Thursday, February 6, 2020

NEWS FROM CSCA WEBSITE

NEWS FROM CSCA WEBSITE

2/2
The West Hartford Chess Camp & Tournament was attended by 25 players of different ages and playing ability. Joe Bihlmeyer and Suhas Kodali provided instruction in the morning. In the afternoon the Scholastic section was won by Sarvin Bhagarwar and the Adult/Over-1100 was won by Punyavrat Upadhyay. Crosstable.

2/2
A total of 86 scholastic players attended the 51st NECA in Stamford. Crosstable.

1/26
The Southern Leg of the NNGP and Greenwhich City Scholastic Championships attracted 130 players to Greenwich Academy this weekend. Nathaniel Moor continued his winning streak from the day before and won the High School section, qualifying to the Denker NNCT, Peter Wolfe won the Middle School section, qualifying to the Barber NNCT and Annie Ulmer won the Elementary School section, qualifying to the Rockefeller NNCT. Greenwhich City Grade Championship winners were: Landau Vincent Day - Kindergarten, James Lindstrom - 1st grade, Lucas Lazlo - 2nd grade, Jack Karanikolaidis - 3rd grade, Satya Daftuar - 4th grade, Oliver Servedio - 5th grade and Henry Graham - Middle School.
Report - Final Results - Rating report.

1/25
Nathaniel Moor has won the CCFC Club Championship with a score of 4-0; crosstable.

 

 

 

JORDAN GROFF WINS 2020 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN

 

List of Chess Coaches in Connecticut

 


Play More Chess Academy
1227 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT 06517
Email: info@PlayMoreChess.com | Phone: 203.680.0657

 

With 5-0 score Beatrice Low has won Connecticut State Girls' Championship for the fourth time in five years.

Shesh Budhabhatti (winner of 2018) and Haneesha Atkuri tied for second, Shesh clinching the qualification spot to the NNCT on tiebreakers.

Irving A. Robbins Middle School from Farmington won the team trophy. 

Final standings - Crosstable

 

 

LIST OF CHESS CLUBS IN CONNECTICUT

 

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser

This must be the scariest way to upset a grandmaster. The young IM must watch helplessly as his opponent misses an almost-obvious rook-sac combination and then rally his defense against the GM’s series of seven checks.

IM Valentin Buckels(2459)-GM Vassily Ivanchuk(2698)
1/28/20   2020 Gibralter Masters
1.d4 Nf6
2.Bf4 d6
3.Nc3 c6
4.e4 Qa5
5.e5 dxe5
6.dxe5 Ne4
7.Ne2 g5
8.Bd2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 Qxe5
10.O-O-O Nd7
11.g3 Bg7
12.Bh3 O-O
13.Rhe1?! -0.52/21
13.f4 -0.23/22 13...Qc5 14.Bxd7 Rd8 15.fxg5 Bxd7 16.Kb1 b5 17.Qf4 Qe5 17... Be6 18. Ne4 Bxa2+ 19. Kxa2 Qc4+ 20. Kb1 Qxe2 -1.81 Stockfish 18.Rd3
13...Nc5?! -0.07/23
13...Nb6 -0.52/21 14.Bxc8 Raxc8 15.f4 15. Qd4 Qa5 16. Qe4 e6 17. h4 Rcd8 18. a3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 -1.62 Stockfish 15...Qc5 15... Qa5 16. Qd3 e6 17. a3 h6 18. Nd4 g4 19. Nb3 Qh5 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 -1.70 Stockfish 16.Ne4 Qc4 17.N2c3 gxf4 18.gxf4 Kh8 19.Qd3 f5 20.Qxc4 Nxc4 21.Ng5
14.Bxc8 Raxc8
15.Nf4?! -0.43/26
15.f4 -0.10/22 15...Qc7 15...gxf4 16. Nxf4 Qf5 17. Rxe7 Bf6 18. Re2 b5 19. Rf2 b4 20. Nfd5 bxc3 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 = Stockfish 16.fxg5 Rfd8 16...Rcd8 17. Qe3 Qe5 18. Nf4 Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rd8+ 21. Kc1 e6 22. Ne4 Bd4 23. Re2 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bb6 = Stockfish 17.Qf4 Ne6 18.Qxc7 Rxc7 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Rd1 Ne6 21.h4 Nf8 22.Ne4 Rd7 23.c3 Rd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 25.Nc5 b6 26.Nd3 e6 27.Nd4
15…Qd6
16.Qe3 gxf4
17.gxf4 Qf6
18.Qxc5 Qxf4+
19.Kb1 e6
20.Re4 Qf3
21.Rg1 Kh8
22.Reg4 Rg8?! -0.31/24
22...b6 -0.58/21 23.Qe7 23. Qd6 Rfd8 24. Qe7 Be5 25. a4 Qf6 26. Qxa7 h6 27. Qa6 Qf3 28. Rh4 Kh7 29. Qc4 Rg8 30. Rf1 b5 31. Qe4+ Qxe4 32. Nxe4 bxa4 -0.79 Stockfish 23...Rfe8 23... Bf6 24. Qxa7 Be5 25. a3 Qxf2 26. Ne4 Qe3 27. Qe7 Qd4 28. c3 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rcxd8 -1.25 Stockfish 24.Qg5 Bf6 25.Rf4 Bxg5 26.Rxf3 f6 27.Ne4 Rg8 28.c3 Rcf8 29.Nd6 c5 30.Rfg3 Rg6 31.Rh3
23.Qxa7 c5
24.R4g3 Qxf2
25.Qxb7 Rb8
26.Qe7?? #-20/20
26.Qa7 -0.45/21 26...Ra8 27.Qb7 Rgb8 28.Qf3 Qxf3 29.Rxf3 Ra6 29...f5 30. Nd1 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rd2 32. h3 Rd4 33. b3 Rb8 34. Rgf1 c4 35. Rf4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 cxb3 37. cxb3 Bh6 -0.32 Stockfish 30.Rd1 f5 31.Rd7 Rab6 32.b3 c4
26...Rge8?? -0.38/23
26...Rxb2+ #-20/20 27.Kxb2 Rb8+ 28.Kc1 28.Ka3 Qc2 and mate is unavoidable. 28...Bh6+ 29.Qg5 Looking very bad are 29.Kd1 Qd2# and 29.Rg5 Qg1 30.Kd2 Bg5 29...Bxg5+ 30.Rxg5 Qe3+
27.Qh4 c4
28.Qh3 Rxb2+
29.Kxb2 Rb8+
30.Kc1 Qf4+
31.Kd1?? -3.29/24
31.Re3 0.00/24 31...Bxc3 32.Qg3 Be5 33.c3 Rb1+ 33...h5 34. a4 Kh7 35. Kd2 h4 36. Qxf4 Bxf4 37. Rf1 e5 38. Rxf4 exf4 39. Re4 Rb2+ 40. Ke1 Kg6 41. Rxf4 = Stockfish 34.Kxb1 Qf5+ 35.Kb2 Bxg3 36.Rexg3 h5 37.Rg8+ 37. Rg5 Qh3 38. R1g2 Kh7 39. Rg7+ Kh6 40. Rg8 Kh7 41. R2g7+ Kh6 42. Rg3 Qxh2+ 43. Ka3 Kh7 44. R3g7+ Kh6 = Stockfish 37...Kh7 38.R1g7+ Kh6 39.Rg2 Qb5+ 40.Kc2 Qf5+ 41.Kb2
31...Rd8+
32.Ke1 Qc1+?! -2.10/26
32...Bxc3+ -2.78/23 33.Rxc3 Qc1+ 34.Kf2 Rd2+ 35.Ke3 Rd1+ 36.Ke4 Rxg1 37.Rxc4 Re1+ 38.Kd3 Qa3+ 39.c3 Rd1+ 40.Ke2 Rd8 41.Qe3 Qxa2+ 42.Kf3 Qxh2 43.Rg4 f6 43... Rd2 44. Rd4 Qh1+ 45. Kf4 Qf1+ 46. Ke5 Re2 47. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 48. Kd6 Qf3 49. c4 Qc3 50. Rd1 Qxc4 -147.92 Stockfish 44.Rg2 Qh3+ 45.Kf2 Rd3 46.Qxh3 Rxh3
33.Kf2 Bd4+
34.Re3 Qd2+
35.Ne2 Rd5? -0.39/25
35...f5 -2.10/23 36.c3 36. Qf3 f4 37. Qxf4 Bxe3+ 38. Qxe3 Rf8+ 39. Qf3 Rxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Qxc2 41. Rc1 Qxa2 -5.46 Stockfish 36...f4 37.cxd4 fxe3+ 38.Qxe3 Rf8+ 39.Qf3 Rxf3+ 40.Kxf3 Qh6 40...Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qh3 42. Ke1 Qxh2 43. Rg5 Qh1+ 44. Kf2 Qh4+ 45. Rg3 Qh2+ 46. Ke3 c3 47. Rf3 c2 -6.92 Stockfish 41.Rg3
36.Rg3 Re5?? +2.86/25
36...Rf5+ -0.32/24 37.Kg2 Bxe3 38.Rxe3 Qd5+ 39.Kg3 Rh5 40.Qf1 Qg5+ 41.Kf3 Qf5+ 42.Nf4 Rh4 42...Qxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Rf5+ 44. Ke4 Rxf1 45. Rf3 f5+ 46. Kf4 e5+ 47. Ke3 f4+ 48. Ke4 Re1+ 49. Kf5 Kg7 = Stockfish 43.Re4
37.Rf3? +0.90/25
37.Qh6 +2.86/25 37...Bxe3+ 38.Rxe3 Rf5+ 39.Kg3 Qd8 40.Kh3 40. Re4 Qg5+ 41. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 42. Kf3 Rc5 43. a4 Kg7 44. Ke3 e5 45. Rg4+ Kf6 46. Nc3 Rc8 47. Ne4+ Ke7 48. Rg5 Ke6 49. Rh5 Ra8 50. Rh6+ f6 51. Rxh7 +5.62 Stockfish 40...Qg5 41.Qf8+ Qg8 42.Qxg8+ Kxg8 43.a4 Rc5 44.Re4 Kg7 45.Kg2 Kg6 46.Kf3 Kg7 47.c3 h5 48.Ng3 Kg6 49.Nf1
37...c3? +3.32/26
37...Bxe3+ +0.90/25 38.Rxe3 Rf5+ 39.Rf3 Re5 40.Qf1 c3 41.a4 Kg8 42.a5 Qxc2 43.a6 Kf8 44.h3 f5 45.Rxc3 Rxe2+ 46.Qxe2 Qxc3 47.Qxe6 Qc5+ 48.Kf1 Qb5+ 49.Kg2 Qc5 50.h4 Qc2+
37...f6 38.c3 Bb6 39.a4 Bc5 40.a5 h5 41.a6 Kh7 42.Qg3 Bxe3+ 43.Rxe3 Rf5+ 44.Rf3 Re5 45.Rxf6 Rxe2+ 46.Kg1 Re1+ 47.Rf1 Rxf1+ 48.Kxf1 Qd1+ 49.Kg2 Qd5+ 50.Qf3 Qd2+ 51.Kh3 Qd3 52.Kg3 Qd6+ 53.Kf2 Qd2+ 54.Qe2 Qf4+ 55.Kg2 Qg5+ 56.Kh3 Qf5+ 57.Kh4 Qf4+ 58.Kxh5 Qh6+ 59.Kg4 Qg7+ After another 25 moves of checks, Black finally takes the pawn on c3 and Stockfish thinks White has a non-winnable advantage of 0.15.
38.Qh6 Bc5?? #5/62
38...Bxe3+ +3.33/26 39.Rxe3 Rf5+ 40.Kg3 Qd8 41.Kh3 Qg5 42.Qxg5 Rxg5 43.Rxc3 Ra5 44.a3 Kg7 45.Rg3+ Kf6 46.c4 Rc5 47.Rc3 e5 48.Kg3 Ke6 49.Nc1 f5 50.Nd3 Rc7 51.Kf2 h5 52.c5
39.Qf6+ 1-0

 

 

https://beta.chesstempo.com/pgn-viewer/

 

Cut & Paste the code below, and LOAD into webpage above

 

 

 

