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Volume 41, Number 2
COLORADO STATE CHESS ASSOCIATION
April 2014 / $3.00
COLORADO CHESS INFORMANT
Another Successful
Loveland Open Tournament
Volume 41, Number 2
Colorado Chess Informant
April 2014
From the Editor
S
o in October of this year the 55th Annual U.S. Armed Forces
The
Colorado State Chess Association, Inc.,
is a Section 501
(C)(3) tax exempt, non-profit educational corporation formed
to promote chess in Colorado. Contributions are tax deducti-
ble.
Dues are $15 a year or $5 a tournament. Youth (under 21) and
Senior (65 or older) memberships are $10. Family member-
ships are available to additional family members for $3 off the
regular dues.
Send address changes and memberships to
Joe Haines.
Send pay renewals to
Richard Buchanan.
See back cover for EZ renewal form.
The
Colorado Chess Informant
(CCI) is the official publica-
tion of the CSCA, published four times a year in January,
April, July and October.
Articles in the CCI
do not
necessarily reflect the views of the
CSCA Board of Directors or its membership.
CSCA Board of Directors
President:
Randy Reynolds
randy_teyana@msn.com
Vice President:
Brad Lundstrom
chesscoach2014@gmail.com
Secretary:
Joe Haines
joehaines@comcast.net
Treasurer:
Richard “Buck” Buchanan
buckpeace@pcisys.net
Junior Representative:
Jackson Chen
tiger2chen@gmail.com
Members at Large:
Zachary Bekkedahl
info@chessmatesfc.com
Alexander Freeman
alf8892@hotmail.com
CSCA Appointees
USCF Delegate:
Richard “Buck” Buchanan
buckpeace@pcisys.net
Alternate:
Dean Brown
navajo36us80917@comcast.net
Open Chess Championship will be coming to the U.S. Air Force
Academy. I believe that this will be the first time this tournament
will be played in Colorado. Generally it is held in the Washing-
ton, D.C. area so this is a wonderful development for Colorado
chess. Congrats to all who were involved in bringing this prestig-
ious event to our state. For more information, you can view the
advertisement on page 25.
Events like the Armed Forces Championship just reinforce all
the appreciated hard work of tournament organizers and direc-
tors that we have in this state. We certainly have an excellent
selection of tournaments in which to choose from when it comes
to playing chess in Colorado.
It also comes down to the input of the players. When players
show up to compete they also might have a suggestion or two for
the organizer and/or tournament director on how to improve
playing conditions. For myself this is always welcomed. A little
constructive criticism can make a difference and improve the
overall chess experience for not only us grizzled veterans but it
can also leave a good lasting impression on new players, who
might enjoy the experience so much that they will return again
and again.
May Caissa be with you.
Fred Eric Spell
k
In This Issue
3. The President Speaks
Email to the Editor
4. A Surreal Landscape
8. 2014 Colorado Springs Open
14. 2013 Winter Springs Open
20. The Dance of War
21. The King
22. Tactics Time!
24. 2013-2014 Colorado Tour Standings
26. Clearing a Path to the King Problems
28. The Pawn
30. Colorado Chess Club Directory
31. Upcoming Colorado Tournaments
36. The Colorado Springs Chess Center
Joe Fromme, Jr.
Randy S. Reynolds
Fred Eric Spell
Richard “Buck” Buchanan
Richard “Buck” Buchanan
Tana Lorenz
Paul Anderson
Tim Brennan
Jackson Chen
NM Todd Bardwick
Paul Anderson
CCI Editor:
Fred Eric Spell
spellfe@hotmail.com
Colorado Chess Tour:
Jackson Chen
tiger2chen@gmail.com
Correspondence Chess:
Klaus Johnson
csaemailcc@gmail.com
Scholastic Chess:
Zachary Bekkedahl
info@chessmatesfc.com
Webmaster & Tournament
Clearinghouse:
Rick Nelson
rick@ramdesigns.com
Informant Article Submission Deadlines:
January Issue - December 1
April Issue - March 1
July Issue - June 1
October Issue - September 1
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© 2014
On the cover:
Top boards in the Open Section during
Round 3 of the Loveland Open with Robert Cousins
(with the Black pieces) taking on Chris Peterson in the
foreground (Chris went on to win the game).
