Sunday, August 18, 2019

NBCC MEMBERSHIP RENEWS IN SEPTEMBER

 

Norman Burtness, President 

New Britain Chess Club

newbritainchessclub@gmail.com

www.newbritainchessclub.com

 

 

New Membership Year Starts in September!  Please Renew your membership:

The success of the NBCC depends on the contributions and support of our chess community.  Membership dues are needed to pay for the use of the facilities, to purchase equipment and to run the club.  

Benefits of a NBCC Membership include:

Casual play every week

Reduced tournament entry fee

Support of chess in CT

Participation in member only events, such as our Club Championship 

         and Christmas Party

Membership dues for the 9/1 - 8/31 club year are:

  • Regular $65 

  • Children and full time students: $50

  • 2nd family member: $35

  • 65+ yrs old or out of state college student: $35

  • Special $35 in case of a Financial Hardship

You can also pay with check or cash at the club or renew by PayPal on our website.

NBCC membership page and PayPal link

 

New Britain Chess Club

Tuesdays 6:30 pm

Armenian Church, 1910 Stanley Street

Tuesdays Training Class 6:15-7:00, Expert Joe Bihlmeyer.

 

 

Connecticut State Chess Association

 

REPORT FROM CSCA WEBSITE


The 2019 National High School (Denker), K-8 (Barber), Girls (Haring) and Senior Tournaments of Champions have started in Orlando, Florida. Representing Connecticut is.....

CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT ON CSCA WEBSITE


Standings and pairings      Live games   


Sevilla-Low with annotations   Sevillano-Koganov with annotations 

 

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser
The winner’s toughest game from the first free tournament at Storrs Center was against ten year old Niteesh Kalangi, who had a better position deep in the middlegame.
 
Niteesh Kalangi-Gary Cote
2/25/17
Storrs Center #1
 
32.Kg2 Qf1# 0-1
Alan Lasser 
 
web site:
 
 

GOING BACK IN TIME  by Bob Cyr

NB SUMMER OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TRIIVIA
 
GET ALL CORRECT WIN FREE MEAL AT CHILI's !
 
Here we go:
 
1) When was the first New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship held?
 
a) 1960
b) 1963
c) 1967
d) 1970
 
 
2) When was the first "open-air" New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship held?
 
a) 1970
b) 1975
c) 1980
d) 1985
 
 
3) In what year was the first free BBQ lunch served at the New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship?
 
1) 1992
2) 1996
3) 2000
4) 2007
 
 
4)  In what year did we break and all-time attendance record at the New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship?
 
1) 2006
2) 2008
3) 2009
4) 2010
 
 
 
 

CLICK HERE UPCOMING CHESS TOURNAMENTS IN CONN

 

PAST ISSUES OF   CONNECTICUT CHESS MAGAZINE

 

 

COVENTRY CHESS CLUB   by Rob Roy

 

NOV. 16   2019 YANKEE PEDDLER OPEN

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. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com  W.  USCF TLA

 

DEC. 14   2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN

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. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com  W.  USCF TLA

 

CHESS COLUMNS FROM THE PAST   by Rob Roy

1977 - 2000, Rob Roy wrote 1,300 Waterbury Sunday Republican chess columns.  The column helped his Waterbury Chess Club to become very successful.

Clerks at the newspaper office were the ones who re-typed hard-copy into the newspaper system, they made many typos with chess notation. All future editions of Connecticut Chess Magazine will feature a different column.

 

 

Saturday, August 17, 2019

EXPERT BIHLMEYER WINS IN COVENTRY

I won my 15th chess tournament in Coventry, at the Rob Roy Chess Center. I have played 30 times since it opened in 2016, winning half the time I show up! While I only gained 4 rating points, up is up, and money is money! Now This has become my go-to place for rated games, as I can get in 36 rated games per year.

Compare this to the New Britain Chess Club, which meets every Tuesday, and only offers 34 rated games in 2019 - unless their format changes!

The Fairfield County Chess Club offers over 300 rated games per year, but I have lost my ability to play chess in games less than 1 hour. Every Saturday FCCC offers a 3 game quad, game in 45, and almost every Sunday a 3 game quad, game in 30.

Continental Chess offers a weekend tournament every few months in CT. There are a few smaller venues which offer a few tournaments a year, which are often not published. So there is a lot of chess in CT, and this doesn't even include MA or NY.

