
12.c3 -0.95/22 12...dxc3 13.Nxc3 O-O 14.Nf3 Nf6 15.h3 Be6 16.Be2 Qd6 17.O-O a6 18.Qd2 Rad8 19.Rac1 Nh5 20.Ng5
12...exf4?! -1.03/23
12...Qb4+ -1.42/21 13.c3 Qxb2 14.Nf3 dxc3
13.Nxf4 O-O?! -0.57/22
13...Nb6 -0.99/21 14.Nf3 Qb4+ 15.Kf2 Qxb2 16.Be2 Qb4 17.Qd2 Qxd2 18.Nxd2 Bd7 19.a4 a5 20.Nb3 O-O 21.Nc5 Ne5 22.Rhf1 Rfe8 23.Kg1 Bc6 24.Rfb1 Rad8 25.Bh5
14.Nf3?! -0.92/21
14.Qd2 -0.57/22 14...Nde5 15.Be2 f5 16.Nf3 fxe4 17.dxe4 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Ne5 19.Be2 c5 20.O-O-O Bd7 21.Rhe1 Qd6 22.g3 Bc6 23.Bh5 Be8 24.Bxe8 Raxe8 25.Re2
14...Nde5?! -0.53/23
14...f5 -0.92/21 15.Be2 fxe4 16.Nd5 Qd6 17.dxe4 Nc5 18.Nxd4 Nxe4 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Nc3 Bf5 21.Qxd6 cxd6 22.Bc4+ Kh8 23.Nxe4 Bxe4
15.Be2 Bg4?! 0.00/21
15...f5 -0.52/22 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Ng6 Qa5+ 18.Qd2 Qxd2+ 19.Kxd2 Rf6 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Nf4 Bd7 22.Raf1 Raf8 23.Nd5 Rf2 24.g3 Bg4 25.Rxf2 Rxf2 26.Nf4 Bxe2 27.Nxe2 Nb4 28.h3 Nd5 29.Ke1 Rg2
16.Nxe5 Bxe2?? +3.79/25
16...Nxe5 0.00/21 17.O-O Qd7 18.Qe1 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 Ng4 20.Qg3 Ne3 21.Rf3
17.Nxc6 bxc6
18.Nxe2 c5?! +4.82/23
18...Qb4+ +3.87/23 19.c3 dxc3 20.bxc3 Qc5 21.Qd2 Rae8 22.Nd4 f5 23.O-O fxe4 24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.dxe4 Rxe4 26.Nxc6 Qc5+ 27.Nd4 Qd6 28.Rb1
19.O-O Qe5?! +5.80/24
19...Rae8 +4.82/23 20.b3 Qd6 21.Rf5
20.Rf5 Qd6
21.Qf1 Rab8
22.b3 a5
23.a4 f6?! +7.21/25
23...Rb6 +6.24/25 24.Qf2 Ra6 25.Rf1 Qe7 26.Nf4
24.Qf4 Qd8?! +8.42/23
24...Rb6 +6.87/24 25.Qg4 Rd8 26.Nf4 Rc6 27.Rf1 Qd7 28.e5
25.Rf1?! +7.31/25
25.Rxc5 +8.42/23 25...c6 26.Rxc6 Rf7 27.Rd6 Qc7 28.Rxd4 Re8 29.Qxc7
25...Rb6?! +8.56/22
25...Qe7 +7.31/25 26.Qg4 Rbe8 27.Qh5
26.Rxc5 Qd7?! +10.28/25
26...Rd6 +8.57/24 27.e5 Ra6 28.Qxd4 fxe5 29.Rxf8+ Qxf8 30.Qxe5
27.Rd5 Rd6
28.Rxd6 cxd6
29.Nxd4 d5
30.exd5 Qxd5
31.Nf5 Qc5+?! +14.69/26
31...Kh7 +9.42/25 32.d4 Qc6 33.c4 Re8 34.c5 Qd7 35.Nd6 Re6 36.Nc4 Kh8 37.Nxa5
32.Rf2?! +9.10/25
32.d4 +14.69/26 32...Qa7 33.Re1 Rd8 34.Qg4 Kf8 35.c4
32…Kh7
33.h4 Rd8?! +11.99/27
33...Re8 +9.39/25 34.d4 Qc6 35.c4 Re4 36.Qd2 Qd7 37.d5
34.Kh2?! +9.71/25
34.Nxg7 +11.99/27 34...Qe5 35.Nh5 Qxf4 36.Rxf4 Kg6 37.Nxf6 Kf7 38.d4
34...g6?? #2/62
34...Qe5 +9.71/25 35.Qxe5 fxe5 36.Re2 g6 37.Ne7 Kg7 38.Nc6 Ra8 39.Rxe5
35.Qxh6+ 1-0


Alan Lasser-Davis Nicholson
7/28/19
underground chess club
game/15
1.Nc3 Nf6
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Nb1?! -0.61/23
3.d4 +0.06/23
3…e5
4.Ng1?! -1.21/22
4.d4 -0.67/22 4...exd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg5 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 Be7 8.Nc3 c5 9.Qf4 d4 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Ne4 Qa5+ 12.c3 dxc3 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Qe3+ Be6 15.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16.bxc3 O-O-O 17.e4 Rhg8 18.f4 Kb8 19.a4 f5 20.e5
4…d5
5.e3 Bc5
6.Bb5 Bd7
7.Ne2 a6
8.Bxc6 Bxc6
9.d4 exd4?! -0.32/23
9...Bd6 -0.68/22 10.dxe5 Bxe5 11.Nd2 Ne4 12.Nd4 Qf6 13.O-O O-O 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf3 Bf6 16.Nd4 Qb6 17.c3 Rfe8 18.Qh5 Rad8 19.Nf5 Bg5 20.f3 g6 21.Nh6+ Kh8 22.Nxf7+
10.exd4 Bb6
11.O-O O-O
12.Bg5 h6
13.Bh4 Bd7
14.Nd2 Bb5
15.Nf3 Re8
16.Re1 Qd6
17.a4 Bxe2
18.Rxe2 Nd7
19.c3 c5?! +0.53/24
19...f5 +0.17/24 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.a5 Ba7 22.Ne5 Rf8 23.Nxd7 Qxd7 24.f3 c6 25.Bg3 c5 26.dxc5 Bxc5+ 27.Kh1 f4 28.Bh4 g5 29.Be1 Qe6 30.b3 Rf5 31.Bd2 Re5
20.Bg3?! +0.18/23
20.dxc5 +0.53/24 20...Qxc5 21.Rd2 Ne5 22.Nxe5
20…Qg6
21.a5 Ba7
22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.dxc5 Nxc5
24.Qxd5 Ne4? +2.26/24
24...Qc2 +0.08/25 25.Qd2 Qxd2 26.Nxd2 Nd3 27.Kf1 f5 28.f4 Nxb2 29.Rb1 Nd3 30.Rxb7 Be3 31.Rd7 Nxf4 32.Nc4 Nh5 33.Be5 Bf4 34.Bxf4 Nxf4 35.g3 Ne2 36.Rd6 Nxc3
25.Ne5?? -3.21/24
25.Qxb7 +2.26/24 25...Bc5 26.Qd7 Qe6 27.Qxe6 Rxe6 28.b4 Ba7 29.c4 Nxg3 30.hxg3 Re2 31.c5 Rb2 32.Rc1 Bb8 33.Rc4 Kh7 34.Kf1 Rb1+
25...Qh5?? +5.96/27
25...Qf5 -3.21/24 26.Qxf7+ Qxf7 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.Re1 Rd8 29.Kf1 Nd2+ 30.Ke2 Nb3 31.Rb1 Re8+ 32.Kd1 Nxa5 33.b3 Nc6 34.Rb2 g6 35.Bf4 g5 36.Bc7 Rc8
26.Qxe4 f6?! +8.27/23
26...Bb8 +6.01/26 27.Qf3 Rxe5 28.Qxh5
27.Qc4+?! +6.70/27
27.Qxb7 +8.27/23 27...Bxf2+ 28.Bxf2
27...Kf8?? #8/34
27...Kh8 +6.70/27 28.Nf7+ Kh7 29.Qd3+ Qg6 30.Qxg6+ Kxg6 31.Nd6 Re2 32.Rb1 Rd2 33.Nxb7 f5 34.Nd6 Bxf2+ 35.Bxf2 Rxd6 36.b4 Rc6 37.Bc5 Kf7 38.c4 g5 39.Rd1 h5 40.Rd7+ Kf6 41.Kf1 h4
28.Nf3?! +6.34/26
28.Nd7+ #8/34 28...Ke7 29.Re1+ Qe5 30.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 31.Kxf2 fxe5 32.Rxe5+ Kf8 33.Rf5+ Ke7 34.Qf7+ Kd8 35.Qc7#
28...Bb8? +10.65/26
28...Qf7 +6.34/26 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 30.Rd1 Bc5 31.b4 Bf8 32.Rd7+
29.Bxb8 Rxb8
30.Re1?! +7.94/27
30.Qc7 +10.40/25 30...Ra8 31.Qxb7 Qe8 32.Nd4 Kg8 33.Ne6 Qxe6 34.Qxa8+
30...Re8?! +9.43/25
30...Rd8 +7.94/27 31.Qc7 Qd5 32.Nd4 Re8 33.Rxe8+ Kxe8 34.g3 g6 35.Qh7 Qxa5 36.Qxg6+ Kd7 37.Qh7+ Kc8 38.Qf5+ Qxf5 39.Nxf5 Kd7 40.Nxh6 a5 41.h4 Ke6 42.g4 b5 43.Nf5 b4 44.Nd4+ Kf7 45.cxb4 axb4 46.b3 Kg7
31.Rxe8+ Qxe8
32.g3 Qe2?? #8/33
32...g6 +8.75/26 33.Nd4 Qe1+ 34.Kg2 Qe4+ 35.Kh3 Qe8 36.Qc7 Qe7 37.Qc8+ Kf7 38.Qh8 Qf8 39.Qh7+
33.Qxe2 1-0

Alan Lasser-Nate Pinkham
1/24/19
UMass Chess Club
game/15
1.Nc3 e5
2.Nf3 d6
3.Ng1?! -0.34/23
3.d4 +0.25/23 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 Be7 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e4 Bf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6
3…Nc6
4.Nb1?! -0.98/23
4.e4 -0.39/22 4...Nd4 5.Nd5 c6 6.Ne3 Nf6 7.c3 Ne6 8.d3 Qc7 9.Nf3 Bd7 10.Qb3 Be7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Nf5 Rfe8 13.Be2 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5
4…Nf6
5.d3 Be6
6.e4 Be7?! -0.50/22
6...d5 -0.92/23 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Bd2 Qd4 9.Nc3 Bc5 10.Be3 Qb4 11.a3 Qb6 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.Nf3 Rd8 14.Nd2 Nd4 15.Be2 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.c3 Ne6 18.O-O Nf4 19.Bf3 O-O 20.Ne4 Qb6 21.Qd2
7.Be2 d5
8.Nd2 dxe4
9.dxe4 Bb4?! 0.00/23
9...Bc5 -0.47/21 10.c3 Ng4 11.Bxg4 Qh4 12.Qe2 Qxg4 13.Qxg4 Bxg4 14.b4 Be7 15.Ngf3 a6 16.O-O O-O 17.Bb2 Rfd8 18.a4 f6 19.Rad1 Be6 20.Ba1 Rd3 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5
10.c3 Ba5
11.Qc2 O-O?! +0.29/22
11...Ng4 0.00/23 12.Ngf3 Bb6 13.O-O Qd6 14.Nc4 Bxf2+ 15.Kh1 Qe7 16.Ng5 Bb6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Bxg4 Bxg4 19.Rxf7 Qc5 20.Rxg7 O-O-O 21.Nf3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Kb8 23.Qe2 Qf8 24.Rg3 Qf7 25.Be3 Rdg8 26.b3
12.Ngf3 Bb6
13.O-O Qe7
14.Nc4 Rfd8
15.Ncxe5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Bg4?? +4.66/22
16...Bb3 +0.30/22 17.axb3 Qxe5 18.Bf3 c6 19.b4 Rd7 20.c4 a6 21.g3 Qe6 22.Bf4 Bd4 23.e5 Ng4 24.b5 cxb5 25.cxb5 Re8
17.Nxg4 Nxg4
18.Bxg4 Qc5?! +5.75/23
18...Re8 +5.00/23 19.Bf3 c6 20.Bf4 Bc7 21.Bxc7 Qxc7 22.Rad1 Re7 23.Rd2 Rae8 24.Rfd1 f6 25.Qa4 b5
19.Be3 Qd6
20.Rad1 Qg6
21.Bf5 Qh5
22.Bxb6 axb6
23.h3 g6
24.Bg4 Qa5
25.a3 Re8?! +6.82/26
25...Qe5 +5.94/24 26.Rd3 b5 27.Rfd1 Rxd3 28.Qxd3 c6 29.Bf3 Re8 30.Qd7 Re7 31.Qd4 Qe6 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qd6 Qxd6 34.Rxd6 f6 35.g4 g5 36.h4 gxh4
26.Rd7 Qe5
27.Bf3 Rab8
28.Rfd1 c6?! +8.35/25
28...Rbc8 +7.21/26 29.Qb3 Rf8 30.Qc4 b5 31.R1d5 bxc4 32.Rxe5 Rfd8 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.Rb5 b6 35.e5 h5 36.Bd5 h4 37.f4
29.g3?! +6.95/26
29.Qb3 +8.35/25 29...Re7 30.Qxb6 Rxd7 31.Rxd7 Qf4 32.Qa7 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Rf8 34.Qxb7
29…b5
30.Qb3 Qe6?! +8.46/28
30...Re7 +6.78/26 31.Qb4 Rbe8 32.a4 bxa4 33.Qxb7 c5 34.Kg2 h6 35.Qa7
31.Qxe6 Rxe6
32.Bg2?! +7.32/27
32.Rc7 +8.53/25 32...Rf6 33.Bg4 Re8 34.Rc8 Rxc8 35.Bxc8 g5 36.e5 Rg6 37.Rd8+
32...Kg7?! +9.11/25
32...Kf8 +7.32/27 33.Rc7 Re7 34.Rdd7 Rxd7 35.Rxd7 Ke8 36.Rc7 Rd8 37.Rxb7 Rd1+ 38.Bf1 Rb1 39.e5 Kf8 40.b4 Re1 41.c4 Rxe5 42.cxb5
33.f4?! +7.25/29
33.Rc7 +9.11/25 33...g5 34.Rdd7 Rf8 35.Rxb7 Kg6 36.e5 Kf5 37.Rdc7 Kxe5 38.Bxc6
33...Kf6?! +10.02/27
33...Kf8 +7.25/29 34.Rc7 Re7 35.Rdd7 Rxd7 36.Rxd7 Ke8 37.Rc7 Rd8 38.Rxb7 Rd1+ 39.Kh2 Rb1 40.b4 Rb3 41.e5 Rxc3 42.Rc7 Kf8 43.Bxc6 Rc2+ 44.Kg1 Rc3 45.Kg2 Rc2+ 46.Kf3 Rc1 47.Kg4 h6 48.h4 Rc2 49.Kf3 Rc3+ 50.Kg2 Rc2+ 51.Kh3 Rc3
34.Kf2 h5
35.h4 Re7?? #13/25
35...Ree8 +10.00/28 36.e5+ Kg7 37.Rc7 Rec8 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Rd7 b6 40.Rb7 c5 41.e6 Kf6 42.exf7 Rd8 43.Be4 Kg7 44.Rxb6
36.e5+ Ke6
37.Bh3+ f5
38.exf6+ Kxf6
39.R1d6+ Kf7
40.Rxe7+ Kxe7
41.Rd7+ Ke8
42.Rh7 Rd8
43.Rh8+ Ke7
44.Rxd8 Kxd8
45.f5 gxf5
46.Bxf5 1-0


Alan Lasser-Stan Pollack
2/9/19
Lilly Library Chess Club
skittles
1.Nf3 d5
2.Nc3 d4
3.Nb1 Bg4
4.Ng1?! -0.80/22
4.Ne5 +0.01/22 4...Bf5 5.c3 f6 6.Nf3 e5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Qxb7 Nge7 9.Na3 Rb8 10.Qa6 Qd7 11.Nc4 Ng6 12.e3 dxe3 13.dxe3 Be7
4…Nc6
5.d3 e5
6.h3 Be6
7.e4 Nf6
8.f4? -3.45/22
8.Nf3 -0.79/22 8...Bc5 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.c4
8...Bb4+? -1.68/23
8...Nxe4 -3.45/22 9.Nf3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Ng3
9.c3? -4.67/25
9.Kf2 -1.68/23 9...exf4 10.Bxf4 Bd6 11.Bh2 g5 12.Nf3 Bxh2 13.Nxh2 h5 14.Nf3 Qd6 15.Kg1 g4 16.hxg4 Nxg4 17.c4
9…dxc3
10.bxc3 Ba5? -0.98/22
10...Nxe4 -4.57/23 11.Nf3 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Bxc3+ 13.Bd2 Bxa1 14.Qxa1 O-O 15.fxe5 Bd5 16.Bc3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Re8 18.Rg1 Qf6 19.Kf2 Nxe5 20.Rg3 Rad8 21.Kg2 c5 22.d4 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Qf4 24.Bf2 Rd2 25.Qc3 Red8 26.a3
11.Nf3 Qd6?! -0.12/22
11...exf4 -1.05/21 12.Bxf4 Qe7 13.Be2 O-O-O 14.Qc1 Bb6 15.Qa3 Nh5 16.Bh2 Qf6 17.Qc1 h6 18.Rf1 Qe7 19.d4 f5 20.e5 g5 21.Bb5 Bd5 22.Qc2 f4 23.Bxc6 Bxc6 24.Qg6
12.Ba3? -1.27/22
12.fxe5 -0.12/22 12...Nxe5 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.e5 Qc5 15.Bd2 Nh5 16.d4 Qd5 17.Bb5 Ng3 18.Rg1 O-O 19.Bxc6
12...Bxc3+
13.Kf2? -4.13/25
13.Nxc3 -1.46/22 13...Qxa3 14.Qc1 Qd6 15.Rb1 exf4 16.Be2 O-O 17.O-O Nh5 18.Rf2 Ng3 19.Qd2 Rad8 20.Rxb7 a5 21.Ng5 Nd4 22.Bd1 Qc5 23.h4 c6 24.Rb2 f6
13...Bb4?! -2.78/22
13...Nxe4+ -4.13/25 14.Kg1 Bd4+ 15.Kh2 Qd8 16.Qc1 Nf2 17.Bb2 Nxh1 18.Kxh1 f6
14.fxe5?! -3.80/22
14.Bxb4 -2.78/22 14...Nxe4+ 15.Kg1 Nxb4 16.fxe5 Qb6+ 17.d4 O-O-O 18.Na3 Ng5 19.Kh2 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Qxd4 21.Re1 Qc5 22.Re3 Bxa2 23.Qg3 Nc6 24.Be2 Kb8 25.Nb5 Be6 26.Rb1 Bf5 27.Rb2 Qc1 28.Rbb3 Nd4
14...Nxe5? -1.19/26
14...Nxe4+ -3.80/22 15.Ke3 Qc5+ 16.d4 O-O-O 17.dxc5 Rxd1 18.Bxb4 Nxb4 19.Kxe4 Rhd8 20.c6 Nc2 21.Kf4 b5 22.Na3 Nxa1 23.Nxb5 Kb8 24.Kg3 Rc1 25.Kf2 Bxa2 26.Nbd4 Bd5 27.Nf5 g6 28.Ne7 Bxc6 29.Nxc6+ Rxc6 30.Bb5 Rc2+ 31.Kg3 Nb3 32.Rb1
15.Qa4+ Nc6
16.e5 Qc5+
17.d4 Ne4+
18.Ke3 Qa5? +0.80/25
18...Nc3 -1.15/23 19.Bxb4 Qxb4 20.Nxc3 Qxc3+ 21.Bd3 O-O-O 22.Rac1 Qb4 23.Qxb4 Nxb4 24.Bb1 Kb8 25.a3 Nd5+ 26.Kf2 c6 27.Rhe1 Nc7 28.Bd3 Bd5 29.Be4 Ne6 30.Kg1
19.Qxa5 Bxa5
20.Kxe4 Rd8? +2.32/24
20...O-O-O +0.85/24 21.Ke3 Bd5 22.Nbd2 Bxd2+ 23.Kxd2 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Nxd4 25.Bb2 Rhe8 26.f4 Nb3+ 27.Kc2 Nxa1+ 28.Bxa1 Re7 29.Rg1 g6 30.Bc4
21.Bb5 a6?! +3.21/23
21...Bd5+ +2.40/21 22.Ke3 f6 23.exf6 gxf6 24.Nbd2 Bb6 25.Bxc6+ Bxc6 26.Bc5 Kd7 27.Kf2 Bd5 28.Bxb6
22.Bxc6+ bxc6
23.Bc5 Bd5+
24.Kd3 Bxf3?! +4.47/24
24...Bb6 +3.35/23 25.Rc1 f6 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Nc3 Bxf3 28.Re1+ Kf7 29.Re7+ Kf8 30.Rd7+ Ke8 31.Rxd8+ Kxd8 32.gxf3 Bxc5 33.dxc5 Rg8 34.Ke3 Rg2 35.Kf4 Rh2 36.Rd1+ Kc8 37.Kg3 Rc2 38.Rd3 Rb2 39.Kf4 Rh2 40.Kg4 Rg2+ 41.Kf5 Rg5+ 42.Kxf6
25.gxf3 f5
26.Nc3 Bb6?! +6.02/26
26...Kf7 +4.71/26 27.Rab1 Rhe8 28.Kc4 g6 29.Rb7
27.Na4 Bxc5
28.Nxc5 g6
29.Nxa6 Rc8
30.Rhc1 O-O?! +11.52/26
30...Kd7 +7.34/28 31.Nb4 Rb8 32.Nxc6 Rb5 33.a4 Rb3+ 34.Ke2 Rb2+ 35.Ke3 Ra8 36.a5
31.Rxc6 Rf7
32.Rac1 Kg7
33.Rxc7 Rfxc7
34.Rxc7+ Rxc7
35.Nxc7 h5 0-1

