Tactics Time Chess Newsletter: Loveland Open 2016

Published: Tue, 02/23/16

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Loveland Open 2016

Hey Brofessor, Are you playing in the Loveland Bropen this weekend? ~ Facebook post by me to Jeffrey Baffo (imitating the hilarious Geico "Brotato Chip" commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvApG7hE82U)


tactics position x
 
 
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his position comes from my game against Alan Wong (unrated) played this past weekend at the Loveland Open, Round 2.
 
   In the position on the right it is Black to move
 
   Answer below.

   This past weekend was the Loveland Open, held at the Larimer County Fairgrounds in Loveland Colorado.

   This is one of the oldest tournaments in Colorado.  

   The tournament is kind of unusual with the sections.

   They are:
  • Open:  Open to all USCF members and unrated.
  • Loveland:  Open to all USCF players rated UNDER 1877 and unrated.
  • Santa Fe:  Open to all USCF players rated UNDER 1610 and unrated.
   The city of Loveland was founded in 1877, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveland,_Colorado
  
   The Santa Fe section is named after that city, which was founded in 1610, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico
 
   You can see the cross table for the tournament here: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201602218142.0-12718954

   There were some really good performances
  • Kathy Schneider took her rating from 978 to 1142 with impressive upset wins over Ann Davies (1562) and George Lombardi (1489).  Nice!
  • Griffin McConnell had a redonkulous performance, playing up a section, and finishing with 3.5 out of 4, a tie for first, with his rating going from 1414 to 1633!
  • Sara Herman also played up, in the Open section, and crossed 1800 for the first time!
  • My wing man Francisco Baltier came in from Tucson and crossed 1700 for the first time, and picked up almost 100 rating points going from 1628 to 1725!   
   There were a lot of new faces, with 4 unrated players, which is great.

   Chris Peterson took clear first in the Open section.  He bought 5 boxes of Girl Scout cookies from me during the tournament (my gf's daughter is in "Daises" and is selling them, and I am helping out), so now we know his secret weapon! :-)

   Shirley Herman was the head TD, with Randy Reynolds organizing and being assistant TD.  Both were house players when needed to help avoid full point byes.

   There were 66 paid entries, which is a great turnout.  It was a lot of fun!


   Here is the complete game:

[Event "Loveland Open"]
[Site "Loveland, CO"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wong, Alan"]
[Black "Brennan, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 a6 2. Nf3 b5 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 d6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O g5 10. h3 g4 11. hxg4 Nxg4 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. Bg3 Qg7 14. Nh2 Ngf6 15.
Bf3 Ne5 16. Bh4 Be7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ng4 O-O-O 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Be2 Rdg8 21.
f4 Ng6 22. Rf2 Nxf4 23. Kf1 Qh4 24. Ke1 Nxg2+ 25. Kd2 Qg5+ 0-1
 
   You can play through this game here: https://denverchess.com/games/view/15622
 
   Answer:

   Black has a mate in three with 24...Nxg2+ 25. Kd2 Qg5+ 26. Rf4 Qxf4# 

   If 25. Kf1 Qh1#

 
   Happy Tactics!
 
   Your Friend,
  Tim
 

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