 

GOING BACK IN TIME  by Bob Cyr

On a warm and gorgeous, sunny August 26, the club held its grandest event of 2012 - the annual New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship. This year’s tournament was held at Wickham Park in Manchester.

In the years following our move from the New Britain Quartette Club (our former weekly meeting place), the officers have been trying to find a new permanent location to hold our club’s blockbuster summer outing.

In 2011 and 2010, two different country clubs were the venues of this tournament. And even though their facilities were beautiful, our players were not afforded many opportunities to play their games outside at these locations, which was a major attraction when these events were held under the QC pavilion. 

This year, however, the vivid memories of those open-air events at the QC from 2007-2009, with a barbecue lunch and casual time during rounds to play frisbee or engage in social interaction, were brought back to life as sixty-one players (third-highest turnout for an event held by the club) throughout the Nutmeg State and beyond gathered under the pavilion at Wickham Park to be a part of one of the most successful tournaments in the club’s history.

The credit for finding such a gem of a venue goes to USCF NM Derek Meredith. Keeping with the tradition of this tournament, a BBQ lunch was included.

And who else better to cater the lunch for our hungry crew other than NBCC Chef Kevin Zimmerman, Marie Juergens, and Mitch Daniels. This professional food staff prepared all of the famous summertime culinary delights from cheeseburgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob, antipasto salad, fresh garden salad, and baked beans, and they provided plenty of soda and water throughout the afternoon.

After lunch, our players were treated to cake to celebrate the marriage of our members Mike Fries and Bethany Sonstrom on September 1. Thanks to member Laurent Lafosse for his fine job in selecting the cake and delivering it to the event.

One of main reasons the tournament was so successful this year was attributed to Gert Hilhorst. As a result of his efforts to recruit members from the Simsbury Library Chess Club, a historic twenty-four scholastic (under 18) players participated in our tournament, shattering the old record of sixteen established at the “Andy Strazdins Over/Under 15 Quick Chess Tournament” in 2010.

The youth alone represented an impressive forty percent of the total turnout. In addition, I want to extend appreciation to Rob Roy, former Connecticut State Chess Association president, for advertising our tournament on numerous social media websites, and for taking photos for his website.

Our tournament directors that day, Doug Fiske and Bob Kozlowski, also deserve credit for doing a superb job with the handling of on-site registrations, making the pairings, being available for questions, and awarding of the prizes. The following people also deserve recognition for making this tournament one for the NBCC record books: Andy Strazdins, Brian Kosnoff, and Jerry Aiyathurai.

It is obvious that an event of this magnitude requires many hours of planning, but our volunteer staff was up to the challenge. Because of their hard work and dedication, we had another fantastic Summer Open.

Before closing, I do want to mention that a significant milestone occurred for FM Nelson Castaneda at this event. For tying for first place with FM Richard Bauer, Nelson has earned an honorable place, with Arkadijs Strazdins and Rick, in NBCC history for attaining twenty ties or wins for first place (even if non-cash prizes were awarded) in our club’s major tournaments.

So, friends, if you have never been a part of this extraordinary chess experience, or played in this event in recent years and could not this year, I really hope that you can join us at this event in 2019. I guarantee you will not want to miss it! 

 
 

 

Norman Burtness, President 

New Britain Chess Club

newbritainchessclub@gmail.com

www.newbritainchessclub.com

 
 
 
 

New Britain Chess Club

Tuesdays 6:30 pm

Armenian Church, 1910 Stanley Street

 

Connecticut State Chess Association

CSCA News

Connecticut's top player, Grandmaster Robert Hungaski, finished in a tie for 14th with a score of 6.5-2.5 at the 2019 US Open, Orlando FL.

He was in contention for top honors and best American player and qualification to the 2020 US Championship until the last round.

Connecticut's 2019 Barber winner Peter Wolfe was in the money with a tie for 3rd and 4th in class B and a gain of more than 100 rating points.

Final standings and Rating report.

 

 

 

COVENTRY CHESS CLUB   by Rob Roy

 

 

 

 

 

NOV. 16   2019 YANKEE PEDDLER OPEN

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. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com  W.  USCF TLA

 

DEC. 14   2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN

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. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com  W.  USCF TLA

 

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser
 
Maybe the plan only works at rapid speed, but in this game the queen was no match against the two pieces and strong center pawns.  If that wasn’t challenging enough, the final portion of the game has more pieces than pawns.
 

