Hello Weston/Wilton parents,
 
We just started our ten weeks of free DIG Chess classes at the North Branch Bridgeport Public Library and it was a GREAT turnout. This program is funded by the Starbuck Foundation. The next nine Saturdays, Coach Erin will be there teaching from 11am to 1pm. Kelvin Green, a Weston DIG Chess player, was also there teaching. 
 
Please let me or Coach Erin know if your son or daughter would like to go help teach. There are lots of beginners there that need individual attention regarding how the pieces move on the board so any help would be great. 
 

 

 

 

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NEW BRITAIN CHESS CLUB STORY - by Bob Cyr


Beatrice Low of Greenwich Academy has won the 4th annual 2019 State Girls' Championships. This was the second time Beatrice won the title after claiming victory in the 1st annual Championships in 2016 and with her win Beatrice is the first qualifier to the 2019 National Nominations Candidates' Tournament to be held on March 30th.

Jithu Saveejan of Bristol Central High School won leg 1 of the National Nominations Grand Prix. Both events took place at the Raymond Library in East Hartford and were organized by Connecticut Chess Organization. Results/Rating report 

 

 

Beatrice Low (center) playing Serena Evans

 

 

 

Girls & NNGP leg 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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  Just like last week, former world champion Kramnik just wasn’t getting enough compensation for the two bishops at the Wijk ann Zee tournament.  In this week’s game he has them once again, this time down a pawn against the two knights of another former world champion.  The result is the same, the pawn is decisive.
GM Vladimir Kramnik(2777)-GM Viswanathan Anand(2773)
2019 Tata Steel Masters
1/19/19
7.c3 d6 
 
 
 
57.Kf5 Rh2 0-1

 

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3-17  Greater Hartford Suhas Kodali, Joe Bihlmeyer, and Jon Smucker

2-24  Eastern Conn Derek Meredith and Joe Bihlmeyer

1-13  2018 Coventry Open  Joe Bihlmeyer

 

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For over a century, the New Britain Chess Club of Connecticut (NBCC), our state’s largest and most historic chess organization, has had a strong reputation for its vital role in the development, promotion, and enrichment of this game to people of all ages and levels across the Northeastern United States. The NBCC has been built on many traditions and yet has become quite adaptable with the changing times. Our members and network of chess friends have also established numerous ties with other local chess institutions, which has been essential for our club’s growth. These solid foundations and key alliances have enabled our club to maintain its solid presence for chess in our community through the ages. Regardless of the challenges that our club has dealt with throughout Connecticut chess clubs.

The NBCC began to re-emerut its history, our unwavering determination has always led “The Heart of Connecticut Chess” to brighter days for our family and for chess in Connecticut. With that background, here is the NBCC story. 

We begin our journey around the turn of the twentieth century. During that time, groups of chess men gathered at the YMCA and at other venues in the city to engage in casual play and spirited competition. As a new century dawned, a few leaders from that nascent chess community met to lay the grounds for the formation of our historic club. On January 26, 1901, thirty-three chess enthusiasts, led by John Kirkham, our club’s first president, met in a building in the downtown district to celebrate the official organization and birth of the NBCC.

Judge Kirkham, who was also a prominent chess master and Connecticut chess champion, worked closely with other newly formed chess organizations in our state, such as Waterbury, Hartford, New Haven, and Bridgeport, to hold inter-club matches. These events drew a respectable amount of interest and ultimately helped promote our organization and Connecticut chess. In addition to these matches, the NBCC held smaller and more informal tournaments during its regular meetings. Membership levels remained fairly constant during the 1900s and early 1910s, but most chess activity came to a crashing halt as the nation entered WWI. Based on a lack of records, it appears that WWI caused the disbandment of many ge sometime in the late 1920s. Two of our club’s presidents over the next two decades worked zealously to re- energize our organization: Boleslaw Gryboski in the 1930s and Edmund Roman in the 1940s. These leaders were instrumental in rebuilding a membership base and creating a more structured schedule of activities, including organizing annual club and city championship events to boost membership. Our club also continued to hold joint events with the Hartford Chess Club to attract interest throughout our chess community. However, our leaders’ efforts to keep our club active proved to be quite challenging during these times. First, tragedy struck our club in the mid-1930s when a fire occurred at our meeting place at the United Building on Main Street, destroying many club records and forcing us to relocate. We soon moved to Nathan Hale Junior High School and then to Falcon Crest Hall in New Britain. Then, in 1941, the NBCC lost some of its members because of the draft during WWII. If there was any silver lining for our club during this war, it was that meetings were still held in despite of a decline in membership. After 1945, membership slowly rose, and it was the task of President Roman and others to ensure that our club would sustain in the second half of the twentieth century.

In 1951, Arkadijs Strazdins, who would eventually become the NBCC’s greatest advocate and contributor and the most influential member in our club’s history, joined our organization. Our club saw many changes in leadership in the mid-to-late 1950s, and membership was still low. However, by the early 1960s, our club started exploring ways to get more involved on the state-wide scene in hopes of sparking more interest in our chess community. Mr. Strazdins, who began his life-long service to the NBCC, often worked with its officers throughout the 1950s and 1960s to arrange and host a variety of matches, simultaneous chess exhibitions, and tournaments, including the annual New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship, which started in 1966 and which would eventually become Connecticut’s grandest summer chess event.

As our club continued to fulfill its most important mission of providing a facility and a social environment for chess, the level of membership rebounded. When the Bobby Fischer boom occurred in the early 1970s, membership soared to unprecedented levels. By 1973, the NBCC had 119 members - a record that would not be challenged until 2010 and later in 2017, when membership reached 101 and 104, respectively. Mr. Strazdins, who took the helm as president in 1970, led our club during one of its most prosperous periods.

For nearly twenty years, between the mid-1950s and the mid-1970s, our club held its meetings at the General Holler Post in New Britain. Our club was grateful to Jan Cendrowski, a commander of the post and our club president in the 1960s, for securing that venue for so long. Unfortunately, due to extenuating circumstances, our club was forced to relocate from that site in 1975. The move came at a time when our club attained peak membership. Thankfully, Mr. Strazdins was able to find and secure a hall at the New Britain Quartette Club, where our club would stay for the next thirty-five years.

With the relocation behind us, our club focused on playing a more pivotal role in the development of Connecticut chess. By 1980, the NBCC was the third-largest chess club in Connecticut behind Hartford and New Haven. Mr. Strazdins, who had won over fifty major club tournaments by then, worked tirelessly to promote our organization in his many capacities as officer, tournament director, and team captain. He worked countless hours to ensure that our club would remain vibrant in the coming decades. Due to Mr. Strazdins’ steadfast efforts, our club emerged as Connecticut’s largest chess organization by the mid-to-late 1980s.

