Tactics Time Chess Newsletter: Happy Valentines Day 2016

Published: Sun, 02/14/16

Happy Valentine's Day
White to Move
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This position comes from the game Dean Brown (1530) - Deanna Alter (1728)Round 3 of 2015 Boulder Open Reserve Under 1700.

White to play.

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World Chess Hall of Fame
Congratulations to Grandmasters Gata Kamsky and Maurice Ashley on being inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame! 

I have met both players, and both are class acts, and I am very happy for them both! 
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Double Trouble
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Paul Anderson wrote a hilarious email newsletter, where he posted a picture of himself (as club officer) awarding himself the plaque as winner of the 22nd annual City Speed Championship.  Great stuff Paul, and congrats!

You can sign up for Paul's newsletter at http://cschess.webs.com/
Captain Caveman
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I'm playing in a "thematic" tournament on chess.com featuring the "Caveman Caro Kann".  It is being organized by Joel Johnson.

I had never heard of the Caveman, but I love the name!  One user on chess.com wrote "The Caveman Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4) is a great offbeat way to spice up what could be a boring game following 1.e4 c6."

You can follow the tournament here: https://www.chess.com/tournament/caveman-caro-kahn
Loveland Open
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I am going to be playing in Randy Reynold's Loveland Open next weekend.  My "wing man" Francisco Baltier is coming in from Tucson for a long weekend.  We are going to go skiing on Thursday and Friday at Copper Mountain, then play chess Saturday and Sunday!  Should be fun!  (Logo by Fred Spell)
Answer
Here is the complete game in PGN

[Event "2015 Boulder Open Reserve Under 1700"]
[Site "Flatirons Room, Best Western Plus Boulder Inn, 770 28th St, Boulder, CO 80303"]
[Date "2015.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brown, Dean"]
[Black "Alter, Deanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defense"]
[ECO "B01"]
[NIC "SD.03"]
[Time "3 PM"]
[TimeControl "Game/90 + a 30 second increment"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Nc4 Qb4 12. Nxd6+ Ke7 13. Re1 Qxb2 14. Nd2 Kf8 15. N2c4 Qc3 16. Re3 Qb4 17. Rb1 Qa4 18. Ra3 Qxa3 19. Nxa3 Nd5 20. Bd2 h5 21. Nxb7 h4 22. h3 g5 23. Na5 Bd7 24. c4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Qf3 Rc8 27. Qb7 Ke7 28. Qb4+ Kf6 29. Qd6 Rcg8 30. Qxf4+ Ke7 31. Rb7 Rg6 32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. Qxf7+

1-0

You can play through the game here: https://denverchess.com/games/view/10851


Dean started off the game with a nice tactic, 11. Nc4 winning a piece, then trapped the Black Queen with 17. Rb1 Qa4 18. Ra3 Qxa3 19. Nxa3

Happy Birthday to Dean who celebrated #66 on Feb 11!

Tim Brennan
Happy Tactics and Happy Valentines Day!

Your Friend,
Tim Brennan