Tactics Time Chess Newsletter: Cabin Fever Reliever
Published: Sun, 03/03/13
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his position comes from my game last week (February 19, 2013) against Paul Anderson.
In the position on the right it is White to move.
Answer below.
This past week I was the tournament director for the "Cabin Fever Reliever" Tuesday Night tournament here in Colorado Springs.
I had received an email from the USCF stating that my "local TD" certifications had expired, but that I could extend my certifications by directing some events. So I asked club managers Dean Brown and Paul Anderson if I could direct this tournament so that I could get some TD credits. The tournament was a four round G/30 played over 2 weeks, with 2 games per week. To get ready for the tournament, I had to download the latest version of SwissSys (pairing software), and update my software license. I uploaded the latest database from USCF and was ready to go. I played in the tournament as well, and ended up doing REALLY well. I won all four of my games, 3 of which I was paired against higher rated opponents! You can see the final tournament results here: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201302193562. I picked up 85 rating points, which is quite a lot for one tournament, and set an all time high rating! 30 of the rating points were "bonus points", which the USCF gives when you have a really good performance. My performance rating for the tournament was around 2400. So the whole tournament was a lot of fun! I haven't had a lot of time for tournament play recently, since I have been working on the Tactics book, and the newsletters, and blog, etc. But I have been "drinking my own bathwater" doing a lot of tactics problems, and it really paid off in this tournament! Here is the complete game:
[Event "Cabin Fever Reliever"]
[Site "Colorado Springs"] [Date "2013.02.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Brennan, Tim"] [Black "Anderson, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1750"] [BlackElo "2040"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. e4 c6 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. c3 Ng4 8. h3 Qb6+ 9. d4 Nf6 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nd5 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. c4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Nd3 15. g4 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Bc8 17. Ng5 Qc7 18. c5 e6 19. Nce4 Bh6 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Nfxh7 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qd8 24. Rxf7+ Rxf7 25. Nxe6+ Kh7 26. Nxd8 Rg7 27. Nf7 Nf8 28. Qh6+ 1-0 You can play through this game here: http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2013/2/20/Game22854037.html
Answer:
24. Rxf7+! is a crusher. Paul played 24...Rxf7 and I forked his King and Queen with 25. Nxe6+. Even though he was down major material at this point, Paul played on until I had a mate in one, like a true warrior who never gives up!
Happy Tactics!
Your Friend,
 P.S. Below is a picture of Brian Wall's funny T-shirt with the "You look like my next e-mail" slogan on it, that he would wear to tournaments.
My opponent, Paul Anderson has been writing an entertaining chess e-mail newsletter called "Colorado Springs Chess News" (http://cschess.webs.com) for years.
My friend Pete Short gave him a hard time because his latest newsletter
did not contain the above game, and instead contained one of Paul's
victories.
Paul responded:
There are several reasons I passed on publishing this one:
1. I had a request for an earlier game (with similar themes) 2. It is my tradition to publish only 4 losses each year 3. Tim was wearing his Tournament T-shirt that said, "You look like my next email!" 
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