Mr. Strazdins continued pursuing his passion for and devotion to our club well into the 1990s by keeping its image alive and well. Around the turn of the century, Mr. Strazdins regrettably had to take a step back from club operations because of declining health. His son, Andris, who was our club’s treasurer since 1973, worked passionately with the other officers and tournament directors to ensure that his father’s vision for our club was fulfilled.

The early years of the twenty-first century saw significant changes in leadership in our club, with the stepping down of Mr. Strazdins as president after serving thirty-one years. The new officers then and today were and have been inspired by Mr. Strazdins’ work for our club, and they have kept alive the traditions that he established during his five decades of service to our organization. Moreover, our administrators from 2001 to the present have created their own interesting and unique ideas to benefit our club’s growth, many of which have resulted in the biggest expansion of our club’s social network and have attracted many scholastic chess players.

 

In 2010, our club left the New Britain Quartette Club and relocated to the New Britain Assyrian Community Center, where we stayed for four years. In 2014, our club moved to our current venue at the Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection in New Britain. During both relocations, our organization lost some members but still remained a leading voice for chess in Connecticut.

The NBCC is extremely proud of its heritage and its positive impact on our chess community. In spite of the challenges that our club has faced (membership declines, relocations, and the stepping down of a leader of thirty-plus years), we endured every time. Because of this and because of our rich and diverse history, “The Heart of Connecticut Chess” will no doubt continue to thrive and flourish in the coming decades. The NBCC is very excited about its future, and we anticipate that future generations of chess players will continue to play an integral role in the advancement of our wonderful institution and Connecticut chess.

If your travels ever bring you to Connecticut, please pay a visit to the NBCC. Meetings are held every Tuesday at the Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection. For directions to and more information about our club, please visit www.newbritainchessclub.com.


Yours in chess,

Bob Cyr
NBCC and CT Chess Historian

 

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REPORT - 2019 CT GRADE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Jan 19)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Landau Vincent Day (K), Nathan Mezheritskiy (1st), Anthony Low (2nd), Henry Buczkiewicz (3rd), Sahil Vora (4th), Max Ingargiola (5th), Carter Clayton (6th), Evan Dokko Stein (7th), Ethan Striff-Cave (8th), Daniel Zhou (9th), Dhanush Kalangi (10th), Jithu Saveejan (11th) and Benjamin Foxman (12th) are the 2019 Connecticut Grade Champions.

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It probably seemed like an interesting idea at the time, sacrifice a pawn for the two bishops and total pawn control of the center, surely that must lead to something.  Not in this game, the center is still firmly in White’s control when Black’s eventual counterattack goes around it. 
 
GM Vladimir Kramnik(2777)-GM Anish Giri(2783)
1.c4 e5 

32…Rc4

 
 

 

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TOP WINNERS AT COVENTRY CHESS CLUB

TOP WINNERS USCF TOURNAMENTS - COVENTRY CHESS CLUB

1-12  2019 Coventry Open Derek Meredith, Joe Bihlmeyer, Dan Smith

2018 :

12-15 Holiday Party Derek Meredith

11-17 Yankee Peddler Derek Meredith and Joe Bihlmeyer

10-27 Conn Harvest Joe Bihlmeyer

9-30  Charter Oak  Abe Mondal

8-11  Nutmeg State Nathan Chang

7-14  Conn Yankee Nelson Castaneda

6-23  Coventry Summer Rick Bauer and Derek Meredith

5-19  Constitution State Dan Smith

4-21  Nathan Hale Suhas Kodali and Jithu Sajeevan

3-17  Greater Hartford Suhas Kodali, Joe Bihlmeyer, and Jon Smucker

2-24  Eastern Conn Derek Meredith and Joe Bihlmeyer

1-13  2018 Coventry Open  Joe Bihlmeyer

 

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REPORT - 2019 COVENTRY OPEN (Jan12)

 

  


REPORT - 2019 Coventry Open,  Jan. 12

Derek Meredith, Joe Bihlmeyer, and Dan Smith shared first place honors, each with 2 wins and a draw, at the 2019 Coventry Open chess tournament.

The tournament was held Jan. 12 at Mill Brook Place in Coventry CT, Rob Roy TD.

Meredith and Bihlmeyer are instructors at the New Britain Chess Club. Dan Smith runs the chess club in Westerly RI.

Gabriel Watson and Shawn Parker tied for fourth place, each with 2-1 scores. Gabe won his game with a national expert.

Gabe, Shawn, and Dave Brown came from the Hartford DIG Team. Thanks to Derek Meredith for providing them with transportation.

Jan Van de Mortel, new President of the Connecticut State Chess Assoc., and Mark Denihan of Hebron Chess Club, visited the tournament.

Twelve players competed in this USCF-Rated tournament. Thanks to each of you for making this such a fun day. Our next tournament is Feb. 23.

PHOTOS FROM THIS EVENT CLICK HERE

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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 | MATTHEW DEREK MEREDITH          |2.5  |W   6|W   8|D   2|
   CT | 10031443 / R: 2097   ->2098     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 2005   ->2008     |     |     |     |     |
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    2 | JOSEPH E BIHLMEYER              |2.5  |W   7|W   9|D   1|
   CT | 12686352 / R: 2053   ->2056     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 2000   ->2003     |     |     |     |     |
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    3 | DANIEL SMITH                    |2.5  |D  11|W   6|W   5|
   RI | 12704934 / R: 1470   ->1558     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1365   ->1478     |     |     |     |     |
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    4 | SHAWN B PARKER                  |2.0  |L   8|W  12|W   9|
   CT | 16757316 / R: 1247   ->1261     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1024P22->1048P25  |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | GABRIEL JORDEN WATSON           |2.0  |W  12|W  11|L   3|
   CT | 16449073 / R: 1138   ->1204     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1181   ->1236     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | MICHAEL SMITH                   |1.0  |L   1|L   3|W   7|
   CT | 16903342 / R: 1764P3 ->1683P6   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1730P3 ->1644P6   |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | THOMAS RIZZO                    |1.0  |L   2|W  10|L   6|
   MA | 10017769 / R: 1572   ->1556     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1598P16->1575P19  |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | HAYES GOODMAN                   |1.0  |W   4|L   1|U    |
   RI | 15207355 / R: 1441   ->1452     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1327   ->1335     |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | CARL FETTEROLL                  |1.0  |W  10|L   2|L   4|
   MA | 14903973 / R: 1301   ->1275     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1113   ->1084     |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | DAVID C BROWN                   |1.0  |L   9|L   7|W  12|
   CT | 16757296 / R:  473   -> 480     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  505P21-> 509P24  |     |     |     |     |
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   11 | MARK BOURQUE                    |0.5  |D   3|L   5|U    |
   CT | 12139250 / R: 2025   ->1988     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1874   ->1831     |     |     |     |     |
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   12 | OWEN LAVOIE RIGNEY              |0.0  |L   5|L   4|L  10|
   CT | 16922975 / R: Unrated-> 101P3   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: Unrated-> 123P3   |     |     |     |     |
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GAME OF THE WEEK  by Alan Lasser

Down a pawn in an endgame where you’ve got the knight and your opponent has the bishop? The situation is under control for the Chess Life endgame columnist Daniel Naroditsky, who finds the plan for victory.