[Event "2020 Gibralter Masters"]
[Site " a big hotel"]
[Date "2020.01.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Valentin Buckels"]
[Black "GM Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Qa5 5.e5 dxe5 6.dxe5 Ne4 7.Ne2 g5 8.Bd2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 Qxe5 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.g3 Bg7 12.Bh3 O-O 13.Rhe1 $6 { -0.52/21 } (
13.f4 { -0.23/22 } 13...Qc5 14.Bxd7 Rd8 15.fxg5 Bxd7 16.Kb1 b5 17.Qf4 Qe5
{ 17... Be6 18. Ne4 Bxa2+ 19. Kxa2 Qc4+ 20. Kb1 Qxe2 -1.81 Stockfish }
18.Rd3 ) 13...Nc5 $6 { -0.07/23 } ( 13...Nb6 { -0.52/21 } 14.Bxc8 Raxc8 15.f4
{ 15. Qd4 Qa5 16. Qe4 e6 17. h4 Rcd8 18. a3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nd5 20. Nxd5
cxd5 -1.62 Stockfish } 15...Qc5
{ 15... Qa5 16. Qd3 e6 17. a3 h6 18. Nd4 g4 19. Nb3 Qh5 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 -1.70 Stockfish } 16.Ne4 Qc4 17.N2c3
gxf4 18.gxf4 Kh8 19.Qd3 f5 20.Qxc4 Nxc4 21.Ng5 ) 14.Bxc8 Raxc8 15.Nf4 $6
{ -0.43/26 } ( 15.f4 { -0.10/22 } 15...Qc7
{ 15...gxf4 16. Nxf4 Qf5 17. Rxe7 Bf6 18. Re2 b5 19. Rf2 b4 20. Nfd5 bxc3
21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 = Stockfish } 16.fxg5 Rfd8
{ 16...Rcd8 17. Qe3 Qe5 18. Nf4 Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rd8+ 21. Kc1
e6 22. Ne4 Bd4 23. Re2 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bb6 = Stockfish } 17.Qf4 Ne6
18.Qxc7 Rxc7 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Rd1 Ne6 21.h4 Nf8 22.Ne4 Rd7 23.c3 Rd5 24.Rxd5
cxd5 25.Nc5 b6 26.Nd3 e6 27.Nd4 ) 15...Qd6 16.Qe3 gxf4 17.gxf4 Qf6 18.Qxc5
Qxf4+ 19.Kb1 e6 20.Re4 Qf3 21.Rg1 Kh8 22.Reg4 Rg8 $6 { -0.31/24 } ( 22...b6
{ -0.58/21 } 23.Qe7
{ 23. Qd6 Rfd8 24. Qe7 Be5 25. a4 Qf6 26. Qxa7 h6 27. Qa6 Qf3 28. Rh4 Kh7
29. Qc4 Rg8 30. Rf1 b5 31. Qe4+ Qxe4 32. Nxe4 bxa4 -0.79 Stockfish }
23...Rfe8
{ 23... Bf6 24. Qxa7 Be5 25. a3 Qxf2 26. Ne4 Qe3 27. Qe7 Qd4 28. c3 Qd8 29.
Qxd8 Rcxd8 -1.25 Stockfish } 24.Qg5 Bf6 25.Rf4 Bxg5 26.Rxf3 f6 27.Ne4 Rg8
28.c3 Rcf8 29.Nd6 c5 30.Rfg3 Rg6 31.Rh3 ) 23.Qxa7 c5 24.R4g3 Qxf2 25.Qxb7 Rb8
26.Qe7 $4 { #-20/20 } ( 26.Qa7 { -0.45/21 } 26...Ra8 27.Qb7 Rgb8 28.Qf3 Qxf3
29.Rxf3 Ra6
{ 29...f5 30. Nd1 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rd2 32. h3 Rd4 33. b3 Rb8 34. Rgf1 c4 35. Rf4
Rxf4 36. Rxf4 cxb3 37. cxb3 Bh6 -0.32 Stockfish } 30.Rd1 f5 31.Rd7 Rab6
32.b3 c4 ) 26...Rge8 $4 { -0.38/23 } ( 26...Rxb2+ { #-20/20 } 27.Kxb2 Rb8+
28.Kc1 { 28.Ka3 Qc2 and mate is unavoidable. } 28...Bh6+ 29.Qg5
{ Looking very bad are 29.Kd1 Qd2# and 29.Rg5 Qg1 30.Kd2 Bg5 } 29...Bxg5+
30.Rxg5 Qe3+ ) 27.Qh4 c4 28.Qh3 Rxb2+ 29.Kxb2 Rb8+ 30.Kc1 Qf4+ 31.Kd1 $4
{ -3.29/24 } ( 31.Re3 { 0.00/24 } 31...Bxc3 32.Qg3 Be5 33.c3 Rb1+
{ 33...h5 34. a4 Kh7 35. Kd2 h4 36. Qxf4 Bxf4 37. Rf1 e5 38. Rxf4 exf4 39.
Re4 Rb2+ 40. Ke1 Kg6 41. Rxf4 = Stockfish } 34.Kxb1 Qf5+ 35.Kb2 Bxg3
36.Rexg3 h5 37.Rg8+
{ 37. Rg5 Qh3 38. R1g2 Kh7 39. Rg7+ Kh6 40. Rg8 Kh7 41. R2g7+ Kh6 42. Rg3
Qxh2+ 43. Ka3 Kh7 44. R3g7+ Kh6 = Stockfish } 37...Kh7 38.R1g7+ Kh6
39.Rg2 Qb5+ 40.Kc2 Qf5+ 41.Kb2 ) 31...Rd8+ 32.Ke1 Qc1+ $6 { -2.10/26 } (
32...Bxc3+ { -2.78/23 } 33.Rxc3 Qc1+ 34.Kf2 Rd2+ 35.Ke3 Rd1+ 36.Ke4 Rxg1
37.Rxc4 Re1+ 38.Kd3 Qa3+ 39.c3 Rd1+ 40.Ke2 Rd8 41.Qe3 Qxa2+ 42.Kf3 Qxh2
43.Rg4 f6
{ 43... Rd2 44. Rd4 Qh1+ 45. Kf4 Qf1+ 46. Ke5 Re2 47. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 48. Kd6
Qf3 49. c4 Qc3 50. Rd1 Qxc4 -147.92 Stockfish } 44.Rg2 Qh3+ 45.Kf2 Rd3
46.Qxh3 Rxh3 ) 33.Kf2 Bd4+ 34.Re3 Qd2+ 35.Ne2 Rd5 $2 { -0.39/25 } ( 35...f5
{ -2.10/23 } 36.c3
{ 36. Qf3 f4 37. Qxf4 Bxe3+ 38. Qxe3 Rf8+ 39. Qf3 Rxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Qxc2 41.
Rc1 Qxa2 -5.46 Stockfish } 36...f4 37.cxd4 fxe3+ 38.Qxe3 Rf8+ 39.Qf3 Rxf3+
40.Kxf3 Qh6
{ 40...Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qh3 42. Ke1 Qxh2 43. Rg5 Qh1+ 44. Kf2 Qh4+ 45. Rg3 Qh2+
46. Ke3 c3 47. Rf3 c2 -6.92 Stockfish } 41.Rg3 ) 36.Rg3 Re5 $4
{ +2.86/25 } ( 36...Rf5+ { -0.32/24 } 37.Kg2 Bxe3 38.Rxe3 Qd5+ 39.Kg3 Rh5
40.Qf1 Qg5+ 41.Kf3 Qf5+ 42.Nf4 Rh4
{ 42...Qxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Rf5+ 44. Ke4 Rxf1 45. Rf3 f5+ 46. Kf4 e5+ 47. Ke3 f4+
48. Ke4 Re1+ 49. Kf5 Kg7 = Stockfish } 43.Re4 ) 37.Rf3 $2 { +0.90/25 } (
37.Qh6 { +2.86/25 } 37...Bxe3+ 38.Rxe3 Rf5+ 39.Kg3 Qd8 40.Kh3
{ 40. Re4 Qg5+ 41. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 42. Kf3 Rc5 43. a4 Kg7 44. Ke3 e5 45. Rg4+
Kf6 46. Nc3 Rc8 47. Ne4+ Ke7 48. Rg5 Ke6 49. Rh5 Ra8 50. Rh6+ f6 51. Rxh7
+5.62 Stockfish } 40...Qg5 41.Qf8+ Qg8 42.Qxg8+ Kxg8 43.a4 Rc5 44.Re4 Kg7
45.Kg2 Kg6 46.Kf3 Kg7 47.c3 h5 48.Ng3 Kg6 49.Nf1 ) 37...c3 $2 { +3.32/26 } (
37...Bxe3+ { +0.90/25 } 38.Rxe3 Rf5+ 39.Rf3 Re5 40.Qf1 c3 41.a4 Kg8 42.a5
Qxc2 43.a6 Kf8 44.h3 f5 45.Rxc3 Rxe2+ 46.Qxe2 Qxc3 47.Qxe6 Qc5+ 48.Kf1 Qb5+
49.Kg2 Qc5 50.h4 Qc2+ ) ( 37...f6 38.c3 Bb6 39.a4 Bc5 40.a5 h5 41.a6 Kh7
42.Qg3 Bxe3+ 43.Rxe3 Rf5+ 44.Rf3 Re5 45.Rxf6 Rxe2+ 46.Kg1 Re1+ 47.Rf1 Rxf1+
48.Kxf1 Qd1+ 49.Kg2 Qd5+ 50.Qf3 Qd2+ 51.Kh3 Qd3 52.Kg3 Qd6+ 53.Kf2 Qd2+
54.Qe2 Qf4+ 55.Kg2 Qg5+ 56.Kh3 Qf5+ 57.Kh4 Qf4+ 58.Kxh5 Qh6+ 59.Kg4 Qg7+
{ After another 25 moves of checks, Black finally takes the pawn on c3 and
Stockfish thinks White has a non-winnable advantage of 0.15. } ) 38.Qh6 Bc5
$4 { #5/62 } ( 38...Bxe3+ { +3.33/26 } 39.Rxe3 Rf5+ 40.Kg3 Qd8 41.Kh3 Qg5
42.Qxg5 Rxg5 43.Rxc3 Ra5 44.a3 Kg7 45.Rg3+ Kf6 46.c4 Rc5 47.Rc3 e5 48.Kg3 Ke6
49.Nc1 f5 50.Nd3 Rc7 51.Kf2 h5 52.c5 ) 39.Qf6+ 1-0

 

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

 

Several readers wanted to know more about last week’s 6.a4 Najdorf variation so I looked up my games and wrote up my Stockfish notes.

 

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4

 

6…g6 7.Be3[a] Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.f3 Re8 12.Nc6 Bc6 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.a5 Nh5
15.Bd4 Bd4 16.Qd4 Qc7 17.Rd2 (+.29)
6…e5 7.Nf3[b] h6[c] 8.Bc4[d] Be6[e] 9.Nd2[f] Be7 10.b3 0-0 11.0-0 Bg4 12.Be2 Be6 13.Bb2 Nc6 14.Bd3 d5
15.ed Nd5 16.Nd5 Qd5 17.Nc4 (+.06)
6…e6 7.Be2[g] Nc6[h] 8.0-0 Bd7 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 0-0 11.Bf3 e5 12.Nf5 Bf5 13.ef Rc8 14.fe de 15.Ne4 Qd1
16.Rad1 Nd4 17.Bd4 ed 18.Rf2 (+.17)
6…Nc6 7.Nc6[i] bc 8.a5 Bb7 9.Bd3 e6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Bf4 d5 12.Qe1 0-0 13.ed cd 14.Na4 Nd7 15.Qc3 Qc8
16.Be3 Bf6 17.Qc8 Rfc8 18.c3 (+.39)


[a]7.g3 Bg4 8.f3 Bd7 9.Be3 Bg7 10.Qd2 0-0 11.g4 Nc6 12.h4 h5 13.g5 Ne8 14.Nd5 Rb8 15.a5 Nc7 (+.33)
7.Bc4 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Nb3 Rac8 13.a5 Ne5 14.Qd2 Rfe8 (+.19)
7.f4 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Be3 Re8 11.h3 Qc7 12.Qd3 Bd7 13.Nc6 Bc6 14.a5 e6 15.Bd4 Qe7
16.Rad1 Rac8 17.b3 Red8 18.b4 (=)
7.f4 Nc6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.h3 Qc7 12.Qd3 Bd7 13.Nc6 Bc6 14.a5 e6 15.Bd4 Qe7
16.Rad1 Rac8 17.b3 (=)
7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc6 bc 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.a5 Bg7 11.Qe2 Nc5 12.Be3 Nd3 13.Qd3 Rb8 14.Bd4 Bd4 15.Qd4 0-0
16.b3 c5 17.Qd3 (=)
7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc6 bc 9.e5 Nd7 10.Be2 bg7 11.ed 0-0 12.0-0 Nf6 13.de Qe7 14.Bf3 Re8 15.h3 Bf5
16.Kh2 Qc7 17.Re1 Re1 18.Qe1 Bc2 19.a5 (-.26)
7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc6 bc 9.e5 Nd7 10.ed ed 11.Qd4 Nf6 12.Bd3 Qe7 13.Qe3 Bg7 14.Qe7 Ke7 15.Bd2 Bf5
16.0-0-0 Bd3 17.cd Rhe8 18.Rhf1 (-.23)
7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc6 bc 9.e5 Nd7 10.ed ed 11.Be3 Be7 12.Bd3 d5 13.0-0 Nc5 14.b4 Nd3 15.Qd3 0-0 16.b5(-.55)
7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc6 bc 9.Be3 Rb8 10.Be2 Rb2 11.e5 Nd7 12.Ne4 Rb4 13.Ng5 h6 14.Qd2 c5 15.c3 Rb8
16.Nf3 Bg7 17.0-0 (-.69)
7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc6 bc 9.Be3 Bg7 10.Be2 Rb8 11.Rb1 Rb4 12.Qd3 0-0 13.0-0 Bg4 14.e5 Bf5 15.Qa6 de
16.fe Nd5 17.Bc5 Nc3 18.bc Rb1 19.Rb1 Bc2 20.Rb7 (-.66)
7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc6 bc 9.Be3 Bg7 10.a5 Rb8 11.Bc1 0-0 12.Be2 Re8 13.0-0- Qc7 14.Bf3 Nd7 15.Qd2 e6 (-.78)
7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc6 bc 9.Be3 Bg7 10.Qd2 Rb8 11.0-0-0 Ne4 (-6.73)
7.Be2 Bg7 8.Be3 0-0 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.0-0 Rb8 11.h3 d5 12.ed Nd5 13.Rfd1 Nc3 14.Qc3 Qd6 15.Qc4 (+.21)
7.Be2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.f3 Qc7 12.Nc6 Bc6 13.a5 e6 14.Bb6 Qe7 15.Bc4 Rac8
16.Bb3 Nd7 17.Bd4 (+.29)
7.Be2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Re8 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Nf3 Rc8 13.Nd2 d5 14.ed Nb4 15.Nc4 Bg4
16.Nb6 Nfd5 17.Ncd5 Nd5 18.Nc8 Ne3 19.Qd8 Rd8 20.Ne7 (+.10)
7.Be2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3
10…Re8 11.Kh1 e5 12.Nc6 bc 13.fe Re5 14.Bd4 Re8 15.Qd2 c5 16.Be3 Rb8 17.Bg5 (+.19)
10…Bd7 11.Nb3 b5 12.ab ab 13.Qd3 Ra1 14.Ra1 b4 15.Nd5 e5 16.f5 Nd5 17.Qd5 gf 18.Qd6 (+.13)
10…Bd7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Rad1 Ng4 13.Bg4 Bg4 14.Nc6 Rc6 15.Rde1 Bc3 16.bc Bd7 17.f5 (=)
10…Qc7 11.Qd2 Bg4 12.Nc6 Qc6 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.ed Qd7 15.Bg4 Qg4 16.c4 e6 17.Bd4 Bd4
18.Qd4 ed 19.Qd5 (+.19)
10…Qc7 11.Bf2 BNa5 12.Bh4 Qb6 13.Bf2 Qc7 (=)
10…e6 11.Qd3 Nd4 12.Bd4 Bd7 13.Rad1 Bc6 14.Qe3 Qe7 15.a5 Rfd8 16.g4 e5 17.fe de (+.38)
10…e6 11.Qd2 Nd4 12.Bd4 e5 13.fe de 14.Be3 Qd2 15.Bd2 h6 16.Nd5 Ne4 17.Bb4 Rd8 (+.15)
10…e6 11.Nc6 bc 12.Qd2 a5 13.b3 d5 14.Rad1 Nd7 15.Kh1 Qc7 16.e5 Re8 17.Bf2 Rb8 18.Bg3 (=)
10…e6 11.Nc6 bc 12.a5 Rb8 13.Rb1 Rb4 14.Bf3 Qc7 15.Qd2 c5 16.Rfd1 Ne8 17.e5 de