Alan Lasser-Bruton Strange
9/14/19
Lilly Library Chess Club
game/30
1.Nc3 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Nb1?! -0.81/24
3.d4 +0.13/23 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4 5.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 bxc6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6
3…Nf6
4.Ng1?! -1.17/23
4.d4 -0.63/22 4...exd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 Be7 7.e4 d5 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Be3 Qxd4
4…d5
5.d3 g6?! -0.83/20
5...Bf5 -1.18/20 6.e3 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Re8 9.Nfd2
6.Bg5 Bg7
7.Nd2 O-O?! -0.34/23
7...h6 -0.78/22 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.c3 Be6 10.Ngf3 d4 11.e4 O-O-O 12.cxd4
8.e4 d4
9.Ngf3 Qd6
10.a3 b5
11.Be2 Be6
12.O-O Nd7
13.c4 dxc3?! +0.29/21
13...bxc4 -0.17/21 14.Qc2 cxd3 15.Bxd3 f6 16.Rfc1 Na5 17.Bh4 c5
14.bxc3 b4? +2.15/21
14...f5 +0.35/20 15.a4 a6 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Be3 Ne7 18.Ng5 Nd5 19.Nxe6 Qxe6 20.Qb3
15.axb4 Nxb4? +4.18/23
15...a5 +2.25/20 16.b5 Ncb8 17.d4 Nb6 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Be3 Qxc3 21.Rc1
16.cxb4 Qxb4
17.Qa4 Qxa4
18.Rxa4 f6
19.Be3 Rfb8
20.Rfa1 Rb7
21.h3 f5?! +5.50/24
21...c5 +4.28/24 22.Ra6 Bf7 23.Nc4 Bf8 24.Nfd2 Rc7 25.Nb1 Kg7 26.R6a5 Rb8 27.Nc3 Nb6 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Rxa7 Nxc4 30.dxc4 Rb2 31.Bf1
22.Ng5 f4
23.Nxe6 fxe3
24.Nc4?! +4.43/23
24.fxe3 +5.39/22 24...Bh6 25.Nf1 Re8 26.Bg4 Nf6 27.Ra6 Nxg4 28.hxg4 Re7 29.g5 Bg7 30.Nc5 Rb2 31.Rxa7 Rc2 32.Ra8+ Kf7 33.R8a5 Re8 34.Nh2 Ke7 35.Ng4 Rf8 36.Kh2
24...Re8?! +6.52/22
24...exf2+ +4.43/23 25.Kxf2 Bf6 26.Kg1 Bh4 27.Bg4 h5 28.Na5 Rbb8 29.Bd1 Rb6 30.Bb3 Kh8 31.Bd5 Re8 32.Nxc7
25.Nxg7 Kxg7
26.Nxe3 Rb2?! +8.92/25
26...Ra8 +6.51/24 27.Ra5 Kf6 28.Nc4 Rb3 29.Ra6+ Nb6 30.R1a5 Re8 31.Ne3 Rb1+ 32.Kh2 h5 33.Nd5+ Kf7 34.Nxc7
27.Kf1?! +6.96/24
27.Rxa7 +8.92/25 27...Rxe2 28.Rxc7
27…Nc5
28.Rxa7 Nb3? +18.22/25
28...Re7 +6.98/25 29.Nd5 Rf7 30.Nxc7 Nb3 31.Ne8+ Kg8 32.R7a2 Rxa2 33.Rxa2 Nc1 34.Ra3 h5 35.Nd6 Re7 36.Nc4 Nxe2 37.Kxe2 Kf7 38.Ra6 Kg7 39.h4
29.Rxc7+ Kh6
30.Rd1 Rd8
31.Nd5?! +8.68/26
31.h4 +20.26/24 31...Rh8 32.Ng4+ Kh5 33.Nxe5+ Kh6 34.g4 Rxe2 35.Nf7+ Kg7 36.Nxh8+ Kxh8 37.Kxe2 Nd4+ 38.Ke3 Ne6 39.Ra7 Kg8 40.d4
31…Nd4
32.Bg4 Kg5? +13.40/25
32...Rf8 +7.82/25 33.f3 Ne2 34.Re7 Nf4 35.Nxf4 exf4 36.d4
33.Rxh7 Rdb8
34.f3 Rb1
35.h4# 1-0

 

Alan Lasser-Raghavam Venkatarama
3/7/19
UMass Chess Club
game/15
1.Nc3 e5
2.Nf3 d6
3.Ng1?! -0.43/23
3.d4 +0.29/22 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 Be7 5.e4 Bf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7
3…d5
4.Nb1?! -0.92/21
4.d4 -0.51/22 4...Nc6 5.dxe5 d4 6.Ne4 Qd5 7.Ng3 Qxe5 8.Nf3 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.c3 Qxb2 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd4 13.e3
4…Bc5
5.e3 Nc6
6.Bb5 Bd7
7.Ne2 a6
8.Bxc6 Bxc6
9.d4 exd4
10.exd4 Bd6
11.Bf4 Nf6
12.Nbc3 Qe7
13.O-O O-O
14.Qd2 Bb4
15.Rae1?! -0.21/23
15.Ng3 +0.21/22 15...Ne4 16.Ngxe4 dxe4 17.a3 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Rfd8 19.Qg3 f6 20.Rfd1 Bd5 21.Bxc7 Rdc8 22.Bd6 Qd7 23.c3 a5 24.Re1 Rc6 25.Bf4 Rac8 26.Rac1 a4 27.Rcd1 Rb6 28.Rb1 Rbc6 29.Rbc1
15…Bb5
16.Bg5 Rfe8?! +0.17/25
16...Qd6 -0.17/23 17.Nxb5 Bxd2 18.Nxd6 Bxg5 19.Nf5 Ne4 20.Rd1 Rae8 21.f4 Bf6 22.c3 Re6 23.Neg3 Rfe8 24.Nxe4 Rxe4
17.a3 Bxe2? +1.80/29
17...Bxc3 +0.18/24 18.Nxc3 Qd6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Re1 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 h6 23.Qd2 Qd6 24.h3 b6 25.Nxb5 axb5 26.c3 Qe6 27.Qf4 c5 28.dxc5 Qe1+ 29.Kh2
18.axb4 Qxb4? +3.36/25
18...Ne4 +1.89/28 19.Bxe7 Nxd2 20.Rxe2 Nxf1 21.Kxf1 c6 22.Bd6 Rxe2 23.Kxe2 a5 24.b5 g5 25.Na4 Re8+ 26.Kd2
19.Rxe2 Qxb2? +6.94/24
19...Rxe2 +3.38/24 20.Nxe2 Qb6 21.Bxf6
20.Bxf6 gxf6
21.Nxd5?! +5.20/24
21.Rxe8+ +6.69/24 21...Rxe8 22.Nxd5 Kg7 23.Qd3 Rd8 24.Qg3+ Kf8 25.Nxf6
21…Rxe2
22.Qxe2 Qxd4
23.Rd1 Qe5
24.Qf3?! +3.53/24
24.Qg4+ +4.20/25 24...Kh8 25.Ne3 f5 26.Nxf5 Qf6 27.Ne3 b5 28.Nd5 Qg7 29.Qxg7+
24...f5?! +4.17/24
24...Rd8 +3.53/24 25.g4 Kf8 26.Ne3 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Ke8 28.Qd3 h5 29.gxh5 Qg5+ 30.Kh1 Qxh5 31.Qe4+ Kd7 32.Qxb7 a5 33.Qb3 Ke7 34.Qc4 Qe5 35.Ng4 Qe6 36.Qxc7+
25.Qxf5?! +3.00/25
25.Ne3 +4.17/24 25...Re8 26.Qxb7 f4 27.Nf1 Re6 28.Rd7 Rb6 29.Qxc7 Qxc7 30.Rxc7 a5 31.Rc4 Rb2 32.c3 Rc2 33.Rxf4 Rxc3 34.Ra4 Rc5 35.f4 Rb5 36.Ne3 f5 37.Kf2 h5 38.Ke1 Kg7 39.Kd2 Kf6
25…Qxf5
26.Ne7+ Kf8
27.Nxf5 a5
28.c4 Ke8
29.g4 a4
30.Ra1 Kd7
31.Kf1 Kc6
32.Ke2 b5?! +3.22/23
32...Kc5 +2.82/27 33.Kd3 c6 34.Re1 b5 35.cxb5 Rd8+ 36.Kc3 cxb5 37.Re5+
33.Kd3? +1.71/26
33.cxb5+ +3.22/23 33...Kxb5 34.Kd3 Kc5 35.Nd4 a3 36.Nc2 a2 37.Kc3 Kd6 38.Kb2 Ra4 39.Ne3 Ke5 40.Rxa2 Rxa2+ 41.Kxa2 Kf4 42.h4 Kf3 43.g5 Kxf2
33…b4
34.Nd4+?! +1.35/26
34.Re1 +1.68/25 34...Kb6 35.Re5 c5 36.Re1 Ka6 37.Kc2 Rd8 38.f4 a3 39.g5
34…Kc5
35.Nb3+ Kb6?! +1.96/26
35...Kc6 +1.46/26 36.Nd2 Rd8+ 37.Ke2 a3 38.Nb3 Rg8 39.Kf3 Kb6 40.h4 Rd8 41.Ke3 Re8+ 42.Kd3 c5 43.Rd1
36.Nd2 c5
37.f4? +0.66/30
37.Kc2 +2.18/26 37...a3 38.Re1 Rg8 39.Re4 Rg6 40.h4 Rf6 41.f3 h5 42.g5 Rf5 43.Kb3 Kc6 44.f4
37...b3? +2.75/26
37...Rd8+ +0.66/30 38.Kc2 b3+ 39.Kc3 Re8 40.h4 h6 41.h5 Re3+ 42.Kb2 Re2 43.Rd1 Ka5 44.Ka3 Rg2 45.g5 hxg5 46.fxg5 Rxg5 47.Rh1 Rg2 48.Nxb3+ axb3 49.h6 Rg8 50.h7 Rh8 51.Kxb3 f5 52.Kc2 f4 53.Kd3 Rd8+ 54.Ke4 Rh8 55.Kf3 Kb4 56.Rh2 Kb3 57.Rh4 Kc3 58.Rh5
38.Nxb3? +1.47/26
38.Re1 +2.75/26 38...f6 39.Kc3 Rg8 40.Re6+ Kc7 41.Rxf6 Rxg4 42.Rf5 Rh4 43.Rxc5+ Kd8 44.Rd5+ Kc7 45.f5 Rxh2 46.f6 Rf2 47.Ra5 b2 48.f7 Kb6 49.Rxa4 b1=Q 50.Nxb1
38...a3? +5.45/26
38...Rd8+ +1.47/26 39.Ke3 axb3 40.Rb1 Rd4 41.Rxb3+ Ka6 42.Rb8 Rxc4 43.Rf8 Rc2 44.Rxf7 Rxh2 45.f5
39.Kc3?! +4.77/26
39.Nd2 +5.45/26 39...h5 40.g5
39...f6?! +5.77/29
39...Re8 +4.77/26 40.Kd3 Rg8 41.g5 h6 42.h4 hxg5 43.hxg5 Ra8 44.Kc3 Rh8
40.Nc1 h6
41.Nd3 Kc6
42.Kb3 Kd6?! +7.96/26
42...Rd8 +6.21/28 43.Kc3 Ra8 44.f5 a2 45.Nf4 Ra3+ 46.Kb2 Rf3 47.Nh5
43.Rxa3 Rxa3+? +32.42/24
43...Rg8 +7.97/28 44.Ra6+ Kc7 45.Rxf6 Rxg4 46.Rxh6
44.Kxa3 Kc6
45.Ka4 Kd6
46.Kb5 Ke7
47.Kxc5 Ke6
48.f5+ Ke7
49.Kc6 Kd8
50.Kb7 Kd7
51.c5 Kd8
52.c6 h5
53.h3 hxg4
54.hxg4 Ke8
55.c7 Ke7
56.c8=Q Kd6
57.Qd8# 1-0

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[Event "game/15"]
[Site "UMass Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Julian Clark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 Nf6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Ng1 $6 { -0.62/23 } ( 3.e4 { +0.07/24 } 3...e5 4.Bc4
Nxe4 5.O-O Nd6 6.Bd5 Be7 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 O-O ) 3...e5 4.Nb1 $6 { -1.22/22 }
( 4.e4 { -0.64/22 } 4...d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.bxc3 Qd5
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.d3 e4 11.Qe2 f5 12.h3 ) 4...d5 5.d3 d4 6.e4 Bd6 $6 { -0.64/23 }
( 6...dxe3 { -0.92/22 } 7.Bxe3 Ng4 8.Nc3 Nxe3 9.fxe3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qh6 11.Qd2
Bc5 12.Nd5 O-O 13.Bg2 Bg4 14.e4 Qg6 15.h3 ) 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Nd2 Be7 9.f4 $6
{ -1.53/23 } ( 9.Be2 { -0.61/23 } 9...Re8 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bg4 ) 9...Ng4
10.Bxe7 $2 { -2.65/22 } ( 10.f5 { -1.53/23 } 10...h5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qe2 Nb4
13.Nc4 b5 14.Na3 Rd8 15.Nf3 Ba6 16.Qd2 Nc6 17.c4 dxc3 18.Qxc3 Qd6 19.Nc2 b4
20.Qd2 Rab8 21.Ne3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 ) 10...Qxe7 11.Nc4 Be6 $2 { -1.25/24 } (
11...exf4 { -2.94/22 } 12.Nf3 f5 13.Qe2 Qb4+ 14.Qd2 Qc5 15.exf5 b5 16.h3 Ne3
17.Nxe3 fxe3 18.Qc1 Qd6 19.Kd1 Bxf5 20.Be2 Qg3 21.Ne1 Ne5 22.c3 Rad8 23.cxd4
Rxd4 24.Qc3 Rfd8 25.Kc2 Qf2 ) 12.Be2 $6 { -2.00/23 } ( 12.f5 { -1.25/24 }
12...Qb4+ 13.Nd2 Ne3 14.Qc1 Bd7 15.c3 Qd6 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.dxc4 dxc3 18.Qxc3
Qd4 19.Bd3 Nb4 20.Bb1 Qxc3+ 21.bxc3 Na6 22.Nf3 f6 23.Bc2 Nc5 24.O-O Bc6
25.Rfe1 Rad8 26.Kh1 b6 27.Kg1 a5 28.Rab1 a4 ) 12...Bxc4 $2 { -0.96/23 } (
12...f5 { -2.00/23 } 13.exf5 Bd5 14.Bf3 exf4+ 15.Qe2 Qxe2+ 16.Kxe2 Rae8+
17.Kd2 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 b5 19.Na3 Rxf5 20.Rae1 Ne3 21.Kc1 Rd8 22.Re2 Ne5 23.Rhe1
Rd5 ) 13.Bxg4 Be6 14.Bxe6 $6 { -0.91/23 } ( 14.f5 { -0.56/26 } 14...Bc8 15.a3
Qh4+ 16.g3 Qg5 17.Nh3 Qf6 18.Qd2 ) 14...Qxe6 $6 { -0.25/26 } ( 14...fxe6
{ -0.91/23 } 15.Qd2 Qb4 16.c3 dxc3 17.bxc3 Qb6 18.g3 Rad8 19.Nf3 Rd7 20.O-O-O
exf4 21.gxf4 Rdf7 22.f5 exf5 23.e5 Re7 24.d4 Na5 25.Qd3 Qc6 26.Rhf1 Qa4
27.Rf2 Nc4 28.Ng5 Qa3+ 29.Kb1 b5 ) 15.f5 Qd6 16.a3 f6 17.Nf3 b5 18.Qd2 a5
19.O-O b4 20.g4 Rab8 21.axb4 Qxb4 22.b3 Qxd2 23.Nxd2 Nb4 24.Rxa5 Nxc2 25.Rc1
$6 { -0.69/27 } ( 25.Kf2 { -0.29/27 } 25...Ra8 26.Ra4 Ne3 27.Rc1 Nxg4+ 28.Kf3
h5 29.h3 Ne3 30.Rxc7 Rfb8 31.Raa7 Rxa7 32.Rxa7 h4 33.Kf2 Kh7 34.Kf3 Rb5
35.Ra8 ) 25...Ne3 $6 { 0.00/27 } ( 25...Nb4 { -0.69/27 } 26.Rxc7 Rfc8 27.Rc4
Nxd3 28.Kf1 Rf8 29.Ra7 Ra8 30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Ra4 Rb8 32.h4 h6 33.Ra3 ) 26.Rxc7
Nxg4 $4 { +10.26/32 } ( 26...Rfc8 { 0.00/29 } 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.Nc4 Nxg4 29.h3
Ne3 30.Kf2 Rb8 31.Nxe3 dxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Rxb3 33.Ra8+ Kf7 34.Rh8 h6 35.Ra8 g5
36.Ra7+ Kg8 37.Ra8+ Kg7 38.Ra7+ Kg8 ) 27.Raa7 Rfc8 28.Rxg7+ Kf8 29.Rxh7 Rc1+
30.Nf1 Ne3 31.Rh8# 1-0

