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The Genesee County Chess Club held our Club Championship
tournament during the five weeks prior to Thanksgiving. The
tournament was a one game per week format with a time control of
G/85. Twenty-one players came to play in the USCF rated
tournament, making it a success once again. Players that did not
participate in the club tournament still came to play each other
as part of our club structure.
For the third time in four years, expert Jack Duncan
was our Champion. He scored four and a half points to finish
ahead of the field. Jeff Aldrich and Oliver
Saylor both scored four points to finish in second and
third place, respectively. Other prize winners were 1st U1800: Jewell
Morris, 1st U1600: Bill Hazzard, 1st
U1400: Tony Wingett, 1st U1200: Pat
Dellinger, 1st U1000: Shawn St. Clair,
and 1st Unrated: Mark Bryngelson. All tournament
results including pictures can be found at our club website: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/genchess.
Here are some interesting games:
Jeff Aldrich (1900)
Jack Duncan (2052)
Round 4
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein (Normal), E48
Notes by Jeff Aldrich
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Bd3 c5
6.Nge2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.0–0 b6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Re1
Not bad, but a little too automatic. Fritz finds a neat little
tactic to win a pawn. 10.Bxf6, removing the key defender of the
e4 and d5-squares. 10...Bxf6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qc2 Re8 (12...h6?
13.Nxd5! and the queen can't take because of the skewer on
e4.) 13.Bxh7+.
10...dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bb7 12.Qc2 Nc6 13.Rad1 Nb4 14.Qb3
Nbd5 15.Nf4 Rc8 16.Bxd5?!
16.Ncxd5 keeps things even.
16...Nxd5 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.d5
If I don't get this in now, Black will be able to blockade the
pawn and it will become a weakness.
18...Qd6 19.dxe6?
Missing the point at the end of the sequence. Time is starting
to become a factor on both sides. In the post-mortem, we looked
extensively at 19.g3 and found many ways for Black to go wrong if
he tries to be aggressive. After a closer look, the simple
19...Nxd5 20.Nfxd5 exd5 21.Nxd5 leaves material even, but Black
has a solid advantage with his bishop aiming at those weak light
squares on the kingside.
19...Qxf4 20.exf7+ Rxf7 21.f3
Going in, I thought I could get away with 21.Rxe7 but missed
that the rook protects the queen coming down on the f-pawn.
21...Qc7 22.Nb5 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 Bd5 24.Qa4 Bc6 0–1
Not an extremely complicated game, but an interesting one,
none the less.
Jack Duncan (2052)
Jewell Morris (1795)
Round 5
Caro-Kann: Panov, B13
Notes by Jeff Aldrich
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.d4 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3
Bg4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nb6 10.d5 Nd4 11.Bb5+ Nxb5
11...Nd7 keeps the centralized knight and the pressure that it
exudes.
12.Nxb5 a6 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Rc1 Rb8
Black has been ignoring his kingside too long already.
16.f4 b5 17.Ne4 Qb7 18.0–0 Nf6 19.Nc5 Qxd5?
And there goes the neighborhood. Black will be forced to
sacrifice material just to untangle the kingside. 19...Qa8 is
ugly but the only salvageable move.
20.Nxa6 Qxb3 21.axb3 Rb7
All other moves lead to mate. i.e. 21...Rd8 22.Nc7+ Kd7
23.Rfd1+ Kc8 24.Na6+ Kb7 25.Rc7+.
22.Rfd1 Nd5
Forced.
23.Rxd5 f6 24.Rc8+ Kf7 25.Rdd8 Rg8 26.Nb8 g5 27.fxg5
h6 28.Nd7 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 hxg5 30.Bc5 Rg6 31.Rb7 f5 32.Rb6 Rg7
33.Rxb5 f4 34.Rbb8 Rg8 35.b4 g4 36.b5 g3 37.Rxf8+ Rxf8 38.Rxf8+
Kxf8 1–0
Kent Hershberger (1777)
Mike Skidmore (1851)
Round 5
Sicilian: Barnes (Russian), B46
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a3
Be7 7.Be3 d6 8.Qd2 Nf6 9.f3 Qc7 10.0–0–0 0–0 11.h4
b5 12.g4 Bb7 13.h5 b4 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.axb4 Rab8 16.g5 Nd7 17.g6
Ne5 18.gxh7+ Kh8 19.h6 g6 20.Bd4 Kxh7 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.Na2 Ba4
23.Qc3 Rbc8 24.Bxa6 Bg5+ 25.Kb1 Qb8 26.Bxc8 Rxc8 27.Qe1 Bxc2+
28.Ka1 Qa7 29.Rd7 Qxa2+ 30.Kxa2 Ra8+ 0–1
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