GM Daniel Naroditsky(2616)-Andrew Hong(2390)
1/4/19
Bay Area International
1.d4 d5
2.Nc3 Nf6
3.Bf4 e6
4.Nb5 Bb4+
5.c3 Ba5
6.e3 O-O
7.Bd3 c6
8.Nd6 Bc7
9.Nxc8 Qxc8
10.Bg5 Nbd7
11.Qf3 Re8
12.g4?! -0.72/23
12.Bh4 -0.15/21 12...c5 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.O-O Qc6 15.Ng3 Rac8 16.dxc5 Qxc5
12.Ne2 Rb8 13.Bh4 Bd8 14.g4 g6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.g5 e5 17.gxf6 e4 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.h4 h5 20.Kd2 +0.13 Stockfisk
12…e5
13.Bxf6 Nxf6?! -0.45/24
13...e4 -0.72/24 14.Qd1 exd3 14...Nxf6 15. Be2 Qe6 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 a5 18. a4 Reb8 19. Bg4 Qe7 -1.25 Stockfish 15.Bh4 Nb6 16.Bg3 Nc4 17.b3 d2+ 18.Ke2 Bxg3 19.hxg3
14.Bf5 Qd8
15.dxe5 Bxe5
16.Ne2 Ne4
17.Ng3 Nd6
17...Qa5 18.Qd1 Nxg3 19.hxg3 g6 20.Bd3 d4 21.O-O dxc3 22.bxc3 Rad8 23.Qc2 Bxc3 24.Rad1 Bf6 25.Kg2 Kg7 26.Be2 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Re7 -1.15 Stockfish
18.Bd3 b5
18...Rb8 19.O-O Qh4 20.Qe2 Bf6 21.Rad1 -0.93 Stockfish
18...Qh4 19.Ne2 Ne4 20.Qg2 Rad8 21.Rd1 h6 22.h3 Bc7 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.O-O Qe7 25.Rd4 c5 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Ng3 Qd5 28.a3 Qd3 29.Re1 Qd2 30.Re2 Qd1+ 31.Qf1 Qd5 -1.00 Stockfish
19.Rd1 Nc4
20.Bxc4 bxc4
21.O-O Rb8
22.e4 Qf6?! -0.11/24
22...Rxb2 -0.46/20 23.exd5 cxd5 24.Rxd5 Qf6 25.Qxf6 25. Qe4 Qe6 26. Qxc4 Rd2 27. Rc5 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxa2 29. Re1 f6 30. Rd1 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Re7 = Stockfish 25...Bxf6 26.Rc5 Bxc3 27.Rxc4 Ba5 28.a4 Bb6 29.Ne4 h6 30.Kg2 Re5
22...d4 23.cxd4 Bxd4 24.b3 cxb3 25.axb3 g6 26.Ne2 c5 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Rd3 Rb4 29.Qf4 Qe7 30.Re1 a5 -0.09 Stockfish
23.Qxf6 Bxf6
24.exd5 cxd5
25.Rd2 g6
26.Rfd1 Re6
27.f4 Be7
28.f5 Reb6
29.Rxd5 Rxb2
30.Ne4 Rxa2?! -0.01/27
30...Re2 -0.37/24 31.Re5 Kf8 32.Nf6 32. f6 Bd6 33. Kf1 Bxe5 34. Kxe2 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. h4 Rxa2 37. Rd5 Bc7 = Stockfish 32...Rxe5 33.Nd7+ Kg7 34.Nxe5 gxf5 35.gxf5 Rb5 36.Nxc4 Rxf5 37.Kg2 Rg5+ 38.Kf1 Rc5 39.Rd7 Kf8 40.Ne3 Bg5 41.Nd5 Ra5 42.Nb4 Ra3 43.c4 a5 44.Nc6 Rxa2
30...gxf5 31.gxf5 Kg7 32.Kh1 R8b6 33.Rg1+ Kf8 34.Rg2 Rb1+ 35.Rg1 R1b2 = Stockfish
31.Rd7?! -0.50/25
31.f6 -0.01/27 31...Bf8 32.Rd8 Rab2 33.R1d4 h5 33...h6 34. h4 a5 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rxc4 Ba3 37. Ra4 Bb2 38. Kg2 Rb5 39. Kf3 +0.45 Stockfish 34.h3 34. g5 a5 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rxc4 Ba3 37. Kf2 Bc1 38. Kf3 Rd8 39. h4 Rd3+ 40. Ke2 Rd8 41. Ra4 +0.74 Stockfish 34...hxg4 35.hxg4
31...Bf8?! -0.10/26
31...gxf5 -0.50/25 32.gxf5 Bh4 33.f6 h6 34.Kh1 Rbb2 35.Rg1+ Bg5 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Nxg5+ hxg5 38.Rxg5 Ra1+ 39.Rg1 Rxg1+ 40.Kxg1 a5 41.Ra8 Kg6 42.Rxa5 Rb3 43.Rc5 43. Ra7 Rxc3 44. Rc7 Kxf6 45. h4 Rc2 46. Kf1 c3 47. Ke1 Kg7 48. h5 Rc1+ 49. Ke2 c2 50. Kd3 Rh1 51. Rxc2 Rxh5 52.Ke3 -0.09 Stockfish 43...Rxc3
32.Rd8 Rab2
33.R1d4 Rxd8
34.Rxd8 Rb5
34...gxf5 35.Nf6+ Kh8 36.gxf5 Kg7 37.Nh5+ Kh6 38.Rxf8 Kxh5 39.Rxf7 a5 40.Rxh7+ Kg5 41.Ra7 Kxf5 42.Rxa5+ Ke4 = Stockfish
35.h4 Kg7?! +0.94/31
35...gxf5 0.00/28 36.Nf6+ Kg7 37.Nh5+ Kg8 38.Nf6+
36.f6+ Kg8
37.Kg2 a5?! +0.70/29
37...h6 +0.44/27 38.Kf3 38. Kg3 g5 39. h5 Re5 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Ra8 Rb7 42. Ke3 Rd7 43. Kf2 Rd5 44. Ke2 a5 45. Ng3 Rd6 46. Rxa5 Rxf6 47. Ra8 Re6+ 48. Kf3 +1.56 Stockfish 38...g5 39.h5
38.Ra8 h6
39.Kf3 Rd5?! +0.71/31
39...g5 +0.45/30 40.h5 Rd5 41.Kg2 41. Ke3 Rd3+ 42. Ke2 Rd5 43. Ng3 Rd6 44. Rxa5 Re6+ 45. Kf3 Rxf6+ 46. Nf5 Bg7 47. Rc5 Ra6 48. Rxc4 Ra3 49. Ke4 Bxc3 50. Nxh6+ +1.56 Stockfish 41...Rb5 42.Ng3 Rb6 43.Rxa5 Rxf6 44.Nf5 Bg7 45.Ra4 Kh7 46.Rxc4 Re6 47.Rc7 Kg8 48.Kf3 Re1 49.Ne3 Be5 50.Rc6 Kh7 51.c4 f6 52.Rc5 Rc1 53.Rc6 Kh8 54.Rc8+ Kh7
40.Kf4 Rb5
41.Nd2 Rb6? +3.37/31
41...g5+ +0.62/28 42.hxg5 hxg5+ 43.Ke4 Rb6 44.Ke5 a4 45.Rxa4 Bd6+ 45...Kh7 46. Ne4 Rb8 47. Kd4 Rd8+ 48. Kxc4 Bd6 49. Nxg5+ Kg6 50. Ra5 +1.98 Stockfish 46.Kd5 Bf4 47.Ra8+ Kh7 48.Ne4 Re6 49.Ra7 Kg6 50.Re7 Ra6 51.Re8 Ra4 52.Kc5 Kh6 53.Kb5 Ra1 54.Kxc4 Rg1 55.Rh8+ Kg6 56.Rg8+ Kh6 57.Kd4 +2.95 Stockfish
42.g5 hxg5+
43.hxg5 Rc6? +16.51/32
43...Rb7 +3.40/33 44.Nxc4 a4 45.Ne3 a3 46.Nd5 a2 47.c4 47. Ke5 Rd7 48. c4 Rd8 49. Rxa2 Re8+ 50. Kd4 Re1 51. c5 Rd1+ 52. Kc4 Rc1+ 53. Kb3 Rb1+ 54. Kc2 Rb8 55. c6 Bd6 56. Kd3 +15.12 Stockfish 47...a1=Q 48.Rxa1
44.Nf3 a4
45.Ne5 Rd6
46.Ng4 a3
47.Nh6+ Kh7
48.Rxf8 a2
49.Nxf7 Rxf6+
50.gxf6 g5+
51.Kxg5 1-0