18.Qd8 Qd8 19.Rd8 (+.05)
10…e6 11.Nc6 bc 12.a5 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.Na4 f6 15.ef Qf6 16.c3 Qc7 17.b4 e5 18.Qd2 (+1.12)
7.b4 Bg7 8.Bb2 0-0 9.Be2 Qb6 10.b5 ab 11.ab Ra1 12.Ba1 e5 13.Nb3 Be6 14.0-0 Nbd7 15.Qd3 Rc8 (-.76)
[b]7.Nb3 Be7 8.Nd2 Nc6 9.Nc4 Ne4 10.Ne4 d5 11.Be3 de 12.Qd8 Nd8 13.Ne5 Be6 14.0-0-0 Rc8 (+.10)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Bg5 0-0 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.Nd5 Rc8 13.Bg4 Ne7 14.Nf6 gf 15.Be6 fe (=)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7 9.Bf3 0-0 10.0-0 h6 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Re8 13.a5 Qc7 14.h3 Rec8 15.Nd2 (+.19)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bg5 0-0 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.Nd5 Rc8 13.Bg4 Ne7 14.Nf6 gf 15.Be5 fe (=)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3 Rac8 14.a5 Nf8 15.Nd2 (+.04)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Bf3 Rc8 12.Be3 Nb6 13.Nd2 Nc4 14.Nc4 Rc4 15.a5 (=)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 h6 12.Be3 Nb6 13.a5 Nc4 14.Bc4 Bc4 15.Rfd1 (-.09)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.f4 ef 11.Bf4 d5 12.ed Nd5 13.Nd5 Bd5 14.Bf3 Qb6 15.Kh1 Bf316.Qf3(=)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.f4 Nbd7
11.Kh1 ef 12.Bf4 Ne5 13.Qe1 Kh8 14.Nd4 Rc8 15.Ne6 fe 16.Qg3 Qb6 17.Rab1 Rce8 18.Qh3 (=)
11.f5 Bb3 12.cb Nc5 13.Bf3 Qb6 14.Be3 Qb3 15.Ra3 Qd1 16.Rd1 h6 17.h4 b5 18.ab ab 19.Bc5 (-.09)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Nd5 Rc8 10.f3 Bd5 11.ed Na5 12.Qd2 Nb3 13.cb Be7 14.Be2 0-0 15.0-0 h6 (=)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.g3 Nbd7 10.a5 0-0 11.Bg2 h6 12.0-0 Qc7 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.Bc1 Rc8 15.h3 Bd8 (=)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bf3 Qc7 12.Re1 Nb6 13.Nd2 Nc4 14.Nc4 Qc4 15.a5(+.13)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 d5 9.ed Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.Qd5 Bd5 12.0-0-0 Bb3 13.cb Nc6 14.Kb1 Bb4 15.g3 (+.71)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 d5 9.ed Nd5 10.Nd5 Bd5
11.Nc5 Bc5 12.Bc5 Nc6 13.Qd2 Be6 14.0-0-0 Qd2 15.Rd2 Rd8 16.Be2 Rd2 17.Kd2 f5 18.c4 (+.64)
11.c4 Bb4 12.Bd2 Bd2 13.Qd2 Bc6 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.0-0 0-0 16.Rfd1 a5 17.Bc2 b6 18.Qe3 (-.10)
11.c4 Bb4 12.Bd2 Bd2 13.Qd2 Be6 14.Qd8 Kd8 15.Nc5 Ke7 16.g3 Nc6 17.Bg2 Bc4 18.Rc1 Be6 (=)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.h3 Nc6 9.Be2 d5 10.ed Nd5 11.Nd5 Qd5 12.Qd5 Bd5 13.0-0 Nb4 14.Bd1 0-0-0 15.Be3 (-.33)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be2 Bb3 10.cb Qb6 11.a5 Qc5 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.Qd5 Qd5 14.ed Nd4 15.Ra4 g6 (=)
7.Nb3 Be6 8.g3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Nb4 10.a5 Qd7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.0-0 Rc8 13.f4 ef 14.gf h6 15.Bh4 0-0 16.Kh1 (=)
7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Nc4 Nb4 12.a5 d5 13.ed Nd5 14.Nd5 Qd5
15.Qd5 Bd5 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.Nd5 Rd5 18.Bc4 (+.19)
[c]7…b6 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Bc4 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Bf6 Nf6 14.Qe2 0-0 15.Rfd1 (+.77)
7…b6 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bb3 Be7 10.Bg5 0-0 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.0-0 Nc6 13.Nd5 Rc8 14.Qe2 a5 15.c3 Kh8 (+.80)
7…b6 8.Bc4 Be7 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.0-0 h6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qd3 Qc8 13.Rfd1 Nc5 14.Bc5 Qc5 15.Qe2 (+.83)
7…b6 8.Bc4 Be7 9.Bg5 0-0 10.Bf6 Bf6 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Nd5 Be6 13.c3 Ne7 14.Ne3 Bc4 15.Nc4 Qc7 (+1.02)
7…b6 8.Bc4 Bb7 9.Ng5 d5 10.Nd5 Bd5 11.Bd5 Nd5 12.ed Nd7 13.0-0 Bc5 14.Re1 Qe7 15.Qd3 a5 (+2.04)
7…b6 8.Bc4 h6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Nh4 g6 13.g3 Nc5 14.f3 Qc7 15.b3 (+1.30)
7…Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Bc4 Rc8 12.Qd3 Nb6 13.Nf6 gf 14.Be6 fe
15.0-0 d5 (+.10)
7…Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.Nd5 0-0 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Qd3 Nb6 14.Nf6 Qf6
15.Be6 Qe6 16.Rfd1 Rc6 17.c3 (+.28)
7…Be7 8.Bg5 0-0 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Bb3 Nc6 12.Nd5 Rc8 13.0-0 Na5 14.Ba2 Nc4
15.b4 Bd5 16.Qd5 Nb6 17.Qb7 Na4 18.Qa6 (+.25)
7…Be7 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 Be6 10.h3 Nb4 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.Ng3 d5 13.ed Qd5 14.Re1 Nd3 15.cd 0-0
16.Re5 Qd7 17.Ng5 (=)
7…Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Be6 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.Be2 Bd7 12.Nf3 Be6 13.Ng5 (=)
7…Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Qe2 Ng4 12.Be7 Qe7 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.Nc4 Qc7
15.Ne3 Qb7 16.Bc4 Nc6 17.Bd5 Bd5 18.Ned5 Nd5 19.Nd5 (+.62)
7…Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Bc4 Nb4 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Bb3 Ng4 14.Bc1 Nf6
15.Rd1 Be6 16.Be3 Ng4 17.Bg5 Bb3 18.cb Bg5 19.Ng5 (+.54)
7…Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Kd2 Kh8 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Nc5 14.Bc5 bc 15.Bc4 (+.96)
7…Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.Nc4 Nbd7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Rac8 15.Ne3 Nc5
16.Re1 Bd8 17.Bf6 Bf6 18.Ncd5 (+1.05)
7…Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.f4 Nbd7 13.Qe2 (+.10) 13.f5 (-.24) AL-Parr 2017
7…Be7 8.Bc4 0-0 9.Bb3 h6 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Qe2 Na5 12.Ba2 Qc7 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Rd1 Nb4 15.Bb3 (+.05)
7…Be7 8.Bc4 0-0 9.0-0 Be6 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Bg5 Bb3 12.cb Ng4 13.Be7 Qe7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.b4 (+.15)
7…Be7 8.Bc4 Bg4 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Be2 Nc5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Nf5 Bf5 13.ef d5 14.b4 Nce4 15.Ne4 Ne4 (+.31)
7…Be7 8.Bc4 Bg4 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Ba2 Nbd7 12.a5 Rac8 13.h3 Be6 14.Nh4 Kh8 15.Be3 (+.34)
7…Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Ba2 Nc6 10.0-0 Nb4 11.Bb3 0-0 12.Bg5 Nd7 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.Bb6 Qb6 (=)
7…Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bb3 Nbd7 10.Bg5 0-0 11.Bf6 Nf6 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.Qd3 (=)
7…Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Be6 fe 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Bg5 0-0 12.Qd3 Qc7 13.Ne2 Rad8 14.Ng3 d5 15.Qe3 h6 (-.13)
7…Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Be6 fe 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qd3 h6 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Ne2 Rc8 14.Ng3 d5 15.Rad1 Nb4 (=)
7…Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Be6 fe 10.0-0 0-0 11.h3 Nc6 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.Nd2 Nb4 14.Nf3 h6 15.Bf6 Bf6 (-.39)
7…Be7 8.h3 Nc6 9.Be2 Be6 10.Bg5 Qa5 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Bf6 Bf6 13.Nd5 Bd5 14.ed Ne7 15.c4 0-0 (=)
7…Be7 8.Be2 Be6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Ng5 Bd7 11.Nf3 (=)
7…Nbd7 8.Bc4 Be7 9.0-0 Nc5 10.Qe2 0-0 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bg5 Ne6 13.Nd5 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qe3 (+.78)
[d]8.Nd2 d5 9.ed Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.Nc4 Qd1 12.Kd1 Nc6 13.Be3 Bg4 14.Kc1 (+.17)
[e]8…Qc7 9.Bb3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nh4 Nc6 12.Ng6 Re8 13.Ne7 Re7 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.Bd5 (+.19)
8…Qc7 9.Bb3 Be6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Nh4 Nc6 12.Be3 0-0 13.Nf5 Bf5 14.ef Nb4 15.a5 Qc6
16.f4 ef 17.Rf4 d5 (+.61)
8…Qc7 9.Bb3 Be6 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Nh4 (+.60) Balashov-Sunye 1982
[f]9.Be6 fe 10.0-0 Be7 11.Qd3 Nc6 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Ne2 0-0 14.Ng3 d5 15.Rad1 Nb4 16.Qb3 Nc2