 

 

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave(2843)-GM Richard Rapport(2719)
8/10/19
2019 Grand Chess Tour
1.e4 e6 
2.d4 d5 
3.e5 c5 
6.a3 c4 

 

 

CLICK HERE UPCOMING CHESS TOURNAMENTS IN CONN

 

PAST ISSUES OF   CONNECTICUT CHESS MAGAZINE

 

 

 

 

CHESS COLUMNS FROM THE PAST   by Rob Roy

1977 - 2000, Rob Roy wrote 1,300 Waterbury Sunday Republican chess columns.  The column helped his Waterbury Chess Club to become very successful.

Clerks at the newspaper office were the ones who re-typed hard-copy into the newspaper system, they made many typos with chess notation. All future editions of Connecticut Chess Magazine will feature a different column.

 

 

Sunday, August 11, 2019

REPORT - NUTMEG STATE OPEN

 

 

COVENTRY CHESS CLUB   by Rob Roy

 

 

 

 

SEPT. 28   2019 CHARTER OAK OPEN

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. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com  W.  USCF TLA

 

REPORT - 2019 NUTMEG STATE OPEN - Aug 10

National chess expert Joseph Bihlmeyer of Durham won the 2019 Nutmeg State Open with a perfect 3-0 score.

Lisa Smith and Art Nagel shared second place.  Rob Roy served as TD.

Bihlmeyer defeated 14-year-old Hayes Goodman from Rhode Island in the final round.

Eight players enrolled in the tournament, in spite of it being a gorgeous sunny day outside when many are at family picnics and vacations.

Bihlmeyer donated $60, and kept the tournament from losing money for the club.

We are fortunate "Pizza on Main" is a mere 222 feet away from our meeting place; Mill Brook Place on Main St. Coventry.

Many of our players went for lunch at the new "Pizza on Main" restaurant, and the feedback is that they have excellent food and quick service.

Bihlmeyer is conducting chess lectures every Tuesday 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm at the New Britain Chess Club.

The NBCC is sponsoring the 54th NBCC Summer Open on Sunday August 25 at Wickham Park in Manchester CT.

The next tournament in Coventry is the 2019 CHARTER OAK OPEN to be held on Saturday Sept. 28.

Also the 10th Hartford Open in Windsor Locks on Sept. 20-22.

 

2019 NUTMEG STATE OPEN  (201908103532)

Coventry Connecticut   August 10, 2019

-----------------------------------------------------------------
 Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    1 | JOSEPH BIHLMEYER                |3.0  |W   2|W   7|W   4|
   CT | 12686352 / R: 2124   ->2128     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1993   ->1996     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    2 | ARTHUR C NAGEL                  |2.0  |L   1|W   5|W   6|
   CT | 10264669 / R: 1700   ->1710     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1443   ->1459     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    3 | ELIZABETH C SMITH               |2.0  |W   8|L   4|W   7|
   CT | 15913683 / R: 1521   ->1520     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1239   ->1243     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    4 | HAYES N GOODMAN                 |1.5  |D   5|W   3|L   1|
   RI | 15207355 / R: 1719   ->1716     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1500   ->1494     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    5 | DANIEL TAMBURRO                 |1.5  |D   4|L   2|W   8|
   CT | 17092753 / R: 1552P3 ->1536P6   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1249P3 ->1260P6   |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    6 | LAURENT LAFOSSE                 |1.0  |L   7|W   8|L   2|
   CT | 12431094 / R: 1304   ->1279     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1154   ->1115     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    7 | PUNYAVRAT UPADHYAY              |1.0  |W   6|L   1|L   3|
   CT | 15975172 / R: 1251   ->1268     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  965   -> 997     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    8 | STEVEN STEWART                  |0.0  |L   3|L   6|L   5|
   CT | 17091420 / R: Unrated-> 884P3   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: Unrated-> 719P3   |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------

 

Connecticut State Chess Association

 

REPORT FROM CSCA WEBSITE


The 2019 National High School (Denker), K-8 (Barber), Girls (Haring) and Senior Tournaments of Champions have started in Orlando, Florida. Representing Connecticut is.....

CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT ON CSCA WEBSITE


Standings and pairings      Live games   


Sevilla-Low with annotations   Sevillano-Koganov with annotations 

 

OCT. 19   2019 CONNECTICUT HARVEST OPEN

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. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com  W.  USCF TLA

 

NOV. 16   2019 YANKEE PEDDLER OPEN

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. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com  W.  USCF TLA

 

DEC. 14   2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN

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. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com  W.  USCF TLA

 

2020 - COVENTRY CHESS

Mill Brook Place is reserved

for these dates in 2020:

JAN 18 . . . . . 
FEB 22 . . . .
MAR 21 . . . . 
APR 18 . . . 
MAY 9 . . . . .
JUNE 13 . . . .
JULY 11 . . . . 
AUG 15 . . . . . .
SEP 26 . . .
OCT 17 . . . .
NOV 14 . . . .
DEC 12 . . . .

 

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser
 
  Last week I mistakenly credited Eric Schiller with naming the Frankenstein-Dracula variation;  it was Irish master Tim Harding who first called it that, Schiller’s book just popularized the name.
 
  The best names in chess are not reserved for the openings.  Previously in this chess column I have admitted to rooting for the Russian GM Andre Deviatkin and the Norwegian candidate-master, Odd Martin Guttulsrud.  Here’s another player I want on the wall chart, the Belgian candidate-master Matthias De Weird.  
 
Pierre Vernimmen(1911)-Matthias De Weird(2009)
8/3/19
18th Pays de Charleroi
round nine
 
 
41.Kxe5 1-0

 

Alan Lasser 
 
web site:
 
 

GOING BACK IN TIME  by Bob Cyr

Years ago, but not in the too far distant past, the New Britain Chess Club of Connecticut used to hold many more simultaneous chess exhibitions. It was during the Strazdins' administration when each master would be allowed one simul per year rather than merely give the club champion of that year that distinct honor. I guess simuls today don't attract many players as they used.
 
Richard Bauer, one of Connecticut's luminaries, gave a simul at the club on August 9 nearly twenty-five years ago. As many of you know, FM Mr. Bauer is the current club champion. Here is a brief biography that I wrote about the legendary Master Bauer when we held his tributary event about six or seven years back.
 
Following his biography, you will also find the beautifully typed results by Arkadijs Strazdins of the August 9 simul that Bauer gave in 1994. On a lighter note, Mr. Strazdins would usually offer the master (any master) a draw half way through the simul, in good spirits. But, as noted below, Mr. Strazdins lost his queen! Of course, Mr. Strazdins resigned graciously. Maybe he had too much beer to drink that night!
 
Ha ha! I lost to FM Mr. Bauer that evening as well, so I did not feel so bad. By the way, Rick has now earned thirty wins or ties for first place in classical time-controlled events in the club. 
 
Your friend in chess and time,
 
Bob "Doc C." Cyr
 
 

 

2019 Charter Oak Open

 

Saturday September 28

 

$160-1st, $80-2nd. Guaranteed.
      
3 Round Swiss, G/60;d5 Affects both quick and regular rating. Round Times: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45.  Entry Fees: $35 Cash Only On-site Only: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. No Advance Entry of any kind. No USCF memberships sold or renewed.  One Section. Accelerated Pairings. Air-Conditioned. Wheelchair Accessible. USCF TLA

Site: Mill Brook Place1267 Main St., Coventry, CT 06238

Across street from Bidwell Tavern is our stone building at rear of parking lot 

Web Site:  https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com/ 

E-mail:     ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com 

 

CLICK HERE UPCOMING CHESS TOURNAMENTS IN CONN

 

PAST ISSUES OF   CONNECTICUT CHESS MAGAZINE

 

 

 

 

Norman Burtness, President 

New Britain Chess Club

newbritainchessclub@gmail.com

www.newbritainchessclub.com

 
 
 
 

New Britain Chess Club

Tuesdays 6:30 pm

Armenian Church, 1910 Stanley Street

 

New Membership Year Starts in September!  Please Renew your membership:

The success of the NBCC depends on the contributions and support of our chess community.  Membership dues are needed to pay for the use of the facilities, to purchase equipment and to run the club.  

Benefits of a NBCC Membership include:

Casual play every week

Reduced tournament entry fee

Support of chess in CT

Participation in member only events, such as our Club Championship 

         and Christmas Party

Membership dues for the 9/1 - 8/31 club year are:

  • Regular $65 

  • Children and full time students: $50

  • 2nd family member: $35

  • 65+ yrs old or out of state college student: $35

  • Special $35 in case of a Financial Hardship

You can also pay with check or cash at the club or renew by PayPal on our website.

