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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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 2:10:00 PM CDT

    i wish i could go

    will be looking for results!

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  2. Kyle M.June 24, 2011 at 9:31:00 PM CDT

    Good luck!

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  3. jrcapa56June 26, 2011 at 9:08:00 AM CDT

    Thanks for the updates Ivan. GL to you and all the players from the Coastal Bend.

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  4. AnonymousJune 27, 2011 at 6:42:00 PM CDT

    Jesse lost to Selby on bd. 1

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  5. LinuxGuyJune 28, 2011 at 11:10:00 AM CDT

    10..cxd5 was obvious enough, since without a light-square bishop it is nice to be strong on the light-squares.

    15..exd5. All there is time for is ..Be7, then ..0-0. Your sense of king-safety failed you in a big way here.

    If you think you are stronger than your opponent, then I don't know why one would reject solid play as a strategy. Maybe there was a desire to get the game over more quickly? I am more susceptible to this type of thinking online rather than OTB.

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  6. LinuxGuyJune 28, 2011 at 11:18:00 AM CDT

    Or at least ..Be7 instead of ..a5. The 14..g5 suggestion looks rather dubious to me, I suppose it is a computer move. When did castling right away become a bad idea(?)

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