17.Ne5 Ne3 18.fe Qe8 19.ed Nd5 20.Qb7 Ne3 21.Rf8 Bf8 22.Re1 (-.09)
9.Be6 fe 10.0-0 Be7 11.Nh4 0-0 12.Ng6 Rf7 13.Qd3 Nc6 14.Rd1 Qe8 15.Ne7 Re7 16.Be3 Rd717.Qe2(-.09)
9.Be6 fe 10.0-0 Be7 11.Nh4 0-0 12.Ng6 Rf7 13.Be3 Nc6 14.f4 Kh7 15.Ne7 Re7 16.a5 ef 17.Bf4 Ne5 (-.09)
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Nd5 Bd5 12.ed Nb4 13.a5 Nbd5 14.0-0 Be7 15.Rd1 Nb4 16.Be3 Nc6 (+.12)
[g]7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 Qc7 9.0-0 Be7 10.f4 Nd4 11.Qd4 0-0 12.Qf2 Bd7 13.h3 Bc6 14.Be3 b5 15.e5 Nd5
16.ab ab 17.Nd5 Bd5 18.Bd5 ed 19.Ra8 Ra8 20.c3 (+.09)
7.Bd3 Be7 8.a5 Nc6 9.Nc6 bc 10.Bd2 d5 11.ed cd 12.Na4 Bb7 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.0-0 Bd6 15.c3 0-0 (+.22)
7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Ne5 11.h3 Nd3 12.cd e5 13.Nc2 d5 14.d4 ed 15.Bd4 de 16.Ne4 Ne417.Qe4(+.09)
9.Be3 e5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.ed Nb4 13.Be2 Bf5 14.Ne1 a5 15.c3 Na6 16.Nc2 Bc2 (+.27)
9.a5 Bd7 10.Be3 Nc6 11.f4 Nb4 12.Qf3 e5 13.Nde2 Qc7 14.Bb6 Qc6 15.Ra4 Nd3 16.cd Bg4 (-.19)
9.f4 Nc6 10.Nc6 bc 11.a5 Qc7 12.Qf3 Rb8 13.b3 d5 14.Be3 c5 15.e5 Nd7 16.Na4 Bb7 17.Qf2 (=)
9.f4 Nbd7 10.g4 g6 11.g5 Ne8 12.h4 e5 13.Nde2 ef 14.Nf4 Ne5 15.Nfd5 Nc7 16.Nc7 Qc7 (+.30)
9.f4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Nc5 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Be3 Rc8 13.a5 Ne8 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.h3 Nd3 16.cd h6 (+.25)
7.f4 Be7 8.g3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Qc7 10.0-0 Nd4 11.Qd4 0-0 12.Qd3 Rb8 13.Be3 b6 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Rad1 Nd7 (=)
7.f4 d5 8.e5 Nfd7 9.Nce2 Nc6 10.g3 Bc5 11.Bg2 Ndb8 12.Be3 Nd4 13.Nd4 Qb6 14.Qd2 Nc6 15.c3 (+.43)
7.f4 d5 8.e5 Nfd7 9.Bd3 Bc5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.Nc5 Nc5 12.0-0 0-0 13.Ne2 f6 14.ef Rf6 15.Be3 Nd3 (+.24)
7.f4 d5 8.e5 Nfd7 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nce2 Nc5 11.0-0 Be7 12.c3 Nd3 13.Qd3 0-0 14.Be3 Bd7 15.b4 Qc7 (+.38)
7.Be3 Be7 8.f4 e5 9.fe de 10.Nf5 Bf5 11.Qd8 Bd8 12.ef Ba5 13.0-0-0 Bc3 14.bc Nbd7 15.Be2 Rc8 (=)
7.Be3 Be7 8.f4 0-0 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.h3 Nd4 11.Bd4 e5 12.Be3 ef 13.Bf4 Qb6 14.Qd2 Nh5 15.Be3 Bh4 (=)
7.Be3 Be7 8.f4 0-0 9.Be2 e5 10.Nb3 ef 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.0-0 Be6 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.Be3 Re8 15.Nf5 Bf5 (=)
7.Be3 Be7 8.f4 0-0 9.Be2 Qc7 10.g4 d5 11.e5 Nfd7 12.g5 Nc6 13.0-0 Bc5 14.Qd2 b6 15.Nc6 Qc6 (+.09)
7.Be3 Be7 8.f4 0-0 9.Be2 Qc7 10.0-0 e5 11.Nb3 ef 12.Bf4 Nbd7 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.Qe1 Re8 15.Rd1 Bd7 (=)
7.Be3 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 e5 10.Nb3 Be6 11.Bf3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Qc7 13.a5 h6 14.Qe2 Qc6 15.Qd3 (+.16)
7.Be3 Be7 8.Be2 Bd7 9.0-0 Nc6
10.Nb3 0-0 11.a5 Rc8 12.f4 e5 13.f5 Nb4 14.Bb6 Qe8 15.Qd2 Rc6 16.Rad1 Rb6 17.ab (+.21)
10.g4 h5 11.gh Nd4 12.Bd4 Qa5 13.f4 e5 14.Be3 ef 15.Bf4 Nh5 16.Bh5 Qh5 17.Nd5 (-.35)
10.g4 h5 11.g5 Ng4 12.Nc6 Ne3 13.Nd8 Nd1 14.Rad1 Bd8 15.Rd6 Bg5 16.Rfd1 0-0-0 17.b4 (-.50)
10.g4 0-0 11.g5 Ne8 12.h4 Nd4 13.Qd4 g6 14.Rad1 Ng7 15.Qd2 Rc8 16.Bd4 f5 17.gf Bf6
18.Bf6 Qf6 19.Qd6 Qh4 20.Qd7 (=)
10.g4 0-0 11.g5 Ne8 12.f4 e5 13.Nc6 Bc6 14.h4 ef 15.Rf4 Nc7 16.Nd5 Bd5 17.ed Bg5
18.hg Qg5 19.Kf2 Nd5 20.Qd4 Nf4 21.Qf4 Qf4 22.Bf4 (+.64)
10.g4 0-0 11.g5 Ne8 12.f4 e5 13.Nc6 bc 14.h4 ef 15.Rf4 Rb8 16.b3 Nc7 17.Qd2 (-.27)
[h]7…Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 e5 10.Nb3 Bd7 11.a5 Bc6 12.Qd3 Nbd7 13.f5 Qc7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Nc5 dc
16.Bf3 Rfd8 17.Qe2 (+.02)
7…Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3
10…Bd7 11.Bf3 Rc8 12.Nc6 Bc6 13.a5 Qc7 14.Qd2 Nd7 15.Rfd1 h6 16.g3 Nf6 17.Bd4 (+.13)
10…Nd4 11.Bd4 b6 12.Kh1 Bb7 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.f5 e5 15.Bf2 Qc7 16.Qf3 Nf6 17.Bd3 (+.56)
10…Nd4 11.Bd4 Bd7 12.e5 Ne8 13.Qd3 Bc6 14.Qe3 de 15.Bb6 Qc8 16.fe f5 17.ef Nf6 18.Rad1(+.75)
10…Nd4 11.Qd4 Qc7 12.a5 Bd7 13.e5 de 14.fe Ne8 15.Bd3 f5 16.Ne2 Rd8 17.Qc3 (+.42)
10…Nd4 11.Qd4 Bd7 12.e5 Ne8 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.Qb4 Bc6 15.Bb6 Qd7 16.Qd4 g6 17.Rfe1 (+.79)
7…Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Nc6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Bf3 Rc8 12.Nc6 Bc6 13.a5 Qc7 14.Qd2 h6 15.Rfd1 Nd7 (+.19)
7…Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 e5 10.Nb3 Be6 11.Bf3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.a5 Rc4 14.Nd2 Rb4 15.b3 Qc7 (+.23)
7…Nbd7 8.f4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Bf3 Re8 12.a5 e5 13.Nf5 Bf5 14.ef Rc8 15.Kh1 h616.Qd2(+.75)
7…Bd7 8.a5 Be7 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 h6 11.Qd3 Nc6 12.Nc6 Bc6 13.Rfd1 Nd7 14.Bd4 Ne5 15.Qe3 (+.22)
7…h6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qd3 0-0 10.a5 Bd7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Qg3 Kh8 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Nc6 Bc6 15.Bd4 Rg8(+.46)
7…b6 8.Bf3 Ra7 9.Be3 Rc7 10.a5 ba 11.Nb3 Nfd7 12.Na5 Be7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Be2 Nc6 15.Nb3 Nc5 (+.86)
[I]7.Be2 e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nc6 bc 10.Qd3 0-0 11.Qg3 Rb8 12.b3 a5 13.Bh6 Ne8 14.Bd2 Bh4 15.Qd3 e5 (+.26)
7.Be2 e5 8.Nc6 bc 9.Bg5 a5 10.Qd3 h6 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.0-0 Qd4 13.Rad1 Qd3 14.Bd3 Be7 15.h3 0-0 (+.08)
7.Be2 e5 8.Nc6 bc 9.f4 a5 10.0-0 Be7 11.Qe1 0-0 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.f5 Bb7 14.Bf3 Re8 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.b3 (=)
7.Be2 e5 8.Nc6 bc 9.f4 Qa5 10.0-0
10…Qc7 11.fe de 12.a5 Be7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Bb6 Qb7 15.Na4 0-0 16.Bd3 Rfc8 17.b3 (+.54)
10…Be7 11.Qe1 0-0b 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.fe Nd5 14.ed cd 15.Bf4 de 16.Be5 Bd6 17.Bd6 Qd6 (+.36)
10…Rb8 11.fe de 12.Kh1 Be7 13.Qe1 Be6 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.b3 Ra8 16.Qg3 0-0 17.Bh6 Ne8 (+.86)
10…Rb8 11.Kh1 Be7 12.fe Qe5 13.Bf4 Qc5 14.a5 0-0 15.h3 Re8 16.Qe1 h6 17.b3 Be6 18.Bd3 (+.66)
10…Rb8 11.Kh1 Be7 12.fe de 13.Qe1 Qc7 14.a5 0-0 15.b3 Kh8 16.Bg5 Bb7 17.Bc4 Ne8 (+.92)
10…Rb8 11.Kh1 Be7 12.fe de 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Be6 fe 15.Qe2 0-0 16.Rf3 Rb4 17.Bd2 Qd818.b3(+.37)
10…Rb8 11.Kh1 Be7 12.fe de 13.Bc4 0-0 14.Qe1 Rb7 (+.72) 14…Kh8(+.86) Fishbein-Browne 1994
7.Be2 g6 8.Nc6 bc 9.a5 Be6 10.Be3 Bg7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Bb6 Qb7 14.f4 Nd7 15.Bd4 Bd4 (+.45)
7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bd5 Ne3 9.Ne3 e6 10.c3 Bd7 11.Be2 Be7 12.Qd2 0-0 13.Bg2 Bd7 14.0-0 Rfd8 15.Rfc1 Bf6(=)
7.Be3 g6 8.a5 Ng4 9.Nc6 Ne3 10.Nd8 Nd1 11.Kd1 Kd8 12.Na4 Rb8 13.Nb6 Bd7 14.Nd7 Kd7 15.c3e6(+.39)
7.Be3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Nc6 bc 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nd5 cd 12.Qd5 Be6 13.Qd2 Be5 14.c3 0-0 15.0-0 Qa5 (+.32)
7.Be3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.Nc6 Bc6 12.f3 Qc7 13.a5 e6 14.Bb6 Qe7 15.Bc4 Nd7 (+.35)
7.Be3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.0-0 Bd7 10.Nc6 Bc6 11.f3 0-0 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.a5 e6 14.Bb6 Qe7 15.Bc4 Rfc8 (+.30)

 

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

 

OPEN STUDY IN SILENCE AND STRATEGY BY ALAN LASSER

 

 

Connecticut State Chess Association

 

 

COVENTRY CHESS ATTENDANCE

2016: 13, 12, 8, 7, 8, 4, 8, 3, 12.

2017: 10, 10, 9, 8, 5, 6, 16, 18, 15 10, 8, 5.

2018:  8, 9, 11, 12, 7, 10, 11, 13, 8, 12, 13, 18.

2019: 12, 23, 12, 12, 10, 7, 11, 8. 9, 15, 14, 10.

2020: 12.


I am looking for help financing the "Coventry Chess USCF Tournaments" and the "Connecticut Chess Magazine".  So far my only revenue source has been from tournament entry fees. Our first tournament was May 2016, and we've held one per month ever since.

We've had only 10 that generated extra revenue over current expenses. We had 9 tournaments that broke-even, and 27 tournaments that lost money.  I am hundreds in the red.  I doubt I will ever see that money again.

We have 3 tournaments coming up: Feb 22, Mar 21, and Apr 18, after which our USCF program in Coventry will have been in operation for four complete years, with 49 tournaments completed. It takes a long time to build up a chess program.

I give acknowledgement to Joe Bihlmeyer, without whom our program would have failed back in 2018.  Joe is an asset to us in many ways. Everybody is friends with Joe. He is generous with giving chess advice to anyone.  Joe has also kept us alive financially, donating hundreds of dollars to us.

Connecticut Chess Magazine began March 2010, and so far has had 192,000 visitors.  I give acknowledgement to Alan Lasser, writing "Game of the Week" column for many years.   We are a bona-fide magazine because of his chess column, without it CCM would be merely announcements and reports.

I include the New Britain Chess Club, Conn State Chess Assoc., Play More Chess Academy in Hamden, and West Hartford Scholastics by Norman Burtness.  I also want to acknowledge all the new officers of the state chess association. IM Jan Van de Mortel is doing a great job as president.

Coach Dan Starbuck Pelletier is activating chess, especially in the Weston-Wilton area. Newcomer Suhas Kodali is backup TD and reporter at NBCC.  Bob Cyr, state chess historian, writes frequently.

 

 

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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PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN SET AND CLOCK

 

Please bring your chess sets and clocks with you.

The TD is under no obligation to supply equipment.

Historically I have always brought extras that I

loan out, but this is getting harder for me to do.

Please bring your own score-book, pen and/or pencil.

I don't get payment from anybody to run this program.

We pay rent to Town & Rec for use of this building.

All our expenses get paid from our tournaments.

 

LOST EQUIPMENT

 

Players forget to take equipment with them when they leave.

None of the items have identifying markings on them.

Players should mark their equipment with their name and email.

I have several items past the 90 days I usually hold them for.

Email a description to ConnecticutChess@gmail.com

 

 

 

Alan Lasser (1963)-Shane Parr (1625)

 

GM Maxime Vachier-LaGrave (2780) - GM Ding Liren (2801)

 

GM Giri Anish (2747) - GM Bassem Amin (2610), GAME OF THE WEEK

 

ANNUAL WILD SNAIL ISSUE  BY ALAN LASSER

 

 

HAYES GOODMAN WINS 2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN

 

NEW CHESS CLUB IN HAMDEN CONNECTICUT

 

GOING BACK IN TIME WITH BOB CYR

 

GAME OF THE WEEK BY ALAN LASSER

 

HOW TO SET YOUR DIGITAL CHESS CLOCK

 

HISTORY OF NEW BRITAIN CHESS CLUB BY BOB CYR

 

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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COVENTRY CHESS CLUB

Top Frequent Players (after tnmt #46)

33 Joe Bihlmeyer

20 Rob Roy

18 Art Nagel

15 Derek Meredith

15 Mark Bourque

14 Hayes Goodman

13 Dan Smith

11 Larry Lafosse

10 Dan Zhou

10 Joshua Berkun

 

 

 

2020 MILL BROOK PARK OPEN  APR. 18

 

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News about Connecticut events in 2020 will be posted here as soon as the pieces start moving again. Last year's news can be found here: 2019.

There are several CSCA events coming up:

  1. 2020 CT Grade Championship will take place on Saturday February 8 at the Roosevelt School in Bridgeport.
  2. CSCA Regional Scholastic Chess Tournament in southern Connecticut on February 29 or March 1 (more details will be announced soon).
  3. CT K-12 State Championship will take place on March 7 at Manchester High School (more details will be announced soon).

For more registration and more information on these and other upcoming chess events in Connecticut please visit our calendar.

 

 

2020 EASTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN  - FEB 22

 

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2020 EASTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN FEB. 22

New Britain Chess Club

Norman Burtness, President 

newbritainchessclub@gmail.com

Armenian Church, 1910 Stanley St.

Tues. 6:30 pm

 

USATE TEAMS FORMING

USATE (US Amateur Team East) The largest team chess tournament in the world will be held in Parsippany, New Jersey from Feb 15-17.  Teams of 4 compete in the 6 round event. If you would like to be on a team, now is the time to form one. NBCC typically fields 2-3 teams.  Talk to Norman or Suhas if you would like to form a team.  

 

 

Saturday February 22, Rob Roy hosts 2020 EASTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN

$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. One Section. Accelerated Pairings. Wheelchair Accessible. Site: Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St., Coventry, CT 06238 Across street from Bidwell Tavern is our stone building at rear of parking lot 

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JORDAN GROFF WINS 2020 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN

 


Play More Chess Academy
1227 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT 06517
Email: info@PlayMoreChess.com | Phone: 203.680.0657

 

With 5-0 score Beatrice Low has won Connecticut State Girls' Championship for the fourth time in five years.

Shesh Budhabhatti (winner of 2018) and Haneesha Atkuri tied for second, Shesh clinching the qualification spot to the NNCT on tiebreakers.

Irving A. Robbins Middle School from Farmington won the team trophy. 

Final standings - Crosstable

 

 

LIST OF CHESS CLUBS IN CONNECTICUT

 

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser

It seems everyone has some off-beat line ready against the Sicilian players. If you fear your opponent has better book knowledge of the main lines, you can try 2.c3, the Smith-Morra, the currently popular 2.b3, the Closed Sicilian, or the Kopec System; all of which have a better reputation than the Wing Gambit(although, after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6, 3.b4 is a favorable transposition).

Another unusual approach is the 6.a4 played here. Everyone knows the basic Sicilian plan, play a6 and b5 and attack on the queenside; if Black is really lucky, White will castle in it. 6.a4 prevents that easy queenside advance, but it doesn’t affect the center so perhaps it is not a real attempt to press for an advantage; but if it wasn’t for moves like a4, rook lifts wouldn’t be possible.