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Volume 41, Number 2
Colorado Chess Informant
April 2014
President’s Message
O
ne of my favorite chess tournaments to watch is the State Scholastic Championships, and this year was certainly no exception. We
had 215 players this year, with a good chunk of them coming from Wyoming’s Poder Academy to help fill out our sections. The
unrated K-1 section also had good attendance as well. Nabil Spann will be representing our state at the Denker tournament and Ryan
Swerdlin will be representing us at the Barber tournament of K-8 champions. Congratulations and good luck to both of them! In ad-
dition to my responsibilities as tournament director, I also got to do the commentary during round 3, which is always fun, despite my
relative inexperience amongst other more seasoned commentators like Todd Bardwick and Brad Lundstrom. The kids seemed to
have a great time that weekend playing chess. Thanks to Zach Bekkedahl for taking over the reins of scholastic organizer from Tom
Nelson and putting on a great event! We look forward to more just like it!
The Colorado Closed invitations have gone out, and soon we’ll have a list of the participants. It promises, as always, to be a great
event. Hopefully by this time, we’ll have online registration, as the event will be held concurrently with the Senior Open. We’ve got
a great room at the University of Colorado Boulder campus and hope to have a great tournament out there. And don’t forget the
Class Championships coming up at the end of May as well! Lots of great events on the horizon!
We have a diverse group of chess players here in Colorado. This serves as a boon at times; since it allows so many different styles
and approaches to chess to all face each other over the chessboard. Of course, the diversity can also serve as a hindrance when we
fail to respect our differences. Just like the pieces we move over the chessboard, each of us has a unique part to play in our organiza-
tion, and it takes all of our strengths working together to achieve our common goal, to promote chess in our great state. I hope we
will all find ways that we can contribute to our vibrant chess community.
Randy S. Reynolds
k
Email to the Editor
I
have worked behind the scenes for
about two years to start an official
Colorado Chess Hall of Fame.
I was invited to the January 18
th
2014
CSCA Board meeting to brief my ide-
as, which had been discussed in board
meetings two times already (the reason
I am saying this is to reinforce that this
wasn’t a new concept). I received nu-
merous questions from one board
member and when the board seemed to be ready to vote up or
down on my proposal, there were more questions and a lateral
move to put off a vote by the board.
I had briefed an overview of the general plan seeking the
Board’s ok to proceed forward and put specifics in place. The
questioner wanted a highly detailed plan prior to allowing the
board to either ok or deny the plan to have the Colorado Chess
Hall of Fame’s first inductions at the 2014 Colorado Open.
I sent a highly detailed plan to the board.
It has been 66 days since I stood before the board, answering
their questions. I have heard nothing officially from them. I will
say loud and clear that it is evident that something or someone is
holding up the approval or denial of this project. Having lost
over two months of valuable time will adversely affect putting
together the required committees to move this worthwhile pro-
ject forward without bias or politics.
Since this is a big project that requires a lot of work and time to
do properly and it is evident that the CSCA board is unwilling to
move forward because of bias or politics; I have decided to post-
pone the project for 2014. I will discuss the project with the next
board or establish an independent unbiased group to establish
the
Colorado Chess Hall of Fame.
