On the USCF Issues forum one finds this title: "We need 4 EB Candidates for 2009... suggest some?"
The post is written by Theodulf, who goes on to write, "Of course maybe the USCF will go bankrupt in the next year, but we can't count on that, we might survive, and then what?" In reply, our own GCA board member Mulfish writes, in what must be the most incisive post ever: "I'm not sure I could bring myself to vote for anyone who is stupid enough to run." I will second that! Do I hear a third?
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
You just got to play the game
Because of the rain the turnout was sparse for the TNF. One of the dozen players in the first round (including House man, President Parker) was afflicted with a terrible cough. Mr Parker came down to inform the TD, who decided to let play continue when Scott said the youngster should be sent home AFTER the round. Unfortunately, the cough was so loud and frequent that it affected everyone, causing High Plains Vest to drop a rook vs James Stack! Mr Stack, a true gentleman, indeed, offered the Drifter a draw, telling me later that "I did not want to win that way." Because of the gracious way he handled the situation, Mr Stack will receive a free entry to the next TNF, on the House. The parents had to be called to come get the boy who should never had been brought to the House in his condition. It is simply beyond my comprehension that any parent could not see that their son required, at the least, chicken soup and rest, at HOME! The fact that the child was disruptive to everyone in the tournament, and spreading his germs here at the House, is a secondary concern to his health, which should have been paramount!
After beating Bob Peatman in round one, Dr Cano put an end to Pinky Peatman's run at the House in the second round. Mr Stack beat Tianming Liu to move to 1 1/2, as did the Z-Men, Zelman and Zimmerman, who drew each other. Poor Bob Peatman went from the frying pan into the fire by having to face the Drifter. Bob is a great sport and a fine fellow. I wish we had a House full of men just like him!
That brings us to the last round PAIRING! That's right, for the very first time, ever, the house had ONE GAME in the last round. Mr Vest, with White and a half point less, faced Dr Cano. The man from the High Plains won, taking first prize of $22. Dr Cano, and the Z-Men, each with 2 points, won $5 each. It was fitting that the player taking the under prize of $14 was none other than James Stack! James has to work the overnight shift and needs to take a last round bye. The other EIGHT players need to get home early because of school. It is rather obvious that something must be done. We discussed making the TNF a 4 round event, with the first round starting at 6:30. That way the youngsters will be able to play 3 games before having to leave, and late arrivers can take a half point bye in the first round. At least we think there may be more players around for the last round! Please leave your comments. If you read this, please send it to others, asking they consider leaving a comment!
I told you Bob Peatman is a good sport. I asked him if it would be ok to publish this gruesome game on the blog and he gave his approval. I must mention that Bob reads every post! Like I said, I wish I had a House full of Bob...
Bob Peatman (1207) - Orlando Cano (1800) [A02]
1.f4 e5 2.b3 exf4 3.Nh3 Qh4+ 4.Nf2 Nf6 5.d4 Ne4 6.g3 fxg3 7.Nxe4 g2+ 8.Nf2 gxh1Q 0–1
Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia
Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night/Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' "It's all right."A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia/It seems like it's rainin' all over the world/I feel like it's rainin' all over the world
Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night/A distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night/A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia/Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world/I feel like it's rainin' all over the world
How many times I wondered/It still comes out the same/No matter how you look at it or think of it/It's life and you just got to play the game
I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time/Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine/(minor scat) But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia I/feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now And it's rainin' all over theworld
Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?/And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world/You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin'
All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. All lyrics provided for educational purposes only.
After beating Bob Peatman in round one, Dr Cano put an end to Pinky Peatman's run at the House in the second round. Mr Stack beat Tianming Liu to move to 1 1/2, as did the Z-Men, Zelman and Zimmerman, who drew each other. Poor Bob Peatman went from the frying pan into the fire by having to face the Drifter. Bob is a great sport and a fine fellow. I wish we had a House full of men just like him!