Alan Lasser(1963)-Shane Parr(1625)
UMass Chess Club, 1/23/20
1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.a4 e5
7.Nf3 Stockfish agrees that the usual Nb3 is not the preference here. 7.Nb3 Be7 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. Nc4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Be3 dxe4 12. Qxd8+ Nxd8 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Rd4 f5 +0.10
7...b6?!
7...Be7 +0.39/24 8.Bg5 Lasser-Parr 2017 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.f4 Nbd7 13.f5 Nc5 14.g4 d5 15.g5 Nfe4 16.Nce4 de 17.Bc4 Rad8 18.g6 hg 19.fg Bf6 20.Qh5 1-0 8...O-O 8...Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Qd3 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. O-O d5 +0.10 Stockfish 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Bc4 Bg4 11.h3
7...h6 8.Bc4 8. Nd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Nc6 13. Be3 Bg4+ 14. Kc1 +0.17 Stockfish 8...Qc7 9.Bb3 Be6 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Nc6 12. Ng6 Re8 13. Nxe7+ Rxe7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 +0.19 Stockfish 10.O-O Nbd7 10...Be7 11. Nh4 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nb4 15. a5 Qc6 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 d5 +0.61 Stockfish 11.Nh4 Balashov-Sunye 1982 cited in MCO-15, Stockfish thinks it's +0.60
8.Bc4 h6
9.O-O Bb7
10.Qe2 Be7
11.Rd1 Nbd7
12.Nh4 Nc5?! +1.54/22
12...g6 +1.17/22 13.Nf3 13. g3 Nc5 14. f3 Qc7 15. b3 Ne6 16. Be3 Kf8 17. Qf2 Nc5 18. Ng2 +1.30 Stockfish 13...Qc7 14.Ne1 g5 15.f3 g4 16.Be3 gxf3 17.Nxf3 Nxe4 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.c3 Kf8 20.Kh1 b5 21.Ba2 Ndc5 22.Nxe5 dxe5
12...Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Bxh4 15.Rxd6 Ra7 16.Be3 Be7 17.Qf5 Rf8 18.Rd5 Qc8 19.Rad1 Qxc4 20.Rxd7 g6 21.Rxa7 gxf5 22.Ra8+ Bd8 23.Rdxd8+ Ke7 24.Rxf8 f4 25.Bxb6 Qb4 26.Rfe8+ Kf6 27.Bd8+ Kf5 28.h3 +7.50 Stockfish
13.Nf5 O-O? +3.29/22
13...Ncxe4 +1.50/20 14.Nxg7+ Kf8 15.Nxe4 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxa6 Qd7 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Be3 Rg8 21. Bxh6+ Ke7 22. f3 +3.31 Stockfish 15...Bxe4 16.Nh5 Bc6 17.Nxf6 Bxf6 18.Bxa6 Qd7 19.Be3 e4
13...g6 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.f3 Kf8 16.Be3 Rc8 17.Ba2 Kg7 18.Qd2 Bc6 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Nb7 21.Rd2 +2.57 Stockfish
14.Nd5?! +2.16/22
14.Bxh6 +3.29/22 14...g6 15.Nxe7+ 15. Qe3 Ncxe4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Qxb6 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Bxa6 Ba8 21. a5 +5.77 Stockfish 15...Qxe7 16.Bxf8 Rxf8 17.Bd5 Bc8 18.Qe3 Qc7 19.Qh6 Ne6 20.Bxe6 Bxe6 21.Rd3 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rf3
14…Nxd5
15.Bxd5 Re8? +4.36/24
15...Bxd5 +2.17/21 16.Rxd5 Ne6 17.Ra3 Bg5 18.Rxd6 Qf6 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.Qh5 g4 21.Qxg4 21. h4 Rab8 22. Rb3 Rfe8 23. Qxg4 Qg6 24. Qd1 Qf6 25. Rdxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxb6 +6.11 Stockfish 21...Rad8 22.Rad3 Rxd6 23.Rxd6 Rd8 24.Rxb6 Qg5 25.h3
16.Bxh6? +2.46/22
16.Qg4 +4.36/24 16...Bg5 17.h4 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 g6 19.hxg5 h5 20.Nh6+ Kg7 21.Qh4 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Nxd6 +8.47 Stockfish 21...Qc7 22.Be3 Rf8 23.f4 Rab8 24.b3
16...g6 Up to this point we played without a clock, the rest of the game was at game/30.
17.Ra3 Bf8? +4.60/22
17...Bxd5 +2.54/19 18.Rxd5 Ne6 19.Rg3 Qc7 20.h4 20. Qg4 Rad8 21. Be3 Bf6 22. h4 Ng7 23. Bh6 Nxf5 24. exf5 Kh7 25. Bd2 Rg8 26. fxg6+ Rxg6 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Qf5 +6.03 Stockfish 20...Kh8 21.Qf3 Rac8 22.Ne3 Bxh4 23.Rh3 Bd8 24.Ng4 Kg8 25.Be3 Bg5 26.Nf6+
18.Rg3?! +3.05/23
18.Bxf8 +4.60/22 18...Kxf8 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Bxb7 Nxb7 21.Rxd6 Nxd6 22.f3 Re6 23.Rc3 Ne8 24.Qc4 Kg7 25.Rd3 Ra7 26.c3 a5 27.Qc8 Rae7 28.b3 f5
18.Bxb7 Nxb7 19.Qg4 Be7 20.Rg3 Bf6 21.Qh5 Bg7 22.Qh3 Bf6 23.Bc1 Nc5 24.Qh6 Ne6 25.Rxg6+ fxg6 26.Qxg6+ Bg7 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.Nf7+ Kg8 29.Nxd8 Raxd8 +9.66 Stockfish
18…Bxd5
19.Rxd5 Bxh6? +5.98/24
19...Ne6 +2.57/22 20.Qh5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Nxd6 Nf4 22. Qf3 Qf6 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Rd2 Kg7 25. Qd1 Qc6 26. Re3 Qxa4 27. Rd7 +5.48 Stockfish 20...Ng7 21.Qh3 Qc8 22.Bxg7 Bxg7 23.Rc3 Qe6 24.Nxd6 Qxh3 25.Rxh3 Red8 26.Rc3 b5 27.a5 Bf8
20.Rxd6? +3.44/23
20.Nxh6+ +5.98/24 20...Kg7 During the game I thought Black would get away by 20...Kf8, not seeing long mating variations such as 21. Qf3 f6 22. Rxg6 Ne6 23. Rxd6 Nf4 24. Rdxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qa3+ Qd6 26.Qd6 Re7 27.Rg8# 21.Nf5+ Kf8 22.Rxd6 22. Nxd6 Ne6 23. Qf3 Nf4 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Rxd8 Raxd8 26. Rg5 Kg7 27. Qg4 Rf8 28. Rxe5 +9.71 Stockfish 22...Nxe4 23.Rxd8 Rexd8 24.Ne3 Nxg3 25.hxg3 Ra7 26.Nc4 b5 27.Nxe5 Re7 28.f4 Kg7 29.Qe4 Rd6 30.axb5 axb5 31.Qb4 Rd1+ 32.Kf2 Re6 33.Nf3 Rd5 34.c3 f6 35.Nd4 Re4 36.b3 f5 37.Kf3 Kg8
20...Qc7? +13.96/25
20...Bg7 +3.44/23 21.Rxd8 Raxd8 22.Nxg7 Kxg7 23.f3 23. h4 Rd4 24. h5 Rxe4 25. Re3 Rxa4 26. hxg6 Rh8 27. f3 Kxg6 28. Rxe5 +6.63 Stockfish 23...Ra8 24.Qc4 Rad8 25.b3 Rd1+ 26.Kf2 Rc8
21.Nxh6+ Kf8
22.Rf6 1-0

 

 

 

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[Event "skittles+game/30"]
[Site "UMass Chess Club"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Lasser"]
[Black "Shane Parr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1625"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3
{ Stockfish agrees that the usual Nb3 is not the preference here. 7.Nb3 Be7
8. Nd2 Nc6 9. Nc4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Be3 dxe4 12. Qxd8+ Nxd8 13. Nxe5 Be6
14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Rd4 f5 +0.10 } 7...b6 $6 ( 7...Be7 { +0.39/24 } 8.Bg5
{ Lasser-Parr 2017 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.f4 Nbd7
13.f5 Nc5 14.g4 d5 15.g5 Nfe4 16.Nce4 de 17.Bc4 Rad8 18.g6 hg 19.fg Bf6
20.Qh5 1-0 } 8...O-O
{ 8...Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Qd3 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6
14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. O-O d5 +0.10 Stockfish } 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Bc4 Bg4 11.h3 ) (
7...h6 8.Bc4
{ 8. Nd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Nc6 13. Be3
Bg4+ 14. Kc1 +0.17 Stockfish } 8...Qc7 9.Bb3 Be6
{ 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Nc6 12. Ng6 Re8 13. Nxe7+ Rxe7 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 +0.19 Stockfish } 10.O-O Nbd7
{ 10...Be7 11. Nh4 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nb4 15. a5 Qc6 16.
f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 d5 +0.61 Stockfish } 11.Nh4
{ Balashov-Sunye 1982 cited in MCO-15, Stockfish thinks it's +0.60 } ) 8.Bc4
h6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Nh4 Nc5 $6 { +1.54/22 } ( 12...g6
{ +1.17/22 } 13.Nf3
{ 13. g3 Nc5 14. f3 Qc7 15. b3 Ne6 16. Be3 Kf8 17. Qf2 Nc5 18. Ng2 +1.30
Stockfish } 13...Qc7 14.Ne1 g5 15.f3 g4 16.Be3 gxf3 17.Nxf3 Nxe4 18.Nd5 Qd8
19.c3 Kf8 20.Kh1 b5 21.Ba2 Ndc5 22.Nxe5 dxe5 ) ( 12...Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4
14.Qxe4 Bxh4 15.Rxd6 Ra7 16.Be3 Be7 17.Qf5 Rf8 18.Rd5 Qc8 19.Rad1 Qxc4
20.Rxd7 g6 21.Rxa7 gxf5 22.Ra8+ Bd8 23.Rdxd8+ Ke7 24.Rxf8 f4 25.Bxb6 Qb4
26.Rfe8+ Kf6 27.Bd8+ Kf5 28.h3 { +7.50 Stockfish } ) 13.Nf5 O-O $2
{ +3.29/22 } ( 13...Ncxe4 { +1.50/20 } 14.Nxg7+ Kf8 15.Nxe4
{ 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxa6 Qd7 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Be3
Rg8 21. Bxh6+ Ke7 22. f3 +3.31 Stockfish } 15...Bxe4 16.Nh5 Bc6 17.Nxf6 Bxf6
18.Bxa6 Qd7 19.Be3 e4 ) ( 13...g6 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.f3 Kf8 16.Be3 Rc8 17.Ba2
Kg7 18.Qd2 Bc6 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Nb7 21.Rd2 { +2.57 Stockfish } ) 14.Nd5
$6 { +2.16/22 } ( 14.Bxh6 { +3.29/22 } 14...g6 15.Nxe7+
{ 15. Qe3 Ncxe4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Qxb6 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20.
Bxa6 Ba8 21. a5 +5.77 Stockfish } 15...Qxe7 16.Bxf8 Rxf8 17.Bd5 Bc8 18.Qe3
Qc7 19.Qh6 Ne6 20.Bxe6 Bxe6 21.Rd3 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rf3 ) 14...Nxd5 15.Bxd5
Re8 $2 { +4.36/24 } ( 15...Bxd5 { +2.17/21 } 16.Rxd5 Ne6 17.Ra3 Bg5 18.Rxd6
Qf6 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.Qh5 g4 21.Qxg4
{ 21. h4 Rab8 22. Rb3 Rfe8 23. Qxg4 Qg6 24. Qd1 Qf6 25. Rdxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxb6
+6.11 Stockfish } 21...Rad8 22.Rad3 Rxd6 23.Rxd6 Rd8 24.Rxb6 Qg5 25.h3 )
16.Bxh6 $2 { +2.46/22 } ( 16.Qg4 { +4.36/24 } 16...Bg5 17.h4 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 g6
19.hxg5 h5 20.Nh6+ Kg7 21.Qh4
{ 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26.
Nxd6 +8.47 Stockfish } 21...Qc7 22.Be3 Rf8 23.f4 Rab8 24.b3 ) 16...g6
{ Up to this point we played without a clock, the rest of the game was at
game/30. } 17.Ra3 Bf8 $2 { +4.60/22 } ( 17...Bxd5 { +2.54/19 } 18.Rxd5 Ne6
19.Rg3 Qc7 20.h4
{ 20. Qg4 Rad8 21. Be3 Bf6 22. h4 Ng7 23. Bh6 Nxf5 24. exf5 Kh7 25. Bd2 Rg8
26. fxg6+ Rxg6 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Qf5 +6.03
Stockfish } 20...Kh8 21.Qf3 Rac8 22.Ne3 Bxh4 23.Rh3 Bd8 24.Ng4 Kg8 25.Be3 Bg5
26.Nf6+ ) 18.Rg3 $6 { +3.05/23 } ( 18.Bxf8 { +4.60/22 } 18...Kxf8 19.Nxd6
Qxd6 20.Bxb7 Nxb7 21.Rxd6 Nxd6 22.f3 Re6 23.Rc3 Ne8 24.Qc4 Kg7 25.Rd3 Ra7
26.c3 a5 27.Qc8 Rae7 28.b3 f5 ) ( 18.Bxb7 Nxb7 19.Qg4 Be7 20.Rg3 Bf6 21.Qh5
Bg7 22.Qh3 Bf6 23.Bc1 Nc5 24.Qh6 Ne6 25.Rxg6+ fxg6 26.Qxg6+ Bg7 27.Nh6+ Kh8
28.Nf7+ Kg8 29.Nxd8 Raxd8 { +9.66 Stockfish } ) 18...Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Bxh6 $2
{ +5.98/24 } ( 19...Ne6 { +2.57/22 } 20.Qh5
{ 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Nxd6 Nf4 22. Qf3 Qf6 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Rd2 Kg7 25. Qd1
Qc6 26. Re3 Qxa4 27. Rd7 +5.48 Stockfish } 20...Ng7 21.Qh3 Qc8 22.Bxg7 Bxg7
23.Rc3 Qe6 24.Nxd6 Qxh3 25.Rxh3 Red8 26.Rc3 b5 27.a5 Bf8 ) 20.Rxd6 $2
{ +3.44/23 } ( 20.Nxh6+ { +5.98/24 } 20...Kg7
{ During the game I thought Black would get away by 20...Kf8, not seeing
long mating variations such as 21. Qf3 f6 22. Rxg6 Ne6 23. Rxd6 Nf4 24.
Rdxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qa3+ Qd6 26.Qd6 Re7 27.Rg8# } 21.Nf5+ Kf8 22.Rxd6
{ 22. Nxd6 Ne6 23. Qf3 Nf4 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Rxd8 Raxd8 26. Rg5 Kg7 27. Qg4
Rf8 28. Rxe5 +9.71 Stockfish } 22...Nxe4 23.Rxd8 Rexd8 24.Ne3 Nxg3 25.hxg3
Ra7 26.Nc4 b5 27.Nxe5 Re7 28.f4 Kg7 29.Qe4 Rd6 30.axb5 axb5 31.Qb4 Rd1+
32.Kf2 Re6 33.Nf3 Rd5 34.c3 f6 35.Nd4 Re4 36.b3 f5 37.Kf3 Kg8 ) 20...Qc7 $2
{ +13.96/25 } ( 20...Bg7 { +3.44/23 } 21.Rxd8 Raxd8 22.Nxg7 Kxg7 23.f3
{ 23. h4 Rd4 24. h5 Rxe4 25. Re3 Rxa4 26. hxg6 Rh8 27. f3 Kxg6 28. Rxe5
+6.63 Stockfish } 23...Ra8 24.Qc4 Rad8 25.b3 Rd1+ 26.Kf2 Rc8 ) 21.Nxh6+ Kf8
22.Rf6 1-0

 

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

 

OPEN STUDY IN SILENCE AND STRATEGY BY ALAN LASSER

 

 

Connecticut State Chess Association

 

 

COVENTRY CHESS ATTENDANCE

2016: 13, 12, 8, 7, 8, 4, 8, 3, 12.

2017: 10, 10, 9, 8, 5, 6, 16, 18, 15 10, 8, 5.

2018:  8, 9, 11, 12, 7, 10, 11, 13, 8, 12, 13, 18.

2019: 12, 23, 12, 12, 10, 7, 11, 8. 9, 15, 14, 10.

2020: 12.


I am looking for help financing the "Coventry Chess USCF Tournaments" and the "Connecticut Chess Magazine".  So far my only revenue source has been from tournament entry fees. Our first tournament was May 2016, and we've held one per month ever since.

