Tuesday, June 28, 2011

4th Summer Solstice Open
July 8-10 or 9-10 Ft. Lauderdale FL

129 Players
JULIO J BECERRA & DANIEL FERNANDEZ tie for 1st-2nd in the Open Section with 4.5/5.0

Complete results here
GM Henley vs Daly (2-Day Rnd 1)
 
 Xanthos vs GM Bacera (2 Day Rnd. 1)
 CHRISTOPHER HEUNG vs IM Fernandez (Rnd. 4)
RACHEL GOLOGORSKY vs ALBERT D HO (Rnd. 3)



I had a good result and finished with 3.5/5.0
Tied for 3rd place U2100 and reached a all time high rating of 1918
  1. WIN DAVID A RAYMOND (1800)
  2. WIN ALDO F LOPEZ (2086)
  3. LOSS RACHEL GOLOGORSKY (1978) 13 year old who is ranked #10 in the US Girls U16
  4. DRAW ALBERT D HO (1847)
  5. WIN RAMOS YUNIER (1840)


History (With open winners)
2008  126 GM RENIER GONZALEZ, FM BRUCI LOPEZ, FM FABIO LA ROTA
2003  130 FM BRUCI LOPEZ
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

San Antonio City Championship
June 25-26

My 3rd round bye came back to bite me as I lost to an unrated player in round 2! So, instead of sitting pretty on 2.5/3.0, I ended up on 1.5/3.0

This game was very instructive in terms both chess & chess psychology.

I am playing Black and win a pawn early.  Instead of trying to find the best moves I decide to complicate matters since I figure the unrated will go down quickly.

10...c x d5 and Black should eventually win, but I take with the Queen?!  After 11. Nf4, I should have retreated the Queen along the d-file, instead of getting her stuck on h7.  Although when Black castled q-side the queen on h7 didn't look too shabby.

14...a5?? My sense of danger deserts me, completely missing 15. d5!

The best reply to 15. d5! is 15...Bb4! and Black can hang on.





SELBY K ANDERSON & MITCHELL VERGARA Tie for 1st-2nd with 4.5/5.0

Complete USCF Results here

 Paul accepted Christian's draw offer in this position, but ....Re8 is winning.

Round 1 action

Corpus connections:
  1. 2010 Winner Paul Haney (2099) 3.5/5.0
  2. Ivan Wijetunge (1898) 2.0/3.0 (2 unplayed rounds)
  3. Christian Leos (1717) 3.5/5.0 3 way tie for 1st-2nd U1800 ($62.00)
  4. Ethan Rodriguez (1707) 3.0/5.0
  5. Henry Velasquez (1649) 2.5/5.0 (5th round bye)
History
2010 53 PAUL ANDREW HANEY
2009 51 SELBY K ANDERSON, GREGG STANLEY
2008 51 ERNESTO L MALAZARTE
2007 54 DON C SUTHERLAND, GREGG STANLEY, ANDREW I SMITH


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