Thursday, August 13, 2009

Pikes Peak Open


Playing White in round 1 is top seed R ANDERSON (2251)

I had a great first day scoring 2.5/3.0 including a 3rd round draw against NM Brian Wall

Brian is a very interesting Chess personality check out the following links:

http://brianwallchess.net/

http://www.walverine.com

http://chessville.com/Wall/index.htm

Wijetunge,I (1810) - Wall,B (2207) [A40]
Pikes Peak Open (3), 01.08.2009

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f6 3.c4 e5 4.d5 Nce7 5.e4 Ng6 6.Nc3 Bc5 7.Na4 Bb4+ 8.Nd2 Nh6 9.a3 Be7 10.g3 f5 11.Bg2 0-0 12.0-0 f4 13.Nf3 d6 14.Qd3 Bd7 15.Nc3 Qc8 16.Ne2 Bh3 17.Bd2 Rf7 18.Kh1 Qd7 19.Bxh3 Qxh3 20.Nfg1 Qd7 21.b4 Raf8 22.gxf4 exf4 23.Qh3 Qa4 24.Rac1 Bf6 25.Bc3 Qxa3 26.Ra1 Qb3 27.Bxf6 Qxc4 28.Bd4 [28.Bg5 Qxe4+ 29.Qf3 Qxb4 30.Bxh6 Ne5 31.Qc3 Qxc3 32.Nxc3 gxh6 33.Rxa7] 28...f3 29.Rfc1 Qxb4 30.Rab1 Qa4 31.Ra1 Qb4 32.Rab1 ½-½

Round 4 - Win by forfeit

Round 5
R ANDERSON #4 in Colorado (2251) vs me
Tied for first playing on board 1 in the last round, it doesn't get much better than that! I played a great game to reach this position with Black to play. I preferred Black here, but failed to see the danger associated with the attack on e6 after I played ...Na5 and White plays Bd7. I should have played ...Nb8 or ...Bd8.

USCF Results


Pikes Peak Open History
2009 34 R ANDERSON,J EVANS
2008 28 R ANDERSON
2007 30 R ANDERSON,B WALL,J HAMBLIN,S MACMILLAN
2006 27 I BARLAY,P ANDERSON

14 comments:

  1. That's great, Ivan. Nice job. It is beautiful country out there, too. We vacationed there last year, and it was breathtaking. Good luck in the rest of the tournament.

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  2. So what happened in the last game? Did you win the event?

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  3. Way to go in beating Brian Wall. And, yes, he is quite a personality. :)

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  4. Ivan, just wanted to make sure everyone knew you made it in the Chess Life FOR KIDS!! Glad to see you were vindicated!

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  5. How did your last round game against Anderson go? I know you lost, but did you give him a good game? Please post it. Thanks.

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  6. Sweet, congrats on your scalp!

    In that last game, what happened after Bd7?

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  7. 21.Bd7 Kf7 22.exf6 gxf6 23.Rfe1 Bf5 [23...Rb6 24.Na4 Rd6 25.Rc7 Rd8] 24.Nxd5 Bxa3 25.Rc7 Rb7 26.Bxe6+ Kg6 27.Nf4+ Kh6 28.Rxb7 Nxb7 29.Bxf5 1-0

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  8. Hi Ivan,
    I am happy to report to you that I finally once again breached the 2000 mark. I hope this will encourage you too. Anyway, your post about the Pikes Open brought back some good memories. I essentially gained 100 points in six months.

    Andres D Hortillosa
    Improving Player
    Author: Improve Your Chess at Any Age (Everyman Chess)

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  9. You'll never get to 2000.

    GIVE UP.

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  10. Thanks for the support

    I may not reach my destination, but I am really enjoying the journey!

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  11. Come on anon, if you make a comment like that you better say who you are. I have no problem with people posting anonymously (I do half the time) but don't be a doosh.

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  12. anon 8/17/2009 4:40 PM

    What is your rating?

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  13. 2006 Winner here. Sorry I missed you when you were out here. Maybe you could add my link to a Colorado or blog section(http://cschess.webs.com/). Good Luck!

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