[Event "2019 Bay Area International"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2019.01.04"]
[Round "five"]
[White "GM Daniel Naroditsky"]
[Black "Andrew Hong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb5 Bb4+ 5.c3 Ba5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c6 8.Nd6 Bc7
9.Nxc8 Qxc8 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qf3 Re8 12.g4 $6 { -0.72/23 } ( 12.Bh4
{ -0.15/21 } 12...c5 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.O-O Qc6 15.Ng3 Rac8 16.dxc5 Qxc5 ) (
12.Ne2 Rb8 13.Bh4 Bd8 14.g4 g6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.g5 e5 17.gxf6 e4 18.Bxe4 Rxe4
19.h4 h5 20.Kd2 { +0.13 Stockfisk } ) 12...e5 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 $6 { -0.45/24 } (
13...e4 { -0.72/24 } 14.Qd1 exd3
{ 14...Nxf6 15. Be2 Qe6 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 a5 18. a4 Reb8 19. Bg4 Qe7 -1.25
Stockfish } 15.Bh4 Nb6 16.Bg3 Nc4 17.b3 d2+ 18.Ke2 Bxg3 19.hxg3 ) 14.Bf5 Qd8
15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.Ne2 Ne4 17.Ng3 Nd6 ( 17...Qa5 18.Qd1 Nxg3 19.hxg3 g6
20.Bd3 d4 21.O-O dxc3 22.bxc3 Rad8 23.Qc2 Bxc3 24.Rad1 Bf6 25.Kg2 Kg7 26.Be2
Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Re7 { -1.15 Stockfish } ) 18.Bd3 b5 ( 18...Rb8 19.O-O Qh4 20.Qe2
Bf6 21.Rad1 { -0.93 Stockfish } ) ( 18...Qh4 19.Ne2 Ne4 20.Qg2 Rad8 21.Rd1 h6
22.h3 Bc7 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.O-O Qe7 25.Rd4 c5 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Ng3 Qd5 28.a3 Qd3
29.Re1 Qd2 30.Re2 Qd1+ 31.Qf1 Qd5 { -1.00 Stockfish } ) 19.Rd1 Nc4 20.Bxc4
bxc4 21.O-O Rb8 22.e4 Qf6 $6 { -0.11/24 } ( 22...Rxb2 { -0.46/20 } 23.exd5
cxd5 24.Rxd5 Qf6 25.Qxf6
{ 25. Qe4 Qe6 26. Qxc4 Rd2 27. Rc5 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxa2 29. Re1 f6 30. Rd1
Bxg3 31. hxg3 Re7 = Stockfish } 25...Bxf6 26.Rc5 Bxc3 27.Rxc4 Ba5 28.a4 Bb6
29.Ne4 h6 30.Kg2 Re5 ) ( 22...d4 23.cxd4 Bxd4 24.b3 cxb3 25.axb3 g6 26.Ne2 c5
27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Rd3 Rb4 29.Qf4 Qe7 30.Re1 a5 { -0.09 Stockfish } ) 23.Qxf6
Bxf6 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Rd2 g6 26.Rfd1 Re6 27.f4 Be7 28.f5 Reb6 29.Rxd5 Rxb2
30.Ne4 Rxa2 $6 { -0.01/27 } ( 30...Re2 { -0.37/24 } 31.Re5 Kf8 32.Nf6
{ 32. f6 Bd6 33. Kf1 Bxe5 34. Kxe2 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. h4 Rxa2 37. Rd5 Bc7
= Stockfish } 32...Rxe5 33.Nd7+ Kg7 34.Nxe5 gxf5 35.gxf5 Rb5 36.Nxc4 Rxf5
37.Kg2 Rg5+ 38.Kf1 Rc5 39.Rd7 Kf8 40.Ne3 Bg5 41.Nd5 Ra5 42.Nb4 Ra3 43.c4 a5
44.Nc6 Rxa2 ) ( 30...gxf5 31.gxf5 Kg7 32.Kh1 R8b6 33.Rg1+ Kf8 34.Rg2 Rb1+
35.Rg1 R1b2 { = Stockfish } ) 31.Rd7 $6 { -0.50/25 } ( 31.f6 { -0.01/27 }
31...Bf8 32.Rd8 Rab2 33.R1d4 h5
{ 33...h6 34. h4 a5 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rxc4 Ba3 37. Ra4 Bb2 38. Kg2 Rb5 39.
Kf3 +0.45 Stockfish } 34.h3
{ 34. g5 a5 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rxc4 Ba3 37. Kf2 Bc1 38. Kf3 Rd8 39. h4 Rd3+
40. Ke2 Rd8 41. Ra4 +0.74 Stockfish } 34...hxg4 35.hxg4 ) 31...Bf8 $6
{ -0.10/26 } ( 31...gxf5 { -0.50/25 } 32.gxf5 Bh4 33.f6 h6 34.Kh1 Rbb2
35.Rg1+ Bg5 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Nxg5+ hxg5 38.Rxg5 Ra1+ 39.Rg1 Rxg1+ 40.Kxg1 a5
41.Ra8 Kg6 42.Rxa5 Rb3 43.Rc5
{ 43. Ra7 Rxc3 44. Rc7 Kxf6 45. h4 Rc2 46. Kf1 c3 47. Ke1 Kg7 48. h5 Rc1+
49. Ke2 c2 50. Kd3 Rh1 51. Rxc2 Rxh5 52.Ke3 -0.09 Stockfish } 43...Rxc3 )
32.Rd8 Rab2 33.R1d4 Rxd8 34.Rxd8 Rb5 ( 34...gxf5 35.Nf6+ Kh8 36.gxf5 Kg7
37.Nh5+ Kh6 38.Rxf8 Kxh5 39.Rxf7 a5 40.Rxh7+ Kg5 41.Ra7 Kxf5 42.Rxa5+ Ke4
{ = Stockfish } ) 35.h4 Kg7 $6 { +0.94/31 } ( 35...gxf5 { 0.00/28 } 36.Nf6+
Kg7 37.Nh5+ Kg8 38.Nf6+ ) 36.f6+ Kg8 37.Kg2 a5 $6 { +0.70/29 } ( 37...h6
{ +0.44/27 } 38.Kf3
{ 38. Kg3 g5 39. h5 Re5 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Ra8 Rb7 42. Ke3 Rd7 43. Kf2 Rd5 44.
Ke2 a5 45. Ng3 Rd6 46. Rxa5 Rxf6 47. Ra8 Re6+ 48. Kf3 +1.56 Stockfish }
38...g5 39.h5 ) 38.Ra8 h6 39.Kf3 Rd5 $6 { +0.71/31 } ( 39...g5 { +0.45/30 }
40.h5 Rd5 41.Kg2
{ 41. Ke3 Rd3+ 42. Ke2 Rd5 43. Ng3 Rd6 44. Rxa5 Re6+ 45. Kf3 Rxf6+ 46. Nf5
Bg7 47. Rc5 Ra6 48. Rxc4 Ra3 49. Ke4 Bxc3 50. Nxh6+ +1.56 Stockfish }
41...Rb5 42.Ng3 Rb6 43.Rxa5 Rxf6 44.Nf5 Bg7 45.Ra4 Kh7 46.Rxc4 Re6 47.Rc7 Kg8
48.Kf3 Re1 49.Ne3 Be5 50.Rc6 Kh7 51.c4 f6 52.Rc5 Rc1 53.Rc6 Kh8 54.Rc8+ Kh7 )
40.Kf4 Rb5 41.Nd2 Rb6 $2 { +3.37/31 } ( 41...g5+ { +0.62/28 } 42.hxg5 hxg5+
43.Ke4 Rb6 44.Ke5 a4 45.Rxa4 Bd6+
{ 45...Kh7 46. Ne4 Rb8 47. Kd4 Rd8+ 48. Kxc4 Bd6 49. Nxg5+ Kg6 50. Ra5
+1.98 Stockfish } 46.Kd5 Bf4 47.Ra8+ Kh7 48.Ne4 Re6 49.Ra7 Kg6 50.Re7 Ra6
51.Re8 Ra4 52.Kc5 Kh6 53.Kb5 Ra1 54.Kxc4 Rg1 55.Rh8+ Kg6 56.Rg8+ Kh6 57.Kd4
{ +2.95 Stockfish } ) 42.g5 hxg5+ 43.hxg5 Rc6 $2 { +16.51/32 } ( 43...Rb7
{ +3.40/33 } 44.Nxc4 a4 45.Ne3 a3 46.Nd5 a2 47.c4
{ 47. Ke5 Rd7 48. c4 Rd8 49. Rxa2 Re8+ 50. Kd4 Re1 51. c5 Rd1+ 52. Kc4 Rc1+
53. Kb3 Rb1+ 54. Kc2 Rb8 55. c6 Bd6 56. Kd3 +15.12 Stockfish } 47...a1=Q
48.Rxa1 ) 44.Nf3 a4 45.Ne5 Rd6 46.Ng4 a3 47.Nh6+ Kh7 48.Rxf8 a2 49.Nxf7 Rxf6+
50.gxf6 g5+ 51.Kxg5 1-0