NBCC membership page and PayPal link

==============================

Training Class 6:15-7:00

On Tuesday, Aug. 13, Expert Joe Bihlmeyer will teach.

 

CHESS COLUMNS FROM THE PAST   by Rob Roy

1977 - 2000, Rob Roy wrote 1,300 Waterbury Sunday Republican chess columns.  The column helped his Waterbury Chess Club to become very successful.

Clerks at the newspaper office were the ones who re-typed hard-copy into the newspaper system, they made many typos with chess notation. All future editions of Connecticut Chess Magazine will feature a different column.

 

 

Thursday, August 8, 2019

GOING BACK IN TIME with Bob Cyr

GOING BACK IN TIME  by Bob Cyr

On a warm and gorgeous, sunny August 26, the club held its grandest event of 2012 - the annual New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship. This year’s tournament was held at Wickham Park in Manchester.

In the years following our move from the New Britain Quartette Club (our former weekly meeting place), the officers have been trying to find a new permanent location to hold our club’s blockbuster summer outing.

In 2011 and 2010, two different country clubs were the venues of this tournament. And even though their facilities were beautiful, our players were not afforded many opportunities to play their games outside at these locations, which was a major attraction when these events were held under the QC pavilion. 

This year, however, the vivid memories of those open-air events at the QC from 2007-2009, with a barbecue lunch and casual time during rounds to play frisbee or engage in social interaction, were brought back to life as sixty-one players (third-highest turnout for an event held by the club) throughout the Nutmeg State and beyond gathered under the pavilion at Wickham Park to be a part of one of the most successful tournaments in the club’s history.

The credit for finding such a gem of a venue goes to USCF NM Derek Meredith. Keeping with the tradition of this tournament, a BBQ lunch was included.

And who else better to cater the lunch for our hungry crew other than NBCC Chef Kevin Zimmerman, Marie Juergens, and Mitch Daniels. This professional food staff prepared all of the famous summertime culinary delights from cheeseburgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob, antipasto salad, fresh garden salad, and baked beans, and they provided plenty of soda and water throughout the afternoon.

After lunch, our players were treated to cake to celebrate the marriage of our members Mike Fries and Bethany Sonstrom on September 1. Thanks to member Laurent Lafosse for his fine job in selecting the cake and delivering it to the event.

One of main reasons the tournament was so successful this year was attributed to Gert Hilhorst. As a result of his efforts to recruit members from the Simsbury Library Chess Club, a historic twenty-four scholastic (under 18) players participated in our tournament, shattering the old record of sixteen established at the “Andy Strazdins Over/Under 15 Quick Chess Tournament” in 2010.

The youth alone represented an impressive forty percent of the total turnout. In addition, I want to extend appreciation to Rob Roy, former Connecticut State Chess Association president, for advertising our tournament on numerous social media websites, and for taking photos for his website.

Our tournament directors that day, Doug Fiske and Bob Kozlowski, also deserve credit for doing a superb job with the handling of on-site registrations, making the pairings, being available for questions, and awarding of the prizes. The following people also deserve recognition for making this tournament one for the NBCC record books: Andy Strazdins, Brian Kosnoff, and Jerry Aiyathurai.

It is obvious that an event of this magnitude requires many hours of planning, but our volunteer staff was up to the challenge. Because of their hard work and dedication, we had another fantastic Summer Open.

Before closing, I do want to mention that a significant milestone occurred for FM Nelson Castaneda at this event. For tying for first place with FM Richard Bauer, Nelson has earned an honorable place, with Arkadijs Strazdins and Rick, in NBCC history for attaining twenty ties or wins for first place (even if non-cash prizes were awarded) in our club’s major tournaments.

So, friends, if you have never been a part of this extraordinary chess experience, or played in this event in recent years and could not this year, I really hope that you can join us at this event in 2019. I guarantee you will not want to miss it! 

 
 

2019 Charter Oak Open

 

Saturday September 28

 

$160-1st, $80-2nd. Guaranteed.
      
