Right Place, Wrong Time

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from the Colorado Springs Chess Club's 26th Annual City Speed Chess Championship.  The club has normally held this special event in January at our long-time home in the Acacia Apartments.  However, this past year and a half has not been normal.  So, we had to find a new place.  The COATI at 514 S. Tejon St turned out to be the right place.

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Right Place for the 26th Speed Champ

Of course, some problems can occur with changes, as chess players adjust to new surroundings.  Some players like the ambient lighting and the occasional sounds of motorcycles driving into the bar.  Some players are a little more inflexible.  One of the problems was the time I chose to start the event, which doesn't seem to exist in the COATI world.

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Find the blunder

Despite the hurdles, the Over-The-Board events for the club this year are out-performing our tournaments from last year.  So, we are planning to continue meeting monthly at COATI until our regular location re-opens.

Year
Total
Events
Average
2021
68
4
17.00
2020
55
5
11.00
2019
280
19
14.74
2018
323
20
16.15
2017
232
18
12.89
2016
201
16
12.56
2015
157
13
12.08
Grand Total
1316
95
13.85

Another problem with the events we have run is that the time control is too fast for anyone to keep score.  So, it has made it more difficult for me to get games from the players.  However, Will Wolf has been able to re-create a couple of his games to give me some potential for the Game Of The Week.  Will is the one in the photo on the far right playing Rick Hensley.  His pieces spent so much time on Rick's back ranks that Will didn't even bother to sit down, but rather he played on Rick's side of the board.  Rick was a good sport about it as he was mainly there to support his son's new interest in chess.

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Wolf & The Hunter

In the photo, you can see Will playing the wrong Mate in this position.  He went for the Mate-In-3 rather than the far superior Mate-In-2.  I guess it was just a case of right place, wrong time.

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White to Mate in 2

Right Place, Wrong Time

[Event "City Speed Chess Consolation"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2021.06.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wolf, Will"]
[Black "Hensley, Rick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "1375"]
[BlackElo "553"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2021.06.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bd6 4. d3 O-O 5. Bg5 a6 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd8 Rxd8 8.
Bxd5 c5 9. Qf3 Rf8 10. Nh3 g6 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. Bxf7+ Kg7 13. h4 Kh6 14. Qf6 Kh5
15. g4+ Kh6 16. h5 Rxf7 17. hxg6# 1-0

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This Week In Chess

On June 30th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club held the 26th Annual Colorado Springs City Speed Chess Championship (Double RR, G/5+0).  Daniel Herman won the Championship section and became the 12th City Speed Champ.  Jose Llacza earned the 2nd place prize.  

In the Consolation section, Will Wolf went unbeaten and untied to win the 1st place prize, and Shirley Herman and Max Kronstadt split the 2nd place prize.

Place, City Speed Chess Championship, Score, Prize, $ Type

1 Daniel Herman 9.5 $39.00 1st
2 Jose Llacza Magno 7.0 $26.00 2nd
3Mark McGough4.0
4Geo Krasnopolskiy4.0
5Richard Buchanan3.5
6Clinton Eads2.0

Place, City Speed Chess Consolation, Score,  Prize, $ Type

1 William Leo Wolf 10.0 $17.00 1st
2Peter Barlay6.0
3 Shirley Herman 5.0 $10.00 2nd
4 Max Kronstadt 5.0 $10.00 2nd
5Hagan Hensley4.5
6Alec Lane4.0
7Max Cupp4.0
8Rick Hensley1.0
9Santell Davis0.5