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GAME OF THE WEEK, by Alan Lasser

This game is a classic tripled pawns win, they are on the board for almost forty moves. Black gives them to White with the idea that when the three isolated pawns are eliminated, Black will be a pawn up. However, they remain on the board, they control much of the center, and they give White the advantage.

GM Jonathan Hawkins(2583)-GM Stefan Djuric(2371)
1/1/19
Hastings Masters
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Nf6
4.d3 Be7
5.O-O O-O
6.Re1 d6
7.a4 a6
8.h3 Rb8
9.a5 Nd4
10.Nxd4 exd4
11.c3 d5
12.exd5 b5
13.axb6 cxb6
14.cxd4 b5
15.Bb3 Rb6
16.Nc3 Ne8
17.Bd2 Rg6
18.Qf3 Nd6
19.Ne2 Rf6?! +1.10/23
19...Nf5 +0.72/24 20.Qe4 20. Ba5 Qd7 21. Qe4 Bd6 22. Nf4 Rf6 23. Rac1 g6 24. Ne2 b4 25. Bb6 Re8 26. Qg4 h6 27. Bc5 +1.36 Stockfish 20...Bd6 21.Nf4 Rf6 22.Ba5 Qd7 23.Bd1 Qa7 24.Bd2 Ne7 25.Bf3 Bf5 26.Qe2 Bc8 27.Nh5 Rg6 28.Ng3 Qxd4 29.Bc3 Qb6 30.Be5 Nf5 31.Nxf5 Bxf5 32.Bh5 Rh6 33.d4
20.Nf4?! +0.71/23
20.Qe3 +1.10/23 20...Nf5 21.Qe4 Qd7 22.Bg5 Rd6 23.Bf4 Rg6 24.Ng3 Bb4 25.Nxf5 Qxf5 26.Rec1 Bd7 27.Bd1 Stockfish also plays 20.Nf4 +1.61
20…Nf5
21.Re4
21.Ba5 Qd6 22.Bd1 Bd8 23.Bxd8 Qxd8 24.Re5 a5 25.Rc1 Nh4 26.Qe4 Bf5 27.Qe3 Bd7 28.Bg4 Bxg4 29.hxg4 Ng6 30.Nxg6 Rxg6 31.f3 b4 +1.83 Stockfish
21…Bd6
22.Rc1 Nh4
23.Qe2 Nf5
24.g3 Bb7
25.Qg4?! +0.55/22
25.Ng2 +0.82/22 25...h6 26.g4 Ne7 27.g5 Rg6 28.gxh6 gxh6 29.Qh5 Kh7 30.Rg4 Ng8 31.Qh4 Qxh4 32.Nxh4
25.Qe1 Qd7 26.Bb4 g6 27.Bc5 Qd8 28.Re5 a5 29.Bd1 Bxe5 30.dxe5 Re8 31.Qe4 Nd6 32.Qe2 a4 33.Bb4 Nc8 34.Rc5 Rxf4 35.gxf4 Bxd5 36.Rxb5 Bc6 37.Rc5 +2.24 Stockfish
25…Nh6
26.Qg5 Qd7?! +1.57/26
26...Qb8 +0.89/21 27.Ng2 27. Rce1 Qa8 28. Qh5 a5 29. Ba2 a4 30. Qe2 Nf5 31. Re8 Nxd4 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qe4 +2.47 Stockfish 27...Bc8 28.Qh5 Bf5 29.Rc6 Qa7
26...Qa8 27.Ra1 Kh8 28.Qh5 Ng8 29.Ng2 Bc7 30.Ne3 Bc8 31.Bb4 Bd6 32.Bxd6 Rxd6 33.Qe5 Qb8 34.Rc1 Bd7 +1.99 Stockfish
27.g4?! +0.79/22
27.Qxf6 +1.57/26 27...gxf6 28.Nh5 Qxh3 29.Rh4 Qxh4 30.gxh4 Nf5 31.Nxf6+ Kg7 32.Ne4 Rd8 33.Ba2
27.Qh5 Nf5 28.Qe2 Qd8 29.Qe1 Qd7 30.Bb4 g6 31.Bc5 Rc8 32.Bxd6 Rxc1 33.Qxc1 Nxd6 34.Re5 +2.14 Stockfish
27...Rxf4? +4.10/28
27...Kh8 +0.79/22 28.Qh4 Ng8 29.g5 29. Nh5 Rg6 30. Bf4 a5 31. Ba2 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Rd6 33. Rce1 +1.66 Stockfish 29...Rf5 30.Qg4 g6 31.Re5 Ne7 32.Rxf5 Nxf5 33.Ng2 Qd8 34.Ne3 h5 35.gxh6 Nxh6 36.Qf3 Qg5+ 37.Kf1 Kh7 38.Nc4 Qxd5 39.Qxd5 Bxd5 40.Nxd6 Bxb3 41.Rc6 Ra8 42.Bxh6 Kxh6
28.Bxf4 f6
29.Qh5 Bxf4
30.Rxf4 Nf7
31.Qf5 Qd6?! +5.74/23
31...Qxf5 +4.21/26 32.Rxf5 Nd6 33.Ba2 33. Rf3 Rf7 34. Re3 Rd7 35. Re6 Kf8 36. Rc6 Nf7 37. Rc5 Nd6 38. Kh2 Nc8 39. d6 Nxd6 40. Bd5 a5 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Bxb7 Rxd4 43. Rxb5 Rxd3 +6.40 Stockfish 33...Rc8 34.Rxc8+ Bxc8 35.Rf3 a5 36.Re3 Kf7 37.f4 a4 38.Re1 h5 39.f5 hxg4 40.hxg4
32.h4? +3.39/26
