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2024 Burden Award Nominee, Sunday Night Chess & July Swiss 90

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Greetings, 
In the July Swiss 90, I ran across a potential winner for the 2024 Burden Award.  This award goes to chess players who drop their Queen but refuse to resign and come back to win.  LM Brian Wall started the award in 2005, and it could be celebrating its 20th anniversary if we can find a winner for 2023 and 2024.  So, if you have a game where you drop your Queen and still won, send it along and you too could be immortalized in the list of winners:
See the history here: 
https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2021/07/blunders-are-way.html
There have been a couple of anomalies throughout the years and this game could be the first winner to draw since the triple repetition was the best option for Jaime (begin without the Queen and all).
https://www.chess.com/analysis/library/8ivNH6GrS
[Event "July Swiss 90"]
[Site "Colorado Springs"]
[Date "2024.07.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Cruz, Gerardo"]
[Black "Kurzweg, Jaime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1082"]
[BlackElo "1440"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.07.02"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5
6. b3 cxb3 7. Qxb3 e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e5 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Rd1 b4
13. Ne2 a5 14. Qc2 h6 15. O-O Ba6 16. h3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Qb6 18. Nh2 Na6 19. Qd2
Rfd8 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Ng4 Bg5 22. f4 Bh4 23. Rgf3 c5 24. g3 Be7 25. f5 Bg5 26.
Qd3 cxd4 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rf7 Qc5 29. Nf6 Bxf6 30. R1xf6 Ra7 31. Rxh6+ Kg8 32.
Rxa7 Qxa7 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Rf6+ gxf6 35. Qxa7 fxe5 36. Nxd4 exd4 37. Qxa6 d3
38. Qc4 d2 39. Qf1+ Ke7 40. Qd1 a4 41. Kf2 b3 42. axb3 axb3 43. Ke2 b2 44. g4
Rh8 45. Qb1 Rxh3 46. Kxd2 Rh2+ 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. Kf4 e5+ 49. Kg3 Re2 50. Kf3 Rd2
51. Qf5+ Kg7 52. Qxe5+ Kf7 53. Qf5+ Ke7 54. Qb1 Kf7 55. Kf4 Kg7 56. Kg5 Rd5+
57. Kh4 Rd2 58. Kg5 Rd5+ 59. Kf4 Rd2 60. Kg5 1/2-1/2
Here are some more nominees I have collected this year and some past winners:
https://www.chess.com/library/collections/burden-award-collection-2RgNgUpt6
Here are some places to play chess:
Online
 
Sunday, August 4 @ 6:00 to 9:30pm
Weekly on Sunday
https://www.chess.com/club/colorado-springs-chess-club?ref_id=7846680
Bonus Blitz
 
Event:  Online, 30 min Arena
TC: G/5+0
Rounds: 6:15pm, Mountain
Rapid Online
 
Event:  Online, 4 round Swiss System
TC: G/10+10
Rounds: 7:00pm, Mountain
Entry Fee: FREE
Registration: 1 hour before the start
Questions: Paul Anderson @ Text: (719) 551-9833; E-mail: cschess@juno.com
Over-The-Board
Kyle Luo goes unbeaten in his first CSCC event to claim first place.  Here is the ratings report:
Here are the July Swiss 90 results & prizes:
 
You can view the full standings at the bottom the home page :
Better with faces than names, then you can view all the photos in the google album:
Swiss 90
 
Tuesday, August 6 @ 7:00 to 10:00pm
Weekly on Tuesday, until Aug 28, 2024
104 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA
August Swiss 90
Event:  Monthly, OTB, 4 Round Swiss System
Registration:  About 6:00pm until 6:45pm each week  
Site:  Ballroom in the Acacia Apartment Bldg., 104 E. Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Sections:  Open
Time Control:  G/90+30
Rounds: 4 - One game per night, starting at 7:00pm
Membership:  USCF membership required
Monthly Entry Fee:  $10.00; $5.00 for CSCC Supporting Members
One-Night Entry Fee:  $4.00; $2.00 for CSCC Supporting Members
Prizes:  Cash prizes TBA
Entries: Paul Anderson
Payment:  Cash or Paypal (cschess@juno.com)
Phone: (719) 551-9833 SMS
E-mail: cschess@juno.com
Note:  Players must check-in by 6:45pm each week to be paired
 
Peace be with you,

 

Paul Anderson - President of the Colorado Springs Chess Club

 

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