We've had only 10 that generated extra revenue over current expenses. We had 9 tournaments that broke-even, and 27 tournaments that lost money.  I am hundreds in the red.  I doubt I will ever see that money again.

We have 3 tournaments coming up: Feb 22, Mar 21, and Apr 18, after which our USCF program in Coventry will have been in operation for four complete years, with 49 tournaments completed. It takes a long time to build up a chess program.

I give acknowledgement to Joe Bihlmeyer, without whom our program would have failed back in 2018.  Joe is an asset to us in many ways. Everybody is friends with Joe. He is generous with giving chess advice to anyone.  Joe has also kept us alive financially, donating hundreds of dollars to us.

Connecticut Chess Magazine began March 2010, and so far has had 192,000 visitors.  I give acknowledgement to Alan Lasser, writing "Game of the Week" column for many years.   We are a bona-fide magazine because of his chess column, without it CCM would be merely announcements and reports.

I include the New Britain Chess Club, Conn State Chess Assoc., Play More Chess Academy in Hamden, and West Hartford Scholastics by Norman Burtness.  I also want to acknowledge all the new officers of the state chess association. IM Jan Van de Mortel is doing a great job as president.

Coach Dan Starbuck Pelletier is activating chess, especially in the Weston-Wilton area. Newcomer Suhas Kodali is backup TD and reporter at NBCC.  Bob Cyr, state chess historian, writes frequently.

 

 

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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PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN SET AND CLOCK

 

Please bring your chess sets and clocks with you.

The TD is under no obligation to supply equipment.

Historically I have always brought extras that I

loan out, but this is getting harder for me to do.

Please bring your own score-book, pen and/or pencil.

I don't get payment from anybody to run this program.

We pay rent to Town & Rec for use of this building.

All our expenses get paid from our tournaments.

 

LOST EQUIPMENT

 

Players forget to take equipment with them when they leave.

None of the items have identifying markings on them.

Players should mark their equipment with their name and email.

I have several items past the 90 days I usually hold them for.

Email a description to ConnecticutChess@gmail.com

 

 

 

GM Maxime Vachier-LaGrave (2780) - GM Ding Liren (2801)

 

GM Giri Anish (2747) - GM Bassem Amin (2610), GAME OF THE WEEK

 

ANNUAL WILD SNAIL ISSUE  BY ALAN LASSER

 

 

HAYES GOODMAN WINS 2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN

 

NEW CHESS CLUB IN HAMDEN CONNECTICUT

 

GOING BACK IN TIME WITH BOB CYR

 

GAME OF THE WEEK BY ALAN LASSER

 

HOW TO SET YOUR DIGITAL CHESS CLOCK

 

HISTORY OF NEW BRITAIN CHESS CLUB BY BOB CYR

 

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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COVENTRY CHESS CLUB

Top Frequent Players (after tnmt #46)

33 Joe Bihlmeyer

20 Rob Roy

18 Art Nagel

15 Derek Meredith

15 Mark Bourque

14 Hayes Goodman

13 Dan Smith

11 Larry Lafosse

10 Dan Zhou

10 Joshua Berkun

 

 

 

2020 MILL BROOK PARK OPEN  APR. 18

 

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News about Connecticut events in 2020 will be posted here as soon as the pieces start moving again. Last year's news can be found here: 2019.

There are several CSCA events coming up:

  1. 2020 CT Grade Championship will take place on Saturday February 8 at the Roosevelt School in Bridgeport.
  2. CSCA Regional Scholastic Chess Tournament in southern Connecticut on February 29 or March 1 (more details will be announced soon).
  3. CT K-12 State Championship will take place on March 7 at Manchester High School (more details will be announced soon).

For more registration and more information on these and other upcoming chess events in Connecticut please visit our calendar.

 

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Sunday, January 19, 2020

JORDAN GROFF WINS 2020 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN

 
Coventry's Mill Brook Place hosted the 2020 Greater Hartford Open on Jan 18.

Jordan Groff finished as clear winner, with 3-0 score, winning $160.

A 5-way tie for 2nd place (2-1 scores); Abe Mondal, Lisa Smith,

Kevin Corteville, Nitish Heston, and Brandon Ahl.  Each won $16.

Lisa Smith donated her prize towards free snacks we provide to players.

We thank Jordan; he arrived early and set up all the tables and chairs.

Jordan plays at his father's chess club in Hamden. "Play More Chess" 

Thanks to everyone for helping put away the tables and chairs, and for

helping to carry club equipment back and forth to my car.

The tournament attracted 12 players, six of which are new to the USCF.

Organizer and tournament director Rob Roy fills in as houseman so no player

sits out a round due to no opponent availlable.

Ice-cold waters, cookies, chips, dip, baby carrots, Chex Mix, orange juice,

bananas, oranges, apples. This same snack menu will be at our next

tournament, Feb 22, the 2020 EASTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN.

 

 

 

2020 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN  (202001183992)

COVENTRY, CT  06238     2020-01-18

ROB ROY CHESS CENTER  (A6046238)

-----------------------------------------------------------------
 Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    1 | JORDAN GROFF                    |3.0  |W  11|W   5|W   2|
   CT | 14534054 / R: 1864   ->1873     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1568   ->1596     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    2 | ABHIJIT MONDAL                  |2.0  |W  13|W   8|L   1|
   CT | 16778795 / R: 1726P23->1718     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1736P19->1712P22  |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    3 | ELIZABETH C SMITH               |2.0  |W  12|W   4|L   5|
   CT | 15913683 / R: 1462   ->1434     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1312   ->1283     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    4 | BRANDON PATRICK AHL             |2.0  |W   6|L   3|W   8|
   CT | 17162311 / R: 1305P3 ->1317P6   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1142P3 ->1164P6   |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    5 | KEVIN RUSSELL CORTEVILLE        |2.0  |W  10|L   1|W   3|
   CT | 17085563 / R:  725P17-> 880P20  |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  725P10-> 876P13  |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    6 | NITISH JOSON TERANCE JOE HESTON |2.0  |L   4|W  12|W  10|
   CT | 17107894 / R:  794P13-> 820P16  |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  610P11-> 672P14  |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    7 | ROB ROY                         |1.0  |U    |U    |W  12|
   CT | 10574790 / R: 1405   ->1405     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1032   ->1032     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    8 | JOSUE DEJESUS                   |1.0  |W   9|L   2|L   4|
   CT | 17267122 / R: Unrated->1218P3   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: Unrated->1104P3   |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    9 | LAURENT LAFOSSE                 |1.0  |L   8|W  13|U    |
   CT | 12431094 / R: 1170   ->1149     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1085   ->1061     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
   10 | PEYTON NOAH DEXTER              |1.0  |L   5|W  11|L   6|
   CT | 17203134 / R:  769P3 -> 725P6   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  812P3 -> 728P6   |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
   11 | TOM CAMPO                       |1.0  |L   1|L  10|W  13|
   CT | 17267096 / R: Unrated-> 599P3   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: Unrated-> 606P3   |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
   12 | NIJHUM PAUL                     |0.0  |L   3|L   6|L   7|
   CT | 17265880 / R: Unrated-> 475P3   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: Unrated-> 340P3   |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
   13 | NAYANDEEP TUMMALAPALLY          |0.0  |L   2|L   9|L  11|
   CT | 16956407 / R: Unrated-> 280P3   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: Unrated-> 301P3   |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

 

 

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

 

Check our SNOW-CANCEL page

 

 

 

Feb. 1, 2020

West Hartford Chess Camp

and Tournament

 

 

 

LIST OF CHESS CLUBS IN CONNECTICUT

 

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser

I sort of feel sorry for the local masters; the most fun they can have is playing the other masters, and there aren’t a lot chess masters around to play, even at the nearby tournaments. Every once in a while one of them will show up at a local chess club to see if there are any other strong players there. Last time at the Lilly Library Club, this apparently out of practice master only beat me two out of three. This time the club player didn’t even suspect he was playing a master, maybe that’s why he put up a good fight.


Al Raczka (1503) - Tony Sillars (2252)
12/7/19   game/60

1.c4 e5
2.e4 Nc6
3.Nf3 Bc5
4.a3 a5
5.Nc3 d6
6.d3 Nge7
7.Be2 O-O
8.O-O h6
9.Bd2 f5
10.Qc1 f4
11.Nd5 a4
12.Bd1 Bd7
13.Qb1 g5
14.b4?! -1.41/22
14.h3 -0.99/22 14...h5 14... Ng6 15. Nh2 Nd4 16. Bh5 Nh4 17. Ng4 Nhf3+ 18. gxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxd2 20. Qc2 f3+ 21. Kg3 Nxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Kg7 -4.442 Stockfish 15.d4
14.d4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Bc3 Bc5 17.Nb4 g4 18.Nd3 Nc6 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.b4 axb3 21.Qxb3 -3.41 Stockfish
14…axb3
15.Qxb3? -2.75/24
15.d4 -1.64/21 15...Bxd4 15... exd4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxb3 Kg7 18. Bc2 g4 19. Ne1 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Na5 21. Bb4 b6 22. Qd1 Qf6 23. Rc1 Nb7 -4.07 Stockfish 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.f3 Nxd5 18.cxd5 g4 19.fxg4 Qg5 20.Bxb3 Ne2+ 21.Kh1 Bxg4 22.Rf2 Ng3+ 23.Kg1 Ne2+
15…g4
16.Ne1? -7.26/22
16.d4 -2.80/22 16...gxf3 17.dxc5 Nd4 18.Qd3 fxg2 19.Re1 dxc5 20.Bc3 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bc3 Kh7 22. Bxd4 cxd4 -5.12 Stockfish 20...Ng6 20... Nec6 21. Rb1 b6 22. Kxg2 Kh8 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Rg1 Qxf2 -7.54 Stockfish 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Qb3 Nh4
16...b6? -1.49/23
16...Nxd5 -7.26/22 17.d4 Nxd4 18.Qb1 Nb6 18... Qh4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Bb4 Bxb4 22. Qd1 Bc3 23. f3 Qh4 24. Ra2 Be6 25. Nd3 Bxc4 -19.87 Stockfish 19.Bb4 Bxb4 20.Qxb4 c5 21.Qc3 Be6 22.Rb1 Bxc4 23.Nc2 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 d5
17.Nc2 g3
17...Ng6 18.g3 Kh7 19.Bb4 h5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.a4 h4 22.Qc3 Rf7 23.a5 bxa5 24.Rb1 a4 25.Qd2 f3 26.Ra1 Nd4 27.Nxd4 exd4 -3.95 Stockfish
18.hxg3 fxg3
19.Be3? -4.07/24
19.d4 -1.82/22 19...gxf2+ 20.Rxf2 Nxd4 21.Qg3+ Kh7 22.Be3 22. Qh4 Ng8 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 -2.81 Stockfish 22...Nxd5 23.cxd5 Rxf2 23... Qe7 24. Ra2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Rf8 26. Qg3 Rg8 27. Qf2 Qg7 28. Kh2 Bg4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Bxg4 Qxg4 31. Qf5+ Qxf5 32. exf5 Kg7 -4.33 Stockfish 24.Qxf2 Qh8 25.Ra2 Rf8 26.Qh4 Qg7 27.Nxd4 exd4 28.Bf4 d3+ 29.Kh2 Bd4 30.g3 Bf6 31.Qh5 Be5 32.Qf3 Bb5 33.Rf2
19…Nxd5
20.cxd5 Na5? -1.24/26
20...Nd4 -4.61/25 21.Bxd4 Ba4 22.Qxa4 Rxa4 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Ne3 24. fxg3 Qg5 25. Bf3 Qd2 26. Rf2 Qxd3 27. Raf1 Qb3 28. Re2 b5 -8.03 Stockfish 24...gxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Qh4+ 27.Ke2 Ra8 28.Bb3 Kh7 29.a4 Rf8 30.Rf1 Qh5+ 31.Kd2 Rxf1
21.Qc3 Qh4
22.fxg3 Rxf1+
23.Kxf1 Rf8+
24.Bf3 Rxf3+? 0.00/28
24...Qxg3 -1.14/24 25.Bxc5 dxc5 26.Ke2 26. Ra2 h5 27. Rb2 Nb7 28. Qe1 Qh2 29. Qe3 Rf4 30. Ne1 Nd6 -2.12 Stockfish 26...Bg4 27.Ne1 h5 28.Rb1 Bxf3+ 28...h4 29. Qd2 Bxf3+ 30. gxf3 c4 31. Qe3 Nb3 32. dxc4 Nd4+ 33. Kd1 h3 34. Rb2 Nxf3 -3.36 Stockfish 29.gxf3 h4
25.gxf3 Qh3+
26.Ke1?! -0.64/26
26.Kf2 0.00/27 26...Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Qh3+
26...Qxg3+
27.Ke2 Qg2+
28.Kd1? -3.57/26
28.Ke1 -0.67/21 28...Qxf3 29.Bxc5 dxc5 30.Qxe5 Qxd3 31.d6 c6 32.Qh2 Bg4 32...Nc4 33. Qh4 Bh3 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qe7+ Kg6 36. Qe8+ Kg5 37. Qe7+ Kf4 38. Qf6+ Kxe4 -0.34 Stockfish 33.d7 h5 34.Qd2 Qxe4+ 35.Kf2 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Qg3+ 37.Qg2 Qxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Bxd7 39.Ne3 Be6 40.Rh1 Nc4 41.Nxc4
28...Qxf3+
29.Kc1 Bxe3+
30.Nxe3 Qxe3+
31.Kb2 Ba4
32.Qxc7?? #-11/30
32.Rb1 -3.57/26 32...Qe2+ 32...Qf2+ 33. Kc1 Qf1+ 34. Kb2 Qg2+ 35. Ka1 Bc2 36. Qxc7 Bxb1 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Kxb1 Qg1+ 39. Ka2 Qf2+ 40. Kb1 Nb3 41. Qxd6 Nd4 42. Qc7+ Kg6 43. Qxb6+ Kh5 44. Qb2 Qf1+ 45. Ka2 Qxd3 46. d6 Qxe4 -8.18 Stockfish 33.Ka1 Qc2 34.Qxc2 Bxc2 35.Rg1+ Kh7 36.Rg3 Nb3+ 37.Kb2 Nd4 38.Rh3 Kg6 39.Kc3 h5 40.Rg3+ Kh7 41.Rh3 Kh6
32...Qd2+ 0-1

 

https://beta.chesstempo.com/pgn-viewer/

 

Cut & Paste the code below, and LOAD into webpage above

 

 

[Event "game/60"]
[Site "Lilly Library Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Al Raczka"]
[Black "Tony Sillars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1503"]