32.Re4 +5.74/23 32...Qd8 32...Kh8 33. Qe6 h5 34. Qe7 Bc8 35. Rxc8 Qxe7 36. Rxe7 Rxc8 37. Rxf7 Rd8 38. Ra7 a5 39. Rxa5 +9.22 Stockfish 33.Qe6 h5 34.gxh5 34.d6 Be4 35.de Kh7 36. d7 Ng5 37. Qd6 a5 38. Rc8 Qxc8 39. dxc8=Q Rxc8 40. Qd5 Rf8 41. h4 Nf7 42. Qxh5+ +16.61 Stockfish 34...f5 35.Qxf5 Ng5 36.Qg6 Nxh3+ 37.Kf1 Kh8 38.Rc2 Nf4 39.Rxf4 Rxf4 40.h6 Qf6 41.Qxf6 gxf6 42.Rc7
32…a5
33.Rc5 a4
34.Bd1 Qd8
35.Re4 Bc8?! +4.10/26
35...Nd6 +3.45/24 36.Qe6+ Rf7 37.Re1 Bc8 38.Qe3 Qa5 38...g5 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Qe5 Qf6 41. Qxf6 Rxf6 42. Rc7 Kf8 43. Ree7 +6.35 Stockfish 39.Kf1 Qd8 40.Qf4 Bb7 41.Re6 Rd7 42.g5 42. Kg1 Qf8 43. Qe3 Rd8 44. Re7 Kh8 45. Bf3 b4 46. Rcc7 Bc8 47. Rxg7 Qxg7 48. Rxg7 Kxg7 49. Qe7+ Nf7 50. g5 +8.57 Stockfish 42...fxg5 43.hxg5
36.Qf4 f5
37.gxf5 Nd6
38.Qg5 Bxf5
39.Qxd8 Rxd8
40.Re3 Bd7
41.Rc7 Kf8
42.Re5 Be8?! +5.29/28
42...Ne8 +4.15/25 43.Ra7 43. Rb7 Nd6 44. Ra7 Ne8 45. Kh2 Nf6 46. d6 Be8 47. Ra6 Bg6 48. Be2 b4 49. Rea5 Ne8 50. Rxa4 Nxd6 51. Ra8 Rxa8 52. Rxa8+ +6.16 Stockfish 43...Nd6 44.Bf3 b4 45.Bd1 a3 46.bxa3 Nb5 47.Ra5 bxa3 48.Re4 Rb8 49.Ba4 a2 50.Bxb5 Rxb5 51.Rxa2 Rxd5 52.Ra7
42...g6 43.h5 b4 44.Ra7 a3 45.bxa3 Nb5 46.Ra5 bxa3 47.Kg2 a2 48.Bb3 gxh5 49.Rxh5 Kg7 50.Bxa2 Nd6 51.Bc4 +5.53 Stockfish
43.Bg4 b4
44.Re3 Kg8
45.Ra7 a3?! +5.85/27
45...Kh8 +5.11/25 46.h5 46. Ree7 a3 47. bxa3 b3 48. Ra6 Bb5 49. Rb6 h6 50. Kg2 b2 51. Re1 Bxd3 52. Rxb2 +7.c8 Stockfish 46...a3 47.bxa3 b3 48.Re2
46.bxa3 b3
47.Re2 h5
48.Be6+ Kh7
49.Rb2 Nb5
50.Ra4 Nc7
51.Ra5 Kg6?! +8.97/25
51...Nb5 +6.71/25 52.Rxb3 Nxd4 53.Rb4 Nf3+ 54.Kg2 54. Kf1 Ne5 55. Ke2 Bg6 56. Rd4 Nd7 57. Bxd7 Rxd7 58. d6 +9.19 Stockfish 54...Ne1+ 55.Kg3 Bg6 56.f4 Nxd3 57.f5 Nxb4 58.fxg6+ Kxg6 59.axb4
52.Rxb3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM Jonathan Hawkins"]
[Black "GM Stefan Djuric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 a6 8.h3 Rb8 9.a5
Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.c3 d5 12.exd5 b5 13.axb6 cxb6 14.cxd4 b5 15.Bb3 Rb6
16.Nc3 Ne8 17.Bd2 Rg6 18.Qf3 Nd6 19.Ne2 Rf6 $6 { +1.10/23 } ( 19...Nf5
{ +0.72/24 } 20.Qe4
{ 20. Ba5 Qd7 21. Qe4 Bd6 22. Nf4 Rf6 23. Rac1 g6 24. Ne2 b4 25. Bb6 Re8
26. Qg4 h6 27. Bc5 +1.36 Stockfish } 20...Bd6 21.Nf4 Rf6 22.Ba5 Qd7
23.Bd1 Qa7 24.Bd2 Ne7 25.Bf3 Bf5 26.Qe2 Bc8 27.Nh5 Rg6 28.Ng3 Qxd4 29.Bc3 Qb6
30.Be5 Nf5 31.Nxf5 Bxf5 32.Bh5 Rh6 33.d4 ) 20.Nf4 $6 { +0.71/23 } ( 20.Qe3
{ +1.10/23 } 20...Nf5 21.Qe4 Qd7 22.Bg5 Rd6 23.Bf4 Rg6 24.Ng3 Bb4 25.Nxf5
Qxf5 26.Rec1 Bd7 27.Bd1 { Stockfish also plays 20.Nf4 +1.61 } ) 20...Nf5
21.Re4 ( 21.Ba5 Qd6 22.Bd1 Bd8 23.Bxd8 Qxd8 24.Re5 a5 25.Rc1 Nh4 26.Qe4 Bf5
27.Qe3 Bd7 28.Bg4 Bxg4 29.hxg4 Ng6 30.Nxg6 Rxg6 31.f3 b4
{ +1.83 Stockfish } ) 21...Bd6 22.Rc1 Nh4 23.Qe2 Nf5 24.g3 Bb7 25.Qg4 $6
{ +0.55/22 } ( 25.Ng2 { +0.82/22 } 25...h6 26.g4 Ne7 27.g5 Rg6 28.gxh6 gxh6
29.Qh5 Kh7 30.Rg4 Ng8 31.Qh4 Qxh4 32.Nxh4 ) ( 25.Qe1 Qd7 26.Bb4 g6 27.Bc5 Qd8
28.Re5 a5 29.Bd1 Bxe5 30.dxe5 Re8 31.Qe4 Nd6 32.Qe2 a4 33.Bb4 Nc8 34.Rc5 Rxf4
35.gxf4 Bxd5 36.Rxb5 Bc6 37.Rc5 { +2.24 Stockfish } ) 25...Nh6 26.Qg5 Qd7
$6 { +1.57/26 } ( 26...Qb8 { +0.89/21 } 27.Ng2
{ 27. Rce1 Qa8 28. Qh5 a5 29. Ba2 a4 30. Qe2 Nf5 31. Re8 Nxd4 32. Rxf8+