That brings us to the last round PAIRING! That's right, for the very first time, ever, the house had ONE GAME in the last round. Mr Vest, with White and a half point less, faced Dr Cano. The man from the High Plains won, taking first prize of $22. Dr Cano, and the Z-Men, each with 2 points, won $5 each. It was fitting that the player taking the under prize of $14 was none other than James Stack! James has to work the overnight shift and needs to take a last round bye. The other EIGHT players need to get home early because of school. It is rather obvious that something must be done. We discussed making the TNF a 4 round event, with the first round starting at 6:30. That way the youngsters will be able to play 3 games before having to leave, and late arrivers can take a half point bye in the first round. At least we think there may be more players around for the last round! Please leave your comments. If you read this, please send it to others, asking they consider leaving a comment!
I told you Bob Peatman is a good sport. I asked him if it would be ok to publish this gruesome game on the blog and he gave his approval. I must mention that Bob reads every post! Like I said, I wish I had a House full of Bob...
Bob Peatman (1207) - Orlando Cano (1800) [A02]
1.f4 e5 2.b3 exf4 3.Nh3 Qh4+ 4.Nf2 Nf6 5.d4 Ne4 6.g3 fxg3 7.Nxe4 g2+ 8.Nf2 gxh1Q 0–1
Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia
Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night/Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' "It's all right."A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia/It seems like it's rainin' all over the world/I feel like it's rainin' all over the world
Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night/A distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night/A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia/Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world/I feel like it's rainin' all over the world
How many times I wondered/It still comes out the same/No matter how you look at it or think of it/It's life and you just got to play the game
I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time/Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine/(minor scat) But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia I/feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now And it's rainin' all over theworld
Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?/And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world/You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin'
All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. All lyrics provided for educational purposes only.
Monday, August 25, 2008
The Last Round
There are two kinds of players who sit down for the last round; those who have something for which to play, and those who simply love to play chess! The oldest player in the field, the wiley ol' vet, Klaus Pohl and the most fortunate, Longshot Larry Johnson, sat down on board one a half point ahead of the competition. Larry had the advantage of having the White pieces, but it was not enough against Life Master Pohl! The Viktor Korchnoi of Southern chess won $156 for his first place finish. His PR of 2321 was reminiscent of halcyon days decades ago! The fact that Klaus won this tournament is an amazing thing. Just this week I received an email from a former state champion in answer to by query concerning his participation in the upcoming Ga Senior. This is his answer: "I have no plans to play any over-the-board tournaments. After 65 the competitive juices are not quite the same." When I watch someone like Klaus, and High Plains Vest, I cannot help but be astonished at their energy level and wonder from where it emanates. Certainly everyone ages differently. All you have to do is look at the PGA Senior tour and you will see that some of the most famous, and best, players in their younger days simply cannot make the cut, while former club pros now compete with the very best. As for myself, the thought of having to play a long game of chess, grabbing some grub and sticking it down my gullet and sitting down at the board again before it has even had a chance to begin being digested is abhorent to me! I actually had a president of a state organization tell me that he did not understand why Seniors could not do it, as high schoolers don't have a problem. HIGH SCHOOLERS, mind you! There have been seven POTUS since I was in HS, with Landslide Lyndon being the last. To expect the same from me as from a young person in high school is shear lunacy! If anyone wants to argue with that, I suggest they they go to: http://www.nhchess.com/ , and check out the clash between the 'Rising Stars' and 'Experience' at the 3rd NH Chess Tournament in the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in the centre of the Dutch capital. The old guys are taking a beating not seen since Fischer vs Taimanov & Larsen! I do wish, though, that they had put more emphasis on the 'Rising' and less on the 'Stars'...
Damir Studen beat Paul Taylor to finish clear second with a score of 4-1, taking $104 from the House. His PR was 2216. Longshot finished clear third, winning $104 as first U2200. Alan Piper, with his win over David Bernat, Wayne Christensen, with his win over Michael Christianson, and Michael Easterwood, who drew with Daniel Gurevich, split the $52 2nd U2200 with their 3-2 score. Gurevich and Paul Taylor each won $78 with the same score as the players above, 3-2. It pays to be lower rated in some chess tournaments!