[Event "game/15"]
[Site "UMass Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Josh Correia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Ng1 $6 { -0.36/21 } ( 3.d4 { +0.32/22 } 3...exd4 4.Nxd4
Nf6 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.O-O Be6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qd3 Qb8 11.Rfb1 Qb7
12.a3 Nd7 ) 3...Nc6 4.Nb1 $6 { -1.03/23 } ( 4.e4 { -0.31/23 } 4...Nf6 5.Bb5
Be7 6.d3 O-O 7.Bxc6 bxc6 ) 4...d5 5.d3 d4 6.e4 Nf6 7.f4 $6 { -1.49/20 } (
7.Nf3 { -0.59/21 } 7...Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Ng5 Bd7 12.Ngf3
Bg4 13.Nb3 Qd7 14.Bg5 ) 7...Be7 $6 { -0.92/22 } ( 7...exf4 { -1.49/20 } 8.Nf3
Ng4 9.Be2 Bd6 10.O-O Ne3 11.Bxe3 fxe3 12.c3 Bg4 13.Qe1 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 O-O )
8.Nf3 Bg4 $6 { -0.44/22 } ( 8...exf4 { -0.85/21 } 9.Bxf4 Ng4 10.Qd2 f5 11.Be2
fxe4 12.dxe4 O-O ) 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 O-O $6 { -0.28/24 } ( 10...g6
{ -0.56/21 } 11.g3 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Bg2 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Qd6 15.Nd2 Qc5 16.Nc4
Qb4+ 17.Ke2 O-O-O 18.e5 Kb8 19.Rhc1 Qc5 20.Qf2 Rhe8 ) 11.Be2 Bb4+ 12.Bd2
Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Qd6 14.a3 exf4 15.Nc4 Ne5 16.Nxd6 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 cxd6 18.O-O
Rac8 19.Rf2 Rfd8 20.Re1 b5 $6 { -0.33/26 } ( 20...Re8 { -0.66/26 } 21.Ref1
Re5 22.Bd1 d5 23.Rxf4 dxe4 24.dxe4 Nxe4 25.Re1 f5 26.g4 g6 27.gxf5 gxf5
28.Bg4 fxg4 29.Rxg4+ Kf7 30.Rexe4 Rxe4 31.Rxe4 Rxc2 32.Rxd4 Rxb2 33.Ra4 a6
34.Rd4 Kf6 35.a4 ) 21.Bd1 Re8 22.Rxf4 d5 $2 { +1.38/29 } ( 22...h6
{ -0.05/25 } 23.Ref1 a5 24.Rf5 Re5 25.g4 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.h4 Rc7 28.Kh2
Rce7 29.Kg3 Nh7 30.R1f2 Ra7 31.Kh3 Nf8 32.Be2 Rxf5 33.exf5 ) 23.e5 Nd7
24.Rxd4 Nxe5 25.Kf2 f5 $2 { +3.79/24 } ( 25...a6 { +1.36/26 } 26.Rxd5 f6
27.Rd6 a5 28.Rb6 Rb8 29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.d4 Nc4 31.Be2 a4 32.d5 Kf8 33.g4 Rd8
34.Bxc4 bxc4 35.Rd1 Rb8 36.Rd4 Rxb2 37.Rxc4 Ra2 38.Rc3 Ke7 39.Kf3 Kd6 40.Ke4
Ra1 41.Kd4 ) 26.Rxd5 a6 $2 { +7.38/27 } ( 26...Nc6 { +3.81/25 } 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8
28.Rxb5 g6 29.Rc5 Ne7 30.c4 f4 31.Bf3 ) 27.Rdxe5 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 f4 29.c3 Kf7
30.Bb3+ Kg6 $6 { +10.76/28 } ( 30...Kf8 { +8.55/27 } 31.d4 Rc6 32.Be6 g6
33.Kf3 h6 34.Kxf4 ) 31.Re6+ Kf5 32.Rxa6 Re8 33.Rb6 Re5 34.d4 Re3 35.Rxb5+ Ke4
36.Bc2+ Rd3 37.Re5# 1-0

[Event "skittles"]
[Site "UMass Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Vicente Gris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Ng1 $2 { -1.03/23 } ( 3.d4 { -0.02/23 } 3...Bf5 4.Bf4 e6
5.e3 Bd6 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Nc6 9.O-O ) 3...e5 4.Nb1 Nc6 5.d3 e4
6.Bg5 Be7 $6 { -0.78/21 } ( 6...h6 { -1.32/20 } 7.Bc1 Ng4 8.dxe4 Qf6 9.f3 Bc5
) 7.Nc3 h6 8.Bh4 d4 $6 { -0.42/20 } ( 8...exd3 { -0.92/21 } 9.exd3 g5 10.Bg3
d4 11.Ne4 Bf5 12.Qe2 ) 9.Bxf6 dxc3 $6 { +0.35/20 } ( 9...Bxf6 { -0.33/19 }
10.Nxe4 Be7 11.Nf3 f5 12.Ned2 ) 10.Bxc3 O-O $6 { +0.78/21 } ( 10...exd3
{ +0.22/19 } 11.exd3 Nd4 12.Nf3 c5 13.Be2 Be6 14.O-O O-O 15.Bxd4 cxd4 16.c3
dxc3 17.bxc3 Qc7 18.c4 Rfd8 19.Rb1 Rab8 20.d4 Bxc4 21.Qc2 ) 11.dxe4 Re8 12.e3
Bb4 $6 { +1.64/23 } ( 12...Bd6 { +1.01/19 } 13.Bd3 a6 14.Qd2 b5 ) 13.Bxb4
Nxb4 14.Bd3 $6 { +0.82/22 } ( 14.a3 { +1.63/22 } 14...Nc6 15.Qxd8 Nxd8 16.Bd3
Ne6 17.Ne2 a6 18.O-O ) 14...b6 $6 { +1.27/22 } ( 14...Qg5 { +0.82/22 } 15.Nf3
Qg6 16.O-O Bg4 17.e5 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Rad8 19.d4 c5 20.Rc1 b6 21.b3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3
cxd4 23.exd4 Rxd4 24.Qb7 a5 25.f4 Rd2 26.Qc6 Qxc6 27.Rxc6 ) 15.a3 $6
{ +0.32/25 } ( 15.Ne2 { +1.27/22 } 15...Qd6 16.O-O Nxd3 17.Qxd3 ) 15...Nc6 $2
{ +1.44/23 } ( 15...Nxd3+ { +0.32/25 } 16.cxd3 Ba6 17.Ne2 Qxd3 18.Nc3 Qc4
19.Qd5 Rad8 20.Qxc4 Bxc4 21.Rd1 c5 22.f4 f6 23.Kf2 Bb3 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Ke2
Bc4+ 26.Kf3 Bb3 27.Rf1 Rd7 28.g4 g6 29.Rf2 a5 30.Nb5 Bc4 ) 16.Nf3 $6
{ +1.06/25 } ( 16.Ne2 { +1.44/23 } 16...Ne5 17.O-O Bb7 18.Nc3 Qf6 19.f4 Nxd3
20.cxd3 c5 21.Qc2 Qg6 22.b3 Rad8 23.Rfd1 Qe6 24.Rac1 a5 25.e5 f6 26.d4 )
16...Bg4 17.h3 Bh5 18.Qe2 Ne5 19.g4 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Bg6 21.O-O-O Qe7 22.Qf4 c6
$6 { +1.98/26 } ( 22...Bxe4 { +1.53/24 } 23.Qxe4 Qxe4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rd7 Rc8
26.Rhd1 Kf8 27.b3 a5 28.R1d3 Ke8 29.Kb2 g6 30.R7d5 Re6 31.c4 c6 32.R5d4 )
23.f3 Qc5 $6 { +2.16/25 } ( 23...b5 { +1.86/23 } 24.h4 b4 25.a4 ) 24.h4 Bh7
25.h5 $6 { +1.96/24 } ( 25.Be2 { +2.54/24 } 25...Rf8 26.Rd7 b5 27.Rhd1 a6
28.Kb1 a5 29.g5 h5 ) 25...b5 26.c3 $2 { +1.01/24 } ( 26.Be2 { +2.06/25 }
26...f6 27.Rd7 Rad8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rxd1+ ) 26...a5 27.Bc2 b4 28.Rd7 Rab8
$4 { #2/62 } ( 28...Rf8 { +1.17/22 } 29.axb4 axb4 30.Kd2 Rad8 31.Rd4 Qa7
32.Rb1 Kh8 33.Rd1 ) 29.Qxf7+ Kh8 30.Qxg7# 1-0

 

[Event "skittles"]
[Site "UMass Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Peter Huang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 Nf6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nb1 $6 { -0.48/23 } ( 3.e4 { +0.15/23 } 3...e5 4.Bc4
Bc5 5.d3 h6 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Ne7 11.Qe1 Bg4
12.Bb3 Ng6 13.Qg3 Qd7 14.c3 Rae8 15.Rae1 Be6 16.Bxe6 ) 3...e6 $6 { -0.11/23 }
( 3...e5 { -0.48/23 } 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg5 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 ) 4.Ng1 $6
{ -0.95/23 } ( 4.d4 { -0.11/23 } 4...d5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 e5 8.Bb5
exd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.e4 Be5 14.Nf3 ) 4...Bc5
$6 { -0.68/24 } ( 4...e5 { -0.95/23 } 5.e3 d5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Nc3
O-O 9.d3 e4 10.Nge2 Qe7 11.Ng3 Bg4 12.Qd2 Rad8 13.h3 Be6 14.O-O ) 5.Nf3 O-O
$6 { -0.19/24 } ( 5...e5 { -0.67/23 } 6.c3 Qe7 7.b4 Bb6 8.b5 e4 9.Ba3 d6
10.bxc6 exf3 11.e3 fxg2 12.Bxg2 Rb8 13.cxb7 Bxb7 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.Qa4+ Qd7
16.Qxd7+ Nxd7 ) 6.d4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 $6 { -0.25/22 } ( 7.c3 { +0.10/25 } 7...Be7
8.Bf4 d6 9.e3 Nd7 10.Bg3 e5 11.Be2 f5 12.h3 e4 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Nfd2 Bh4
15.Bxh4 Qxh4 16.c4 Nf6 17.g3 ) 7...Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5 9.e3 b6 10.Bb5 Bb7 11.O-O
a6 12.Bd3 a5 13.c4 Ba6 14.b3 Nb4 15.Be2 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 Qe8 $6
{ +1.31/23 } ( 17...f5 { +0.36/24 } 18.a3 Nc6 19.Qc1 Qd6 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.f3
exf3 22.Bxf3 Bb7 ) 18.Nxe4 Rd8 19.a3 Nc6 20.Bf3 $6 { +0.73/22 } ( 20.Qc2
{ +1.25/22 } 20...Qe7 21.f4 f6 22.Bf3 Bb7 23.c5 Qd7 24.Rfc1 b5 25.Qc3 )
20...e5 21.d5 Ne7 22.Nc3 f6 23.Qc2 Qg6 $6 { +1.44/24 } ( 23...f5 { +1.18/21 }
24.e4 f4 25.Rfc1 Ng6 26.Nb5 Qd7 27.Qe2 c5 28.Bg4 Qe7 29.Be6+ Kh8 30.Qh5 Bxb5
31.cxb5 f3 32.Bf5 Rd6 33.g3 ) 24.Qxg6 hxg6 25.e4 f5 26.Be2 $6 { +1.74/25 } (
26.Rfe1 { +2.03/24 } 26...Rde8 27.exf5 Nxf5 28.Be4 Kh7 29.Bd3 Nd4 30.b4 Bc8
31.bxa5 ) 26...fxe4 27.Nxe4 $2 { +0.69/23 } ( 27.Rfe1 { +1.72/24 } 27...Nf5
28.Rac1 Bb7 29.Nxe4 Nd4 30.Ng5 Nxb3 31.Rc3 Nc5 32.Bg4 Bc8 33.Bxc8 Rxc8 34.Ne6
Nxe6 35.dxe6 Rf4 36.Rxe5 ) 27...Rf4 $2 { +2.35/23 } ( 27...Nxd5 { +0.69/23 }
28.Bg4 Nf4 29.Rfd1 Bc8 30.Bxc8 Rxc8 31.b4 Rcd8 32.bxa5 bxa5 ) 28.Nc3 $6
{ +1.80/25 } ( 28.Ng5 { +2.35/23 } 28...Rd7 29.Rae1 a4 30.Ne6 Re4 31.Bd1 Rxe1
32.Rxe1 c6 33.dxc6 Nxc6 ) 28...c6 29.dxc6 Rd2 $2 { +4.51/24 } ( 29...Nxc6
{ +1.97/25 } 30.Nd5 Rf7 31.Bg4 Nd4 32.Rfe1 Nxb3 33.Rad1 Re8 34.Nxb6 Kh7
35.Bf3 Rc7 36.Bd5 Nc5 37.Re3 g5 38.Rh3+ Kg6 39.Bf3 Kf7 40.Nd5 Rb7 41.Ne3 e4
42.Bg4 Nd3 43.Rh5 Kf6 44.c5 Nxc5 45.Rd6+ Ke7 ) 30.c7 Rc2 31.Rfc1 Rxc1+ $6
{ +6.39/26 } ( 31...Rb2 { +4.97/24 } 32.Rab1 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Kf7 34.Re1 Rf6
35.Bf3 Rd6 36.Rxe5 Rd3 37.Re3 Rd7 38.Bd5+ Nxd5 39.Nxd5 ) 32.Rxc1 Nf5 $2
{ +10.98/27 } ( 32...Rd4 { +6.39/25 } 33.c5 Bxe2 34.Nxe2 Rd3 35.cxb6 Rxb3
36.f4 Rxb6 37.c8=Q+ Nxc8 38.Rxc8+ Kf7 39.fxe5 Rb3 40.Rc7+ ) 33.c5 Nd4 34.Bxa6
Nxb3 35.c8=Q+ Rf8 36.Bc4+ Kh7 37.Qh3# 1-0


[Event "game/15"]
[Site "UMass Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.11.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Mark Jang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 e6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nb1 $6 { -0.28/24 } ( 3.e4 { +0.46/24 } 3...Nf6 4.d4 Bb4
5.Bg5 d6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O h6 8.Bxf6 ) 3...Nf6 4.Ng1 $6 { -0.91/23 } ( 4.d4
{ -0.28/23 } 4...d5 5.Bg5 Qd6 6.c3 Ne4 7.Bh4 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.Bg3
Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qb6 12.Nb3 Be7 13.e3 Be6 14.Qc2 O-O-O 15.Bd3 Kb8 16.Nbd4 Bg4
17.O-O-O Rde8 ) 4...d5 5.d3 Bd6 6.Nc3 e5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e4 d4 9.Nce2 h6 10.Bh4
$6 { -1.12/22 } ( 10.Bd2 { -0.72/23 } 10...Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.Nf3 Qd6 13.Ng3 g6
14.Be2 h5 15.O-O Nd7 16.a3 ) 10...Nd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.f4 $6 { -1.42/21 } (
12.c3 { -0.95/22 } 12...dxc3 13.Nxc3 O-O 14.Nf3 Nf6 15.h3 Be6 16.Be2 Qd6
17.O-O a6 18.Qd2 Rad8 19.Rac1 Nh5 20.Ng5 ) 12...exf4 $6 { -1.03/23 } (
12...Qb4+ { -1.42/21 } 13.c3 Qxb2 14.Nf3 dxc3 ) 13.Nxf4 O-O $6 { -0.57/22 }
( 13...Nb6 { -0.99/21 } 14.Nf3 Qb4+ 15.Kf2 Qxb2 16.Be2 Qb4 17.Qd2 Qxd2
18.Nxd2 Bd7 19.a4 a5 20.Nb3 O-O 21.Nc5 Ne5 22.Rhf1 Rfe8 23.Kg1 Bc6 24.Rfb1
Rad8 25.Bh5 ) 14.Nf3 $6 { -0.92/21 } ( 14.Qd2 { -0.57/22 } 14...Nde5 15.Be2
f5 16.Nf3 fxe4 17.dxe4 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Ne5 19.Be2 c5 20.O-O-O Bd7 21.Rhe1 Qd6
22.g3 Bc6 23.Bh5 Be8 24.Bxe8 Raxe8 25.Re2 ) 14...Nde5 $6 { -0.53/23 } (
14...f5 { -0.92/21 } 15.Be2 fxe4 16.Nd5 Qd6 17.dxe4 Nc5 18.Nxd4 Nxe4 19.Nxc6
bxc6 20.Nc3 Bf5 21.Qxd6 cxd6 22.Bc4+ Kh8 23.Nxe4 Bxe4 ) 15.Be2 Bg4 $6
{ 0.00/21 } ( 15...f5 { -0.52/22 } 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Ng6 Qa5+ 18.Qd2 Qxd2+
19.Kxd2 Rf6 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Nf4 Bd7 22.Raf1 Raf8 23.Nd5 Rf2 24.g3 Bg4 25.Rxf2
Rxf2 26.Nf4 Bxe2 27.Nxe2 Nb4 28.h3 Nd5 29.Ke1 Rg2 ) 16.Nxe5 Bxe2 $4
{ +3.79/25 } ( 16...Nxe5 { 0.00/21 } 17.O-O Qd7 18.Qe1 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 Ng4
20.Qg3 Ne3 21.Rf3 ) 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Nxe2 c5 $6 { +4.82/23 } ( 18...Qb4+
{ +3.87/23 } 19.c3 dxc3 20.bxc3 Qc5 21.Qd2 Rae8 22.Nd4 f5 23.O-O fxe4
24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.dxe4 Rxe4 26.Nxc6 Qc5+ 27.Nd4 Qd6 28.Rb1 ) 19.O-O Qe5 $6
{ +5.80/24 } ( 19...Rae8 { +4.82/23 } 20.b3 Qd6 21.Rf5 ) 20.Rf5 Qd6 21.Qf1
Rab8 22.b3 a5 23.a4 f6 $6 { +7.21/25 } ( 23...Rb6 { +6.24/25 } 24.Qf2 Ra6
25.Rf1 Qe7 26.Nf4 ) 24.Qf4 Qd8 $6 { +8.42/23 } ( 24...Rb6 { +6.87/24 } 25.Qg4
Rd8 26.Nf4 Rc6 27.Rf1 Qd7 28.e5 ) 25.Rf1 $6 { +7.31/25 } ( 25.Rxc5
{ +8.42/23 } 25...c6 26.Rxc6 Rf7 27.Rd6 Qc7 28.Rxd4 Re8 29.Qxc7 ) 25...Rb6 $6
{ +8.56/22 } ( 25...Qe7 { +7.31/25 } 26.Qg4 Rbe8 27.Qh5 ) 26.Rxc5 Qd7 $6
{ +10.28/25 } ( 26...Rd6 { +8.57/24 } 27.e5 Ra6 28.Qxd4 fxe5 29.Rxf8+ Qxf8
30.Qxe5 ) 27.Rd5 Rd6 28.Rxd6 cxd6 29.Nxd4 d5 30.exd5 Qxd5 31.Nf5 Qc5+ $6
{ +14.69/26 } ( 31...Kh7 { +9.42/25 } 32.d4 Qc6 33.c4 Re8 34.c5 Qd7 35.Nd6
Re6 36.Nc4 Kh8 37.Nxa5 ) 32.Rf2 $6 { +9.10/25 } ( 32.d4 { +14.69/26 }
32...Qa7 33.Re1 Rd8 34.Qg4 Kf8 35.c4 ) 32...Kh7 33.h4 Rd8 $6 { +11.99/27 } (
33...Re8 { +9.39/25 } 34.d4 Qc6 35.c4 Re4 36.Qd2 Qd7 37.d5 ) 34.Kh2 $6
{ +9.71/25 } ( 34.Nxg7 { +11.99/27 } 34...Qe5 35.Nh5 Qxf4 36.Rxf4 Kg6 37.Nxf6
Kf7 38.d4 ) 34...g6 $4 { #2/62 } ( 34...Qe5 { +9.71/25 } 35.Qxe5 fxe5 36.Re2
g6 37.Ne7 Kg7 38.Nc6 Ra8 39.Rxe5 ) 35.Qxh6+ 1-0