Bxf8 33. Qe4 +2.47 Stockfish } 27...Bc8 28.Qh5 Bf5 29.Rc6 Qa7 ) (
26...Qa8 27.Ra1 Kh8 28.Qh5 Ng8 29.Ng2 Bc7 30.Ne3 Bc8 31.Bb4 Bd6 32.Bxd6 Rxd6
33.Qe5 Qb8 34.Rc1 Bd7 { +1.99 Stockfish } ) 27.g4 $6 { +0.79/22 } (
27.Qxf6 { +1.57/26 } 27...gxf6 28.Nh5 Qxh3 29.Rh4 Qxh4 30.gxh4 Nf5 31.Nxf6+
Kg7 32.Ne4 Rd8 33.Ba2 ) ( 27.Qh5 Nf5 28.Qe2 Qd8 29.Qe1 Qd7 30.Bb4 g6 31.Bc5
Rc8 32.Bxd6 Rxc1 33.Qxc1 Nxd6 34.Re5 { +2.14 Stockfish } ) 27...Rxf4 $2
{ +4.10/28 } ( 27...Kh8 { +0.79/22 } 28.Qh4 Ng8 29.g5
{ 29. Nh5 Rg6 30. Bf4 a5 31. Ba2 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Rd6 33. Rce1 +1.66
Stockfish } 29...Rf5 30.Qg4 g6 31.Re5 Ne7 32.Rxf5 Nxf5 33.Ng2 Qd8 34.Ne3 h5
35.gxh6 Nxh6 36.Qf3 Qg5+ 37.Kf1 Kh7 38.Nc4 Qxd5 39.Qxd5 Bxd5 40.Nxd6 Bxb3
41.Rc6 Ra8 42.Bxh6 Kxh6 ) 28.Bxf4 f6 29.Qh5 Bxf4 30.Rxf4 Nf7 31.Qf5 Qd6 $6
{ +5.74/23 } ( 31...Qxf5 { +4.21/26 } 32.Rxf5 Nd6 33.Ba2
{ 33. Rf3 Rf7 34. Re3 Rd7 35. Re6 Kf8 36. Rc6 Nf7 37. Rc5 Nd6 38. Kh2 Nc8
39. d6 Nxd6 40. Bd5 a5 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Bxb7 Rxd4 43. Rxb5 Rxd3 +6.40
Stockfish } 33...Rc8 34.Rxc8+ Bxc8 35.Rf3 a5 36.Re3 Kf7 37.f4 a4 38.Re1 h5
39.f5 hxg4 40.hxg4 ) 32.h4 $2 { +3.39/26 } ( 32.Re4 { +5.74/23 } 32...Qd8
{ 32...Kh8 33. Qe6 h5 34. Qe7 Bc8 35. Rxc8 Qxe7 36. Rxe7 Rxc8 37. Rxf7 Rd8
38. Ra7 a5 39. Rxa5 +9.22 Stockfish } 33.Qe6 h5 34.gxh5
{ 34.d6 Be4 35.de Kh7 36. d7 Ng5 37. Qd6 a5 38. Rc8 Qxc8 39. dxc8=Q Rxc8
40. Qd5 Rf8 41. h4 Nf7 42. Qxh5+ +16.61 Stockfish } 34...f5 35.Qxf5 Ng5
36.Qg6 Nxh3+ 37.Kf1 Kh8 38.Rc2 Nf4 39.Rxf4 Rxf4 40.h6 Qf6 41.Qxf6 gxf6 42.Rc7
) 32...a5 33.Rc5 a4 34.Bd1 Qd8 35.Re4 Bc8 $6 { +4.10/26 } ( 35...Nd6
{ +3.45/24 } 36.Qe6+ Rf7 37.Re1 Bc8 38.Qe3 Qa5
{ 38...g5 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Qe5 Qf6 41. Qxf6 Rxf6 42. Rc7 Kf8 43. Ree7
+6.35 Stockfish } 39.Kf1 Qd8 40.Qf4 Bb7 41.Re6 Rd7 42.g5
{ 42. Kg1 Qf8 43. Qe3 Rd8 44. Re7 Kh8 45. Bf3 b4 46. Rcc7 Bc8 47. Rxg7 Qxg7
48. Rxg7 Kxg7 49. Qe7+ Nf7 50. g5 +8.57 Stockfish } 42...fxg5 43.hxg5 )
36.Qf4 f5 37.gxf5 Nd6 38.Qg5 Bxf5 39.Qxd8 Rxd8 40.Re3 Bd7 41.Rc7 Kf8 42.Re5
Be8 $6 { +5.29/28 } ( 42...Ne8 { +4.15/25 } 43.Ra7
{ 43. Rb7 Nd6 44. Ra7 Ne8 45. Kh2 Nf6 46. d6 Be8 47. Ra6 Bg6 48. Be2 b4 49.
Rea5 Ne8 50. Rxa4 Nxd6 51. Ra8 Rxa8 52. Rxa8+ +6.16 Stockfish } 43...Nd6
44.Bf3 b4 45.Bd1 a3 46.bxa3 Nb5 47.Ra5 bxa3 48.Re4 Rb8 49.Ba4 a2 50.Bxb5 Rxb5
51.Rxa2 Rxd5 52.Ra7 ) ( 42...g6 43.h5 b4 44.Ra7 a3 45.bxa3 Nb5 46.Ra5 bxa3
47.Kg2 a2 48.Bb3 gxh5 49.Rxh5 Kg7 50.Bxa2 Nd6 51.Bc4 { +5.53 Stockfish } )
43.Bg4 b4 44.Re3 Kg8 45.Ra7 a3 $6 { +5.85/27 } ( 45...Kh8 { +5.11/25 } 46.h5
{ 46. Ree7 a3 47. bxa3 b3 48. Ra6 Bb5 49. Rb6 h6 50. Kg2 b2 51. Re1 Bxd3
52. Rxb2 +7.c8 Stockfish } 46...a3 47.bxa3 b3 48.Re2 ) 46.bxa3 b3 47.Re2
h5 48.Be6+ Kh7 49.Rb2 Nb5 50.Ra4 Nc7 51.Ra5 Kg6 $6 { +8.97/25 } ( 51...Nb5
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{ 54. Kf1 Ne5 55. Ke2 Bg6 56. Rd4 Nd7 57. Bxd7 Rxd7 58. d6 +9.19
Stockfish } 54...Ne1+ 55.Kg3 Bg6 56.f4 Nxd3 57.f5 Nxb4 58.fxg6+ Kxg6 59.axb4
) 52.Rxb3 1-0

