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BackgammonChess.Net E-zine Feb 12

Posted By: Rob Roy
Date: Saturday, 12 February 2011, at 5:44 p.m.

BackgammonChess.Net E-zine Feb 12

Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine wins 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Masters

http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2011/

Boris Grachev wins Moscow Open Feb 6. Alexandra Kosteniuk top woman.

http://open.moschess.ru/eng/Tournaments/Tournaments_39.html

CENTO Chess Festival in Italy Feb 5-13

http://www.scacchirandagi.com/wwwFestival_CENTO/

Aeroflot Open 2011 Chess Festival in Moscow Feb 7-18

http://www.aeroflotchess.org/tournaments/A/

Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami set Guinness record plays 614 in simul in Tehran Iran, scores 590 wins 16 draws

http://www.iransportspress.com/other-sports/10343-iranian-gm-smashes-guinness-record.html

FIDE announces 1st round pairings for Candidates Matches to be held in Kazan, May 3-27 2011

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5042-pairings-of-candidates-matches-2011.html

February 17 - 20, Pittsburgh Backgammon Championships

http://BackgammonChess.Net/Pittsburgh/

Feb 27, NYC Lincoln Ctr "Pair-o-Dice" Backgammon Tournament

http://BackgammonChess.Net/Pair-o-Dice/

February 27 - UConn K-8 Scholastic Championship Tune Up, Storrs Campus

http://BackgammonChess.Net/UConn/

March 4 - 6, Central States Backgammon Invitational, Rosemont Illinois

http://www.ChicagoPoint.com/CSI2011.html

March 12, New England Backgammon Tournament, Malden Massachusetts

http://NEBackgammon.org/

March 13, Fleet Underwood Memorial Backgammon Open, Michigan

http://www.FlintBG.com/Underwood11.html

March 13, NYC Lincoln Ctr "Pair-o-Dice" Backgammon Tournament

http://BackgammonChess.Net/Pair-o-Dice/

March 20, Planet Earth Chess Championship, Southington Connecticut

http://BackgammonChess.Net/HawksLanding/

March 25 - 27, Ohio State Backgammon Championships

http://BackgammonChess.Net/Ohio/

April 8-10, 2nd Hartford Chess Open, Windsor Locks, Connecticut

http://BackgammonChess.Net/Bradley/

April 13 - 17, Nevada State Backgammon Tournament, Bally's Las Vegas

http://www.NVBG.com/

April 21 - 25, Nordic Open Backgammon Open, Copenhagen Denmark

http://www.NordicOpen.DK/

April 29 - May 1, Atlanta Spring Backgammon Classic, Georgia

http://www.AtlantaSpringClassic.com/

May 14 Saturday, Connecticut State Chess Championship, New Haven

http://www.edutechchess.com/tournaments/2011_CT_State_Open.pdf

May 26 - 30, Chicago Backgammon Open

http://www.ChicagoOpenBG.com/

Backgammon Tournament Calendar

http://www.ChicagoPoint.com/Calendar.html

NYC Backgammon meets frequently and at various locations

http://www.meetup.com/nyc-bg/about/

Cafe 50 West in NYC meets 4th Tuesdays

http://backgammonchess.net/NYC-Backgammon-Meetup-Group/

New Britain Chess Club meets Tuesday evenings

http://www.NewBritainChessClub.com/

Fairfield County Chess Club opens daily studio

http://www.FairfieldCountyChess.com/

Free Chess Club in Milford Connecticut

http://BackgammonChess.Net/MilfordChess

Saturday Bughouse Chess, Burger King, Orange Connecticut

http://BackgammonChess.Net/OrangeChess

Connecticut State Chess Association

http://www.CTChess.com/

Massachusetts Chess Association

http://www.MassChess.org/

United States Chess Federation

http://www.USChess.org/

Chess game of the Week by Alan Lasser

http://BackgammonChess.Net/Chess/AlanLasser.htm