Carter "Pinky" Peatman put on a show in the U1800, winning his last round game vs Calvin Grier, to run the table, 5-0! He fully deserved his $156 first prize. I must mention that Pinky attended not one, but both summer camps held here at the House by Larry Stanfield and I can't help but think it has helped Mr Peatman immensely! His performance rating for this tournament was close to expert level at 1962! He gained almost one hundred rating points and has moved into a solid class "B" player, for the moment. I have a feeling his will be a temporary stopover there...I've watched as this young man has gotten stronger and stronger. I believe it helps to have a father who takes an interest to the point of actually playing in a few tournaments himself.
Chris Roberts beat Brennan Bukovics in the last round to finish 4-1 and clear second, winning $104. His PR was 1786 and he gained 39 USCF points. Lewis Byrne won over William Day to finish 3-1, as did Brandon Chen, who was given a half point bye in the last round. It doesn't seem fair that they should both win $78, but who said a chess tournament would be fair?
In the U1400 section, the zombie, Thomas Gilbreath beat Keith Sewell to finish with 4 1/2, making his re-entry pay off after losing friday night to Ananth Punyala. The zombie won $156. Gary Loveless drew with the aforementioned Punyala to finish with 3 1/2, as did Alexander Foster, who beat Erick Lorinc in the last round. The three split 2nd in the section, plus first U1200, a total of $208, each taking $69.33 from the House. Mention must be made of Punyala who had a PR of 1603 and gained a whopping 122 rating points! Alexander Foster had a PR of 1334 and gained 117.
A few last round games, and I do mean a few. The only reason I have these is that I asked several of the players to make a copy for me, even though they had given a copy to the representative of the GCA. It would seem that, since I publish the games on the blog almost immediately, while the GCA publishes the games in the magazine several months later, at the earliest, and, as is the case with the latest issue, many months later, it is only logical I have access to the scoresheets in a timely manner, would it not? Funny thing, though, at the last tournament I handed the scoresheets over to the GCA representative, asking only that he send me the games once put into the 'puter and return the scoresheets. I have seen neither, lo' these many months later...
Damir Studen (2171) - Paul Taylor (1920) [D02]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 c5 5.0–0 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bd6 9.Bb2 a6 10.Nbd2 0–0 11.c4 d4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxg3 14.Bxf6 Bxh2+ 15.Kxh2 Qxf6 1–0
Carter Peatman (1589) - Calvin Grier (1664) [B76]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 Bd7 10.h4 Qa5 11.g4 Rfc8 12.Nb3 Qd8 13.h5 Ne5 14.hxg6 Rxc3 15.gxh7+ Kh8 16.bxc3 Nxf3 17.Qf2 Bxg4 18.Be2 Nxe4 19.Qg2 Nxc3 20.Bxf3 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Qc7 23.Qxf7 Rc8 24.Qg6 Qc4 25.Rg1 Qc3 26.Bd4 1–0
Brennan Bukovics (1616) - Chris Roberts (1581) [B53]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 Nf6 9.0–0–0 0–0 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.Bb5 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.h3 Rfc8 14.g4 Qb6 15.e5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Be6 17.f3 a5 18.h4 h5 19.gxh5 Nxh5 20.Qe2 Ng3 21.Qe1 Nxh1 22.Nxg6 Nf2 23.Nxe7+ Kf8 24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.Ba3+ Kg8 26.Na4 Bh6+ 27.Kb1 Qe3 28.Qg1+ Kh7 29.Bc5 Nxd1 30.Bxe3 Nxe3 31.Nc3 Rd8 32.Kb2 Rd2 33.Ne4 Rxc2+ 34.Kb1 Rg2 35.Qe1 Bf5 36.Ka1 Nc2+ 0–1
Brian Klarman (1621)-Samuel Zimmerman (1667)
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 g5 4 h4 g4 5 Ng5 h6 6 Nxf7 Kxf7 7 Qxg4 Nf6 8 Qxf4 Bd6 9 Bc4+ Kg7 10 e5 Bxe5 11 Qf3 d5 12 Bb3 Bg4 13 Qd3 c5 14 Qb5 Bg3+ 15 Kf1 Qe7 0-1
Damir Studen beat Paul Taylor to finish clear second with a score of 4-1, taking $104 from the House. His PR was 2216. Longshot finished clear third, winning $104 as first U2200. Alan Piper, with his win over David Bernat, Wayne Christensen, with his win over Michael Christianson, and Michael Easterwood, who drew with Daniel Gurevich, split the $52 2nd U2200 with their 3-2 score. Gurevich and Paul Taylor each won $78 with the same score as the players above, 3-2. It pays to be lower rated in some chess tournaments!