3 Round Swiss, G/60;d5 Affects both quick and regular rating. Round Times: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45.  Entry Fees: $35 Cash Only On-site Only: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. No Advance Entry of any kind. No USCF memberships sold or renewed.  One Section. Accelerated Pairings. Air-Conditioned. Wheelchair Accessible. USCF TLA

Site: Mill Brook Place1267 Main St., Coventry, CT 06238

Across street from Bidwell Tavern is our stone building at rear of parking lot 

Web Site:  https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com/ 

E-mail:     ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com 

 

 

 

SEPT. 28   2019 CHARTER OAK OPEN

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. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com  W.  USCF TLA

 

OCT. 19   2019 CONNECTICUT HARVEST OPEN

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. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com  W.  USCF TLA

 

NOV. 16   2019 YANKEE PEDDLER OPEN

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. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com  W.  USCF TLA

 

DEC. 14   2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN

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GAME OF THE WEEK, by Alan Lasser

In this complex variation of the King’s Gambit, the queen must fight to keep the White king from being chased across the board by a swarm of pieces. For many moves, the computer thinks the unbalanced position is mostly equal, until the king finally goes to the wrong square.


GM Alexey Kislinsky(2429)-IM Lukas Cernousek(2438)
5/3/19
2019 Czech Championship
1.e4 e5
2.f4 exf4
3.Nf3 g5
4.h4 g4
5.Ne5 Nf6
6.Nxg4 Nxe4
7.d3 Ng3
8.Bxf4 Nxh1
9.Qe2+ Qe7 Not 9...Be7 10.Nf6 Kf8 11.Bh6 mate
10.Nf6+ Kd8
11.Bxc7+ Kxc7
12.Nd5+ Kd8
13.Nxe7 Bxe7
14.Qg4 d6
15.Qf4 Rg8
16.Qxf7?! -0.42/23
16.Nc3 Ng3 17.O-O-O Be6 18.d4 Rg4 19.Qf3 Nc6 20.Bc4 h5 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Qf7 Nf5 23.Qxe6 Nfxd4 24.Qf7 Kd7 = Stockfish
16.Be2 Rxg2 17.Nc3 17.Qf1 Bxh4+ 18.Kd2 Rxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Ng3 20.Qf3 Bg5+ 21.Kd1 Nf5 22.Qh5 Ne3+ 23.Kc1 h6 24.Qxf7 Bd7 25.Nc3 Nd5+ 26.Kb1 Nxc3+ 27.bxc3 Kc7 -0.24 Stockfish 17...Ng3 18.Bf3 Rg1+ 19.Kf2 Rxa1 20.Qxf7 Nd7 Not 20...Nf5 21. Qg8+ Kc7 22. Nd5+ Kd7 23. Bg4 Bxh4+ 24. Kg2 Na6 25. Bxf5+ Kc6 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxc8+ Kxd5 28. Qc4+ Ke5 29. Qe4+ Kf6 30. Qxh4+ +7.23 Stockfish Another try is 20...Nh1 21. Kg2 Nd7 22. Nd5 Re1 23. Be4 Bf8 24. Nf4 Kc7 25. Ne6+ Kb8 26. Nxf8 Nc5 27. Bf3 a5 28. Qf6 Ne6 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 +2.61 Stockfish 21.Nd5 Nf5 22.Bh5 Bxh4+ 23.Kg2 Ne3+ 24.Nxe3 Nf6 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Qxd5 Be7 27.Qa5+ Kd7 28.Bg4+ Ke8 29.Bh5+ = Stockfish
