Colorado Chess Informant Enero 2013 | Page 32

Volume 40, Number 1

Tri-Lakes Open
2012
by Fred Eric Spell
This G/90; 30” increment tradition continued in Palmer Lake at the beautiful Inn
at Palmer Divide in October of 2012 with
51 players attending. Absolutely wonderful! Thank you, one and all, for taking the
time to play!
Robert Cousins and Eric Montany tied for
first place (4.5/5) with Robert receiving
the “Tri-Lakes Open stein” as a trophy
based on tie-breaks. Congrats to both
gentlemen and to all who won the various
prize sections! You can find the final
standings here: http://tinyurl.com/c2fglan

Games From Round 1
Joe Pahk (1680)
Randy Canney (2241)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4
Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nc2 Nf6
8.Nd2 0–0 9.Be2 Re8 10.Bf3 Ne5 11.0–0
d6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.Ne3
Bc6 15.f3 Qd7 16.c4 Qd8 17.Nd5 Ned7

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Brian Wall (2207)
Alexa Lasley (1666)

Victor Huang (1604)
Kevin Seidler (2067)

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxf6 exf6
5.c4 Bxb1 6.Qxb1 Bb4+ 7.Kd1 c6 8.c5
0–0 9.Bd3 g6 10.h4 f5 11.Ne2 Nd7
12.Nf4 Nf6 13.Ke2 Ne4 14.g4 Nd2
15.Qg1 fxg4 16.a3 Nb3 17.axb4 Nxa1
18.Qxa1 Re8 19.Kd2 Qf6 20.Qg1 h5
21.f3 gxf3 22.Nxh5 Qe6 23.Nf4 Qf6
24.Rh3 Re7 25.Rxf3 Qxh4 26.Bxg6 fxg6
27.Qxg6+ Rg7 28.Qe6+ Rf7 29.Nxd5
Raf8 30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Rg3+ Qxg3
32.Nh5+ Kh7 33.Nxg3 Rf2+ 34.Kd3
Rxb2 35.Qe7+ Kg8 36.Nh5 Rg2 37.Qxb7
Rf5 38.Qxc6 Rxh5 39.Qxg2+ 1-0

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Bc5
5.g3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.dxe4 Bxf2+
8.Kxf2 Qxd1 9.Bb5+ Qd7 10.Bxd7+
Bxd7 11.Bf4 Na6 12.Rhd1 f6 13.e5
0–0–0 14.Be3 b6 15.a4 Nb4 16.c3 Nc2
17.Ra2 Bc6 18.Bd2 Bd5 19.b3 Bxb3
20.Rb2 Nd4 21.Re1 Nxf3 22.Kxf3 Bd5+
23.Kg4 f5+ 24.Kf4 a5 ... 0-1

Cory Foster (1643)
Eric Montany (2179)

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Richard Buchanan (2000)
Robert Carlson (1572)
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Bg4
5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.c3 a6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Bc4 f6
9.0–0 Qd7 10.b4 g5 11.Be3 h5 12.Qb3
Nh6 13.h4 0–0–0 14.hxg5 fxg5 15.Nxg5
Kb8 16.a4 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Rde8 18.a5

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.Bd2
Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.0–0 Rb8 11.a3 Be7
12.Na4 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.b4 0–0
15.Be3 Bd6 16.h3 Rd8 17.Kh1 e5 18.Bc5
e4 19.Be2 Be5 20.Rb1 Bxh3 21.gxh3
Qd7 22.Bg4 Qxa4 23.Be7 Nxg4 24.Bxd8
Nxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Rxd8 26.Qh5 f6 27.Rb3
Qc6 28.Qg4 d4 29.Rg2 Rd7 30.Rb1 g6
31.Rbg1 d3 32.cxd3 exd3 33.h4 Rd4
34.Qh5 Qe4 35.Rc1 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2
gxh5 37.Kf3 Rxh4 38.Rd1 Rh3+ 39.Ke4
h4 40.a4 Kf7 41.b5 Ke6 42.bxa6 f5# 0-1
Robert Cousins (2160)
Deanna Alter (1680)

