Round 2 Of Tuesday Knights #1!

Tonight was round 2 of our Game/75 tourney. Mark Ayers left the area but, Ernie Weaver stepped in and joined the fun! Gelvic said that he plans on playing in the November "King's Island Open" in Cincinnati, so he's happy to be playing in this longer time control tournament.

Johnny won against Kerry in a game that went over 60 moves! Ernie, with only a second to go, managed to force a draw against Gelvic!

Round 3 will be held next week! It's not too late to join in!

Tuesday Knights #1 Is Underway!

Round one of our Game/75 tournament began today. We had three club members that decided to play and Mark Ayers of California dropped by the club and set in so we didn't have a bye! He is currently rated 1835 and went on the beat Johnny in round one! In our other game Gelvic, fresh from his outstanding performance at the Louisville Open went on to win against Kerry!

Amy Nunn will join us during round 3. Remember this will be a five round event and I hope we can get others to particapate. We really need 6 plaers to play, in order to ensure that nobody has to play the same opponent twice.

Another Lost Game

Since Joe pointed out that my opponent was the Indiana State Champion in a comment (the post with the X-table link); I thought I'd post another one of my loses. My opponent turns the tables on the "Fried Liver".

Chess game
G.Weldin (1830) vs. Steve Cooklev (2123), 40/2, SD1

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -3

Result: black won 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. dxc6 bxc4 7. Qe2 h6 8. Ne4 Be6 9. Nbc3 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bd6 11. d4 cxd3 e.p. 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Be3 Qe8 14. Qa6 f5 15. O-O-O Qf7 16. Nb5 f4 17. Bxa7 Bc5 18. Qb7 Bxa7 19. Qxc7 Bxf2 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. b3 Rxa2 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. c7 Ra1+ 24. Kb2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bd4+ 26. c3 Kxd6 27. cxd4 e4 28. d5 Bg4 29. Rd4 e3 30. h3 Bc8 31. Kc3 Kxc7 32. d6+ Kd7 33. Kd3 Ba6+ 34. Kc2 Rc8+ 35. Kd1 e2+ CHECK!

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Another Game From The Louisville Open

As everyone should know by now; I always play in the Open Section. Why pay $100 to play Gelvic and Johnny when I can play them at home for free? Additionally I receive free chess lessons by going over my games with stronger opponents. If you're in chess for the money you may need a new hobby. I guess I am lucky in that I enjoy chess win, lose, or draw; winning is better of course. Here is a game with multiple mistakes which I haven't analized deeply yet. Some may even think my choice of opening was a mistake, but I decided to "dance with the one who brought me".
My opponent was also a "senior citizen". I'm sure it will be entertaining and anxious to see Ernie's comments.

Chess game
Douglas Anderson (1934) vs. G Weldin (1830), 40/2, SD1

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +6

Result: draw 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nc3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Ne7 11. O-O b6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Rc1 c6 14. Rc2 Rb7 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rc7 17. c5 Nf5 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Re2 Rxe2 20. Bxe2 d5 21. b4 b5 22. g4 Ne7 23. h3 Ng6 24. Kg2 Nf4+ 25. Kg3 g5 26. Bf1 Re7 27. a4 a6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra1 Kg7 30. Ra8 Be6 31. h4 f6 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. Ra6 Bd7 34. Ra7 Kf6 35. Kf3 Ne6 36. Ne2 Nxd4+ 37. Nxd4 Bxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Rxa7 39. Nxc6 Ra2 40. Bxb5 Rxf2 41. Ba6 Rf4+ 42. Kg3 h5 43. b5 Rc4 44. b6 Rxc5 45. b7 Rc3+ 46. Kf2 Rb3 47. b8=Q Rxb8 48. Nxb8 h4 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Nc6+ Kd6 51. Nd4 Ke5 52. Bc8 Kf6 53. Bg4 Ke5 54. Nf3+ Kd6 55. Kd4 Ke7 56. Nxg5 Kd6 57. Nf3 Ke7 58. Nxh4 Kf6 59. Nf3 Ke7 60. Kxd5 Kf6 61. Kd6 Kf7 62. Ng5+ Kg6 63. Ne4 Kf7 64. Kd7 Kg6 65. Ke6 Kg7 66. Bf5 Kh6 67. Kf6 Kh5

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A Game From The Louisville Open

Here is one of my loses from the Louisville Open. I was totally crushed by my opponent after move #7!!

Chess game
Ben Gradsky (2048) vs. G Weldin (1830), 40/2,SD1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 Bc6 10. d5 Be8 11. e5 Nfd7 12. e6 Nf6 13. Nxc4 c6 14. d6 exd6 15. Re1 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qd7 17. Nxd6 Bf7 18. Nxf8 Bxf8 19. Nxf7 Qxf7 20. Bh3 Kg7 21. Qd4 Qd5 22. Be3 Na6 23. Qf4 Bd6 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Rad1

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Louisville Open

Gelvic shines at the Louisville Open finishing with 3.5 in the gruelling 3 day event and enjoyed the thrill of victory! Johnny and Jerry played in the 2 day schedule and suffered the agony of defeat. Click here to see the X-table; I will post a couple of games after I recover.

See A Grandmaster In Action

See GM Goldin in action at the Louisville Open. 4th rd starts at 10 AM, 5th rd starts @ 4:15 PM. Sunday, 18 September.

Holiday Inn Southwest 4110 Dixie Hwy, Louisville @ I-264 exit 8B.

You can also watch Gelvic, Johnny, and Jerry lose rating points!!

Joe Farrell Wins The September Swiss 3-0!

Joe won last night's club tourney with a score of 3-0 and Ernie Weaver finished 2nd with a score of 2-1.

Six players played in the tourney and the rated crosstable appears here.

Section 2 on the crosstable is the rated ladder games since our August monthly tourney.

Remember that starting next week we begin our Game/75 tourney. Gelvic was the first to pay his entry fee into this event!

Swindle Of The Week

Rudy had me dead to rights in the position above. I had let myself get into time trouble (I had about 4 minutes to Rudy's 12) and found myself a rook down. Rudy had started to fall into the trap of trying to play as fast as I and played 1.Rxg7 to which I responded 1. ...Rc2+! 2.Kh3 Rh2+!! Stalemate! It was worth the 15 rating points I lost, by drawing, to see the look on Rudy's face.

After the game Kerry thought that moving the King back to the 1st rank would have held the win for white; a short demonstration soon convinced him that he was wrong.

Who Would Have Thunk It

As I was going into the building this evening I spied a strange object in the sky and snapped this picture when it landed briefly. Later Ernie Weaver actually showed up for the meeting.

Ernie and Kerry played a non-rated game which Ernie won. Rudy and Jerry played 2 rated games with Jerry winning the first and drawing the second by swindle.

That's it, Tournament next week.

Longer Time-Control Tournament!

I will be directing a new tournament at the club!

It will be 1 round per night/week at Game/75 with the usual 5 second
delay.

It will be 5 rounds and begin at 7:00 pm on the following evenings:
Sept. 20, 27 Oct. 4, 18, & 25. Check-in with TD (each round) prior
to 6:55 pm to be paired. Phone calls welcomed or emails prior to the day
of the game as I may not be able to check my email just prior to the round.

Entry fee is $3.00 for the entire tourney. You must be both a club and
USCF member to enter. This will be USCF rated with a chance to receive
a norm,

A Trophy or Trophies (depending on entries) will be awarded.

This will allow for a more serious game of chess and time to discuss the
game afterwards. Give me a call if you have questions!