Paul Covington
k
www.ColoradoChess.com
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Volume 41, Number 2
Colorado Chess Informant
8.Qxd4 0–0 9.0–0 d6 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Qd2
Ne5 12.b3 Nd7 13.Bb2 Rb8 14.Nd5 b6
15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qd4+ Kg8 17.Qe3 Re8
18.Qh6 Bb7 19.Rac1 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Rc8
21.Bh3 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 e6 23.dxe6 fxe6
24.Qe3 Nf8 25.Qc3 Qd7 26.Qc7 Re7
27.Qxd7 Rxd7 28.Rc8 Kf7 29.e4 d5
30.exd5 Rxd5 31.Rc7+ Rd7 32.Rxd7+
Nxd7 33.f4 Ke7 34.Kf2 e5 35.Kf3 exf4
36.Bxd7 Kxd7
(36...fxg3)
37.Kxf4 Ke6
38.Ke4 h6 39.g4 Kd6 40.h3 Ke6 41.h4
Kf6 42.Kd5 h5 43.gxh5 gxh5 44.Kc6 Kf5
45.Kb7 Kg4 46.Kxa7 Kxh4 47.Kxb6 Kg4
48.a4 h4 49.a5 h3 50.a6 h2 51.a7 h1Q
52.b4 Qa8 53.b5 Kf5 54.Ka6 Qc8+
55.Ka5 Ke5 56.b6 Kd5 57.Kb5 Qb7
58.Ka5 Kc4 0–1
Daniel Herman
(1669)
Pierre Julien
(1786)
1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3
Nf6 6.Bd3 h6 7.Ne5 Bd6 8.Nd2 cxd4
9.exd4 Qc7 10.Ndf3 Nd7 11.Qe2 Ndxe5
12.dxe5 Bc5 13.0–0 a6 14.Rac1 Bd7
15.c4 d4 16.a3 a5 17.Nd2 f5 18.Qh5+
Ke7 19.Rfe1 Rag8 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.e6
Qxf4 22.Qf7+ 1–0
Shirley Herman
(1000)
Herbert Conley
(1398)
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 Nh5
5.Bg3 f5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne5 Nxg3 8.hxg3
Nxe5 9.dxe5 Qg5 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Nd2
Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 0–0 13.0–0–0 c6 14.Rh4
April 2014
Bd7 15.Rdh1 h6 16.R1h3 Be8 17.f4 Qe7
18.g4 dxc4 19.Bxc4 fxg4 20.Rxg4 Kh8
21.g3 h5 22.Rgh4 g5 23.Rg4 Bg6
24.Rxg5 Kh7 25.Bd3 1–0
Yuval Laor
(2020)
Victor Huang
(1902)
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7
5.Nf3 c5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Bxd4
dxe5 9.Bxe5 f6 10.Bd4 0–0 11.Bc4+ Kh8
12.Qe2 Nc6 13.0–0–0 e5 14.Bc5 exf4
15.Bxf8 Qxf8 16.Nd5 Nde5 17.Nxf4 Bh6
18.g3 Nxf3 19.Qxf3 g5 20.Qh5 gxf4
21.Rhe1 Ne5 22.Qxh6 Qxh6 23.Rd8+
Qf8 24.Rxf8+ Kg7 25.Rg8+ Kh6 26.Be6
Bxe6 27.Rxa8 f3 28.Rf1 Bh3 29.Rf2 Bg2
30.h3 Bxh3 31.Rh2 Kg5 32.Rg8+ Ng6
33.Rxh3 f2 34.Rh1 Kg4 35.Kd2 Kf3
36.Rf1 Ne5 37.b3 h5 38.Rh8 Nc6
39.Rxh5 Kg2 40.Rxf2+ Kxf2 41.Rf5+
Kxg3 42.Rxf6 1–0
Ryan Swerdlin
(2087)
Ron Rossi
(1883)
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Be7
5.Nf3 0–0 6.Nc3 d5 7.e3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Qc7
9.Qc2 Nb6 10.b3 Bg4 11.Bb2 Bxf3
12.Bxf3 d4 13.exd4 exd4 14.Ne2 c5
15.b4 Rad8 16.bxc5 Bxc5 17.Bc1 h6
18.Rb1 Qd7 19.Rb5 Rc8 20.Bd2 Nbd5
21.Qb3 Nc3 22.Bxc3 dxc3 23.Qxc3 b6
24.d4 Bd6 25.Qd3 Rfe8 26.Rd1 Qh3
27.Bg2 Qe6 28.Rb2 Qxc4 29.Qxc4 Rxc4
�½–�½
A Surreal
Landscape
by Fred Eric Spell
S
o for the second day of the
Loveland
Open,
Joe Fromme and I decided to travel
up to Loveland for this tournament. For
myself I was looking to get some pictures
for this issue of the
Informant
and to ask
Tournament Director Randy Reynolds if
he would be kind enough to submit some
game scores, which he did (thank you
Randy!). Joe was looking to check out the
scene and hoping to get his copy of
Tac-
tics Time
autographed by the authors
Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan. Usually
Tim plays in tournaments like this but
had other commitments that weekend and
could not make it. Fortunately for Joe,
Anthea was playing and was more than
happy to oblige him with an autograph.
The trip up there was uneventful and we
arrived in a reasonable amount of time.
What struck me though was the weather.
Now as we Coloradans know, our beauti-
ful state is renowned for its micro-
climates and this day was no exception.