[Event "game/15"]
[Site "underground chess club"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Davis Nicholson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 Nf6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nb1 $6 { -0.61/23 } ( 3.d4 { +0.06/23 } ) 3...e5 4.Ng1
$6 { -1.21/22 } ( 4.d4 { -0.67/22 } 4...exd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg5 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 Be7
8.Nc3 c5 9.Qf4 d4 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Ne4 Qa5+ 12.c3 dxc3 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Qe3+
Be6 15.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16.bxc3 O-O-O 17.e4 Rhg8 18.f4 Kb8 19.a4 f5 20.e5 ) 4...d5
5.e3 Bc5 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Ne2 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.d4 exd4 $6 { -0.32/23 } ( 9...Bd6
{ -0.68/22 } 10.dxe5 Bxe5 11.Nd2 Ne4 12.Nd4 Qf6 13.O-O O-O 14.Nxc6 Qxc6
15.Nf3 Bf6 16.Nd4 Qb6 17.c3 Rfe8 18.Qh5 Rad8 19.Nf5 Bg5 20.f3 g6 21.Nh6+ Kh8
22.Nxf7+ ) 10.exd4 Bb6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Bd7 14.Nd2 Bb5 15.Nf3 Re8
16.Re1 Qd6 17.a4 Bxe2 18.Rxe2 Nd7 19.c3 c5 $6 { +0.53/24 } ( 19...f5
{ +0.17/24 } 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.a5 Ba7 22.Ne5 Rf8 23.Nxd7 Qxd7 24.f3 c6 25.Bg3
c5 26.dxc5 Bxc5+ 27.Kh1 f4 28.Bh4 g5 29.Be1 Qe6 30.b3 Rf5 31.Bd2 Re5 ) 20.Bg3
$6 { +0.18/23 } ( 20.dxc5 { +0.53/24 } 20...Qxc5 21.Rd2 Ne5 22.Nxe5 )
20...Qg6 21.a5 Ba7 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.dxc5 Nxc5 24.Qxd5 Ne4 $2 { +2.26/24 } (
24...Qc2 { +0.08/25 } 25.Qd2 Qxd2 26.Nxd2 Nd3 27.Kf1 f5 28.f4 Nxb2 29.Rb1 Nd3
30.Rxb7 Be3 31.Rd7 Nxf4 32.Nc4 Nh5 33.Be5 Bf4 34.Bxf4 Nxf4 35.g3 Ne2 36.Rd6
Nxc3 ) 25.Ne5 $4 { -3.21/24 } ( 25.Qxb7 { +2.26/24 } 25...Bc5 26.Qd7 Qe6
27.Qxe6 Rxe6 28.b4 Ba7 29.c4 Nxg3 30.hxg3 Re2 31.c5 Rb2 32.Rc1 Bb8 33.Rc4 Kh7
34.Kf1 Rb1+ ) 25...Qh5 $4 { +5.96/27 } ( 25...Qf5 { -3.21/24 } 26.Qxf7+ Qxf7
27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.Re1 Rd8 29.Kf1 Nd2+ 30.Ke2 Nb3 31.Rb1 Re8+ 32.Kd1 Nxa5 33.b3
Nc6 34.Rb2 g6 35.Bf4 g5 36.Bc7 Rc8 ) 26.Qxe4 f6 $6 { +8.27/23 } ( 26...Bb8
{ +6.01/26 } 27.Qf3 Rxe5 28.Qxh5 ) 27.Qc4+ $6 { +6.70/27 } ( 27.Qxb7
{ +8.27/23 } 27...Bxf2+ 28.Bxf2 ) 27...Kf8 $4 { #8/34 } ( 27...Kh8
{ +6.70/27 } 28.Nf7+ Kh7 29.Qd3+ Qg6 30.Qxg6+ Kxg6 31.Nd6 Re2 32.Rb1 Rd2
33.Nxb7 f5 34.Nd6 Bxf2+ 35.Bxf2 Rxd6 36.b4 Rc6 37.Bc5 Kf7 38.c4 g5 39.Rd1 h5
40.Rd7+ Kf6 41.Kf1 h4 ) 28.Nf3 $6 { +6.34/26 } ( 28.Nd7+ { #8/34 } 28...Ke7
29.Re1+ Qe5 30.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 31.Kxf2 fxe5 32.Rxe5+ Kf8 33.Rf5+ Ke7 34.Qf7+ Kd8
35.Qc7# ) 28...Bb8 $2 { +10.65/26 } ( 28...Qf7 { +6.34/26 } 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7
30.Rd1 Bc5 31.b4 Bf8 32.Rd7+ ) 29.Bxb8 Rxb8 30.Re1 $6 { +7.94/27 } ( 30.Qc7
{ +10.40/25 } 30...Ra8 31.Qxb7 Qe8 32.Nd4 Kg8 33.Ne6 Qxe6 34.Qxa8+ ) 30...Re8
$6 { +9.43/25 } ( 30...Rd8 { +7.94/27 } 31.Qc7 Qd5 32.Nd4 Re8 33.Rxe8+ Kxe8
34.g3 g6 35.Qh7 Qxa5 36.Qxg6+ Kd7 37.Qh7+ Kc8 38.Qf5+ Qxf5 39.Nxf5 Kd7
40.Nxh6 a5 41.h4 Ke6 42.g4 b5 43.Nf5 b4 44.Nd4+ Kf7 45.cxb4 axb4 46.b3 Kg7 )
31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.g3 Qe2 $4 { #8/33 } ( 32...g6 { +8.75/26 } 33.Nd4 Qe1+
34.Kg2 Qe4+ 35.Kh3 Qe8 36.Qc7 Qe7 37.Qc8+ Kf7 38.Qh8 Qf8 39.Qh7+ ) 33.Qxe2
1-0

[Event "game/15"]
[Site "UMass Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.01.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Nate Pinkham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Ng1 $6 { -0.34/23 } ( 3.d4 { +0.25/23 } 3...exd4 4.Nxd4
Be7 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e4 Bf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 ) 3...Nc6 4.Nb1 $6 { -0.98/23 } ( 4.e4
{ -0.39/22 } 4...Nd4 5.Nd5 c6 6.Ne3 Nf6 7.c3 Ne6 8.d3 Qc7 9.Nf3 Bd7 10.Qb3
Be7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Nf5 Rfe8 13.Be2 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 ) 4...Nf6 5.d3 Be6 6.e4 Be7
$6 { -0.50/22 } ( 6...d5 { -0.92/23 } 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Bd2 Qd4 9.Nc3 Bc5 10.Be3
Qb4 11.a3 Qb6 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.Nf3 Rd8 14.Nd2 Nd4 15.Be2 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5
17.c3 Ne6 18.O-O Nf4 19.Bf3 O-O 20.Ne4 Qb6 21.Qd2 ) 7.Be2 d5 8.Nd2 dxe4
9.dxe4 Bb4 $6 { 0.00/23 } ( 9...Bc5 { -0.47/21 } 10.c3 Ng4 11.Bxg4 Qh4 12.Qe2
Qxg4 13.Qxg4 Bxg4 14.b4 Be7 15.Ngf3 a6 16.O-O O-O 17.Bb2 Rfd8 18.a4 f6
19.Rad1 Be6 20.Ba1 Rd3 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 ) 10.c3 Ba5 11.Qc2 O-O $6
{ +0.29/22 } ( 11...Ng4 { 0.00/23 } 12.Ngf3 Bb6 13.O-O Qd6 14.Nc4 Bxf2+
15.Kh1 Qe7 16.Ng5 Bb6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Bxg4 Bxg4 19.Rxf7 Qc5 20.Rxg7 O-O-O
21.Nf3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Kb8 23.Qe2 Qf8 24.Rg3 Qf7 25.Be3 Rdg8 26.b3 ) 12.Ngf3 Bb6
13.O-O Qe7 14.Nc4 Rfd8 15.Ncxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bg4 $4 { +4.66/22 } ( 16...Bb3
{ +0.30/22 } 17.axb3 Qxe5 18.Bf3 c6 19.b4 Rd7 20.c4 a6 21.g3 Qe6 22.Bf4 Bd4
23.e5 Ng4 24.b5 cxb5 25.cxb5 Re8 ) 17.Nxg4 Nxg4 18.Bxg4 Qc5 $6 { +5.75/23 }
( 18...Re8 { +5.00/23 } 19.Bf3 c6 20.Bf4 Bc7 21.Bxc7 Qxc7 22.Rad1 Re7 23.Rd2
Rae8 24.Rfd1 f6 25.Qa4 b5 ) 19.Be3 Qd6 20.Rad1 Qg6 21.Bf5 Qh5 22.Bxb6 axb6
23.h3 g6 24.Bg4 Qa5 25.a3 Re8 $6 { +6.82/26 } ( 25...Qe5 { +5.94/24 } 26.Rd3
b5 27.Rfd1 Rxd3 28.Qxd3 c6 29.Bf3 Re8 30.Qd7 Re7 31.Qd4 Qe6 32.Qd8+ Kg7
33.Qd6 Qxd6 34.Rxd6 f6 35.g4 g5 36.h4 gxh4 ) 26.Rd7 Qe5 27.Bf3 Rab8 28.Rfd1
c6 $6 { +8.35/25 } ( 28...Rbc8 { +7.21/26 } 29.Qb3 Rf8 30.Qc4 b5 31.R1d5 bxc4
32.Rxe5 Rfd8 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.Rb5 b6 35.e5 h5 36.Bd5 h4 37.f4 ) 29.g3 $6
{ +6.95/26 } ( 29.Qb3 { +8.35/25 } 29...Re7 30.Qxb6 Rxd7 31.Rxd7 Qf4 32.Qa7
Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Rf8 34.Qxb7 ) 29...b5 30.Qb3 Qe6 $6 { +8.46/28 } ( 30...Re7
{ +6.78/26 } 31.Qb4 Rbe8 32.a4 bxa4 33.Qxb7 c5 34.Kg2 h6 35.Qa7 ) 31.Qxe6
Rxe6 32.Bg2 $6 { +7.32/27 } ( 32.Rc7 { +8.53/25 } 32...Rf6 33.Bg4 Re8 34.Rc8
Rxc8 35.Bxc8 g5 36.e5 Rg6 37.Rd8+ ) 32...Kg7 $6 { +9.11/25 } ( 32...Kf8
{ +7.32/27 } 33.Rc7 Re7 34.Rdd7 Rxd7 35.Rxd7 Ke8 36.Rc7 Rd8 37.Rxb7 Rd1+
38.Bf1 Rb1 39.e5 Kf8 40.b4 Re1 41.c4 Rxe5 42.cxb5 ) 33.f4 $6 { +7.25/29 } (
33.Rc7 { +9.11/25 } 33...g5 34.Rdd7 Rf8 35.Rxb7 Kg6 36.e5 Kf5 37.Rdc7 Kxe5
38.Bxc6 ) 33...Kf6 $6 { +10.02/27 } ( 33...Kf8 { +7.25/29 } 34.Rc7 Re7
35.Rdd7 Rxd7 36.Rxd7 Ke8 37.Rc7 Rd8 38.Rxb7 Rd1+ 39.Kh2 Rb1 40.b4 Rb3 41.e5
Rxc3 42.Rc7 Kf8 43.Bxc6 Rc2+ 44.Kg1 Rc3 45.Kg2 Rc2+ 46.Kf3 Rc1 47.Kg4 h6
48.h4 Rc2 49.Kf3 Rc3+ 50.Kg2 Rc2+ 51.Kh3 Rc3 ) 34.Kf2 h5 35.h4 Re7 $4
{ #13/25 } ( 35...Ree8 { +10.00/28 } 36.e5+ Kg7 37.Rc7 Rec8 38.Rxc8 Rxc8
39.Rd7 b6 40.Rb7 c5 41.e6 Kf6 42.exf7 Rd8 43.Be4 Kg7 44.Rxb6 ) 36.e5+ Ke6
37.Bh3+ f5 38.exf6+ Kxf6 39.R1d6+ Kf7 40.Rxe7+ Kxe7 41.Rd7+ Ke8 42.Rh7 Rd8
43.Rh8+ Ke7 44.Rxd8 Kxd8 45.f5 gxf5 46.Bxf5 1-0

[Event "skittles"]
[Site "Lilly Library Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.02.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Stan Pollack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.Nc3 d4 3.Nb1 Bg4 4.Ng1 $6 { -0.80/22 } ( 4.Ne5 { +0.01/22 }
4...Bf5 5.c3 f6 6.Nf3 e5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Qxb7 Nge7 9.Na3 Rb8 10.Qa6 Qd7 11.Nc4
Ng6 12.e3 dxe3 13.dxe3 Be7 ) 4...Nc6 5.d3 e5 6.h3 Be6 7.e4 Nf6 8.f4 $2
{ -3.45/22 } ( 8.Nf3 { -0.79/22 } 8...Bc5 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.c4 )
8...Bb4+ $2 { -1.68/23 } ( 8...Nxe4 { -3.45/22 } 9.Nf3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Ng3 ) 9.c3
$2 { -4.67/25 } ( 9.Kf2 { -1.68/23 } 9...exf4 10.Bxf4 Bd6 11.Bh2 g5 12.Nf3
Bxh2 13.Nxh2 h5 14.Nf3 Qd6 15.Kg1 g4 16.hxg4 Nxg4 17.c4 ) 9...dxc3 10.bxc3
Ba5 $2 { -0.98/22 } ( 10...Nxe4 { -4.57/23 } 11.Nf3 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Bxc3+ 13.Bd2
Bxa1 14.Qxa1 O-O 15.fxe5 Bd5 16.Bc3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Re8 18.Rg1 Qf6 19.Kf2 Nxe5
20.Rg3 Rad8 21.Kg2 c5 22.d4 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Qf4 24.Bf2 Rd2 25.Qc3 Red8 26.a3 )
11.Nf3 Qd6 $6 { -0.12/22 } ( 11...exf4 { -1.05/21 } 12.Bxf4 Qe7 13.Be2 O-O-O
14.Qc1 Bb6 15.Qa3 Nh5 16.Bh2 Qf6 17.Qc1 h6 18.Rf1 Qe7 19.d4 f5 20.e5 g5
21.Bb5 Bd5 22.Qc2 f4 23.Bxc6 Bxc6 24.Qg6 ) 12.Ba3 $2 { -1.27/22 } ( 12.fxe5
{ -0.12/22 } 12...Nxe5 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.e5 Qc5 15.Bd2 Nh5 16.d4 Qd5 17.Bb5 Ng3
18.Rg1 O-O 19.Bxc6 ) 12...Bxc3+ 13.Kf2 $2 { -4.13/25 } ( 13.Nxc3 { -1.46/22 }
13...Qxa3 14.Qc1 Qd6 15.Rb1 exf4 16.Be2 O-O 17.O-O Nh5 18.Rf2 Ng3 19.Qd2 Rad8
20.Rxb7 a5 21.Ng5 Nd4 22.Bd1 Qc5 23.h4 c6 24.Rb2 f6 ) 13...Bb4 $6
{ -2.78/22 } ( 13...Nxe4+ { -4.13/25 } 14.Kg1 Bd4+ 15.Kh2 Qd8 16.Qc1 Nf2
17.Bb2 Nxh1 18.Kxh1 f6 ) 14.fxe5 $6 { -3.80/22 } ( 14.Bxb4 { -2.78/22 }
14...Nxe4+ 15.Kg1 Nxb4 16.fxe5 Qb6+ 17.d4 O-O-O 18.Na3 Ng5 19.Kh2 Nxf3+
20.Qxf3 Qxd4 21.Re1 Qc5 22.Re3 Bxa2 23.Qg3 Nc6 24.Be2 Kb8 25.Nb5 Be6 26.Rb1
Bf5 27.Rb2 Qc1 28.Rbb3 Nd4 ) 14...Nxe5 $2 { -1.19/26 } ( 14...Nxe4+
{ -3.80/22 } 15.Ke3 Qc5+ 16.d4 O-O-O 17.dxc5 Rxd1 18.Bxb4 Nxb4 19.Kxe4 Rhd8
20.c6 Nc2 21.Kf4 b5 22.Na3 Nxa1 23.Nxb5 Kb8 24.Kg3 Rc1 25.Kf2 Bxa2 26.Nbd4
Bd5 27.Nf5 g6 28.Ne7 Bxc6 29.Nxc6+ Rxc6 30.Bb5 Rc2+ 31.Kg3 Nb3 32.Rb1 )
15.Qa4+ Nc6 16.e5 Qc5+ 17.d4 Ne4+ 18.Ke3 Qa5 $2 { +0.80/25 } ( 18...Nc3
{ -1.15/23 } 19.Bxb4 Qxb4 20.Nxc3 Qxc3+ 21.Bd3 O-O-O 22.Rac1 Qb4 23.Qxb4 Nxb4
24.Bb1 Kb8 25.a3 Nd5+ 26.Kf2 c6 27.Rhe1 Nc7 28.Bd3 Bd5 29.Be4 Ne6 30.Kg1 )
19.Qxa5 Bxa5 20.Kxe4 Rd8 $2 { +2.32/24 } ( 20...O-O-O { +0.85/24 } 21.Ke3 Bd5
22.Nbd2 Bxd2+ 23.Kxd2 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Nxd4 25.Bb2 Rhe8 26.f4 Nb3+ 27.Kc2 Nxa1+
28.Bxa1 Re7 29.Rg1 g6 30.Bc4 ) 21.Bb5 a6 $6 { +3.21/23 } ( 21...Bd5+
{ +2.40/21 } 22.Ke3 f6 23.exf6 gxf6 24.Nbd2 Bb6 25.Bxc6+ Bxc6 26.Bc5 Kd7
27.Kf2 Bd5 28.Bxb6 ) 22.Bxc6+ bxc6 23.Bc5 Bd5+ 24.Kd3 Bxf3 $6 { +4.47/24 } (
24...Bb6 { +3.35/23 } 25.Rc1 f6 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Nc3 Bxf3 28.Re1+ Kf7 29.Re7+
Kf8 30.Rd7+ Ke8 31.Rxd8+ Kxd8 32.gxf3 Bxc5 33.dxc5 Rg8 34.Ke3 Rg2 35.Kf4 Rh2
36.Rd1+ Kc8 37.Kg3 Rc2 38.Rd3 Rb2 39.Kf4 Rh2 40.Kg4 Rg2+ 41.Kf5 Rg5+ 42.Kxf6
) 25.gxf3 f5 26.Nc3 Bb6 $6 { +6.02/26 } ( 26...Kf7 { +4.71/26 } 27.Rab1 Rhe8
28.Kc4 g6 29.Rb7 ) 27.Na4 Bxc5 28.Nxc5 g6 29.Nxa6 Rc8 30.Rhc1 O-O $6
{ +11.52/26 } ( 30...Kd7 { +7.34/28 } 31.Nb4 Rb8 32.Nxc6 Rb5 33.a4 Rb3+
34.Ke2 Rb2+ 35.Ke3 Ra8 36.a5 ) 31.Rxc6 Rf7 32.Rac1 Kg7 33.Rxc7 Rfxc7 34.Rxc7+
Rxc7 35.Nxc7 h5 0-1