16…Re8
17.Na3?! -1.10/22
17.Kd2 -0.40/21 17...Bxh4 17...Ng3 18. Qf4 Nxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Bg4 20. Nc3 h5 21. Re1 Rf8 22. Qh1 Nc6 23. Nd5 Kd7 24. Nxe7 Nxe7 -0.81 Stockfish 18.c4 Ng3 19.Nc3 Bg5+ 20.Kc2
17...Bxh4+?! -0.49/23
17...Ng3 -1.10/22 18.Be2 18. O-O-O Bg4 19. Re1 Bg5+ 20. hxg5 Rxe1+ 21. Kd2 Re7 22. Qf4 Nxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Nd7 24. g6 hxg6 -0.50 Stockfish 18...Bxh4 19.Kd1 Nxe2 20.Nb5 Be7 21.Kxe2 Nc6 22.Rh1 a6 23.Qxe8+ Kxe8 24.Nc7+ Kd8 25.Nxa8 Bf5 26.c3 Ne5 27.d4 Nd3 28.b3 Be4 29.Ke3 d5 30.Rh5 Bd6 31.Nb6 Nf4
18.Kd2 Bg5+
19.Kc3 Bd7
19...Nc6 20.Qg7 h6 21.Nb5 Bd7 22.Nxd6 Kc7 23.Nb5+ Kd8 = Stockfish
20.Nc4 Kc7
21.Qd5 Bf4
22.Qa5+?! -0.71/25
22.Na5 0.00/23 22...Nc6 23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.Qa5+ Kc8 25.d4 Re3+ 26.Bd3 Ng3 27.Re1 Be6 27...Ne4+ 28. Kb3 Rb8+ 29. Ka3 Rg3 30. b3 Rxd3 31. Qa6+ Kc7 32. Qxd3 d5 = Stockfish 28.Rxe3 Bxe3 29.Bxh7 Bf4 30.Qa6+ Kc7 31.Qa5+ Kd7 32.Qa6 Rc8 33.Qxa7+ Rc7 34.Qa8 Bd5 35.Bd3 Rc8 36.Qb7+ Rc7 37.Qa8
22…b6
23.Qh5 b5
24.Na5? -3.36/23
24.Qf3 -0.67/22 24...Bg5 25.Na5 Nc6 26.Nxc6 Bxc6 27.Qh5 Bf6+ 27...b4+ 28. Kb3 h6 29. Qxh1 a5 30. Rd1 Bd5+ 31. c4 bxc3+ 32. Kxc3 Bxa2 -1.01 Stockfish 28.Kb3 Ng3 29.Qf7+ Be7 30.Re1 Kd7 31.Be2 Nxe2 32.Rxe2 Kd8 33.Qxh7 Bd5+ 34.Ka3
24…b4+
25.Kb3 Na6?? +0.33/22
25...Re5 -3.37/24 26.Qf3 Rxa5 27.Qxf4 Nc6 27...Ba4+ 28. Kc4 Nc6 29. d4 Bxc2 30. Rc1 Rf8 31. Qh2 Rf2 32. Bd3 Ba4 33. a3 Rxb2 34. axb4 Rb5 35. Rxh1 R5xb4+ 36. Kd5 Rxd4+ 37. Ke6 Ne5 -6.76 Stockfish 28.a4 Rg8 29.Qf7 Rgg5 30.g3 Nxg3 31.Bh3 Nf5 32.c3 bxc3 33.bxc3 Ne5 34.Qxh7 Nxd3 35.Kc2 Nc5 36.Qf7 Rxa4 37.Rxa4 Nxa4
26.Qxh1?! 0.00/23
26.d4 +0.33/22 26...Ng3 26...Re3+ 27. c3 Ng3 28. Qf7 Nf5 29. a4 bxc3 30. Bxa6 Rb8+ 31. Bb5 Nxd4+ 32. Ka2 Nxb5 33. Qc4+ Kd8 34. Qxf4 Be6+ 35. Nc4 Bxc4+ 36. Qxc4 cxb2 37. Qg8+ Kc7 = Stockfish 27.Qf7 Nxf1 28.Rxf1 Bg5 29.Rf5 Be7 30.Rh5 Rab8 31.Rxh7 d5
26…Nc5+
27.Kxb4 Rab8+
28.Kc4?? #-11/21
28.Ka3 0.00/25 28...Rb5 29.Nc4 Re6 30.b3 30. Qh4 Bd2 31. c3 d5 32. Qg3+ Kb7 33. Nd6+ Rxd6 34. Qxd6 Ra5+ 35. Kb4 Rb5+ = Stockfish 30...d5 31.Qh4 Ra6+ 32.Kb2 Na4+ 33.Ka3 Nb6+ 34.Kb2 Na4+
28...d5+
29.Kc3 Na4+
30.Kd4 Be3+ 31.Kd5 Nb6 is checkmate 0-1

 

CHESS COLUMNS FROM THE PAST   by Rob Roy

1977 - 2000, Rob Roy wrote 1,300 Waterbury Sunday Republican chess columns.  The column helped his Waterbury Chess Club to become very successful.

Clerks at the newspaper office were the ones who re-typed hard-copy into the newspaper system, they made many typos with chess notation. All future editions of Connecticut Chess Magazine will feature a different column.