When Joe and I left my home in Monu-
ment it was slightly cloudy but still a nice
day. By the time we arrived in Loveland a
severe frost had covered the trees and the
ground, with low lying clouds sitting
right on top of the venue. Visibility was
not very good so one had an impression
of a dream like state of mind.
The tournament was well attended and
Randy did his usual excellent job direct-
ing. Congrats goes out to the winners;
Chris Peterson in the Open Section, Barry
Hepsley in the Loveland Section and in a
tie, both Tim Kohler and Isaac Smith took
the Santa Fe Section.
Thank you Randy for allowing me to take
a few pics and for sending some games to
me. Joe would like to thank Anthea once
again for taking the time to sit down with
him and autograph his copy of
Tactics
Time.
Now, he just needs to track down
Tim and see if he can get his autograph as
well.
Ken Doykos
(1803)
Barry Hepsley
(1722)
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6
5.Nc3 Bg7 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4
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Xiang Huang squaring off against Gene Lucas in Round 3 action. (A win for Gene.)
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April 2014
37.Qe3 Bf7 38.Qf4 Qxf4 39.Rxf4 Bg8
40.Rxb4 Rxa2 41.Rd2 Ra1 42.Kf2 Rb1
43.Rb6 d4 44.Rxd4 Rxb3 45.Rxb3 Bxb3
46.Rd6 Re6 47.Rxe6 Bxe6 48.Ng3 g6
49.Ke3 Kg7 50.Ne4 Bd7 51.Kd4 Be6
52.Ke5 Bf7 53.f4 h5 54.h3 Bc4 55.g4
hxg4 56.hxg4 Be2 57.g5 Bg4 58.Nd6
Bd7 59.Nb7 Bf5 60.Nd8 Bg4 �½–�½
Gene Lucas
(1598)
Xiang Huang
(1477)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6
5.e3 0–0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0–0 e5 8.Re1 h6
9.b3 Nh7 10.Bb2 f5 11.dxe5 dxe5
12.Qd5+ Kh8 13.Red1 e4 14.Ne1 Qg5
15.Qd2 c6 16.f3 exf3 17.Nxf3 Qe7
18.Na4 Ng5 19.Bxg7+ Kxg7 20.Qd4+
Kh7 21.Nxg5+ Qxg5 22.Nc5 Nxc5
23.Qxc5 Re8 24.Rd3 Qf6 25.Rad1 f4
26.Rd6 Qf7 27.Bd3 Re6 28.Rxe6 Bxe6
29.exf4 Qxf4 30.Rf1 Qc7 31.Rf6 Bf7
32.Qf2 Kg7 33.Qd4 Kh7 34.Rd6 Rg8
35.Rd7 c5 36.Rxc7 cxd4 37.Rxb7 Kg7
38.Rxa7 Kf6 39.Ra5 Re8 40.Kf2 Re3
41.Be2 Rc3 42.Bf3 Rc2+ 43.Ke1 g5
44.Be4 Rb2 45.c5 Bg6 46.Bxg6 Kxg6
47.Ra4 Rxg2 48.c6 d3 49.c7 Re2+
50.Kd1 Rc2 51.Rc4 Rxa2 52.c8Q Rxh2
53.Qc6+ 1–0
Yuval Laor
(2020)
Chris Peterson
(2174)
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5
5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bc4 e6 8.0–0 Be7
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5
12.dxe5 Qa5 13.Qb3 0–0 14.Re1 a6
15.Bf4 b5 16.Bd3 Bb7 17.Re3 g6 18.Bh6
Rfd8 19.Qc2 Qc7 20.Rae1 Rd7 21.Rg3
Bf8 22.Qd2 Bxh6 23.Qxh6 Qxc3 24.Rd1
Qxe5 25.h4 Rd5 26.Re3 Qh5 27.Qxh5
Rxh5 28.g3 Rd8 0–1
Matthew Miller
(1543)
Isaac Smith
(1480)
1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bb5 f6 5.Nf3
e6 6.0–0 fxe5 7.Nxe5 Nge7 8.Bg5 Qd6
9.c3 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Nxc6 Nxc6 12.Bc2
Be7 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Re1 0–0 15.Bxe7
Nxe7 16.Nd2 Ng6 17.Nb3 b4 18.Nc5
bxc3 19.bxc3 Rfe8 20.Qf3 f4 21.Rxe8+
Rxe8 22.Qd3 Ra8 23.Re1 Nf8 24.Qf3 a5
25.Re5 c6 26.Qxf4 Ng6 27.Re8+ Rxe8
28.Qxd6 Re1# 0–1
Brad Lundstrom
(2009)
Suhaas Narayanan
(1831)
1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Nc3 c5
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Anthea Carson was gracious to autograph Joe Fromme’s copy of “Tactics Time”.