[Event "game/30"]
[Site "Lilly Library Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Bruton Strange"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nb1 $6 { -0.81/24 } ( 3.d4 { +0.13/23 } 3...exd4 4.Nxd4
Bb4 5.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 bxc6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 ) 3...Nf6 4.Ng1
$6 { -1.17/23 } ( 4.d4 { -0.63/22 } 4...exd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 Be7 7.e4 d5
8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Be3 Qxd4 ) 4...d5 5.d3 g6 $6 { -0.83/20 } ( 5...Bf5
{ -1.18/20 } 6.e3 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Re8 9.Nfd2 ) 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Nd2 O-O $6
{ -0.34/23 } ( 7...h6 { -0.78/22 } 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.c3 Be6 10.Ngf3 d4 11.e4
O-O-O 12.cxd4 ) 8.e4 d4 9.Ngf3 Qd6 10.a3 b5 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O Nd7 13.c4 dxc3
$6 { +0.29/21 } ( 13...bxc4 { -0.17/21 } 14.Qc2 cxd3 15.Bxd3 f6 16.Rfc1 Na5
17.Bh4 c5 ) 14.bxc3 b4 $2 { +2.15/21 } ( 14...f5 { +0.35/20 } 15.a4 a6
16.exf5 gxf5 17.Be3 Ne7 18.Ng5 Nd5 19.Nxe6 Qxe6 20.Qb3 ) 15.axb4 Nxb4 $2
{ +4.18/23 } ( 15...a5 { +2.25/20 } 16.b5 Ncb8 17.d4 Nb6 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.dxe5
Qxe5 20.Be3 Qxc3 21.Rc1 ) 16.cxb4 Qxb4 17.Qa4 Qxa4 18.Rxa4 f6 19.Be3 Rfb8
20.Rfa1 Rb7 21.h3 f5 $6 { +5.50/24 } ( 21...c5 { +4.28/24 } 22.Ra6 Bf7 23.Nc4
Bf8 24.Nfd2 Rc7 25.Nb1 Kg7 26.R6a5 Rb8 27.Nc3 Nb6 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Rxa7 Nxc4
30.dxc4 Rb2 31.Bf1 ) 22.Ng5 f4 23.Nxe6 fxe3 24.Nc4 $6 { +4.43/23 } ( 24.fxe3
{ +5.39/22 } 24...Bh6 25.Nf1 Re8 26.Bg4 Nf6 27.Ra6 Nxg4 28.hxg4 Re7 29.g5 Bg7
30.Nc5 Rb2 31.Rxa7 Rc2 32.Ra8+ Kf7 33.R8a5 Re8 34.Nh2 Ke7 35.Ng4 Rf8 36.Kh2 )
24...Re8 $6 { +6.52/22 } ( 24...exf2+ { +4.43/23 } 25.Kxf2 Bf6 26.Kg1 Bh4
27.Bg4 h5 28.Na5 Rbb8 29.Bd1 Rb6 30.Bb3 Kh8 31.Bd5 Re8 32.Nxc7 ) 25.Nxg7 Kxg7
26.Nxe3 Rb2 $6 { +8.92/25 } ( 26...Ra8 { +6.51/24 } 27.Ra5 Kf6 28.Nc4 Rb3
29.Ra6+ Nb6 30.R1a5 Re8 31.Ne3 Rb1+ 32.Kh2 h5 33.Nd5+ Kf7 34.Nxc7 ) 27.Kf1 $6
{ +6.96/24 } ( 27.Rxa7 { +8.92/25 } 27...Rxe2 28.Rxc7 ) 27...Nc5 28.Rxa7 Nb3
$2 { +18.22/25 } ( 28...Re7 { +6.98/25 } 29.Nd5 Rf7 30.Nxc7 Nb3 31.Ne8+ Kg8
32.R7a2 Rxa2 33.Rxa2 Nc1 34.Ra3 h5 35.Nd6 Re7 36.Nc4 Nxe2 37.Kxe2 Kf7 38.Ra6
Kg7 39.h4 ) 29.Rxc7+ Kh6 30.Rd1 Rd8 31.Nd5 $6 { +8.68/26 } ( 31.h4
{ +20.26/24 } 31...Rh8 32.Ng4+ Kh5 33.Nxe5+ Kh6 34.g4 Rxe2 35.Nf7+ Kg7
36.Nxh8+ Kxh8 37.Kxe2 Nd4+ 38.Ke3 Ne6 39.Ra7 Kg8 40.d4 ) 31...Nd4 32.Bg4 Kg5
$2 { +13.40/25 } ( 32...Rf8 { +7.82/25 } 33.f3 Ne2 34.Re7 Nf4 35.Nxf4 exf4
36.d4 ) 33.Rxh7 Rdb8 34.f3 Rb1 35.h4# 1-0

[Event "game/30"]
[Site "Lilly Library Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Bruton Strange"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nb1 $6 { -0.81/24 } ( 3.d4 { +0.13/23 } 3...exd4 4.Nxd4
Bb4 5.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 bxc6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 ) 3...Nf6 4.Ng1
$6 { -1.17/23 } ( 4.d4 { -0.63/22 } 4...exd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 Be7 7.e4 d5
8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Be3 Qxd4 ) 4...d5 5.d3 g6 $6 { -0.83/20 } ( 5...Bf5
{ -1.18/20 } 6.e3 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Re8 9.Nfd2 ) 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Nd2 O-O $6
{ -0.34/23 } ( 7...h6 { -0.78/22 } 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.c3 Be6 10.Ngf3 d4 11.e4
O-O-O 12.cxd4 ) 8.e4 d4 9.Ngf3 Qd6 10.a3 b5 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O Nd7 13.c4 dxc3
$6 { +0.29/21 } ( 13...bxc4 { -0.17/21 } 14.Qc2 cxd3 15.Bxd3 f6 16.Rfc1 Na5
17.Bh4 c5 ) 14.bxc3 b4 $2 { +2.15/21 } ( 14...f5 { +0.35/20 } 15.a4 a6
16.exf5 gxf5 17.Be3 Ne7 18.Ng5 Nd5 19.Nxe6 Qxe6 20.Qb3 ) 15.axb4 Nxb4 $2
{ +4.18/23 } ( 15...a5 { +2.25/20 } 16.b5 Ncb8 17.d4 Nb6 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.dxe5
Qxe5 20.Be3 Qxc3 21.Rc1 ) 16.cxb4 Qxb4 17.Qa4 Qxa4 18.Rxa4 f6 19.Be3 Rfb8
20.Rfa1 Rb7 21.h3 f5 $6 { +5.50/24 } ( 21...c5 { +4.28/24 } 22.Ra6 Bf7 23.Nc4
Bf8 24.Nfd2 Rc7 25.Nb1 Kg7 26.R6a5 Rb8 27.Nc3 Nb6 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Rxa7 Nxc4
30.dxc4 Rb2 31.Bf1 ) 22.Ng5 f4 23.Nxe6 fxe3 24.Nc4 $6 { +4.43/23 } ( 24.fxe3
{ +5.39/22 } 24...Bh6 25.Nf1 Re8 26.Bg4 Nf6 27.Ra6 Nxg4 28.hxg4 Re7 29.g5 Bg7
30.Nc5 Rb2 31.Rxa7 Rc2 32.Ra8+ Kf7 33.R8a5 Re8 34.Nh2 Ke7 35.Ng4 Rf8 36.Kh2 )
24...Re8 $6 { +6.52/22 } ( 24...exf2+ { +4.43/23 } 25.Kxf2 Bf6 26.Kg1 Bh4
27.Bg4 h5 28.Na5 Rbb8 29.Bd1 Rb6 30.Bb3 Kh8 31.Bd5 Re8 32.Nxc7 ) 25.Nxg7 Kxg7
26.Nxe3 Rb2 $6 { +8.92/25 } ( 26...Ra8 { +6.51/24 } 27.Ra5 Kf6 28.Nc4 Rb3
29.Ra6+ Nb6 30.R1a5 Re8 31.Ne3 Rb1+ 32.Kh2 h5 33.Nd5+ Kf7 34.Nxc7 ) 27.Kf1 $6
{ +6.96/24 } ( 27.Rxa7 { +8.92/25 } 27...Rxe2 28.Rxc7 ) 27...Nc5 28.Rxa7 Nb3
$2 { +18.22/25 } ( 28...Re7 { +6.98/25 } 29.Nd5 Rf7 30.Nxc7 Nb3 31.Ne8+ Kg8
32.R7a2 Rxa2 33.Rxa2 Nc1 34.Ra3 h5 35.Nd6 Re7 36.Nc4 Nxe2 37.Kxe2 Kf7 38.Ra6
Kg7 39.h4 ) 29.Rxc7+ Kh6 30.Rd1 Rd8 31.Nd5 $6 { +8.68/26 } ( 31.h4
{ +20.26/24 } 31...Rh8 32.Ng4+ Kh5 33.Nxe5+ Kh6 34.g4 Rxe2 35.Nf7+ Kg7
36.Nxh8+ Kxh8 37.Kxe2 Nd4+ 38.Ke3 Ne6 39.Ra7 Kg8 40.d4 ) 31...Nd4 32.Bg4 Kg5
$2 { +13.40/25 } ( 32...Rf8 { +7.82/25 } 33.f3 Ne2 34.Re7 Nf4 35.Nxf4 exf4
36.d4 ) 33.Rxh7 Rdb8 34.f3 Rb1 35.h4# 1-0

[Event "game/15"]
[Site "UMass Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Raghavam Venkatarama"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Ng1 $6 { -0.43/23 } ( 3.d4 { +0.29/22 } 3...exd4 4.Nxd4
Be7 5.e4 Bf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 ) 3...d5 4.Nb1 $6 { -0.92/21 } ( 4.d4
{ -0.51/22 } 4...Nc6 5.dxe5 d4 6.Ne4 Qd5 7.Ng3 Qxe5 8.Nf3 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qb6
10.c3 Qxb2 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd4 13.e3 ) 4...Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Ne2
a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.d4 exd4 10.exd4 Bd6 11.Bf4 Nf6 12.Nbc3 Qe7 13.O-O O-O 14.Qd2
Bb4 15.Rae1 $6 { -0.21/23 } ( 15.Ng3 { +0.21/22 } 15...Ne4 16.Ngxe4 dxe4
17.a3 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Rfd8 19.Qg3 f6 20.Rfd1 Bd5 21.Bxc7 Rdc8 22.Bd6 Qd7 23.c3
a5 24.Re1 Rc6 25.Bf4 Rac8 26.Rac1 a4 27.Rcd1 Rb6 28.Rb1 Rbc6 29.Rbc1 )
15...Bb5 16.Bg5 Rfe8 $6 { +0.17/25 } ( 16...Qd6 { -0.17/23 } 17.Nxb5 Bxd2
18.Nxd6 Bxg5 19.Nf5 Ne4 20.Rd1 Rae8 21.f4 Bf6 22.c3 Re6 23.Neg3 Rfe8 24.Nxe4
Rxe4 ) 17.a3 Bxe2 $2 { +1.80/29 } ( 17...Bxc3 { +0.18/24 } 18.Nxc3 Qd6
19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Re1 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 h6 23.Qd2 Qd6 24.h3 b6
25.Nxb5 axb5 26.c3 Qe6 27.Qf4 c5 28.dxc5 Qe1+ 29.Kh2 ) 18.axb4 Qxb4 $2
{ +3.36/25 } ( 18...Ne4 { +1.89/28 } 19.Bxe7 Nxd2 20.Rxe2 Nxf1 21.Kxf1 c6
22.Bd6 Rxe2 23.Kxe2 a5 24.b5 g5 25.Na4 Re8+ 26.Kd2 ) 19.Rxe2 Qxb2 $2
{ +6.94/24 } ( 19...Rxe2 { +3.38/24 } 20.Nxe2 Qb6 21.Bxf6 ) 20.Bxf6 gxf6
21.Nxd5 $6 { +5.20/24 } ( 21.Rxe8+ { +6.69/24 } 21...Rxe8 22.Nxd5 Kg7 23.Qd3
Rd8 24.Qg3+ Kf8 25.Nxf6 ) 21...Rxe2 22.Qxe2 Qxd4 23.Rd1 Qe5 24.Qf3 $6
{ +3.53/24 } ( 24.Qg4+ { +4.20/25 } 24...Kh8 25.Ne3 f5 26.Nxf5 Qf6 27.Ne3 b5
28.Nd5 Qg7 29.Qxg7+ ) 24...f5 $6 { +4.17/24 } ( 24...Rd8 { +3.53/24 } 25.g4
Kf8 26.Ne3 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Ke8 28.Qd3 h5 29.gxh5 Qg5+ 30.Kh1 Qxh5 31.Qe4+ Kd7
32.Qxb7 a5 33.Qb3 Ke7 34.Qc4 Qe5 35.Ng4 Qe6 36.Qxc7+ ) 25.Qxf5 $6
{ +3.00/25 } ( 25.Ne3 { +4.17/24 } 25...Re8 26.Qxb7 f4 27.Nf1 Re6 28.Rd7 Rb6
29.Qxc7 Qxc7 30.Rxc7 a5 31.Rc4 Rb2 32.c3 Rc2 33.Rxf4 Rxc3 34.Ra4 Rc5 35.f4
Rb5 36.Ne3 f5 37.Kf2 h5 38.Ke1 Kg7 39.Kd2 Kf6 ) 25...Qxf5 26.Ne7+ Kf8 27.Nxf5
a5 28.c4 Ke8 29.g4 a4 30.Ra1 Kd7 31.Kf1 Kc6 32.Ke2 b5 $6 { +3.22/23 } (
32...Kc5 { +2.82/27 } 33.Kd3 c6 34.Re1 b5 35.cxb5 Rd8+ 36.Kc3 cxb5 37.Re5+ )
33.Kd3 $2 { +1.71/26 } ( 33.cxb5+ { +3.22/23 } 33...Kxb5 34.Kd3 Kc5 35.Nd4 a3
36.Nc2 a2 37.Kc3 Kd6 38.Kb2 Ra4 39.Ne3 Ke5 40.Rxa2 Rxa2+ 41.Kxa2 Kf4 42.h4
Kf3 43.g5 Kxf2 ) 33...b4 34.Nd4+ $6 { +1.35/26 } ( 34.Re1 { +1.68/25 }
34...Kb6 35.Re5 c5 36.Re1 Ka6 37.Kc2 Rd8 38.f4 a3 39.g5 ) 34...Kc5 35.Nb3+
Kb6 $6 { +1.96/26 } ( 35...Kc6 { +1.46/26 } 36.Nd2 Rd8+ 37.Ke2 a3 38.Nb3 Rg8
39.Kf3 Kb6 40.h4 Rd8 41.Ke3 Re8+ 42.Kd3 c5 43.Rd1 ) 36.Nd2 c5 37.f4 $2
{ +0.66/30 } ( 37.Kc2 { +2.18/26 } 37...a3 38.Re1 Rg8 39.Re4 Rg6 40.h4 Rf6
41.f3 h5 42.g5 Rf5 43.Kb3 Kc6 44.f4 ) 37...b3 $2 { +2.75/26 } ( 37...Rd8+
{ +0.66/30 } 38.Kc2 b3+ 39.Kc3 Re8 40.h4 h6 41.h5 Re3+ 42.Kb2 Re2 43.Rd1 Ka5
44.Ka3 Rg2 45.g5 hxg5 46.fxg5 Rxg5 47.Rh1 Rg2 48.Nxb3+ axb3 49.h6 Rg8 50.h7
Rh8 51.Kxb3 f5 52.Kc2 f4 53.Kd3 Rd8+ 54.Ke4 Rh8 55.Kf3 Kb4 56.Rh2 Kb3 57.Rh4
Kc3 58.Rh5 ) 38.Nxb3 $2 { +1.47/26 } ( 38.Re1 { +2.75/26 } 38...f6 39.Kc3 Rg8
40.Re6+ Kc7 41.Rxf6 Rxg4 42.Rf5 Rh4 43.Rxc5+ Kd8 44.Rd5+ Kc7 45.f5 Rxh2 46.f6
Rf2 47.Ra5 b2 48.f7 Kb6 49.Rxa4 b1=Q 50.Nxb1 ) 38...a3 $2 { +5.45/26 } (
38...Rd8+ { +1.47/26 } 39.Ke3 axb3 40.Rb1 Rd4 41.Rxb3+ Ka6 42.Rb8 Rxc4 43.Rf8
Rc2 44.Rxf7 Rxh2 45.f5 ) 39.Kc3 $6 { +4.77/26 } ( 39.Nd2 { +5.45/26 } 39...h5
40.g5 ) 39...f6 $6 { +5.77/29 } ( 39...Re8 { +4.77/26 } 40.Kd3 Rg8 41.g5 h6
42.h4 hxg5 43.hxg5 Ra8 44.Kc3 Rh8 ) 40.Nc1 h6 41.Nd3 Kc6 42.Kb3 Kd6 $6
{ +7.96/26 } ( 42...Rd8 { +6.21/28 } 43.Kc3 Ra8 44.f5 a2 45.Nf4 Ra3+ 46.Kb2
Rf3 47.Nh5 ) 43.Rxa3 Rxa3+ $2 { +32.42/24 } ( 43...Rg8 { +7.97/28 } 44.Ra6+
Kc7 45.Rxf6 Rxg4 46.Rxh6 ) 44.Kxa3 Kc6 45.Ka4 Kd6 46.Kb5 Ke7 47.Kxc5 Ke6
48.f5+ Ke7 49.Kc6 Kd8 50.Kb7 Kd7 51.c5 Kd8 52.c6 h5 53.h3 hxg4 54.hxg4 Ke8
55.c7 Ke7 56.c8=Q Kd6 57.Qd8# 1-0


Alan Lasser
blacklightmazes@icloud.com
website: blacklightmazes.com

 

 

2020 CONSTITUTION STATE OPEN  MAR. 21

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. One Section. Accel.Pairings. W. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com

 

 

 

HAYES GOODMAN WINS 2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN

 

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2020 MILL BROOK PARK OPEN  APR. 18

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. One Section. Accel.Pairings. W. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com

 

Sunday, December 29, 2019

Mark Bourque (1931) - Hayes Goodman (1871), CCM 186

2020 EASTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN  FEB. 22

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. One Section. Accel.Pairings. W. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com

 

 

 

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Report on 2019 Christmas Party

We had a great time with 25-30 members and families joining our Christmas Party. The bullet tournament afterwards was amended to be a double round robin with just G/1. FM Nelson Castaneda took first with a score of 27.5/30. Joe Bihlmeyer took second with 26/30. Thanks to everyone who came and brought desserts and drinks. Thanks also to all the volunteers who helped cleaned up afterwards.