 

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Dear Connecticut Chess Organizers:

As you may have heard, many changes have recently taken place at the Connecticut State Chess Association. There is a new Board comprised of the most diverse group of people ever before assembled on this leadership body with six entirely new members. There is a new CSCA President for the first time since 2003: Jan van de Mortel. There is also a completely new slate of Officers, and an entirely new attitude and purpose to the Association. In this new environment, CSCA is open to and welcomes all organizers to participate and contribute to the Association. Most of you may have already noticed the change in the new and open CSCA event bidding process and policies distributed earlier this month, in which at least six of you participated.
 
As part of this great CSCA Renaissance, I would like to invite you all to participate on the newly created CSCA Organizers' Committee (OC), which will be submitted for Board-approval as a permanent, standing committee. 
 
You may participate on the OC directly or designate a representative for your organization. All organizers are entitled to a permanent seat on the Committee and may join/participate at any time. There are no fees associated with such participation. 
 
The general purpose of the committee is: 
 
(1) To provide/raise organizer concerns and issues to CSCA leadership and the Board;
(2) To advise CSCA leadership and the Board on organizer and related matters;
(3) To exchange and share ideas on chess organization and management throughout the state;
(4) To request, suggest and organize CSCA support and benefits for organizers; 
(5) To coordinate organizers' efforts and goals with CSCA efforts and goals; 
(6) To maintain solid and open lines of communication between organizers and CSCA; and
(7) To benefit the Connecticut chess community as a whole, as well as regionally.
 
As CSCA Tournaments Coordinator, I am the OC Chair to start. My purpose is to maintain and facilitate communication between organizers, and between organizers and CSCA. Since I am also an organizer, if a conflict arises, I will appoint an Associate TC, who is not an organizer, to act as chair in my stead. If possible, the OC will try to meet at least once or twice per year in person, and then decide other means of meeting/communication, i.e., email, phone conference, web-based posting board, etc.
 
Again, this is an open invitation. Each organizer is entitled to their committee seat, may join/participate at any time and cannot be excluded, unless otherwise directed by the CSCA Board. 
 
The following organizers and organizations known to me have been invited to participate on the OC:
 
Swan e4 (Fairfield) 
DJA Chess (Southington)
CCFC (Norwalk) 
Chess Haven (New Haven) 
Coventry Chess Center 
NECA (Stamford) 
NSCF (Greenwich) 
DIG Chess (Weston) 
New Britain CC 
Mike Zadarozny (Fairfield Co)
CT Kids Play Chess (Danbury) 
Simsbury Library CC 
Northern Connecticut High School Chess League
UConn CC (Storrs)
Stafford Springs CC 
Connecticut Chess Organization (Hartford Co)
allClubs Chess (Hartford Co)
Fred Townsend (Hartford)
 
If you are aware of other organizers or organizations not on this list, please let me know so I may forward an invitation to them. 
 
Please respond to accept your OC seat, providing your name and organization, or name of your designated representative, together with telephone and email address. 
 
Thank you for your time.
 
Alexander Lumelsky
CSCA Tournaments Coordinator/Board Member
 
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