Joshua Jex
(2008)
Chris Peterson
(2174)
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.d4 Qxd5
5.Nf3 Bg4 6.dxc5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qxf3
8.gxf3 e6 9.Be3 Nfd7 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.b4
a5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nd2 Be7 14.Nb3
axb4 15.cxb4 Bf6 16.Bd4 e5 17.Bc3 Ra3
18.Kd2 0–0 19.Kc2 Rfa8 20.Kb2 Kf8
21.Rhd1 Ke8 22.Rxd7! Kxd7 23.Na5
R3xa5 24.bxa5 Rb8+ 25.Ka3 Be7 26.Bb4
Kc7 27.Re1 Bf6 28.Bc3 Rb5 29.Bxe5+
Bxe5 30.Rxe5 Kb7 31.Re7+ Ka6 32.Rxf7
Rxc5 33.Rxg7 Kxa5 34.Rxh7 Rc3+
35.Kb2 Rxf3 36.h4 Rxf2+ �½–�½
Robert Cousins
(2137)
Scott Lett
(2104)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Ne2
b6 9.0–0 Bb7 10.f3 Nc6 11.Bg5 Qd7
12.Qd2 Rfd8 13.f4 Na5 14.Bd3 c5 15.d5
c4 16.Bc2 f6 17.Bh4 e6 18.Rad1 exd5
19.e5 fxe5 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 21.fxe5 Bxe5
22.Nd4 Qd6 23.h4 Nc6 24.Qg5 Nxd4
25.cxd4 Bg7 26.h5 gxh5 27.Qxh5 Qh6
28.Qxh6 Bxh6 29.Rde1 Bc6 30.Rf6 Bg7
31.Rxc6 Bxd4+ 32.Kh1 Bc5 33.Bf5 d4
34.Be6+ Kg7 35.Bxc4 d3 36.Rc7+ Kg6
37.Re6+ Kf5 38.Rf7+ Kg5 39.Re5+ Kg6
40.Rd5 Re8 41.Rf1 1–0
Deanna Alter
(1703)
Cory Kohler
(1701)
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 d6
5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 0–0 7.c3 b6 8.Qc2
Bb7 9.e4 Nh5 10.Bg3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxg3
12.hxg3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.0–0–0
Qe7 15.f4 f6 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Nf3 exf4
18.e5 f5 19.Nh4 Qe8 20.Rd7 Bc8 21.Re7
Qc6 22.Qa4 1–0
Scott Lett
(2104)
Isaac Martinez
(1986)
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 g5 4.f3 gxh4
5.fxe4 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.e3 Bh6 8.c3 Bxe3
9.Bd3 Qf6 10.Qe2 Qf4 11.Na3 e5 12.d5
Ne7 13.Nc4 Bb6 14.a4 Ng6 15.b4 c6
16.a5 Bc7 17.d6 b5 18.axb6 1–0
Nabil Spann
(1889)
Justin Alter
(1906)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6
5.Nf3 Be7 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Bd3
a6 9.Ne2 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.0–0 f6 12.exf6
Qxf6 13.Qd2 e5 14.dxe5 Ndxe5 15.Nxe5
Nxe5 16.Rae1 0–0 17.Ng3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3
Be6 19.Qe3 Rfe8 20.Qxc5 Kh8 21.Rd1
Rac8 22.Qb6 Qf7 23.Rd4 h6 24.f3 Rc6
25.Qb3 Rc4 26.Rfd1 b5 27.Qa3 Rc6
28.Qb4 Qa7 29.Kf1 Rc5 30.Qb3 Rc4
31.Qc2 Qf7 32.Qf2 Qc7 33.Kg1 a5
34.Nf1 b4 35.cxb4 axb4 36.b3 Rc2
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