Carter "Pinky" Peatman put on a show in the U1800, winning his last round game vs Calvin Grier, to run the table, 5-0! He fully deserved his $156 first prize. I must mention that Pinky attended not one, but both summer camps held here at the House by Larry Stanfield and I can't help but think it has helped Mr Peatman immensely! His performance rating for this tournament was close to expert level at 1962! He gained almost one hundred rating points and has moved into a solid class "B" player, for the moment. I have a feeling his will be a temporary stopover there...I've watched as this young man has gotten stronger and stronger. I believe it helps to have a father who takes an interest to the point of actually playing in a few tournaments himself.
Chris Roberts beat Brennan Bukovics in the last round to finish 4-1 and clear second, winning $104. His PR was 1786 and he gained 39 USCF points. Lewis Byrne won over William Day to finish 3-1, as did Brandon Chen, who was given a half point bye in the last round. It doesn't seem fair that they should both win $78, but who said a chess tournament would be fair?
In the U1400 section, the zombie, Thomas Gilbreath beat Keith Sewell to finish with 4 1/2, making his re-entry pay off after losing friday night to Ananth Punyala. The zombie won $156. Gary Loveless drew with the aforementioned Punyala to finish with 3 1/2, as did Alexander Foster, who beat Erick Lorinc in the last round. The three split 2nd in the section, plus first U1200, a total of $208, each taking $69.33 from the House. Mention must be made of Punyala who had a PR of 1603 and gained a whopping 122 rating points! Alexander Foster had a PR of 1334 and gained 117.
A few last round games, and I do mean a few. The only reason I have these is that I asked several of the players to make a copy for me, even though they had given a copy to the representative of the GCA. It would seem that, since I publish the games on the blog almost immediately, while the GCA publishes the games in the magazine several months later, at the earliest, and, as is the case with the latest issue, many months later, it is only logical I have access to the scoresheets in a timely manner, would it not? Funny thing, though, at the last tournament I handed the scoresheets over to the GCA representative, asking only that he send me the games once put into the 'puter and return the scoresheets. I have seen neither, lo' these many months later...
Damir Studen (2171) - Paul Taylor (1920) [D02]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 c5 5.0–0 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bd6 9.Bb2 a6 10.Nbd2 0–0 11.c4 d4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxg3 14.Bxf6 Bxh2+ 15.Kxh2 Qxf6 1–0
Carter Peatman (1589) - Calvin Grier (1664) [B76]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 Bd7 10.h4 Qa5 11.g4 Rfc8 12.Nb3 Qd8 13.h5 Ne5 14.hxg6 Rxc3 15.gxh7+ Kh8 16.bxc3 Nxf3 17.Qf2 Bxg4 18.Be2 Nxe4 19.Qg2 Nxc3 20.Bxf3 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Qc7 23.Qxf7 Rc8 24.Qg6 Qc4 25.Rg1 Qc3 26.Bd4 1–0
Brennan Bukovics (1616) - Chris Roberts (1581) [B53]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 Nf6 9.0–0–0 0–0 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.Bb5 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.h3 Rfc8 14.g4 Qb6 15.e5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Be6 17.f3 a5 18.h4 h5 19.gxh5 Nxh5 20.Qe2 Ng3 21.Qe1 Nxh1 22.Nxg6 Nf2 23.Nxe7+ Kf8 24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.Ba3+ Kg8 26.Na4 Bh6+ 27.Kb1 Qe3 28.Qg1+ Kh7 29.Bc5 Nxd1 30.Bxe3 Nxe3 31.Nc3 Rd8 32.Kb2 Rd2 33.Ne4 Rxc2+ 34.Kb1 Rg2 35.Qe1 Bf5 36.Ka1 Nc2+ 0–1
Brian Klarman (1621)-Samuel Zimmerman (1667)
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 g5 4 h4 g4 5 Ng5 h6 6 Nxf7 Kxf7 7 Qxg4 Nf6 8 Qxf4 Bd6 9 Bc4+ Kg7 10 e5 Bxe5 11 Qf3 d5 12 Bb3 Bg4 13 Qd3 c5 14 Qb5 Bg3+ 15 Kf1 Qe7 0-1
Penultimate round
The first three rounds are played in hopes of being in position on Sunday morning to have a meaningful game. The fourth round is played in hopes of being in position to have a money game in the last round.
