Volume 40, Number 1 Colorado Chess Informant
January 2013
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1. Dean wrote,“ Scored my( 1472) highest rated win in my 39 year rated chess“ career” tonight with a win over Paul Anderson( 2043) at the Power ' s Panera Bread Wednesday G / 90 tournament. Wish I could play like this every game.” Here Dean dished out an upper cut with 24. Rxd6! The rook cannot be captured because of the“ threat pin” on the e pawn of Qg7 #. White wins a full piece in an already crushing position.
2. Paul alertly grabs the valuable d4 pawn. With 10... Nxd4! White cannot recapture because the c pawn is now pinned to the queen by the Black rook on c8.
3. Mark played 14. Bxf2 in this position, but much better was 14. Qf1 pinning the Black knight, which is now attacked twice, and only defended once, and cannot be defended for a second time. White wins a piece.
4. Gunnar shoots to kill with 45... Nxf2 +( 45... Nxg3 + also works) removing the defender of the White knight on e3. White loses a pawn. Gunnar had a nice upset in this game, delaying Eric’ s quest for Master, which he did eventually get after the 2012 Winter Springs Open. Congrats Eric!
5. 25... Nxd4 is a menace to Dennis, grabbing a critical pawn in the chain. If 26. cxd4 Rc2 forks the White queen and bishop, and Black gets his piece back, which is what happened in the game.
6. 17... Nf2 +!! Got a double exclam from Deep Rybka. This move dishes out a Honey Boo Boo forking the White king and queen, winning the queen. 18. Kg1 Nxd1. If 18. Rxf2 Qxd1 19. Rf1 Qxf1 # 7. 30. Rxh7 + Rxh7 31. Rxh7 + Kxh7 32. Nxf6 + forks the Black king and queen. 8. Paul snipes a piece from Wesley with 30... Qxd7! and exclaims“ What’ s up Holmes?” If 31. Bxd7 Rxc1 + and Black has two rooks against a bishop. 9. Rhett has a reputation for playing unusual openings like 1. d3 and castling late or never. Here he played 20.0-0-0 instead of the easier kill shot 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 21. Nxf7 forking the Black king and rook.
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