Sacramento Championship 2014
Every year in early July, the
Sacramento Chess Club holds
their Championship. The
event took place from July 4thJuly 6th. 90 Players competed
in the six round event.
Two players tied for first in
the Master-Expert section.
They are Bryon Doyle and
WFM Uyanga Byambaa each
scoring five points. Bryon
won the trophy on tie-breaks.
Tied for third and the 1st
under 2200 prize were Andy
Applebaum and Jimmy
Heiserman. Winning second
place under 2200 were Julian
Lin and Art Zhao.
In the Reserve section for
players under 2000, three
player tied with 4.5 points.
They are Bernie Lu, Ziad
Baroudi and Bayaraa Bekhtur.
Lu won the trophy on
tiebreaks. Rico Adkins and
Seaver Dahlgren won the
U1800 prizes.
The Amateur section had a
clear winner – Srinivas
Susarla with 5 points. Tied for
2nd place were Nikhil
Chatterjee, William Lombard
III and James Mayfield. Mark
Burgan won the 2nd 1200-1399
prize and Lorraine Eastham
won the U1200 prize.
The tournament was directed
by National Tournament
Director John McCumiskey.
Below are some games from
the event. Analysis computer
Page 19
assisted.
In the first game, Bryon
Doyle gets a nice attack and
shows his tactical skills in
this game from round three.
White: Applebaum (2078)
Black: B. Doyle (2177)
A43 Benoni
1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3
g6 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Bg7
6.Nge2 0–0 7.0–0 Nbd7
8.a4N Ne5 9.Ng3 Nxd3
10.Qxd3 Ng4 11.h3 Ne5
12.Qe2 e6 13.Be3
13.f4 was a possible
alternative.
13...Qh4! 14.Qe1 exd5
15.Nxd5 (diagram)
Sacramento
Championship
Master-Expert
Bryon Doyle
WFM Uyanga Byambaa
3
Andy Applebaum
Jimmy Heiserman
U2200 Julian Lin
Art Zhao
1-2
Reserve
Bernie Lu
Ziad Baroudi
Bayaraa Bekhtur
U1800 Rico Adkins
Seaver Dahlgren
1-3
Amateur
Susarla Srinivas
Nikhil Chatterjee
William Lombard III
James Mayfield
U1400 Mark Burgan
U1200 Lorraine Eastham
1
2-3
5
4.5
4
4.5
4
5
4.5
4
3.5
20.Bg1 Rae8 21.Qe2
Qxe2+ 22.Kxe2 f5 23.Kd3?
fxe4+ 24.Nxe4 (diagram)
15...Bxh3! 16.f4
16.gxh3? Nf3+ –+
16...Ng4 17.gxh3 Qxh3
18.Rf3 Qh2+ 19.Kf1 Qxc2
Black has a lot of pawns and
good play for the piece.
CalChess Journal
24...c4+! 25.Kxc4 Rxe4+–
+ 26.Kd3 Ree8 27.Bxa7?
Summer 2014