Tactics Time Chess Newsletter: Media Circus

Published: Fri, 07/06/12

Newsletter Issue Media Circus

Tactics Time

Media Circus

Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town. ~ George Carlin


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his game was played between 2 of my favorite chess friends, Cory Foster and Randy Reynolds of Fort Collins, CO.

In the position on the right it is Black to move.

Answer below.

   Tactics Time has been getting a lot of press lately!

   Several of my puzzles (including the position on the right) have appeared in Stephen Dann's Chess Column, which appears on Sundays in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette Newspaper. Worcester is the second largest city in Massachusetts, after Boston.

   Stephen has been on the chess scene for a long time, and has worked as a chess journalist for over 35 years. He is a past president of the Chess Journalists of America (CJA). We often exchange e-mails with thoughts on chess politics, marketing, teaching, and journalism. He has given me a lot of really good feedback, and some nice complements about my chess tactics e-mail newsletter, and a lot of referrals too, which I really appreciate!

Here are two of his recent columns:

June 24, 2012 http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120624/NEWS/106249613/0/

July 1, 2012 http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120701/NEWS/107019744/0/

   Thanks Stephen!

   I also received a really nice review, written by Ken Surratt from Chessville.com!

   You can read their review here: http://www.chessville.com/links/Site%20Reviews/TacticsTime.htm

   I had no idea that they were going to do that, so was a really nice surprise!

   Chessville also writes a free chess e-mail newsletter, and I highly recommend everyone to sign up. They cover major chess events, do reviews of books, websites, and provide lots of great instruction. They also love great quotes, and have an awesome collection on their site.

   I have been a subscriber of the chessville newsletter for a long time, and they always do a great job.

I also had some articles in the recent July 2012 issue of the Colorado Chess Informant, which you can read at http://www.coloradochess.com. Fred Spell did an awesome job on this latest issue. It is 44 pages long, with beautiful graphics, and layout.

My tactics time column is in there, along with a funny "point - counter point" article with Paul Anderson. Paul took the side of "resign early to show respect to your opponent", and I took the opposite point of view "Nothing is over!!". We wrote them like political attack ads, and I think that both are laugh out loud funny.

Here is the complete game:

[Event "Fort Collins Spring Fling"]
[Site "Fort Collins"]
[Date "2004.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Foster, Cory"]
[Black "Reynolds, Randy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1248"]
[BlackElo "1519"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. a3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxg5 9. Nxg5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxg5 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Bxh7 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. g3 Qh6+ 18. Kg2 Qxh7 19. Qe2 Qh3+ 20. Kf3
e5 21. Qc4 Bg4+ 22. Ke4 Bf5+ 23. Kf3 Qg4+ 24. Kg2 e4 25. f4 Qh3+ 26. Kf2 Be6

27. Qc5 Qh2+ 28. Ke1 Qxg3+ 29. Kd2 Rh2+ 30. Kc3 Qxe3+ 31. Kb4 Rxb2+ 32.
Ka4 Qb3# 0-1

You can play through this game here: http://tacticstime.com/cory-foster-randy-reynolds-fort-collins-spring-fling-2004/

Answer:

22...Qh7# is a long distance queen mate that was missed in the game

Happy Tactics!

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