 

 

Feb. 1, 2020

West Hartford Chess Camp

and Tournament

 

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser
  It looks like my score in recorded games this year finishes at 588W-144L-41D.

 

The top winners were Magnus Wennemyr-17, Cliff McLaughlin-15, Gus Sayer-14, Zubin Baliga-12, Zeno Kalonaris-10, Rod Hajaj-9 and Tom Shneer-7.
 

 

  Rob Roy's fine playing space in Coventry, CT attracts players from over the border, the Rhode Island teenager Hayes Goodman took first place at last week’s Holiday Party Open.

Mark Bourque (1931)-Hayes Goodman (1871)
12/14/19
2019 Holiday Party Open
1.e4 e5 
4.h4 g4 
9.g3 h5 
 
33.c6+ bxc6 0-1
 

 

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[Event "2019 Holiday Party Open"]
[Site "Coventry, CT"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "one"]
[White "Mark Bourque"]
[Black "Hayes Goodman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d5 6.d4 Be7 7.Bxf4 Nf6 8.Be2 Nxe4 9.g3 h5
10.Nd2 Bf5 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.O-O f6 13.Nd3 Qd7 14.b4 Nc6 15.Nc5 Bxc5 16.bxc5
Nb4 $2 { +0.58/24 } ( 16...O-O-O { -0.66/23 } 17.Rb1 Rde8 18.Rb2 Re6 19.c3
Kb8 20.Qb3 Qc8 21.Ba6 Nd8 22.Bb5 a6 23.Be2 Rhe8 24.Rf2 Qd7 25.Qb4 Bf3 ) (
16...O-O 17.a4 b6 18.cxb6 cxb6 19.Qd2 Na5 20.Ba6 Rf7 21.Rf2 Re7 22.Bb5 Qd8
{ -1.05 Stockfish } ) 17.c3 $6 { -0.10/25 } ( 17.Rb1 { +0.58/24 } 17...Qa4
18.Bxc7
{ 18. Rb3 Nc6 19. c3 O-O 20. Rxb7 Qxd1 21. Bxd1 Rfb8 22. Rxc7 Na5 23. Re1
Rb2 24. Re7 Rg2+ 25. Kf1 Rxa2 26. R7xe4 dxe4 27. c6 Ra3 28. c7 +2.95
Stockfish } 18...O-O 19.Rb2 Rf7 20.Bd6 Nc6 21.c3 Qxd1 22.Bxd1 Na5 23.Be2 Kg7
24.Re1 Rc8 25.Bb5 a6 26.Bf1 Rd7 27.Rb6 Nc6 28.Be2 Rf7 29.Rb2 ) 17...Nc6
18.Bb5 O-O-O 19.Rf2 Qe6 20.Qa4 a6 21.Bf1 Ne7 $6 { 0.00/26 } ( 21...Rde8
{ -0.34/24 } 22.Rb2 Nd8 23.Qa5
{ 23. Qb3 Rh7 24. Be2 Rg7 25. Qb4 Rge7 26. Rf1 Qc6 27. a4 Bf3 -.80
Stockfish } 23...Re7
{ 23... Rh7 24. Be2 Rhe7 25. Rf1 Qc6 26. Qb4 Bg6 27. Rf2 Re6 28. Qb3 R8e7
29. Kh2 Kb8 30. Qa3 Bh7 31. Qb3 Qe8 -1.26 Stockfish } 24.Be2 Rhe8 25.Rf1 Qc6
26.a3 ) 22.Rb2 Ng6 $2 { +1.36/26 } ( 22...Qc6 { +0.01/25 } 23.Qa5 Kd7
{ 23...Ng6 24. Bxa6 bxa6 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Qxa6+ Kd7 27. Rb7 Qxb7 28. Qxb7+
Ke6 = Stockfish } 24.Re1 Ng6
{ 24...Rb8 25. a4 Rhc8 26. c4 f5 27. cxd5 Nxd5 28. Be5 Rf8 29. Bc4 Rbc8 =
Stockfish } 25.c4
{ 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. d5 Qxd5 27. Qxc7+ Ke6 28. Rd2 Qc6 29. Bc4+ Kf5 30. Rxd8
Rxd8 31. Qxd8 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Qxc5+ 33. Qd4 +4.03 Stockfish } 25...Rhe8 )
23.Qb4 $2 { -1.14/25 } ( 23.Bxc7 Qd7
{ Avoiding something like 23...Kc7 24.Rb6 Qf5 25.Ba6 ba 26.Qc6 mate }
24.Qxd7+ Rxd7 25.Bd6 Rf7 26.Re1 f5 27.c4 Rf6 28.cxd5 Bxd5 29.Bd3 Kd7 30.Be5
Nxe5 31.Rxe5 Be4 { +2.65 Stockfish } ) 23...Qc6 24.Bd2 Rdf8 $2 { 0.00/31 } (
24...f5 { -1.10/24 } 25.Bg5
{ 25. Bg2 f4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Rhf8 28. Rf1 Rf5 29. Rd1 Rxf4 30. Bxe4
dxe4 -2.18 Stockfish } 25...f4 26.Bg2 Rde8
{ 26... f3 27. Bf1 Rdf8 28. a4 Rf5 29. Bb5 Qe6 30. Bf1 f2+ 31. Kh2 Qc6 32.
Be2 Rxg5 33. hxg5 Ne7 34. Rf1 Nf5 35. Rxf2 h4 36. Rxf5 Bxf5 -3.92 Stockfish
} 27.Bxe4 Rxe4 28.Rab1 Rhe8 ) 25.a4 f5 26.c4 $4 { -3.97/22 } ( 26.Bb5
{ 0.00/30 } 26...Qe6 27.Bf1 Qc6
{ 27...Kd7 28. Qxb7 Rb8 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Rxb8 f4 31. Ra8 Nxh4 32. Bxf4
Nf3+ 33. Kf2 h4 34. Bxa6 = Stockfish } ) 26...f4 27.cxd5 Bxd5 28.Bb5 $2
{ -6.82/25 } ( 28.Bxf4 { -4.07/22 } 28...Nxf4 29.gxf4 Rxf4 30.Bg2 Bxg2
{ 30...g3 31. Rab1 Bxg2 32. Rxg2 Qe4 33. Re1 Rhf8 34. Qd2 Qf5 35. Rxg3 Rf1+
36. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 37. Kh2 Rf2+ 38. Qxf2 Qxf2+ -10.54 Stockfish } 31.Rxg2 Rhf8
32.Rd1 Qf6 33.Qe1 Rxd4 34.Rgd2 Rxd2 35.Rxd2 Qf5 36.Qe3 Qf1+ 37.Kh2 Qf3 38.Qe1
Qf4+ 39.Kg1 Qc4 40.Qe3 Qxa4 41.Qe5 Kb8 42.Qg5 Qa1+ 43.Kh2 Qe1 44.Rd8+ Rxd8
45.Qxd8+ Ka7 46.Qg5 Qf2+ ) ( 28.Be1 fxg3 29.Bxg3 Rf3 30.Rg2 Nf4 31.Bxf4 Rxf4
32.Qe1 Rhf8 33.Qe5 R4f5 34.Qg7 Rxf1+ 35.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Bxg2+ 37.Kg1 Kb8
{ -9.85 Stockfish } ) 28...axb5 $6 { -5.58/25 } ( 28...Qf6 { -6.82/25 }
29.Bxf4 Nxf4 30.Bf1 Nh3+ 31.Bxh3 gxh3 32.Kh2 Rhg8
{ Stockfish says it's mate after 32...Qc6 33. Kxh3 Rf3 34. Rg1 Qf6 35. Qe1
Rg8 36. Re2 Rg4 37. Kh2 Rxh4+ 38. gxh4 Qf4+ 39. Qg3 Rxg3 40. Rxg3 Qxh4+ 41.
Rh3 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qg4+ 43. Kf2 Qxh3 44. Re3 Qh4+ 45. Ke2 Bc4+ 46. Kf3 Qg4+ 47. Kf2 Qf4+ 48. Rf3 Qxd4+ 49. Ke1 Qb2 50. Re3 Qc1+ 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Kf3
Bd5+ 53. Kf4 Qd4+ 54. Kf5 Qxe3 55. c6 bxc6 56. a5 Kd7 57. Kg6 Be4+ 58. Kf6 Qf4+ 59. Kg7 Qg5+ 60. Kf8 Qh6+ 61. Kg8 Bd5# }
33.Qe1 Qxd4 34.Rd2 Qxc5 35.Rc1 Qd6 36.Rc3 Kb8 37.a5 Qe6 38.Re3 ) 29.axb5 Qe6
30.Re1 $2 { -17.56/23 } ( 30.c6 { -5.38/24 } 30...bxc6 31.bxc6 Bxc6 32.Ra7
Qe4 33.d5 Qxd5
{ 33...Qxb4 34. Bxb4 Bxd5 35. Bxf8 Rxf8 36. Rb5 Be4 37. Ra3 fxg3 38. Rxg3
Nf4 -8.44 Stockfish } 34.Qb8+ Kd7 35.Rxc7+ Ke6 36.Qb3 Qxb3 37.Rxb3 Rc8 38.Rg7
Rhg8 39.Rh7 Rb8 40.Rc3 Rb1+ ) 30...Qf6 31.Qa4 fxg3 32.Qa8+ Kd7 33.c6+ bxc6
0-1

 

 

HAYES GOODMAN WINS 2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN

 

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2020 CONSTITUTION STATE OPEN  MAR. 21

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. One Section. Accel.Pairings. W. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com

 

 

 

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2020 MILL BROOK PARK OPEN  APR. 18

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. One Section. Accel.Pairings. W. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com

 

Sunday, December 15, 2019

HAYES GOODMAN WINS 2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN CCM 185


HAYES GOODMAN WINS 2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN

Winning clear first with a 3-0 score is Hayes Goodman from RI. Goodman,14, has been competing against adult players since 2014.

Joe Bihlmeyer and Jithu Sajeevan finished the event each with two wins and a draw, thereby tying for second place.

Ten entered the tournament held at Mill Brook Place, Main Street, Coventry CT.

The Tournament Director, Rob Roy, filled in as Houseman for rounds 2 and 3, after a player dropped out after round 1.

I wish to thank everybody that came to play, and to also express special thanks to the individuals mentioned below who helped me with various tasks.

Dan Smith arrived early and setup the tables and chairs. Jithya and Jithu Sajeevan folded up and put away the tables and chairs.

Joe Bihlmeyer, an instructor at the New Britain Chess Club, gave an analysis of his first round game, which was enjoyed by a half-dozen spectators.

Hayes Goodman donated $40 that enabled the club to break even with expenses for the day. Rob Roy provided free drinks and snacks.

Our upcoming tournaments will happen Jan 18, Feb 22, Mar 21, and Apr 18.

 

2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN  (201912148562)

COVENTRY, CT  06238   DEC 14.

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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 | HAYES N GOODMAN                 |3.0  |W   9|W   6|W   4|
   RI | 15207355 / R: 1844   ->1871     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1682   ->1728     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | JOSEPH BIHLMEYER                |2.5  |D   3|W   8|W   7|
   CT | 12686352 / R: 2111   ->2105     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1978   ->1971     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | JITHU SAJEEVAN                  |2.5  |D   2|W  10|W   6|
   CT | 15756176 / R: 1890   ->1901     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1731   ->1744     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    4 | DANIEL SMITH                    |2.0  |W  10|W   7|L   1|
   RI | 12704934 / R: 1541   ->1549     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1439   ->1450     |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | ROB ROY                         |2.0  |U    |W  11|W  10|
   CT | 10574790 / R: 1403   ->1405     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1013   ->1032     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | ELIZABETH C SMITH               |1.0  |W  11|L   1|L   3|
   CT | 15913683 / R: 1474   ->1467     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1319   ->1312     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | PUNYAVRAT UPADHYAY              |1.0  |W   8|L   4|L   2|
   CT | 15975172 / R: 1430   ->1416     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1363   ->1346     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | PEYTON NOAH DEXTER              |1.0  |L   7|L   2|W  11|
   CT | 17203134 / R: Unrated-> 769P3   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: Unrated-> 812P3   |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | MARK BOURQUE                    |0.0  |L   1|U    |U    |
   CT | 12139250 / R: 1949   ->1931     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1873   ->1851     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
   10 | HANEESHA ATKURI                 |0.0  |L   4|L   3|L   5|
   CT | 16282828 / R:  888   -> 884     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  873   -> 854     |     |     |     |     |
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   11 | JITHYA SAJEEVAN                 |0.0  |L   6|L   5|L   8|
   CT | 16403714 / R:  376   -> 370     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  422   -> 413     |     |     |     |     |
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2020 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN SAT. JAN. 18 

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com Dir: One Section. Accel.Pairings. W.

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REPORT - SCHOLASTIC EVENT IN WETHERSFIELD
NELSON CASTANEDA IS CONN BLITZ-CHESS CHAMP
NEW CHESS CLUB IN HAMDEN BY ROD GROFF
ALAN LASSER'S GAME OF THE WEEK
HAYES GOODMAN WINS 2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN
2 ROB ROY CHESS COLUMNS FROM 1977

 

 

Connecticut State Chess Association

The CSCA-sanctioned National Nominations Grand Prix Northern Leg was hosted by Team DIG USA and held Dec.8 at Wethersfield Community Center. A huge upset win by Miles Wolfe (1162) who went 4-0 winning against top seeds Daniel Zhou (1996) and Nathan Chang (1981) along the way.

Miles qualified to the Candidates' Tournament for Elementary School that will be held early spring. Beatrice Low qualified to NNCT Middle School or Girls, Ethan Striff-Cave qualified to the NNCT High School and Peter Wolfe (Middle School) or Amithi Nair (Girls) qualified to NNCT pending Beatrice's decision which section to play at the NNCT as she can only participate in the Middle School or Girls NNCT.

FM Nelson Castaneda has won the 2019 Connecticut State Blitz Chess Championship on Dec 10 with a score of 6.5/8. This is Nelson's second state blitz title, almost twenty years after his first.

National Masters Harris Appelman and David Herscovici tied for second with 6/8. The tournament was organized by the New Britain Chess Club.   Crosstable

 

12/12
The National K-12 Grade Championship are underway in Lake Buena Vista, Fl. Connecticut's #1 scholastic player IM Hans Niemann is top seed in the 11th-grade section. He started out well winning the warm-up Bughouse and Blitz tournaments with perfect 10-0 and 12-0 scores. In all, 22 players from Connecticut are participating.

Bughouse Champs Baker & Niemann (photo credit uschess.org)

Tournament links: Standings of all sections -

 US Chess reports - US Chess Twitter

 

 

New Chess Club in Hamden CT

 

Rod Groff has taught countless other kids and adults to play chess, and what was once a hobby has become a business. In October, he moved his growing chess academy, Play More Chess, to a new storefront in Hamden’s Whitneyville neighborhood. Housed in a former bank, the part-school, part-gathering place includes an old vault, now used for storage, and a teller’s window that’s the perfect nook for a table, two chairs and a chess board.

In total, there’s seating for about 22 players upstairs and down at Play More Chess. One corner of the main floor serves as a mini classroom, where Groff used a chessboard banner to demonstrate possible moves to a group of boys in the Intermediate I class, otherwise known as Knights, one recent afternoon. They’d brought their workbooks, and Groff had a lesson plan posted, starting with some new terms like “skewers” and “capped pieces.” These kids had already learned the basics of play, and they were ready to build in some strategy.

Younger students move through the curriculum—a series of published workbooks—at their own pace in four-week blocks. Small group lessons are $18 per hour. But Play More Chess isn’t just for kids. Adults make up about half of Groff’s clientele, both learners and experienced players looking for a place to play and new opponents to play against. Adults sign up for lessons through Hamden Adult Education (you don’t have to live in Hamden to register) or purchase a membership for $8 a month, which allows them to drop in during scheduled casual play hours or anytime Play More Chess is open for a pickup game. Groff also teaches in after-school programs at Hamden’s Spring Glen and Bear Path elementary schools.

Written and photographed by Kathy Leonard Czepiel.  Read entire article here.

Play More Chess
1227 Whitney Ave, Hamden (map)
(203) 680-0657 info@PlayMoreChess.com

 

 
GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser


Black sacrifices a rook in order to be on the attack for the next ten moves in a typically mind-boggling more-pieces-than-pawns position, where, even if you had a mate in twenty-one, you might not see it.