*White Scot Cameron & George Morgan Black Alan Lasser Event skittles Site Milford Chess Club Date 2011.01.20 Result 1-0 1 e4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e5 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 Nxe5 Nxe5 5 d4 Nc6 6 e5?? Bb4?? The computer wants to hang onto the material here. I chose to give back the material, I preferred not to fall way behind in development against an attacking team like Morgan and the "Milford Morphy". 7 exf6 Qxf6 8 Be3 d5 9 Qd2 O-O 10 Bd3 Re8 11 O-O-O Bf5 12 g4 . . . (-0.87) -0.37 12. a3 12 . . . Bxd3 (+0.50) +0.87 12... Bxg4 13. Rdf1 Bf5 14. Be2 Qh4 15. Rhg1 Rad8 16. Kb1 f6 17. a3 Ba5 18. Rg3 13 Qxd3 Rad8 14 g5 Qd6 15 Ne2 Ba5 16 c3 Qg6 17 Qd2 b5 18 h4 b4 19 h5 bxc3 20 Nxc3 Qf5 21 g6? . . . (-1.00) -0.21 21. Qc2 Ne7 22. h6 g6 23. Qxf5 Nxf5 24. Bf4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 21 . . . fxg6 22 h6? . . . (-2.42) -1.12 22. hxg6 h6 23. a3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Re6 25. b3 a5 26. Kb2 Rxg6 27. Rde1 Re6 28. Reg1 Rde8 29. Qc5 Qf3 22 . . . Nb4 23 hxg7?? . . . (-6.69) -3.10 23. Qe2 23 . . . Nxa2+ 24 Nxa2 Bxd2+ 25 Rxd2 c5? (+6.09) +7.03 25... Rb8 26. Rc2 Re7 27. Nc3 Kxg7 28. Rg1 c6 29. Na4 Rb4 30. Nc5 Rc4 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Kd2 h5 33. Rg5 Qf3 26 Nc3? . . . (-7.35) -6.09 26. dxc5 d4 27. Rhd1 Qxc5 28. Nc3 Re4 29. Kb1 Rh4 30. Kc1 Qe5 31. Rd3 Kxg7 32. f4 Qf5 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Bxd4 Kf7 35. Be5 a6 36. Bb8 Rh3 37. Rd2 Re3 38. Rd1 h5 39. Be5 26 . . . Qf3 27 Rhd1 Rxe3?? (+4.85) +7.39 27... c4 28. Rg1 Kxg7 29. Rg3 Qf7 30. Rd1 Re6 31. Rg5 Ra6 32. Kc2 h6 33. Re5 Rb6 34. Ra1 28 fxe3 Qxe3 29 dxc5 d4 (+4.87) +5.27 29... Qxc5 30. Rd4 Kxg7 30 Ne2 . . . (-5.36) -4.87 30. Kc2 Kxg7 31. c6 Qe5 30 . . . d3 31 Nc3 . . . (-5.89) -5.67 31. Kb1 Kxg7 32. Nc1 Qxc5 33. Nxd3 Qe3 31 . . . Kxg7 (+5.41) +5.89 31... Qxc5 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 h5 34. b3 h4 35. Kd2 Qf2 32 c6 Rc8? (+4.60) +5.55 32... Qf4 33. Kb1 Qc4 34. Re1 Qxc6 35. Re7 Kh8 36. Re3 h5 37. Rexd3 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 h4 39. Nd1 Kg7 40. Nf2 g5 41. Rd4 Qc5 42. Rd2 33 Kb1 Rxc6?? (+2.55) +4.71 33... h5 34. Rxd3 Qc5 35. Rd5 Qxc6 36. Rd6 Qc5 34 Rxd3 Rxc3? (+1.31) +2.58 34... Qg5 I thought the win looked easier if I give back material. If I leave the white knight on the board, it will soon get to d5 and participate in coordinated attacks with three pieces. If here white plays 35.Rd3 Rd3 36.Rd7 Kf6 37. Rh7 (Ra7 is worse) Re7 38.Rh8, my king is already in good position to escort the passed knight's pawn down the board. The enemy king is cut off from the queening square, this rook and pawn endgame looks like a win for me. The game continuation gave me dangerous connected passed pawns that could be used as weapons with the support of my queen, another very winnable endgame. Both these lines seem preferable to hanging onto the material and permitting white to engage in three piece conterplay. The computer here is just counting up the material, I was using my experience to reckon which endgame was easiest to play. 35 bxc3 Qe4 36 Kb2 h5 37 Rd7+ Kh6 38 R1d4 Qe2+ 39 Kb3 Qb5+ 40 Kc2 a5 41 R7d5 Qe2+ 42 Rd2 . . . (-2.06) -1.60 42. Kb3 Qe6 43. Ka4 Qe1 44. Kxa5 Qxc3 45. Kb6 Qe1 42 . . . Qe4+ 43 Kb2 a4 (+1.44) +2.08 43... h4 44. Rxa5 h3 44 Ka3?? . . . (-4.20) -1.44 44. R5d4 Qb7 45. Rb4 Qe7 46. Rxa4 h4 47. Rad4 g5 48. Rd7 Qe5 49. R2d5 Qe4 50. Rd8 Qg2 51. Kb3 Kg6 52. R5d6 Kf5 53. Rd5 44 . . . Qc4 45 Kb2 Qb3+ 46 Kc1?? . . . (-8.67) -4.45 46. Ka1 Qxc3 47. Kb1 Qb4 48. Ka2 Qb3 49. Ka1 h4 50. R2d3 Qc2 51. Rd2 Qc1 52. Ka2 Qc4 53. Kb2 Qb3 54. Ka1 g5 55. R2d3 Qc2 46 . . . a3 47 Rd8 . . . (-9.40) -9.12 47. R2d3 a2 47 . . . a2

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