18.b4 Nf8 19.Nb3 Ba4 20.Qd2 Ne6
21.Qe3 Nd7 22.Rfc1 c6 23.Nc3 Bxb3
24.axb3 Qf6 25.Rd1 Nf4 26.Rxa8 Rxa8
27.Bf1 Ne5 28.g3 Nfg6 29.Bg2 h5 30.b5
Ra3 31.Nb1 Ra2 32.Nd2 h4 33.Bh3 Rxd2
34.Rxd2 Nxf3+ 35.Kg2 Nxd2 36.Qxd2
hxg3 37.hxg3 Qe5 38.Bf5 Ne7 39.bxc6
bxc6 40.Qd3 Nxf5 41.exf5 Kf8 42.Kf3
Ke7 43.Qe4 Kd7 44.g4 Qc3+ 45.Qe3
Qxe3+ 46.Kxe3 d5 47.Kd4 dxc4 48.bxc4
Kd6 49.g5 g6 0-1

January 2013

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2
Bb7 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Qa4 Qe7 8.a3 Qd6
9.Bf4 Qe7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Nc6 Bxc6
12.Qxc6 Rc8 13.Bxc7 Qd8 14.Bxd8 Rxc6
15.cxd5 Rxc3 16.bxc3 Kxd8 17.dxe6
fxe6 18.a4 Nd5 19.Kd2 g6 20.e4 Bh6+
21.f4 Ne7 22.Bh3 Nf8 23.Kd3 Kc7
24.Rhf1 Kd6 25.c4 Bg7 26.a5 bxa5
27.Rxa5 Bxd4 28.Rxa6+ Kc5 29.Rb1
Nc6 30.Rb5+ Kd6 31.e5+ Kd7 32.Bg2
Na7 33.Rb7+ Kc8 34.Kxd4 Nd7
35.Raxa7 Kd8 36.Rxd7+ Kc8 37.Bc6
Rd8 38.Ra8# 1–0
Chris Peterson (2096)
Alexander Freeman (1605)
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd6
5.Bd3 c6 6.Nge2 e5 7.dxe5 Qxe5 8.Bf4
Qh5 9.0–0 Bc5 10.Qd2 Bb6 11.Ng3 Qa5
12.a3 Bd4 13.Rae1+ Be6 14.Bd6 Bxc3
15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Ne4 Nd7 17.Qg5 Qa4
18.c4 N5f6 19.Qxg7 0–0–0 20.Nxf6 Nxf6
21.Rxe6 Nh5 22.Qxf7 Qa5 23.Bf5 1-0
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Bh3 19.Rf2 Ng4 20.Rf7 Re7 21.Bxe7
Nxe7 22.gxh3 Ne3 23.Be6 Qe8 24.Kf2
Qg8 25.Kxe3 Qg5+ 26.Kd3 Ng6 27.Raf1
Re8 28.Qd5 Ne5+ 29.dxe5 dxe5 30.Rf8
Qg3+ 31.R1f3 Qg6 32.Bf7 Rxf8 33.Bxg6
Rxf3+ 34.Nxf3 1-0
Daniel Herman (1577)
Joshua Jex (1992)
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 d4 5.fxe5
Ng4 6.Nd5 c6 7.Be2 cxd5 8.Bxg4 Qh4+
9.g3 Qxg4 10.Qxg4 Bxg4 11.exd5 Nd7
12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nf3 Bc5 15.Bf4
Nb6 16.d6 Nd5 17.Bd2 Ne3 18.Bxe3
dxe3 19.d4 Be4 20.dxc5 Bxf3 21.Rh2
Kd7 22.g5 Rae8 23.h4 Rxe5 24.b4 b6
25.a4 bxc5 26.bxc5 Rxc5 27.Rh3 Rf5
28.Ra3 Re8 29.Rd3 Re6 0-1
Joshua Samuel (1991)
Tim Kohler (1541)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6
5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.c3 Nd7 8.Qb3
e6 9.Qxb7 Qc8 10.Ba6 Nb6 11.Qxc8+