In the Open section Klaus Pohl drew with his main rival, The Stud on the top board, while Longshot Larry continued his amazing tournament by hitting the Pipe! That left Longshot with 3 1/2 and a shot at first place! Paul Taylor beat Wayne Christensen to move to 3-1, while Daniel Gurevich took out Hartley Chiang, who then withdrew, to move to 2 1/2, and Michael Easterwood beat Luke Hellwig to also have 2 1/2 points.
In the U1800 section Carter Peatman moved to 4-0 with his win over Brennan Bukovics. Calvin Grier beat John Lewis and Chris Roberts beat Lewis Byrne, both moving to 3-1.
In the U1400 section, the zombie, Thomas Gilbreath beat Alexander Foster, giving him 3 1/2 points. Gary Loveless beat Rishi Bagga to move to 3-1.
In the aftermath of the tournament I found a dearth of games from rounds 3 and 4. Either scoresheets were not turned in or they sprouted legs and walked outta the House! It will be curious to see if any games from those rounds appear in the long overdue state magazine...How overdue is it? The High Plains Drifter came into the House last week with a copy of the last issue of the award winning GEORGIA CHESS, saying, "I've got a copy of the last issue of GEORGIA CHESS ever published!" Thinking he had some info to which I was not privy, possible having heard that the GCA was planning on publishing the magazine exclusively on the internet, like many other states, I took the bait, asking him what he had heard. He grinned, saying he had heard nothing, but the magazine is so late that it sure looked like this would be the last issue! Come back, Woolf, come back!
This is the only game the House has for the fourth round:
Klaus Pohl (2202) - Damir Studen (2171) [B01]
1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Bf5 4.Ng3 Bg6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0–0 Nbd7 8.d4 Bd6 9.Qe2 0–0 10.Ne5 c5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Bxc5 Bxc5 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Rad8 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.b3 Rd2 20.Be2 Rd4 21.Qf3 Qc7 22.Rd1 Qd7 23.Rd3 Rxd3 24.Qxd3 Qc7 ½–½
In the Open section Klaus Pohl drew with his main rival, The Stud on the top board, while Longshot Larry continued his amazing tournament by hitting the Pipe! That left Longshot with 3 1/2 and a shot at first place! Paul Taylor beat Wayne Christensen to move to 3-1, while Daniel Gurevich took out Hartley Chiang, who then withdrew, to move to 2 1/2, and Michael Easterwood beat Luke Hellwig to also have 2 1/2 points.
In the U1800 section Carter Peatman moved to 4-0 with his win over Brennan Bukovics. Calvin Grier beat John Lewis and Chris Roberts beat Lewis Byrne, both moving to 3-1.
In the U1400 section, the zombie, Thomas Gilbreath beat Alexander Foster, giving him 3 1/2 points. Gary Loveless beat Rishi Bagga to move to 3-1.
In the aftermath of the tournament I found a dearth of games from rounds 3 and 4. Either scoresheets were not turned in or they sprouted legs and walked outta the House! It will be curious to see if any games from those rounds appear in the long overdue state magazine...How overdue is it? The High Plains Drifter came into the House last week with a copy of the last issue of the award winning GEORGIA CHESS, saying, "I've got a copy of the last issue of GEORGIA CHESS ever published!" Thinking he had some info to which I was not privy, possible having heard that the GCA was planning on publishing the magazine exclusively on the internet, like many other states, I took the bait, asking him what he had heard. He grinned, saying he had heard nothing, but the magazine is so late that it sure looked like this would be the last issue! Come back, Woolf, come back!