 


GM Mariya Muzychuk (2559)-GM Kateryna Lagno (2547)
12/5/19
2019 FIDE GP Series, Monaco
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7
4.e4 d6
5.Nf3 O-O
6.Be2 e5
7.O-O Nc6
8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5
10.Rb1 Nd7
11.a3 f5
12.f3 Kh8
13.b4 f4
14.Nb3 a4
15.Nd2 g5
16.Nxa4 Nf6
17.c5 Ng6
18.b5 b6?! +1.99/26
18...dxc5 +1.02/24 19.Nxc5 c6 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.dxe6 Qe7 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.Bc4 23. Nc4 Qxe6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Ne8 26. Rd1 Nxd6 27. Rxd6 Rf6 28. Rd7 Nf8 29. Re7 +1.84 Stockfish 23...Rfd8 24.Kh1 g4 25.Qb3 Bf8 26.Qc3 Qa7 27.Be2 gxf3 28.Qxf3 Qe7 29.Qh3 Qc5 30.Qf5 Be7 31.Bc4 Rxd2
19.cxb6 cxb6
20.Nc4 Rb8
21.Bd2 g4
22.Naxb6 Rxb6
23.Ba5 g3?! +3.86/23
23...Nd7 +2.88/26 24.fxg4 24. Nxb6 Nxb6 25. fxg4 Qc7 26. Bb4 Bd7 27. a4 Qa7 28. a5 Nxd5+ 29. b6 Nxb6 30. axb6 Qxb6+ 31. Kh1 +4.43 Stockfish 24...Qc7 25.Kh1 Qa7 26.Nxb6 Qxa5 27.Nc4 Qa8 28.b6 Bf6 29.Nxd6 Qxa3 30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.b7 Rb8 32.Qc2 Ngf8 33.Qc8 Qa7 34.d6
24.Nxb6 Nxe4
25.Nxc8 gxh2+
26.Kxh2 Qh4+
27.Kg1 Ng3
28.Nxd6 Qh1+
29.Kf2 Qh4
30.Bb6? +1.32/23
30.b6 +3.62/23 30...Bf6 31.Bc4 31. Ba6 e4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 33. Ke2 Nc5 34. Bc4 Qg5 35. Qd2 Ne5 36. Bb5 Rd8 37. Rg1 Qg6 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rbc1 +8.13 Stockfish 31...e4 32.Nxe4 Nxe4+ 33.Ke2 Ng3+ 34.Kd2 Nxf1+ 35.Qxf1 Be5 36.b7 Qf6 37.Qe2 Rb8 38.Ba6 Qe7 39.Qd3 Qg5 40.Rg1 Kg7 41.Bb4 Qf6 42.Bc5 Bd6 43.Bd4
30…e4
31.fxe4?? -3.82/22
31.Nxe4 +1.10/24 31...Nxe4+ 32.Kg1 Ng3 33.Re1 Ne5 34.Bf1 Qh1+ 35.Kf2 Qh4 36.Qc2 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. d6 Bf6 38. d7 Rb8 39. Bc5 Ne4+ 40. Kg1 Nxc5 41. Qd6 Nxd7 42. Qxd7 +2.41 Stockfish 36...Re8 37.Rxe5 Bxe5 38.Qc6 Rg8 39.Rc1 Nf5+ 40.Ke2 Nd4+ 41.Bxd4 Bxd4 42.Rc2 Qf2+
31…f3
32.Bxf3 Nxe4+
33.Ke3? -11.69/23
33.Kg1 -3.58/25 33...Be5 34.Re1 Qh2+ 35.Kf1 Nh4 36.Ke2 Nc3+ 37.Kd3 Nxd1 38.Rbxd1 38. Rxe5 Nxf3 39. Re6 Qxg2 40. Rxd1 Qa2 41. Bd4+ Nxd4 42. Kxd4 -8.69 Stockfish 38...Nxf3 38... Bxd6 39. Bd4+ Kg8 40. Re4 Nxf3 41. Rg4+ Kf7 42. Rf1 Ke8 43. Rxf3 Qh1 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 -9.60 Stockfish
33...Qf4+?? -0.54/23
33...Qg5+ Black misses forced mate according to Stockfish. 34.Kd3 Not 34.Ke4 Qe5 35.Kd3 Nf4 36.Kc4 Qc3 mate 34...Qxd5+ 35.Ke3 35. Ke2 Nf4+ 36. Ke3 Nxg2+ 37. Ke2 Nc3+ 38. Kf2 Nxd1+ 39. Rbxd1 Rxf3+ 40. Kg1 Rxf1+ 41. Rxf1 Qxd6 42. Kxg2 Qxb6 43. Rd1 Qg6+ 44. Kf1 Bd4 45. Rd2 Qe4 46. Rxd4 Qxd4 47. a4 Qxa4 48. b6 Qb5+ 49. Ke1 Qxb6 50. Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Ke2 h5 52. Kf3 h4 53. Ke2 Qc3 54. Kf1 Qb2 55. Kg1 h3 56. Kf1 h2 57. Ke1 h1=Q# 35...Bh6+ 36.Ke2 Nf4+ 37.Ke1 Nxg2+ 38.Ke2 Nf4+ 39.Ke1 Nd3+ 40.Qxd3 Qxd3 41.Bd4+ Qxd4 42.Nxe4 Rxf3 42...Qe3+ 43. Be2 Re8 44. Rf2 Qxe4 45. Rb4 Qh1+ 46. Rf1 Qh2 47. Rb2 Rc8 48. Bd1 Qe5+ 49. Re2 Bd2+ 50. Kf2 Qh2+ 51. Kf3 Qf4+ 52. Kg2 Rg8+ 53. Kh1 Qxf1+ 54. Kh2 Bf4# 43.Rxf3 Qxe4+ 44.Kf2 Qxb1 45.a4 Qc2+
34.Kd3 Nxd6? +1.02/24
34...Nc3 -0.40/21 35.Qb3 Qxd6 36.Be3 Rc8 37.Kd2 Ne5 38.Be2 Bh6 39.Qxc3 39. Bf4 Nxd5 40. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 41. Ke1 Nc3 42. Rd1 Qe3 43. Rf2 Ng4 44. Qf7 Nxd1 -3.05 Stockfish 39...Rxc3 40.Bxh6 Qxh6+ 40...Rc8 41. Rf8+ Rxf8 42. Bxf8 Qxf8 43. Rb3 Qd6 44. b6 Qxd5+ -6.59 Stockfish 41.Kxc3 Qe3+ 42.Kb4 Qxe2 43.Rfd1 Qe4+ 44.Kc5 Qe3+ 45.Kb4 Nd3+ 46.Kc4 Nf2 47.Re1 Qd3+ 48.Kc5 Ne4+ 49.Kc6 Qc4+ 50.Kb6 Qxd5 51.a4 Nc3 52.Rb4
35.Rb4 Nc4?! +1.48/23
35...Ne5+ +1.18/24 36.Kc2 Rc8+ 37.Kb3 Nec4 38.Rf2 Qe5 38....Qf6 39. Bd4 Qxd4 40. Qxd4 Bxd4 41. Re2 Na5+ 42. Ka2 Bc5 43. Rf4 Nxb5 44. Rc2 +1.22 Stockfish 39.Bd4 Qxd4 40.Qxd4 Bxd4 41.Re2 Na5+ 42.Ka2 Bc5 43.Ra4 43. Rh4 Nxb5 44. Rc2 Nb7 45. a4 N5d6 46. Be2 Ra8 47. Bd3 Be3 48. Rxh7+ +1.55 Stockfish 43...Bb6 44.Rb2 Rc3 45.Be2 Re3 46.Rc2 Nb3 47.Rc6 Nc1+ 48.Rxc1
36.Be2? 0.00/23
36.Re1 +1.48/23 36...Ra8 37.Kc2 Qf5+ 38.Qd3 Qxd3+ 39.Kxd3 Nxb6 40.Kc2 Ne5 40...Rxa3 41. Re8+ Nf8 42. Rf4 Rc3+ 43. Kd1 Rc8 44. Rxc8 Nxc8 45. Kc2 +2.08 Stockfish 41.Rbe4 Nbc4 42.b6 42. d6 Rd8 43. b6 Nxb6 44. Rxe5 Bxe5 45. Rxe5 Rxd6 46. Kb3 +3.38 Stockfish 42...Rb8 43.a4 Bf6 44.a5 Nxa5 45.Rxe5 Bxe5 46.Rxe5 Nc4 47.Re6 Nxb6 48.Kc3 Nd7 49.Re7 Rd8 50.Kd4 Nf8 51.Be4 Kg8 52.Kc5
36...Nge5+?? +5.43/25
36...Qg3+ 0.00/23 37.Rf3 Nge5+ 38.Kc2 Qg6+ 39.Kb3 Nxb6 40.Rxf8+ Bxf8 41.Rd4 Bc5 41...Qd6 42. Rb4 Ned7 43. Bf3 Bg7 44. Qe1 Qg6 45. Be4 Qf6 46. Kc2 Qe5 = Stockfish 42.a4 Bxd4 43.Qxd4 Qb1+ 44.Ka3 Qc1+ 45.Kb3 Qb1+
37.Kc2 Qe4+
38.Kb3 Rc8?! +9.23/23
38...Rb8 +6.96/23 39.Bxc4 39. Bf2 Na5+ 40. Ka2 Qg6 41. Qb1 Qh6 42. Bd4 Nb7 43. Rh1 Qg6 44. Qxg6 Nxg6 45. Bxg7+ Kxg7 46. b6 +9.55 Stockfish 39...Rxb6 40.Qc2 Qg4 41.Qf5 Qxf5 42.Rxf5
39.d6 Qb7
40.Bxc4?! +6.44/24
40.Bc7 +9.14/23 40...Nb6 41.Bf3 Nxf3 42.Qxf3
40.Rxc4 Nxc4 41.d7 Rd8 42.Bxc4 Qxb6 43.Re1 Qg6 44.Re8+ Rxe8 45.d8=Q Bf6 46.Q8d7 It's mate on move 73, according to Stockfish. 46...Re7 47. Q7d5 Re3+ 48. Ka4 Re5 49. Qxe5 Bxe5 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qxe5 Qc2+ 53. Bb3 Qf2 54. Qe6+ Kg7 55. b6 h5 56. Qd7+ Kh6 57. Qc6+ Kg5 58. Qd5+ Kh6 59. b7 Qf4+ 60. Bc4 Qb8 61. Qe6+ Kg5 62. Qg8+ Qxg8 63. Bxg8 Kf4 64. b8=Q+ Ke4 65. Bc4 h4 66. Kb5 Kf5 67. Qd6 Ke4 68. Qf6 Ke3 69. Qxh4 Kd2 70. Qd4+ Kc2 71. Kb4 Kc1 72. Kb3 Kb1 73. Qd1#
40…Qxb6
41.Qd2? +3.67/25
41.Re1 +6.36/23 41...Nd7 42.Ka2 Rd8 43.Re7 Nf6 44.Qd2 Bf8 45.Rf7 Qxd6 46.Qxd6 Bxd6 47.Rxf6 Bxb4 48.axb4 Rb8 49.Rc6 Ra8+ 50.Kb2 Rb8 51.Kb3 Rb7
41.Be6 Rd8 42.Qd4 Rxd6 43.Qxb6 Rxb6 44.Bf5 Rf6 45.b6 Nc6 46.b7 Rf8 47.Rb6 Nb8 48.Re6 h5 49.a4 Bd4 50.Rh6+ Kg7 51.Rh7+ Kg8 52.Be6+ Kxh7 53.Rxf8 Ba7 54.Rg8 +9.97 Stockfish
41…Nxc4
42.Rxc4 Qxb5+
43.Qb4 Qd5
44.Rc1 Re8
45.Rc2 Qd1
46.Qd2 Qb1+
47.Rb2 Qf1
48.Qc2? +2.21/24
48.d7 +4.75/24 48...Rb8+ 49.Rb4 Qf7+ 50.Kc2 Rd8 51.R2b3 h6 51...Qf5+ 52. Rd3 Be5 53. g4 Qg6 54. Kd1 Qc6 55. Rd5 Bc3 56. Qg5 Bf6 57. Qf5 h6 58. Re4 +9.62 Stockfish 52.Rb8 52. Rd3 Qe6 53. Kd1 Kg8 54. a4 Qe5 55. Rd5 Qa1+ 56. Ke2 Qf6 57. Qd3 +16.33 Stockfish 52...Qc4+ 53.Kd1 Qg4+ 54.Ke1 Qh4+ 55.Kf1 Qh1+ 56.Kf2 Qh4+ 57.Kf3 Qh5+ 58.g4 Qh1+ 59.Kf4 Bf6 60.Rxd8+ Bxd8 61.Rb8 Qh4 62.Qd4+ Kh7 63.Rc8 Qh2+ 64.Ke3 Qh3+ 65.Kd2 Qh4 66.a4 Qg5+ 67.Kd1
48...Qf7?! +2.94/23
48...Qf8 +2.21/24 49.Ka2 49.Qd3 +12.32 Stockfish 49...Qxd6 50.Rb3 Qf6 51.Rb1 Qe6 52.a4 Qg8 53.Rb7 Re1 54.a5 Ra1+
48...Qf6 49.d7 Rd8 50.Rb1 Qe6 51.Ka2 Qxd7 52.Qb3 Rg8 53.Rc2 Qf5 54.Re1 Rf8 55.Qc4 Qf6 56.Qe6 Qd4 57.Qc6 +4.19 Stockfish
49.Ka2 Qd5
50.Rb6 h6?! +5.35/24
50...Rg8 +4.36/24 51.g4 Rf8 52.Rc6 h6
51.Rc6 Rb8
52.d7 Rf8
53.Rc7 Qe6? +24.85/25
53...Rd8 +7.73/25 54.Qe4 54. Rc8 Bf6 55. Rxd8+ Bxd8 56. Qb2+ Kh7 57. Qd4 Qxg2+ 58. Kb3 Qf3+ 59. Kb2 +65.49 Stockfish 54...Qb5 55.Qe8+ 55. Rb7 Qg5 56. Rb8 Bf6 57. Rxd8+ Bxd8 58. Rc2 Qg8+ 59. Qc4 Qf8 60. Re2 Kg7 61. Qc3+ Kh7 62. Qc2+ Kg7 63. Re8 Qf7+ 64. Qb3 Qf2+ 65. Qb2+ Qxb2+ 66. Kxb2 Bf6+ 67. Ka2 h5 68. d8=Q Bxd8 69. Rxd8 Kf6 70. a4 Ke7 71. Rd3 Ke6 72. a5 Kf5 73. a6 Ke4 74. Rd8 Kf5 75. a7 h4 76. a8=Q h3 77. gxh3 Kf4 78. Re8 Kf5 79. Qf3+ Kg6 80. Rg8+ Kh7 81. Qf7+ Kh6 82. Qg6# 55...Kh7 56.Qe2
54.g4?! +8.60/26
54.Qd2 Kh7 55.Qd3+ Qg6 56.d8=Q Rxd8 57.Qxd8 Qxg2+ 58.Rc2 Qe4 59.Qd6 Kh8 60.Rh2 Kg8 61.Rf2 Qe8 62.Rg2 Qf7+ 63.Rxf7 Kxf7 64.Rf2+ Kg8 65.Qg6 Kh8 66.Rg2 Bf8 67.Qg8#
54…Qd5
55.Rc8 Qxd7
56.Rxf8+ Bxf8
57.Rc7 Qd5+
58.Qb3 Qd6
59.Qc3+ Kg8
60.Rc8 Qh2+61.Qb2?! +6.44/24 61.Qc2 +7.89/25 61...Qxc2+ 62.Rxc2 Bd6 63.Rc6 63. a4 Kf7 64. a5 Ke6 65. Rc6 Kd7 66. Rxd6+ Kxd6 67. Kb3 Kd5 68. Kb4 Kc6 69. Kc4 Kd6 70. Kb5 Kd7 71. a6 Kc7 72. Kc5 Kc8 73. Kb6 Kd7 74. a7 Kd6 75. a8=Q Ke5 76. Qf3 Kd4 77. Kb5 h5 78. gxh5 Ke5 79. h6 Ke6 80. Kc6 Ke7 81. h7 Ke8 82. h8=Q+ Ke7 83. Qff6# 63...Bf4 64.a4 Bd2 65.Rd6 Be3 66.a5 Kf7 67.a6 Kg7 68.Kb3 Kh7 69.Rc6 61...Qd6?? #196/26 61...Qf4 +6.44/24 62.Qb3+ Kg7 63.Qc3+ 63. a4 Qxg4 64. Rc7+ Kf6 65. Rf7+ Kg5 66. Rxf8 Qe2+ 67. Ka3 Qe7+ 68. Qb4 Qe3+ 69. Kb2 Qe2+ 70. Kc1 Qe6 71. Qf4+ Kg6 72. Qf7+ Qxf7 73. Rxf7 Kxf7 74. a5 h5 75. a6 Kg7 76. a7 h4 77. Kc2 h3 78. a8=Q h2 79. Kc3 Kf6 80. Qh8+ Kg6 81. Qxh2 Kf5 82. Kd4 Ke6 83. Qe5+ Kf7 84. Qf5+ Ke7 85. Kc5 Kd8 86. Qf7 Kc8 87. Kc6 Kb8 88. Qb7# 63...Kg6 64.Qd3+ Kg7 65.Qd7+ Kg8 66.Qf5 Qd2+ 67.Qc2 Qxc2+ 68.Rxc2 Bd6 69.Rc6 Bf4 70.a4 Bd2 71.Rd6 Be3 72.a5 62.Qb3+?! +8.55/24 62.Qb4 Kg7 63.Rxf8 Qd5+ 64.Qb3 Qg2+ 65.Qb2+ Qxb2+ 66.Kxb2 Kxf8 67.a4 Ke7 68.Kb3 Kd6 69.Kb4 Kd7 70.Kb5 Ke7 71.a5 Kd7 72.a6 Kc7 73.Kc5 Kc8 74.Kb6 Kb8 75.a7+ Ka8 76.Ka6 h5 77.g5 h4 78.g6 h3 79.g7 h2 80.g8=R# 62.a4 Qf4 63.Qc2 Qd6 64.Qb3+ Kg7 65.Qc3+ Kh7 66.Qc7+ Be7 67.Qxd6 Bxd6 68.a5 Bh2 69.a6 Bg1 70.Kb3 h5 71.gxh5 Kh6 72.Kc4 Ba7 73.Rc7 Be3 74.Rc5 Bxc5 75.Kxc5 Kxh5 76.Kd4 Kg4 77.a7 Kf4 78.a8=Q Kf5 79.Qe8 Kg5 80.Ke4 Kf6 81.Kf4 Kg7 82.Kf5 Kh7 83.Kf6 Kh6 84.Qh8# 62…Kg7 63.Qc3+ Kg8?? #26/24 63...Kh7 +8.55/25 64.a4 Qd5+ 65.Qb3 Qd2+ 66.Qc2+ Qxc2+ 67.Rxc2 Bb4 68.Kb3 Ba5 69.Rc5 Bb6 70.Rb5 70. Kc4 h5 71. gxh5 Kg7 72. a5 Bd8 73. a6 Bb6 74. Kb5 Ba7 75. Rc7+ Kf6 76. Rxa7 Ke6 77. h6 Ke5 78. h7 Ke4 79. h8=Q Kd3 80. Re7 Kd2 81. Qd4+ Kc1 82. Re2 Kb1 83. Qd1# 70...Bg1 71.a5 64.Qb4 Qh2+ 65.Kb3 Qg3+ 66.Ka4 1-0

 

