Hey there, -- Hope that your 2014 is off to a great start, and that you have a happy and healthy new year!
| Jan 2014 Colorado Chess Informant
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The new issue of the Colorado Chess Informant Magazine is now out. There are some great articles about the Carlsen-Anand match, plenty of games, and great contributions from - GM Tejas Bakre
- Joe Fromme
- Paul Anderson
- Randy Reynolds
- Buck Buchanan
- Todd Bardwick
- Colin James III
- and more
Editor Fred Spell has created a beautiful
magazine. His use of fonts and colors and layout looks really professional. We are lucky to have him here in Colorado. He does an amazing job. The magazine comes out four times a year. This issue marks the Ten Year anniversary of my Tactics Time column in the magazine! The first column appeared in January 2004, when I was editor of the magazine. This month's column is on page 18. The Magazine is in PDF format, and is about 3 Megabytes in
size.
You can read the magazine (free) here |
GM Blunder from the N. American Open
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Blunders from Grandmasters are always popular, and I always get a lot of good feedback from them. Here is one that was played last week at the North American Open. Black to Move. Answer below. I posted this on my Tactics Time facebook page, where it got 36 shares and over 10,000 views! Be sure to "like" my page if you haven't already, https://www.facebook.com/TacticsTime
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Some exciting news - Tactics Time got invited by the Massachusetts Chess Association Education Committee Chair, Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D., to an chess education expo next weekend in Boston!
My Tactics Time co-author, Anthea Carson will be attending the expo, which is held in conjunction with the Boston Chess Conference tournament, which
is run by Bill Goichberg and the Continental Chess Association. The tournament and expo are being held at the Hyatt Boston Harbor, near the Logan airport.
So if you are planning on being at the tournament, be sure and say hi to Anthea! I know she is excited about it!
Check out the Tournament Info Here |
Answer
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Here is the complete game: [Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV"]
[Date "2013.12.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Gareev, Timur"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount
"105"]
[EventDate "2013.12.??"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. a3 Be7 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Qc4 Rf8 20. Rd3 Bf6 21. b4 Qb6 22. Ne4 Ne7 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Rcd1 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Ba4 26. Qxd8
Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kh7 28. R1d4 Bc6 29. h3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qxf3 31. Rd3 Qf5 32. R8d5 Qe6 33. R5d4 f5 34. b5 Qe5 35. a4 f4 36. Kg2 g5 37. Rd2 Kg6 38. h4 Qe1 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. R2d3 Qe2 41. Rd6+ Kh5 42. Rh3+ Kg4 43. Rd4 Qe6 44. Re3 Qf5 45. Re1 Qc2 46. Re3 Qc8 47. Kh2 Kh4 48. Rg3 Qf5 49. f3 Qc2+ 50. Rg2 Qb3 51. Rd7 Kh5 52. Rg7 Qd5 53. R7xg5+ 1/2-1/2
You can play through the game here: http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2014/1/4/Game397184660.html
Both GMs somehow missed the simple move, 47...Qh8+ forking the White King and Rook.
White allowed this move, when he played 47. Kh2?? and Black responded with 47...Kh4??
I met Timur Gareev (the white player), last year when he did a 15 board blindfold simul in Denver, during Brian Wall's Corner Bakery Open on
16th Street mall in Denver. He is currently ranked the #3 player in the US.
Timur is an amazing player, and this just shows that *everyone* makes mistakes. It is especially easy to make mistakes when you are tired, which is a lesson I was reminded of many times during Shirley Herman's 24 Hour tournament last weekend!
This blunder happened during the last round of the tournament, which had a 8 way tie for first place. If Black had found this move, they
would have got sole first place, and won thousands of dollars. The USCF talks more about this tournament here: http://www.uschess.org/content/view/12483/738/ |
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Happy Tactics and Happy New Year!
Your friend,
Tim Brennan
tim@tacticstime.com
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