This is the only game the House has for the fourth round:
Klaus Pohl (2202) - Damir Studen (2171) [B01]
1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Bf5 4.Ng3 Bg6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0–0 Nbd7 8.d4 Bd6 9.Qe2 0–0 10.Ne5 c5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Bxc5 Bxc5 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Rad8 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.b3 Rd2 20.Be2 Rd4 21.Qf3 Qc7 22.Rd1 Qd7 23.Rd3 Rxd3 24.Qxd3 Qc7 ½–½
Sunday, August 24, 2008
At the Turn
After 3 rounds at the ACCC, the Victor Korchnoi of Southern Chess, Klaus Pohl has a half point lead after winning all his games. He continues to amaze. The Stud and Longshot Larry are a half point behind, as Damir beat Hartley Chiang, while Longshot came down and actually wrote down the result as a loss for himself, telling the House that he would withdraw after his opponent, Chris Wiley, played the winning move. When Mr Wiley did not make the killer move, a Longshot came in, as Larry went on to win the game!
In the U1800 section, Pinky Peatman took out top-seed John Lewis to move to 3-0. Brennen Bukovics beat the :Loose Cannon", Richard De Credico and is a half point behind. Lewis Byrne (1577) beat Reece Thompson (1413), while Christopher "Robin" Roberts (Thinking of the HOF pitcher), beat the zombie, James Stack, both moving to 2-1.
The zombie Thomas Gilbreath beat Gary Mathew Loveless to move to 2 1/2 along with Alexander Foster (1053). Keith Sewell (1065) beat Tim Staley (1002) and Erick Lorinc left Robert Rieves (1272) doing the goose egg shuffle, with both moving to 2-1.
In the U1800 section, Pinky Peatman took out top-seed John Lewis to move to 3-0. Brennen Bukovics beat the :Loose Cannon", Richard De Credico and is a half point behind. Lewis Byrne (1577) beat Reece Thompson (1413), while Christopher "Robin" Roberts (Thinking of the HOF pitcher), beat the zombie, James Stack, both moving to 2-1.
The zombie Thomas Gilbreath beat Gary Mathew Loveless to move to 2 1/2 along with Alexander Foster (1053). Keith Sewell (1065) beat Tim Staley (1002) and Erick Lorinc left Robert Rieves (1272) doing the goose egg shuffle, with both moving to 2-1.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
ACC Championship
A total of 45 players are here for the ACCC, with 2 deciding to become "zombies" making a total of 47. Even Klaus Pohl showed up, coming with Wayne Christensen, who won over a grand at the Southern Open last weekend. Klaus had called earlier to inform the House he was NOT coming, saying he refused to "subsidize" the lower rated players. Obviously his love of playing the game took precedence...One of the players in the open section complained vociferously about the players in the lower section having the same top prize as the open section, even though the top section had more players. One can listen, commiserate and empathize only so long before having to suggest, strongly, that the complainer either make a phone call, or send an email, to the organizer! Speaking of the impresario, he called today, the first time the House has heard from him since being informed of the case of food poisoning he contracted after the Southern Open. He is hating life about now, as he was supposed to be in D.C. for the 40th annual Atlantic Open. Although he sounded ok, he still has to go back to an out patient care facility for a check-up, the first time I've ever heard of that. Seems his lovely wife, Janet, has also been afflicted. The House wishes them a speedy recovery. After 2 rounds the top-rated Klaus, and #9 seed, Paul Taylor have the only perfect scores. The Stud, Hartley Chiang, Longshot Larry Johnson, and Chris Wiley are a half point behind.
In the Under 1800 section, top-rated John Lewis (1737) and Pinky Peatman (1589) are both 2-0, followed by Calvin Grier (1664), Richard "Live Wire" De Credico (1646), Brennen Bukovics (1616), and Reece Thompson(1413), each with 1 1/2 points.