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[Event "2019 FIDE GP Series"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Mariya Muzychuk"]
[Black "GM Kateryna Lagno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.f3 Kh8 13.b4 f4 14.Nb3 a4 15.Nd2 g5 16.Nxa4
Nf6 17.c5 Ng6 18.b5 b6 $6 { +1.99/26 } ( 18...dxc5 { +1.02/24 } 19.Nxc5 c6
20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.dxe6 Qe7 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.Bc4
{ 23. Nc4 Qxe6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Ne8 26. Rd1 Nxd6 27. Rxd6 Rf6 28. Rd7
Nf8 29. Re7 +1.84 Stockfish } 23...Rfd8 24.Kh1 g4 25.Qb3 Bf8 26.Qc3 Qa7
27.Be2 gxf3 28.Qxf3 Qe7 29.Qh3 Qc5 30.Qf5 Be7 31.Bc4 Rxd2 ) 19.cxb6 cxb6
20.Nc4 Rb8 21.Bd2 g4 22.Naxb6 Rxb6 23.Ba5 g3 $6
{ +3.86/23 } ( 23...Nd7 { +2.88/26 } 24.fxg4
{ 24. Nxb6 Nxb6 25. fxg4 Qc7 26. Bb4 Bd7 27. a4 Qa7 28. a5 Nxd5+ 29. b6
Nxb6 30. axb6 Qxb6+ 31. Kh1 +4.43 Stockfish } 24...Qc7 25.Kh1 Qa7 26.Nxb6
Qxa5 27.Nc4 Qa8 28.b6 Bf6 29.Nxd6 Qxa3 30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.b7 Rb8 32.Qc2 Ngf8
33.Qc8 Qa7 34.d6 ) 24.Nxb6 Nxe4 25.Nxc8 gxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Qh4+ 27.Kg1 Ng3 28.Nxd6
Qh1+ 29.Kf2 Qh4 30.Bb6 $2 { +1.32/23 } ( 30.b6 { +3.62/23 } 30...Bf6 31.Bc4
{ 31. Ba6 e4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 33. Ke2 Nc5 34. Bc4 Qg5 35. Qd2 Ne5 36. Bb5 Rd8
37. Rg1 Qg6 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rbc1 +8.13 Stockfish } 31...e4 32.Nxe4 Nxe4+
33.Ke2 Ng3+ 34.Kd2 Nxf1+ 35.Qxf1 Be5 36.b7 Qf6 37.Qe2 Rb8 38.Ba6 Qe7 39.Qd3
Qg5 40.Rg1 Kg7 41.Bb4 Qf6 42.Bc5 Bd6 43.Bd4 ) 30...e4 31.fxe4 $4 { -3.82/22 }
( 31.Nxe4 { +1.10/24 } 31...Nxe4+ 32.Kg1 Ng3 33.Re1 Ne5 34.Bf1 Qh1+ 35.Kf2
Qh4 36.Qc2
{ 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. d6 Bf6 38. d7 Rb8 39. Bc5 Ne4+ 40. Kg1 Nxc5 41. Qd6
Nxd7 42. Qxd7 +2.41 Stockfish } 36...Re8 37.Rxe5 Bxe5 38.Qc6 Rg8 39.Rc1 Nf5+
40.Ke2 Nd4+ 41.Bxd4 Bxd4 42.Rc2 Qf2+ ) 31...f3 32.Bxf3 Nxe4+ 33.Ke3 $2
{ -11.69/23 } ( 33.Kg1 { -3.58/25 } 33...Be5 34.Re1 Qh2+ 35.Kf1 Nh4 36.Ke2
Nc3+ 37.Kd3 Nxd1 38.Rbxd1
{ 38. Rxe5 Nxf3 39. Re6 Qxg2 40. Rxd1 Qa2 41. Bd4+ Nxd4 42. Kxd4 -8.69
Stockfish } 38...Nxf3
{ 38... Bxd6 39. Bd4+ Kg8 40. Re4 Nxf3 41. Rg4+ Kf7 42. Rf1 Ke8 43. Rxf3
Qh1 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 -9.60 Stockfish } ) 33...Qf4+ $4 { -0.54/23 } ( 33...Qg5+
{ Black misses forced mate according to Stockfish. } 34.Kd3
{ Not 34.Ke4 Qe5 35.Kd3 Nf4 36.Kc4 Qc3 mate } 34...Qxd5+ 35.Ke3
{ 35. Ke2 Nf4+ 36. Ke3 Nxg2+ 37. Ke2 Nc3+ 38. Kf2 Nxd1+ 39. Rbxd1 Rxf3+ 40.
Kg1 Rxf1+ 41. Rxf1 Qxd6 42. Kxg2 Qxb6 43. Rd1 Qg6+ 44. Kf1 Bd4 45. Rd2 Qe4
46. Rxd4 Qxd4 47. a4 Qxa4 48. b6 Qb5+ 49. Ke1 Qxb6 50. Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Ke2 h5
52. Kf3 h4 53. Ke2 Qc3 54. Kf1 Qb2 55. Kg1 h3 56. Kf1 h2 57. Ke1 h1=Q# }
35...Bh6+ 36.Ke2 Nf4+ 37.Ke1 Nxg2+ 38.Ke2 Nf4+ 39.Ke1 Nd3+ 40.Qxd3 Qxd3
41.Bd4+ Qxd4 42.Nxe4 Rxf3
{ 42...Qe3+ 43. Be2 Re8 44. Rf2 Qxe4 45. Rb4 Qh1+ 46. Rf1 Qh2 47. Rb2 Rc8
48. Bd1 Qe5+ 49. Re2 Bd2+ 50. Kf2 Qh2+ 51. Kf3 Qf4+ 52. Kg2 Rg8+ 53. Kh1
Qxf1+ 54. Kh2 Bf4# } 43.Rxf3 Qxe4+ 44.Kf2 Qxb1 45.a4 Qc2+ ) 34.Kd3 Nxd6 $2
{ +1.02/24 } ( 34...Nc3 { -0.40/21 } 35.Qb3 Qxd6 36.Be3 Rc8 37.Kd2 Ne5 38.Be2
Bh6 39.Qxc3
{ 39. Bf4 Nxd5 40. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 41. Ke1 Nc3 42. Rd1 Qe3 43. Rf2 Ng4 44. Qf7
Nxd1 -3.05 Stockfish } 39...Rxc3 40.Bxh6 Qxh6+
{ 40...Rc8 41. Rf8+ Rxf8 42. Bxf8 Qxf8 43. Rb3 Qd6 44. b6 Qxd5+ -6.59
Stockfish } 41.Kxc3 Qe3+ 42.Kb4 Qxe2 43.Rfd1 Qe4+ 44.Kc5 Qe3+ 45.Kb4 Nd3+
46.Kc4 Nf2 47.Re1 Qd3+ 48.Kc5 Ne4+ 49.Kc6 Qc4+ 50.Kb6 Qxd5 51.a4 Nc3 52.Rb4 )
35.Rb4 Nc4 $6 { +1.48/23 } ( 35...Ne5+ { +1.18/24 } 36.Kc2 Rc8+ 37.Kb3 Nec4
38.Rf2 Qe5
{ 38....Qf6 39. Bd4 Qxd4 40. Qxd4 Bxd4 41. Re2 Na5+ 42. Ka2 Bc5 43. Rf4
Nxb5 44. Rc2 +1.22 Stockfish } 39.Bd4 Qxd4 40.Qxd4 Bxd4 41.Re2 Na5+ 42.Ka2
Bc5 43.Ra4
{ 43. Rh4 Nxb5 44. Rc2 Nb7 45. a4 N5d6 46. Be2 Ra8 47. Bd3 Be3 48. Rxh7+
+1.55 Stockfish } 43...Bb6 44.Rb2 Rc3 45.Be2 Re3 46.Rc2 Nb3 47.Rc6 Nc1+
48.Rxc1 ) 36.Be2 $2 { 0.00/23 } ( 36.Re1 { +1.48/23 } 36...Ra8 37.Kc2 Qf5+
38.Qd3 Qxd3+ 39.Kxd3 Nxb6 40.Kc2 Ne5
{ 40...Rxa3 41. Re8+ Nf8 42. Rf4 Rc3+ 43. Kd1 Rc8 44. Rxc8 Nxc8 45. Kc2
+2.08 Stockfish } 41.Rbe4 Nbc4 42.b6
{ 42. d6 Rd8 43. b6 Nxb6 44. Rxe5 Bxe5 45. Rxe5 Rxd6 46. Kb3 +3.38
Stockfish } 42...Rb8 43.a4 Bf6 44.a5 Nxa5 45.Rxe5 Bxe5 46.Rxe5 Nc4 47.Re6
Nxb6 48.Kc3 Nd7 49.Re7 Rd8 50.Kd4 Nf8 51.Be4 Kg8 52.Kc5 ) 36...Nge5+ $4
{ +5.43/25 } ( 36...Qg3+ { 0.00/23 } 37.Rf3 Nge5+ 38.Kc2 Qg6+ 39.Kb3 Nxb6
40.Rxf8+ Bxf8 41.Rd4 Bc5
{ 41...Qd6 42. Rb4 Ned7 43. Bf3 Bg7 44. Qe1 Qg6 45. Be4 Qf6 46. Kc2 Qe5 =
Stockfish } 42.a4 Bxd4 43.Qxd4 Qb1+ 44.Ka3 Qc1+ 45.Kb3 Qb1+ ) 37.Kc2 Qe4+ 38.Kb3
Rc8 $6 { +9.23/23 } ( 38...Rb8 { +6.96/23 } 39.Bxc4
{ 39. Bf2 Na5+ 40. Ka2 Qg6 41. Qb1 Qh6 42. Bd4 Nb7 43. Rh1 Qg6 44. Qxg6
Nxg6 45. Bxg7+ Kxg7 46. b6 +9.55 Stockfish } 39...Rxb6 40.Qc2 Qg4 41.Qf5 Qxf5
42.Rxf5 ) 39.d6 Qb7 40.Bxc4 $6 { +6.44/24 } ( 40.Bc7 { +9.14/23 } 40...Nb6
41.Bf3 Nxf3 42.Qxf3 ) ( 40.Rxc4 Nxc4 41.d7 Rd8 42.Bxc4 Qxb6 43.Re1 Qg6
44.Re8+ Rxe8 45.d8=Q Bf6 46.Q8d7
{ It's mate on move 73, according to Stockfish. 46...Re7 47. Q7d5 Re3+ 48.
Ka4 Re5 49. Qxe5 Bxe5 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qxe5 Qc2+ 53. Bb3 Qf2
54. Qe6+ Kg7 55. b6 h5 56. Qd7+ Kh6 57. Qc6+ Kg5 58. Qd5+ Kh6 59. b7 Qf4+
60. Bc4 Qb8 61. Qe6+ Kg5 62. Qg8+ Qxg8 63. Bxg8 Kf4 64. b8=Q+ Ke4 65. Bc4 h4
66. Kb5 Kf5 67. Qd6 Ke4 68. Qf6 Ke3 69. Qxh4 Kd2 70. Qd4+ Kc2 71. Kb4 Kc1
72. Kb3 Kb1 73. Qd1# }
) 40...Qxb6 41.Qd2 $2 { +3.67/25 } ( 41.Re1 { +6.36/23 } 41...Nd7 42.Ka2 Rd8
43.Re7 Nf6 44.Qd2 Bf8 45.Rf7 Qxd6 46.Qxd6 Bxd6 47.Rxf6 Bxb4 48.axb4 Rb8
49.Rc6 Ra8+ 50.Kb2 Rb8 51.Kb3 Rb7 ) ( 41.Be6 Rd8 42.Qd4 Rxd6 43.Qxb6 Rxb6
44.Bf5 Rf6 45.b6 Nc6 46.b7 Rf8 47.Rb6 Nb8 48.Re6 h5 49.a4 Bd4 50.Rh6+ Kg7
51.Rh7+ Kg8 52.Be6+ Kxh7 53.Rxf8 Ba7 54.Rg8 { +9.97 Stockfish } ) 41...Nxc4
42.Rxc4 Qxb5+ 43.Qb4 Qd5 44.Rc1 Re8 45.Rc2 Qd1 46.Qd2 Qb1+ 47.Rb2 Qf1
48.Qc2 $2 { +2.21/24 } (
48.d7 { +4.75/24 } 48...Rb8+ 49.Rb4 Qf7+ 50.Kc2 Rd8 51.R2b3 h6
{ 51...Qf5+ 52. Rd3 Be5 53. g4 Qg6 54. Kd1 Qc6 55. Rd5 Bc3 56. Qg5 Bf6 57.
Qf5 h6 58. Re4 +9.62 Stockfish } 52.Rb8
{ 52. Rd3 Qe6 53. Kd1 Kg8 54. a4 Qe5 55. Rd5 Qa1+ 56. Ke2 Qf6 57. Qd3
+16.33 Stockfish } 52...Qc4+ 53.Kd1 Qg4+ 54.Ke1 Qh4+ 55.Kf1 Qh1+ 56.Kf2 Qh4+
57.Kf3 Qh5+ 58.g4 Qh1+ 59.Kf4 Bf6 60.Rxd8+ Bxd8 61.Rb8 Qh4 62.Qd4+ Kh7 63.Rc8
Qh2+ 64.Ke3 Qh3+ 65.Kd2 Qh4 66.a4 Qg5+ 67.Kd1 ) 48...Qf7 $6 { +2.94/23 } (
48...Qf8 { +2.21/24 } 49.Ka2 { 49.Qd3 +12.32 Stockfish } 49...Qxd6 50.Rb3 Qf6
51.Rb1 Qe6 52.a4 Qg8 53.Rb7 Re1 54.a5 Ra1+ ) ( 48...Qf6 49.d7 Rd8 50.Rb1 Qe6
51.Ka2 Qxd7 52.Qb3 Rg8 53.Rc2 Qf5 54.Re1 Rf8 55.Qc4 Qf6 56.Qe6 Qd4 57.Qc6
{ +4.19 Stockfish } ) 49.Ka2 Qd5 50.Rb6 h6 $6 { +5.35/24 } ( 50...Rg8
{ +4.36/24 } 51.g4 Rf8 52.Rc6 h6 ) 51.Rc6 Rb8 52.d7 Rf8 53.Rc7 Qe6 $2
{ +24.85/25 } ( 53...Rd8 { +7.73/25 } 54.Qe4
{ 54. Rc8 Bf6 55. Rxd8+ Bxd8 56. Qb2+ Kh7 57. Qd4 Qxg2+ 58. Kb3 Qf3+ 59.
Kb2 +65.49 Stockfish } 54...Qb5 55.Qe8+
{ 55. Rb7 Qg5 56. Rb8 Bf6 57. Rxd8+ Bxd8 58. Rc2 Qg8+ 59. Qc4 Qf8 60. Re2
Kg7 61. Qc3+ Kh7 62. Qc2+ Kg7 63. Re8 Qf7+ 64. Qb3 Qf2+ 65. Qb2+ Qxb2+ 66.
Kxb2 Bf6+ 67. Ka2 h5 68. d8=Q Bxd8 69. Rxd8 Kf6 70. a4 Ke7 71. Rd3 Ke6
72. a5 Kf5 73. a6 Ke4 74. Rd8 Kf5 75. a7 h4 76. a8=Q h3 77. gxh3 Kf4 78. Re8
Kf5 79. Qf3+ Kg6 80. Rg8+ Kh7 81. Qf7+ Kh6 82. Qg6# } 55...Kh7 56.Qe2 ) 54.g4
$6 { +8.60/26 } ( 54.Qd2 Kh7 55.Qd3+ Qg6 56.d8=Q Rxd8 57.Qxd8 Qxg2+ 58.Rc2
Qe4 59.Qd6 Kh8 60.Rh2 Kg8 61.Rf2 Qe8 62.Rg2 Qf7+ 63.Rxf7 Kxf7 64.Rf2+ Kg8
65.Qg6 Kh8 66.Rg2 Bf8 67.Qg8# ) 54...Qd5 55.Rc8 Qxd7 56.Rxf8+ Bxf8 57.Rc7
Qd5+ 58.Qb3 Qd6 59.Qc3+ Kg8 60.Rc8 Qh2+ 61.Qb2 $6 { +6.44/24 } ( 61.Qc2
{ +7.89/25 } 61...Qxc2+ 62.Rxc2 Bd6 63.Rc6
{ 63. a4 Kf7 64. a5 Ke6 65. Rc6 Kd7 66. Rxd6+ Kxd6 67. Kb3 Kd5 68. Kb4 Kc6
69. Kc4 Kd6 70. Kb5 Kd7 71. a6 Kc7 72. Kc5 Kc8 73. Kb6 Kd7 74. a7 Kd6 75.
a8=Q Ke5 76. Qf3 Kd4 77. Kb5 h5 78. gxh5 Ke5 79. h6 Ke6 80. Kc6 Ke7
81. h7 Ke8 82. h8=Q+ Ke7 83. Qff6# }
63...Bf4 64.a4 Bd2 65.Rd6 Be3 66.a5 Kf7 67.a6 Kg7 68.Kb3 Kh7 69.Rc6 )
61...Qd6 $4 { #196/26 } ( 61...Qf4 { +6.44/24 } 62.Qb3+ Kg7 63.Qc3+
{ 63. a4 Qxg4 64. Rc7+ Kf6 65. Rf7+ Kg5 66. Rxf8 Qe2+ 67. Ka3 Qe7+ 68. Qb4
Qe3+ 69. Kb2 Qe2+ 70. Kc1 Qe6 71. Qf4+ Kg6 72. Qf7+ Qxf7 73. Rxf7 Kxf7 74.
a5 h5 75. a6 Kg7 76. a7 h4 77. Kc2 h3 78. a8=Q h2 79. Kc3 Kf6 80. Qh8+ Kg6
81. Qxh2 Kf5 82. Kd4 Ke6 83. Qe5+ Kf7 84. Qf5+ Ke7 85. Kc5 Kd8 86. Qf7 Kc8
87. Kc6 Kb8 88. Qb7# } 63...Kg6 64.Qd3+ Kg7 65.Qd7+ Kg8 66.Qf5 Qd2+ 67.Qc2
Qxc2+ 68.Rxc2 Bd6 69.Rc6 Bf4 70.a4 Bd2 71.Rd6 Be3 72.a5 ) 62.Qb3+ $6
{ +8.55/24 } ( 62.Qb4 Kg7 63.Rxf8 Qd5+ 64.Qb3 Qg2+ 65.Qb2+ Qxb2+ 66.Kxb2 Kxf8
67.a4 Ke7 68.Kb3 Kd6 69.Kb4 Kd7 70.Kb5 Ke7 71.a5 Kd7 72.a6 Kc7 73.Kc5 Kc8
74.Kb6 Kb8 75.a7+ Ka8 76.Ka6 h5 77.g5 h4 78.g6 h3 79.g7 h2 80.g8=R# ) (
62.a4 Qf4 63.Qc2 Qd6 64.Qb3+ Kg7 65.Qc3+ Kh7 66.Qc7+ Be7 67.Qxd6 Bxd6 68.a5
Bh2 69.a6 Bg1 70.Kb3 h5 71.gxh5 Kh6 72.Kc4 Ba7 73.Rc7 Be3 74.Rc5 Bxc5 75.Kxc5
Kxh5 76.Kd4 Kg4 77.a7 Kf4 78.a8=Q Kf5 79.Qe8 Kg5 80.Ke4 Kf6 81.Kf4 Kg7 82.Kf5
Kh7 83.Kf6 Kh6 84.Qh8# ) 62...Kg7 63.Qc3+ Kg8 $4 { #26/24 } ( 63...Kh7
{ +8.55/25 } 64.a4 Qd5+ 65.Qb3 Qd2+ 66.Qc2+ Qxc2+ 67.Rxc2 Bb4 68.Kb3 Ba5
69.Rc5 Bb6 70.Rb5
{ 70. Kc4 h5 71. gxh5 Kg7 72. a5 Bd8 73. a6 Bb6 74. Kb5 Ba7 75. Rc7+ Kf6
76. Rxa7 Ke6 77. h6 Ke5 78. h7 Ke4 79. h8=Q Kd3 80. Re7 Kd2 81. Qd4+ Kc1
82. Re2 Kb1 83. Qd1# } 70...Bg1 71.a5 ) 64.Qb4 Qh2+ 65.Kb3 Qg3+ 66.Ka4 1-0

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COVENTRY CHESS CLUB

Most Frequent Players (after tnmt #45)

33 Joe Bihlmeyer

19 Rob Roy

18 Art Nagel

15 Derek Meredith

15 Mark Bourque

14 Hayes Goodman

13 Dan Smith

10 Dan Zhou

10 Joshua Berkun

10 Larry Lafosse

 

 

 

USCF History of the Coventry Chess Club

 

2020 EASTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN  FEB. 22

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. One Section. Accel.Pairings. W. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COVENTRY CHESS CLUB 2020 CALENDAR

Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31)

JAN 18  2020 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN

FEB 22  2020 EASTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN

MAR 21  2020 CONSTITUTION STATE OPEN

APR 18  2020 MILL BROOK PARK OPEN

May thru August  -  No Tournaments

SEP 26  2020 CONNECTICUT HARVEST OPEN

OCT 17  2020 CHARTER OAK OPEN

NOV 14  2020 CONNECTICUT YANKEE OPEN

DEC 12  2020 NUTMEG STATE OPEN

 

 

 

 

CHESS COLUMNS FROM THE PAST   by Rob Roy

Rob Roy did 1300 columnsWaterbury Sunday Republican 1977-2000.  Enabling Waterbury Chess Club to be successful.

Here are two columns from 1977