1.c4 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.a3 a5 5.Nc3 d6 6.d3 Nge7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.Bd2 f5 10.Qc1 f4 11.Nd5 a4 12.Bd1 Bd7 13.Qb1 g5 14.b4 $6 { -1.41/22 } (
14.h3 { -0.99/22 } 14...h5
{ 14... Ng6 15. Nh2 Nd4 16. Bh5 Nh4 17. Ng4 Nhf3+ 18. gxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2
Nxd2 20. Qc2 f3+ 21. Kg3 Nxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Kg7 -4.442 Stockfish } 15.d4 ) (
14.d4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Bc3 Bc5 17.Nb4 g4 18.Nd3 Nc6 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.b4
axb3 21.Qxb3 { -3.41 Stockfish } ) 14...axb3 15.Qxb3 $2 { -2.75/24 } (
15.d4 { -1.64/21 } 15...Bxd4
{ 15... exd4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxb3 Kg7 18. Bc2 g4 19. Ne1 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Na5
21. Bb4 b6 22. Qd1 Qf6 23. Rc1 Nb7 -4.07 Stockfish } 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.f3
Nxd5 18.cxd5 g4 19.fxg4 Qg5 20.Bxb3 Ne2+ 21.Kh1 Bxg4 22.Rf2 Ng3+ 23.Kg1 Ne2+
) 15...g4 16.Ne1 $2 { -7.26/22 } ( 16.d4 { -2.80/22 } 16...gxf3 17.dxc5 Nd4
18.Qd3 fxg2 19.Re1 dxc5 20.Bc3
{ 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bc3 Kh7 22. Bxd4 cxd4 -5.12 Stockfish } 20...Ng6
{ 20... Nec6 21. Rb1 b6 22. Kxg2 Kh8 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Rg1 Qxf2
-7.54 Stockfish } 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Qb3 Nh4 ) 16...b6 $2 { -1.49/23 } (
16...Nxd5 { -7.26/22 } 17.d4 Nxd4 18.Qb1 Nb6
{ 18... Qh4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Bb4 Bxb4 22. Qd1 Bc3 23. f3 Qh4
24. Ra2 Be6 25. Nd3 Bxc4 -19.87 Stockfish } 19.Bb4 Bxb4 20.Qxb4 c5 21.Qc3
Be6 22.Rb1 Bxc4 23.Nc2 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 d5 ) 17.Nc2 g3
( 17...Ng6 18.g3 Kh7 19.Bb4 h5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.a4 h4 22.Qc3 Rf7 23.a5 bxa5
24.Rb1 a4 25.Qd2 f3 26.Ra1 Nd4 27.Nxd4 exd4 { -3.95 Stockfish } ) 18.hxg3
fxg3 19.Be3 $2 { -4.07/24 } ( 19.d4 { -1.82/22 } 19...gxf2+ 20.Rxf2 Nxd4
21.Qg3+ Kh7 22.Be3
{ 22. Qh4 Ng8 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 -2.81 Stockfish } 22...Nxd5
23.cxd5 Rxf2
{ 23... Qe7 24. Ra2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Rf8 26. Qg3 Rg8 27. Qf2 Qg7 28. Kh2 Bg4
29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Bxg4 Qxg4 31. Qf5+ Qxf5 32. exf5 Kg7 -4.33 Stockfish }
24.Qxf2 Qh8 25.Ra2 Rf8 26.Qh4 Qg7 27.Nxd4 exd4 28.Bf4 d3+ 29.Kh2 Bd4 30.g3
Bf6 31.Qh5 Be5 32.Qf3 Bb5 33.Rf2 ) 19...Nxd5 20.cxd5 Na5 $2 { -1.24/26 } (
20...Nd4 { -4.61/25 } 21.Bxd4 Ba4 22.Qxa4 Rxa4 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Ne3
{ 24. fxg3 Qg5 25. Bf3 Qd2 26. Rf2 Qxd3 27. Raf1 Qb3 28. Re2 b5 -8.03
Stockfish } 24...gxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Qh4+ 27.Ke2 Ra8 28.Bb3 Kh7 29.a4
Rf8 30.Rf1 Qh5+ 31.Kd2 Rxf1 ) 21.Qc3 Qh4 22.fxg3 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Rf8+ 24.Bf3
Rxf3+ $2 { 0.00/28 } ( 24...Qxg3 { -1.14/24 } 25.Bxc5 dxc5 26.Ke2
{ 26. Ra2 h5 27. Rb2 Nb7 28. Qe1 Qh2 29. Qe3 Rf4 30. Ne1 Nd6 -2.12
Stockfish } 26...Bg4 27.Ne1 h5 28.Rb1 Bxf3+
{ 28...h4 29. Qd2 Bxf3+ 30. gxf3 c4 31. Qe3 Nb3 32. dxc4 Nd4+ 33. Kd1 h3
34. Rb2 Nxf3 -3.36 Stockfish } 29.gxf3 h4 ) 25.gxf3 Qh3+ 26.Ke1 $6
{ -0.64/26 } ( 26.Kf2 { 0.00/27 } 26...Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Qh3+ ) 26...Qxg3+ 27.Ke2
Qg2+ 28.Kd1 $2 { -3.57/26 } ( 28.Ke1 { -0.67/21 } 28...Qxf3 29.Bxc5 dxc5
30.Qxe5 Qxd3 31.d6 c6 32.Qh2 Bg4
{ 32...Nc4 33. Qh4 Bh3 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qe7+ Kg6 36. Qe8+ Kg5 37. Qe7+ Kf4
38. Qf6+ Kxe4 -0.34 Stockfish } 33.d7 h5 34.Qd2 Qxe4+ 35.Kf2 Qf3+ 36.Kg1
Qg3+ 37.Qg2 Qxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Bxd7 39.Ne3 Be6 40.Rh1 Nc4 41.Nxc4 ) 28...Qxf3+
29.Kc1 Bxe3+ 30.Nxe3 Qxe3+ 31.Kb2 Ba4 32.Qxc7 $4 { #-11/30 } ( 32.Rb1
{ -3.57/26 } 32...Qe2+
{ 32...Qf2+ 33. Kc1 Qf1+ 34. Kb2 Qg2+ 35. Ka1 Bc2 36. Qxc7 Bxb1 37. Qd8+
Kh7 38. Kxb1 Qg1+ 39. Ka2 Qf2+ 40. Kb1 Nb3 41. Qxd6 Nd4 42. Qc7+ Kg6 43.
Qxb6+ Kh5 44. Qb2 Qf1+ 45. Ka2 Qxd3 46. d6 Qxe4 -8.18 Stockfish } 33.Ka1
Qc2 34.Qxc2 Bxc2 35.Rg1+ Kh7 36.Rg3 Nb3+ 37.Kb2 Nd4 38.Rh3 Kg6 39.Kc3 h5
40.Rg3+ Kh7 41.Rh3 Kh6 ) 32...Qd2+ 0-1

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

 

 

 

OPEN STUDY IN SILENCE AND STRATEGY BY ALAN LASSER

 

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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PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN SET AND CLOCK

 

Please bring your chess sets and clocks with you.

The TD is under no obligation to supply equipment.

Historically I have always brought extras that I

loan out, but this is getting harder for me to do.

Please bring your own score-book, pen and/or pencil.

I don't get payment from anybody to run this program.

We pay rent to Town & Rec for use of this building.

All our expenses get paid from our tournaments.

 

LOST EQUIPMENT

 

Players forget to take equipment with them when they leave.

None of the items have identifying markings on them.

Players should mark their equipment with their name and email.

I have several items past the 90 days I usually hold them for.

Email a description to ConnecticutChess@gmail.com

 

 

 

GM Maxime Vachier-LaGrave (2780) - GM Ding Liren (2801)

 

GM Giri Anish (2747) - GM Bassem Amin (2610), GAME OF THE WEEK

 

ANNUAL WILD SNAIL ISSUE  BY ALAN LASSER

 

 

HAYES GOODMAN WINS 2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN

 

NEW CHESS CLUB IN HAMDEN CONNECTICUT

 

GOING BACK IN TIME WITH BOB CYR

 

GAME OF THE WEEK BY ALAN LASSER

 

HOW TO SET YOUR DIGITAL CHESS CLOCK

 

HISTORY OF NEW BRITAIN CHESS CLUB BY BOB CYR

 

 

Norman Burtness, President

New Britain Chess Club

newbritainchessclub@gmail.com

www.newbritainchessclub.com

 

 

Club Championship Tournament, Round 2 Tuesday, Jan 21, 2020


Round 2 of the club championship is 7pm on Tuesday.

You may still enter the tournament. See the TD by 6:45pm.

7-SS G/75 +30 (Scholastic players may opt for a shorter G/60;d5 time control)

Jan 14, 21, 28, Feb 4, 11, 25, Mar 3 (19 make-up day, if necessary)

2 Section: Championship, U1800

Entry Fee $20 (members only) You may join the club by Jan 8 and participate.

Prizes: Trophy to 1st - 3rd in each section (A 1-game playoff will decide a 1st place tie.)

Registration: enter online, or by 6:45 on Jan 14.

Regular rated (USCF membership is required)

Championship Rounds will start at 7:00

Weather related announcements will be made by 5:00 p.m. and posted on the Calendar

 


West Hartford Chess Camp and Tournament

Feb. 1 at Hall High School

Open to Scholastic and Adult players

2 Sections: O1100/Adult, Scholastic 4 Rounds Swiss USCF TLA

Chess Camp: 9:00 a.m. to 10:30. Check-in and Registration is from 8:45-9:00 a.m. There will be will be 2 ~ 45 min training classes taught by experienced chess teachers. Tournament Rounds, 10:30, Noon,1,2, Pizza Lunch (included in registration) is 11:30-Noon.

 


USATE TEAMS FORMING

USATE (US Amateur Team East) The largest team chess tournament in the world will be held in Parsippany, New Jersey from Feb 15-17. Teams of 4 compete in the 6 round event. If you would like to be on a team, now is the time to form one. NBCC typically fields 2-3 teams. Talk to Norman or Suhas if you would like to form a team.

 

Norman Burtness, President

New Britain Chess Club

newbritainchessclub@gmail.com

www.newbritainchessclub.com

 

 

 

 

 

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COVENTRY CHESS CLUB

Top Frequent Players (after tnmt #46)

33 Joe Bihlmeyer

20 Rob Roy

18 Art Nagel

15 Derek Meredith

15 Mark Bourque

14 Hayes Goodman

13 Dan Smith

11 Larry Lafosse

10 Dan Zhou

10 Joshua Berkun

 

 

 

2020 MILL BROOK PARK OPEN  APR. 18

 

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News about Connecticut events in 2020 will be posted here as soon as the pieces start moving again. Last year's news can be found here: 2019.

There are several CSCA events coming up:

  1. 2020 Greenwich City Scholastic Championship & CSCA NNGP Southern Leg will take place on Sunday January 26 at the Greenwich Academy.
  2. 2020 CT Grade Championship will take place on Saturday February 8 at the Roosevelt School in Bridgeport.
  3. CSCA Regional Scholastic Chess Tournament in southern Connecticut on February 29 or March 1 (more details will be announced soon).
  4. CT K-12 State Championship will take place on March 7 at Manchester High School (more details will be announced soon).

For more registration and more information on these and other upcoming chess events in Connecticut please visit our calendar.

 

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Thursday, January 16, 2020

GM Maxime Vachier-LaGrave (2780) - GM Ding Liren (2801)

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser

   Although I am a registered Independent, surely this is the dream of every chess player, this must be our wildest fantasy, this is the best thing that could possibly happen for the game of chess(#2-Magnus Carlsen marries Taylor Swift).  Imagine that in the 2020 Presidential Debates, when Trump makes the mistake of bragging about what a great commander he is or how he is smarter than everyone else, Trump’s opponent may counter sharply with, “Well Mr. President, we know from the Mueller Report that you have an interest in the game of chess.  Why don’t we play a game of chess right now, right here on stage in front of the American people, and let them see which one of us is really smarter and a better commander.”  Instantly a chess set is wheeled onstage.  What a moment for chess, it could be the most dramatic game ever played!  Is five-minute okay, Mr. President?  

   Don’t expect him to wuss out and refuse, it would be a disaster in the polls to back down.  Don’t expect him to go to the bathroom and pull out Stockfish, that’s probably not allowed under the debate rules.  He is a smart guy, no doubt Trump has foreseen this possibility and he is already practicing his game online.  Do you recognize his handle?
 
  This is the longest four queens position I have ever seen.  The previous four queens position to appear in this column lasted all of eight ply.  The ladies are here for a full twenty moves.  The strategy on this virtually empty board is just like bughouse, give check and don’t stop giving check.  It was all just harmless fun, of course.
 
GM Maxime Vachier-LaGrave (2780) - GM Ding Liren (2801)
 
11th London Classic, GCT Finals, 12/6/19
 
1.e4 e5 
6.d3 b5 

https://beta.chesstempo.com/pgn-viewer/

 

Cut & Paste the code below, and LOAD into webpage above

 

[Event "11th London Classic"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2019.12.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Maxime Vachier-LaGrave"]
[Black "GM Liren Ding"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
 