The thing that jumps out at you from the Under 1400 section is all the half point byes, especially in the third round. There are 13 players and one zombie and five, count 'em, FIVE byes for the Sat nite round!. Along with the 3 half point byes in the U1800 section and the one in the Open section, that makes a total of 9, that's NINE, players NOT playing in the Saturday night round! That is 20% of the field. There has to ba a reason, and I believe it is that the third round must finish, and thereby start, much earlier. The House is not getting enough players for the Friday night round to justify an optional first round, and it is having too many players take a half pint bye in the third round on Saturday night. One option that comes to mind is to have a four round tournament, with rounds from 10-2 and 3-7. Please leave comments! In all, there are NINE half point byes awarded, only one of which is in the last round, fortunately.
Once again, the top-rated player, Gary Loveless (1379) is 2-0, along with Ananth Punyala (1073). The zombie, Thomas Gilbreath, Rishi Bagga, and Alexander Foster each have 1 1/2 points.
Brian Klarman (1621) - Paul Taylor (1920) [C39] Rd 1
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Be7 7.Qf3 Bxh4+ 8.Nf2 Bg3 9.d3 Qg5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Rh5 Qf6 12.c3 Ne5 13.Rxe5+ dxe5 14.Kf1 h5 15.Na3 Bg4 0–1
Paul Taylor (1930) - Alan Piper (2098) [C02] Rd 2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Qb6 8.Bc2 Nb4 9.Nc3 Nxc2+ 10.Qxc2 Rc8 11.0–0 Ne7 12.Be3 Nf5 13.Qd2 Be7 14.Rab1 a5 15.Rfd1 0–0 16.g4 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Rc4 18.h4 Rfc8 19.g5 a4 20.h5 Qa5 21.Ne2 Bb5 22.g6 fxg6 23.hxg6 h6 24.Ng3 Qa6 25.Kg2 a3 26.Rh1 axb2 27.Rxb2 Rc3 28.Qd2 Ra3 29.Nh5 Bf8 30.Nf6+ gxf6 31.exf6 Rxf3 32.Kxf3 Be8 33.g7 Bg6 34.Kg2 Ba3 35.Rxh6 Kf7 36.Qg5 Be4+ 37.Kh2 Bd6+ 38.f4 e5 39.Qh5+ Ke6 40.f7+ Kd7 41.g8Q exf4 42.Qhg4+ Ke7 43.Qe6# 1–0
In the Under 1800 section, top-rated John Lewis (1737) and Pinky Peatman (1589) are both 2-0, followed by Calvin Grier (1664), Richard "Live Wire" De Credico (1646), Brennen Bukovics (1616), and Reece Thompson(1413), each with 1 1/2 points.
The thing that jumps out at you from the Under 1400 section is all the half point byes, especially in the third round. There are 13 players and one zombie and five, count 'em, FIVE byes for the Sat nite round!. Along with the 3 half point byes in the U1800 section and the one in the Open section, that makes a total of 9, that's NINE, players NOT playing in the Saturday night round! That is 20% of the field. There has to ba a reason, and I believe it is that the third round must finish, and thereby start, much earlier. The House is not getting enough players for the Friday night round to justify an optional first round, and it is having too many players take a half pint bye in the third round on Saturday night. One option that comes to mind is to have a four round tournament, with rounds from 10-2 and 3-7. Please leave comments! In all, there are NINE half point byes awarded, only one of which is in the last round, fortunately.
Once again, the top-rated player, Gary Loveless (1379) is 2-0, along with Ananth Punyala (1073). The zombie, Thomas Gilbreath, Rishi Bagga, and Alexander Foster each have 1 1/2 points.
