Colorado Chess Informant Enero 2013 | Page 18

Volume 40, Number 1

Simul With Yermo

Rhett Langseth (1918)
GM Alex Yermolinsky (2540)

(These three drawn games from the
Yermolinsky simul are taken with thanks
from Brian Wall's e-mails.)

(Commentary by DuWayne Langseth)

(Pictures of the players with the GM
are courtesy of Paul Covington.)
GM Alex Yermolinsky (2540)
Justin Alter (1821 / Age 10)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.0–0
Bg7 9.Re1 0–0 10.Rb1 a6 11.Bf1 Rc8
12.a3 Bg4 13.Be2 Nd7 14.Nd5 e6 15.Ne3
Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.c3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3

Qc7 19.Nf1 Nc5 20.Bf4 Qc6 21.Nd2 f5
22.exf5 Qxf3 23.Nxf3 e5 24.Bg5 Rxf5
25.Be7 Bf8 26.Bh4 h6 27.Bg3 g5
28.Red1 b5 29.h3 a5 30.Ne1 Ne4 31.Nf3
a4 32.Rd5 Nxg3 33.fxg3 Rc5 34.Rbd1 e4
35.Rxf5 Rxf5 36.Nd4 Re5 37.Re1 Bg7
38.Nc6 Rc5 39.Nb4 d5 40.Rd1 d4
41.cxd4 Rc4 42.d5 Bxb2 43.d6 Rd4
44.Rxd4 Bxd4+ 45.Kf1 Kf7 46.Nc6 Bf6
47.d7 b4 48.Nxb4 Ke6 49.Ke2 Kxd7
50.Ke3 ½–½

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1.d3 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bf4 c5
5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.e4 e5 7.Bg3 Nge7 8.Qa4
0–0 9.h4 h6 10.Be2 Be6 11.Nh2 f5 12.f3
Qb6 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 d4 15.Bf2 a5
16.Bd1 b5 17.Bc2 Nc8 18.Nb1 Nd6
19.Nd2 c4 20.bxc4 bxc4 21.dxc4 Nxc4?
22.Bb3 Nxd2 23.Bxe6+ Kh7 24.Bd5
Rab8 25.Bxc6 Rxb2 26.cxd4 exd4
27.Rd1 Nc4 28.Bxd4 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Ne3
30.Rd7+ Kh8 31.Nf1 Nc2+ 32.Kd1 Nb4
33.Bb7 a4 34.Nd2 a3 35.Ke2 a2 36.Rc1
Nc2 37.Nc4 Rb1 38.Ne5 (Yermo: “That's
the move.”)

38...Nd4+ 39.Kd3 a1Q 40.Nxg6+ Kg8
41.Bd5+ Rf7 42.Bxf7+ (Rhett had a mate
in six with 42.Rc8+ Kg7 43.Rxf7+ Kxg6
44.Rg8+ Kh5 45.Rxf5+ Nxf5 46.Bf7+
Kxh4 47.Rg4#.) 42...Kg7 43.Be8+ Kg8
44.Bf7+ Kg7 45.Be8+ Kg8 46.Bf7+ ½–½

GM Alex Yermolinsky (2540)
Jason Loving (2002)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.f4 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nf3 g5 11.fxg5 hxg5
12.Qxg5 Qxg5 13.Nxg5 Bh6 14.Nf3 b5
15.Bd3 Ke7 16.Kf2 Bb7 17.g4 Bg7 18.h4
b4 19.Nd1 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.a3 f5
22.gxf5 exf5 23.Ke3 Rag8 24.Rh3 fxe4
25.Bxe4 d5 26.Bf3 d4+ 27.Ke2 Bc8
28.Rh1 Bf5 29.axb4 Bxc2 30.Nf2 Rh6

31.Ng4 d3+ 32.Ke3 Re6 33.Nxe5 Rxe5+
34.Kd2 Rf8 35.Bd1 Rf2+ 36.Kc3 Re6
37.Bxc2 dxc2 38.Rac1 Re3+ 39.Kc4 Kd6
40.Rhf1 Rxf1 41.Rxf1 Rh3 42.Rc1
Rxh4+ 43.Kb3 Kc6 44.Rxc2+ Kb6
45.Rg2 Rh6 46.Rg5 Rf6 47.Ka4 Rh6
48.b5 axb5+ 49.Rxb5+ Ka6 50.Rg5 Rf6
51.b4 Rh6 52.b5+ Kb6 53.Rg4 Rf6 ½–½

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Rhett Langseth and the “Yermonator”

Justin Alter with the GM
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Jason Loving and the GM
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