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O
9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.b4 Bxa2 12.Rxa2 Nc6 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 a5
16.c4 Ne7 17.Qb3 bxc4 18.Nxe7+ Bxe7 19.dxc4 axb4 20.axb4 Qc6 21.Re1 Rxa2
22.Qxa2 Ra8 23.Qb3 g6 24.b5 Qc5 25.Qc2 c6 26.bxc6 Bd8 27.Nd2 Bb6 28.Nb3 Qxc6
29.Ra1 Rc8 30.Rc1 h5 31.h4 Ra8 32.Ra1 Rxa1+ 33.Nxa1 Qd7 34.g3 $6 { -0.72/30 }
( 34.Qe2 { -0.33/30 } 34...Qa4 35.Nc2 Qb3 36.Kh2 Qb2 37.g3 Bc5
{ 37...Kf8 38. Kg1 Bc5 39. Kf1 Ke8 40. Ne1 Qc1 41. Kg2 Ke7 42. Nf3 Qc3  
-0.12   Stockfish } 38.Kg2 Kg7 39.Qd3
{ 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. Ne1 Qb3 41. Kg2 Qb7 42. Nf3 Ke7 43. Qc2 Qd7 44. Qd2 Kf6  
-0.12   Stockfish } 39...Qb1 40.Kf3 Qg1 41.Ne3 Qe1 42.Nd1 Ba7 43.Qc2 )
34...g5 35.Qd2 gxh4 36.c5 $6 { -1.53/29 } ( 36.Qg5+ { -0.74/27 } 36...Kf8
37.Qxh5 hxg3
{ 37...Qa4 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxh4+ Kd7 40. Qf6 Qxc4 41. Qf3 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Ke7
 -0.85  Stockfish } 38.Qh8+ Ke7 39.Qh4+ f6 40.Qxg3 Qa4 41.Nb3 Qxc4 42.Nd2
Qc1+ 43.Nf1 Qg5 44.Qxg5 fxg5 45.Ng3 Bd4 46.Kg2 Kf6 47.f3 Bc5 48.Kh3 Bb6
49.Kg4 Bf2 50.Nf5 Bc5 51.Ng3 Be3 52.Nf5 Bc5 ) 36...Bxc5 37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Qxh4
Ke8 $6 { -1.18/28 } ( 38...Qg4 { -1.53/30 } 39.Qxg4 hxg4 40.Kg2
{ 40. Nb3 f5 41. exf5 Bb4 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. f3 gxf3+ 44. Kxf3 d5 45. g4 Kf6
46. Kg2 Bd6  -2.97   Stockfish } 40...Ke7 41.f3 d5 42.exd5 Kd6 43.fxg4 Kxd5
44.Nc2 Ke4 45.Ne1 Ke3 46.Nf3 f6 47.Ng1 e4 48.Nh3 Be7 49.Nf2 Kd4 50.Nh3 e3
51.Kf3 Kd3 52.Nf4+ Kd2 53.Ne2 Bc5 54.g5 fxg5 55.g4 Kd3 56.Nc1+ Kc3 57.Ke2 Kc2
58.Nd3 ) 39.Nb3 Qa4 $6 { -0.50/27 } ( 39...Qc6 { -0.96/27 } 40.Nxc5
{ 40. Nd2 Qb6 41. Kg2 Qb4 42. Qg5 Bb6 43. Qg8+ Ke7 44. Qg5+ Kf8 45. Qh6+
Ke8 46. Nf3 Qb2 47. Qxh5 Qxf2+   -0.89   Stockfish } 40...dxc5 41.f3 c4
42.Qxh5 Qc5+ 43.Kf1 c3 44.Qg5 c2 45.Qc1 Qc4+
{ It's mate in 31.    45... Qb5+ 46. Ke1 Qb4+ 47. Ke2 Qc3 48. Kf2 Kd7 49.
g4 f6 50. g5 fxg5 51. Kg3 Qc4 52. Kg4 Qe2 53. Qg1 Qd2 54. Qa7+ Kc6 55. Qa8+
Kc5 56. Qa3+ Kc4 57. Qa6+ Kd4 58. Qa1+ Kd3 59. Qf1+ Kc3 60. Qa1+ Kb3 61. Qf1 c1=Q 62. Qb5+ Kc3 63. Qxe5+ Kd3 64. Kh5 Qf4 65. Qd5+ Ke3 66. Kg6 Qc2 67.
Qe6 Kxf3 68. Qh3+ Kxe4 69. Qe6+ Qe5 70. Qf6 Qxf6+ 71. Kxf6 Qc6+ 72. Kxg5 Qd6 73. Kh4 Qg6 74. Kh3 Kf3 75. Kh2 Qg2# }
46.Ke1 Qb4+ 47.Ke2 Qc3 48.Kf2 f6 49.Ke2 Ke7 50.Kf2 Qd3 51.Ke1 Ke8 52.Qd2 Qb3
53.Qc1 ) ( 39...Qb7 40.Qh3 Bb4 41.Qf5 Qc6 42.Kg2 Qc2 43.Na1 Qc4 44.Qf3 Kd7
45.Nb3 Kc6 46.Qe3 f6 47.Qc1 Qxc1 48.Nxc1 Kc5 49.Ne2 Kc4 50.Kf3 Bc5 51.Ng1 Kd3
52.Nh3 Kd4 53.Ng1 Ba3 54.Ne2+ Kd3 55.Ng1 Bc1 56.Nh3 Bb2 57.Ng1 Bc3 58.Nh3 Ba5
{ Black doesn't make a bit of progress over the next twenty moves. 
Stockfish scores it  -2.04 but it looks like a draw. } 59.Ng1 Bb6 60.Nh3 Bc5
61.Ng1 Kd2 62.Kg2 Bd4 63.Kf3 Bb6 64.Nh3 Ke1 65.Kg2 Bc5 66.Kg1 Bd4 67.Kg2 Bb6
68.Kg1 Ke2 69.Kg2 Bd4 70.Kg1 Kd2 71.Kg2 Bc3 72.Kf3 Kd3 73.Ng1 Ba5 74.Nh3 Kd4
75.Ng1 Bd2 76.Ne2+ Kd3 ) 40.Nxc5 $2 { -1.63/28 } ( 40.Qh3 { -0.50/27 }
40...Kf8 41.Qc8+
{ 41. Nxc5 dxc5 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qxc5 Qxe4 44. Qe7 Qf5 45. Qd8 Qf6 46. Qe8
Qd6   -0.32   Stockfish } 41...Qe8 42.Qa6 Qe6 43.Qb5 Ba7 ) 40...dxc5 41.Qxh5
$6 { -2.03/28 } ( 41.Qh3 { -1.51/27 } 41...Qd1+ 42.Kh2 Qd4 43.Qc8+ Ke7
44.Qc7+ Kf8 45.Qc8+ Kg7 46.Qf5 c4 47.g4 hxg4 48.Qxg4+ Kf8
{ 48... Kf6 49. Qh4+ Ke6 50. Qh3+ Kd6 51. Qa3+ Qc5 52. Qa2 Ke7 53. Kg2 c3  
 -11.29   Stockfish } 49.Qc8+ Ke7 50.Qb7+ ) 41...Qxe4 42.Qh8+ Ke7 43.Qc8 Qd4
44.g4 c4 45.g5 c3 46.Kg2 $2
{ -4.57/25 } ( 46.Qc6 e4 47.Kg2 e3 48.fxe3 Qxe3 49.Qf6+ Ke8 50.g6 Qd2+ 51.Kg1
c2 52.gxf7+ Kf8 { The endgame database says it's mate on move 90. } )
46...Kd6 $6 { -2.85/25 } ( 46...Qe4+ { It's mate on move 77 } 47.f3 Qe2+
48.Kg3 c2 49.Qc5+ Kd7 50.Qd5+ Ke8 51.Qc6+ Kf8 52.Qd6+ Kg8 53.Qd8+ Kh7 54.g6+
Kxg6 55.Qg8+ Kf6 56.Qh8+ Ke6 57.Qc8+ Kd5 58.Qd8+ Kc4 59.Qc7+ Kb3 60.Qb6+ Kc3
61.Qa5+ Kb2 62.Qb6+ Kc1 63.Kg4 Kd1 64.Qb3 Ke1 65.Qb4+ Qd2 66.Qe4+ Kd1 67.Qc4
Qd4+ 68.Qxd4+ exd4 69.Kf4 c1=Q+ 70.Ke5 Ke2 71.Kf6 Kxf3 72.Ke7 d3 73.Ke8 d2
74.Kf8 d1=Q 75.Kxf7 Qd7+ 76.Kf6 Qf4+ 77.Kg6 Qdf7# ) 47.f3 Qd2+ 48.Kh3 Kd5
49.Qf5 Kc6 50.Qc8+ Kd6 51.Qf8+ Kc6 52.Qc8+ Kb5 53.Qb7+ Kc5 54.Qa7+ Kd6
55.Qb8+ Kd5 56.Qb7+ Kd4 57.Qe4+ Kc5 58.Qxe5+ Kc4 59.Qe4+ Kb3 60.Qb1+ $2
{ -4.15/24 } ( 60.Qb7+ { -2.32/26 } 60...Kc2
{ 60...Ka3 61. Qe7+ Kb2 62. Qb7+ Kc1 63. Qxf7 Qxg5 64. Qa7 Qe5 65. f4 Qxf4
66. Qa3+ Kd2 67. Qa5 Qe3+  -51.48   Stockfish } 61.Qxf7 Qxg5 62.Qa2+ Kd3
63.Qa3 Qe3 64.Kg3 Ke2 ) 60...Ka3 61.Qa1+ Kb4 62.Qb1+ Kc5 63.Qf5+ Qd5 64.Qc8+
Kd4 $6 { -2.90/24 } ( 64...Kb4 65.Qb8+
{ 65. Kh2 Qd2+ 66. Kg3 Qxg5+ 67. Kh3 Qh5+ 68. Kg2 Qg6+ 69. Kf1 Qd3+ 70. Kf2
c2 71. Qf8+ Kb3 72. Qb8+ Kc3 73. Qc7+ Qc4 74. Qa5+ Qb4 75. Qa1+ Kb3 76. Qc1
Qd4+ 77. Kg3 Qb2 78. Qe3+ Ka2 79. Qa7+ Kb1 80. Qxf7 c1=Q 81. Qf5+ Qcc2 82. Kf4 Qd4+ 83. Kg5 Qxf5+ 84. Kxf5 Kc2 85. Kg5 Kd3 86. Kg6 Qd7 87. f4 Qe6+ 88.
Kh7 Ke4 89. f5 Kxf5 90. Kh8 Kf6 91. Kh7 Qf7+ 92. Kh8 Qg7# } 65...Kc4 66.Qb1
Qxf3+ 67.Kh2 Qh5+ 68.Kg2 Qxg5+ 69.Kf3 Qd5+ 70.Kg4 Qd3 71.Qa2+ Kb4 72.Qa1 c2
73.Qb2+ Kc4 74.Qa2+ Kc3 75.Qa5+ Kb2 76.Qb6+ Qb3 77.Qf6+ Kb1 78.Qf1+ c1=Q
{ 79. Qf5+ Qcc2 80. Qf1+ Qd1+ 81. Qxd1+ Qxd1+ 82. Kf5 Kc2 83. Kf6 Qd6+ 84.
Kxf7 Kd3 85. Kg7 Qe7+ 86. Kg6 Ke4 87. Kh5 Qg7 88. Kh4 Kf4 89. Kh5 Qh7# } )
65.Qg4+ Kd3 $6 { -1.85/27 } ( 65...Ke3 { -2.32/24 } 66.Qg1+ Ke2 67.Qg2+ Kd3
68.Qf1+ Kc2 69.Qf2+ Kb3 70.Qb6+ Kc4 71.Qa6+ Kd4 72.Qa1 Qxf3+ 73.Kh4 Kd3
74.Qb1+ Ke2 ) ( 65...Kc5 66.g6 fxg6 67.Qg1+ Kc4 68.Qxg6 Qxf3+
{ Stockfish says it's mate on move 102.   69. Kh2 Qf4+ 70. Kh1 Qc1+ 71. Kg2
Qd2+ 72. Kh1 c2 73. Qe4+ Kb3 74. Qf3+ Qc3 75. Qd5+ Qc4 76. Qb7+ Kc3 77.
Qg7+ Qd4 78. Qc7+ Kb2 79. Qb7+ Kc1 80. Qb5 Qe4+ 81. Kg1 Kd2 82. Qa5+ Ke3 83. Qc5+ Kf3 84. Qf2+ Kg4 85. Qd2 Qg6 86. Kh2 Qh5+ 87. Kg2 Qh3+ 88. Kg1 Qg3+
89. Kf1 Qf4+ 90. Ke2 Qc4+ 91. Kf2 c1=Q 92. Qd7+ Kf4 93. Qd6+ Kf5 94. Qd7+ Qe6 95. Qd3+ Kg5 96. Qg3+ Qg4 97. Qe5+ Qf5+ 98. Qxf5+ Kxf5 99. Ke2 Qc2+ 100. Kf3 Qd3+ 101. Kf2 Kf4 102. Ke1 Qc2 }
) 66.g6 c2 $2 { 0.00/30 } ( 66...fxg6 { -1.84/25 } 67.Qxg6+ Kd2
{ The endgame database says Black mates on move 106 after 67...Kd4. } 68.Qg2+
Kc1 69.Qg1+ Kc2 70.Qf2+ Qd2 71.Qb6 Kd3 72.Qg6+ Ke3 73.Qg5+ Kxf3 74.Qg4+ Ke3
75.Qg3+ Kd4 76.Qd6+ Kc4 77.Qc6+ Kb4 78.Qb6+ Ka3 79.Qc5+ Kb2 80.Qb6+ Kc1
81.Qg1+ Kc2 82.Qa7 Qd3+ ) 67.gxf7 c1=Q 68.f8=Q Qh1+ 69.Kg3 Qe5+ 70.Qgf4 Qg1+
71.Kh4 Qh1+ 72.Kg3 Qee1+ 73.Kg4 Qhh4+ 74.Kf5 Qh5+ 75.Kf6 Qa1+ 76.Ke6 Qa2+
77.Kf6 Qb2+ 78.Ke6 Qb3+ 79.Kf6 Qb2+ 80.Ke6 Qb3+ 81.Kf6 Qc3+ 82.Ke6 Qg6+
83.Q4f6 Qc6+ 84.Ke7 Qc5+ 85.Ke6 Qc6+ 86.Ke7 Qc7+ 87.Ke6 Qb6+ 88.Ke7 Qc5+
89.Ke6 Qcf5+ 90.Ke7 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2
 
 

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

 

 

OPEN STUDY IN SILENCE AND STRATEGY BY ALAN LASSER

 

 

GM Aleksandr Lenderman simul at NBCC on Jan. 11.  He won all 21.

 

 

 

 

Feb. 1, 2020

West Hartford Chess Camp

and Tournament

 

 

 

LIST OF CHESS CLUBS IN CONNECTICUT

 

 

GM Giri Anish (2747) - GM Bassem Amin (2610), GAME OF THE WEEK

 

ANNUAL WILD SNAIL ISSUE  BY ALAN LASSER

 

 

HAYES GOODMAN WINS 2019 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN

 

NEW CHESS CLUB IN HAMDEN CONNECTICUT

 

GOING BACK IN TIME WITH BOB CYR

 

GAME OF THE WEEK BY ALAN LASSER

 

HOW TO SET YOUR DIGITAL CHESS CLOCK

 

HISTORY OF NEW BRITAIN CHESS CLUB BY BOB CYR

 

 

 

 

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR UPDATES

ConnecticutChess@Gmail.Com

 

2020 MILL BROOK PARK OPEN  APR. 18

 

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News about Connecticut events in 2020 will be posted here as soon as the pieces start moving again. Last year's news can be found here: 2019.

There are several CSCA events coming up:

  1. 2020 CT Girls' Championship will take place on Sunday January 19 at the Play More Chess Academy in Hamden.
  2. 2020 Greenwich City Scholastic Championship & CSCA NNGP Southern Leg will take place on Sunday January 26 at the Greenwich Academy.
  3. 2020 CT Grade Championship will take place on Saturday February 8 at the Roosevelt School in Bridgeport.
  4. CSCA Regional Scholastic Chess Tournament in southern Connecticut on February 29 or March 1 (more details will be announced soon).
  5. CT K-12 State Championship will take place on March 7 at Manchester High School (more details will be announced soon).

For more registration and more information on these and other upcoming chess events in Connecticut please visit our calendar.

 

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