Brian Klarman (1621) - Paul Taylor (1920) [C39] Rd 1
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Be7 7.Qf3 Bxh4+ 8.Nf2 Bg3 9.d3 Qg5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Rh5 Qf6 12.c3 Ne5 13.Rxe5+ dxe5 14.Kf1 h5 15.Na3 Bg4 0–1
Paul Taylor (1930) - Alan Piper (2098) [C02] Rd 2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Qb6 8.Bc2 Nb4 9.Nc3 Nxc2+ 10.Qxc2 Rc8 11.0–0 Ne7 12.Be3 Nf5 13.Qd2 Be7 14.Rab1 a5 15.Rfd1 0–0 16.g4 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Rc4 18.h4 Rfc8 19.g5 a4 20.h5 Qa5 21.Ne2 Bb5 22.g6 fxg6 23.hxg6 h6 24.Ng3 Qa6 25.Kg2 a3 26.Rh1 axb2 27.Rxb2 Rc3 28.Qd2 Ra3 29.Nh5 Bf8 30.Nf6+ gxf6 31.exf6 Rxf3 32.Kxf3 Be8 33.g7 Bg6 34.Kg2 Ba3 35.Rxh6 Kf7 36.Qg5 Be4+ 37.Kh2 Bd6+ 38.f4 e5 39.Qh5+ Ke6 40.f7+ Kd7 41.g8Q exf4 42.Qhg4+ Ke7 43.Qe6# 1–0
Friday, August 22, 2008
ACC Championship
Open
Studen (2171) 1/2 Hellwig (1915)
G. Narula (1757) 0-1 Chiang (2082)
L. Johnson (2033) 1/2 Zimmerman (1667)
U1800
C. Peatman (1589) 1-0 Day (1431)
B. Chen (1363) 1-0 Stack (1570)
U1400
Foster (1053) 1-0 T. Staley(1002)
L Johnson (2033) - Zimmerman (1667) [C30]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 h6 6.d3 Bg4 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Bxd4 10.Qe2 Qh4+ 11.Kd1 Qh3 12.Rf1 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxh2 15.Qb5+ c6 16.Qxb7 Rd8 17.Qxc6+ Rd7 18.Rb1 d5 19.Rb7 Qh3 20.Qxd7+ Qxd7 21.Rxd7 Kxd7 22.exd5 Nf6 23.c4 Rc8 24.Kd2 Rxc4 25.Kd3 Ra4 ½–½
Gautam Narula (1757) - Hartley Chaing (2082) [E97]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Ne8 13.a5 bxa5 14.Rxa5 Rxa5 15.Bxa5 f5 16.Nd2 Kh8 17.f3 Bh6 18.Nb3 Ng8 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nxc5 Be3+ 21.Kh1 Bxc5 22.Qb3 Bd6 23.Rc1 Bd7 24.Bd3 Qg5 25.Ne2 Ngf6 26.Re1 fxe4 27.Bxe4 Nxe4 28.fxe4 Nf6 29.Ng3 Ng4 30.Qc2 Qh4 0–1
Studen (2171) 1/2 Hellwig (1915)
G. Narula (1757) 0-1 Chiang (2082)
L. Johnson (2033) 1/2 Zimmerman (1667)
U1800
C. Peatman (1589) 1-0 Day (1431)
B. Chen (1363) 1-0 Stack (1570)
U1400
Foster (1053) 1-0 T. Staley(1002)
L Johnson (2033) - Zimmerman (1667) [C30]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 h6 6.d3 Bg4 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Bxd4 10.Qe2 Qh4+ 11.Kd1 Qh3 12.Rf1 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxh2 15.Qb5+ c6 16.Qxb7 Rd8 17.Qxc6+ Rd7 18.Rb1 d5 19.Rb7 Qh3 20.Qxd7+ Qxd7 21.Rxd7 Kxd7 22.exd5 Nf6 23.c4 Rc8 24.Kd2 Rxc4 25.Kd3 Ra4 ½–½
Gautam Narula (1757) - Hartley Chaing (2082) [E97]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Ne8 13.a5 bxa5 14.Rxa5 Rxa5 15.Bxa5 f5 16.Nd2 Kh8 17.f3 Bh6 18.Nb3 Ng8 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nxc5 Be3+ 21.Kh1 Bxc5 22.Qb3 Bd6 23.Rc1 Bd7 24.Bd3 Qg5 25.Ne2 Ngf6 26.Re1 fxe4 27.Bxe4 Nxe4 28.fxe4 Nf6 29.Ng3 Ng4 30.Qc2 Qh4 0–1
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