Tactics Time Chess Newsletter Swashbuckling Tactician

Published: Sun, 10/18/15

Newsletter Issue Swashbuckling Tactician

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Swashbuckling Tactician

Not every chess legend has "GM" before his name ~ FM Mike Klein


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his position comes from the game GM Alejandro Ramirez (2586) vs IM Maximilian Meinhardt (2381), Round 4 of the Millionaire Chess Open 2, played Oct 9, 2015 at Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV.

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

Answer below.

Some news and notes from around the chess world....

Rest in Peace to International Master Emory Tate who passed away last night while playing a tournament chess game. FIDE Master Mike Klein, who I met this past weekend in Las Vegas, wrote a nice tribute to Tate on chess.com http://www.chess.com/news/emory-tate-1958-2015-7615

I met Tate years ago, but not at a chess tournament. I was in San Diego for work, doing some software for the Navy with Raytheon. My coworker and I went to a downtown bar/restaurant after work and were hanging out. I recognized some of the players, who were there for the US Championship, and went over to say hi. Tate was very warm and friendly and happy that someone from the general public recognized him. I bought all of those guys a drink, and it was a fun time.

I love this quote as well, from Dr. Daaim Shabazz who called Tate "A swashbuckling tactician who will try to slash you to bits as brilliantly as possible."

Rest in Peace.

Here is a heroic story that caught my eye: "Illinois Army veteran, 75, saves children from knife-wielding teen who stormed library" http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/army-veteran-75-saves-kids-knife-wielding-teen-article-1.2400875

From the article:

"A knife-wielding Illinois teen stormed a children's chess class, reportedly screaming "I'm going to kill some people!" before being overtaken by a 75-year-old Army veteran with a lethal set of hands, authorities said.

Dustin Brown, 19, unleashed his war cry to a room full of 16 children and mothers, causing them to scurry beneath tables at the Morton Public Library on Tuesday, the Pekin Times reported.

James Vernon, a retired chess club teacher who received knife-fighting training 50 years ago in the Army, said he was coaching the homeschoolers, ages 7 to 13, when he calmly confronted the madman first with conversation."

Best wishes for a speedy recovery James!

There was a nice article in the Telegraph about the Millionaire Chess tournament, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11928084/Chess-gets-sexy-in-million-dollar-Las-Vegas-tournament.html

This picture with Boulder's Alex Stiger on the left has gone viral, and the photographer, David Llada has called it his favorite chess photo of all time.

Michael Chukwuma Mkpadi of ChessClubLive put together a very nice video montage of David Llada's beautiful chess photos which you can watch here: https://vimeo.com/142218199

I am still chucking about IM Danny Rensch's confessional booth from the Millionaire Open, where he wanted to talk about the "elephant in the room" - Gata Kamsky's hair! lol

I did a fun 5K race yesterday in Colorado Springs, called the "Waldo Waldo", which helped to raise money for Waldo Canyon, which had a horrible forest fire a few years ago. Thousands of people were dressed up as Waldo for the event. It was a lot of fun! The Denver Chess Club is going to be having a Halloween tournament as well on the 31st, and I am looking forward to that. I am going to be dressed as Jon Snow from Game of Thrones. Check out https://denverchess.com/ for details.

Here is the complete game:

[Event "Millionaire Chess Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Meinhardt, Maximilian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Be7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Rc2 Bf8 15.
Nb3 Ne4 16. Qc1 Ne7 17. Nfd4 Nd6 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. Bc3 Qd7 20. Qa1 Qa4 21. Rdc1
Ba6 22. Nd2 Nb5 23. Nxb5 Bxb5 24. Nf3 Nf5 25. Qb2 Nd6 26. Nd4 Bc4 27. Qa1 Ne4
28. Bb2 g6 29. Nf3 a5 30. Ne5 Ba6 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Ng4 Rxc2 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34.
Nxe8+ Kg8 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxe4+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Nd7+ Kg8 39. Nxf8 Rxc1+
40. Qxc1 Kxf8 41. Qd2 Ke7 42. Qg5+ Kd7 43. Qd5+ Ke7 44. Be5 Qd7 45. Bf6+ Ke8
46. Qe5+ Qe6 47. Qb8+ Qc8 48. Qxb6 Bxe2 49. Qe3+ Qe6 50. Qd4 Qd7 51. Qe5+ Qe6
52. Qb8+ Kd7 53. Qd8+ Kc6 54. bxa5 Kb7 55. Bd4 Bc4 56. h4 Bd5 57. Qb6+ Kc8 58.
Qc5+ Kb7 59. a6+ Kxa6 60. Qa7+ Kb5 61. a4+ Kc4 62. Qc5+ Kd3 63. Qc3+ Ke2 64.
Qc2+ Kf3 65. Be3 Kg4 66. Qd1+ Bf3 67. Qd4+ Qe4 68. Qf6 Qb1+ 0-1

You can play through this game here: http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2015/10/15/Game1901509789.html

Answer: White had just played 68.Qf5?? which allows 68...Qb1+ 69.Bc1 Qxc1+ 70.Kh2 Qh1#.

White withdrew from the tournament after this game.

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