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Paul Bartron. Photo credit: H. G. Pitre.
Quentin Chi – Robert Goodfellow
Green Open II, Round 3
Seattle, Washington, May 10, 2009
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Bc4 g6 5.
Nf3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 Nc6
into the playing room for an orderly start to
the round, but instead want to play skittles
and blitz to the last minute or past the posted
start time of each round, and thereby do not
allow the efficient starting of each round.
They do not see how it all comes together.
Verifying that the clocks are set right at the
start is completely under-appreciated.
With this different tournament offering
we were able to attract twenty-six players
which is down from the thirty-two players
who attended in the first Green Open to
compete for a guaranteed prize fund. We also
offered one lecture designed for the under-
1800 rated players. The lecture was given
by Master Bill McGeary. Bill had about eight
young players in the audience and some
parents, and a few other veterans. I heard
laughter and other signs of fun, and I had to
leave my desk a couple of times to look at
the happenings. This feature of the tourney
was much appreciated. Try offering this in
your event.
We offered incentives for players to
carpool, take public transportation, walk, or
bike to the site.
The prize winners of the Open section:
1st David Rupel, tied for 2nd & 3rd: Paul
Bartron and Howard Chen, and tied for ist
U-2000; Patrick Hickey, Peter O’Gorman,
and Nathan Lee.
For the Reserve section the winners
were: Tied for 1st & 2nd: Quentin Chi and
Justin Yu; 3rd Steve Buck, tied for 1st U-
1600: Spencer Lehmann and Darby
Monahan; tied for 1st U-1400: Jonathan Bell
and Evangeline Chang.
I asked a few players who won a prize
to consider sending sending notes with their
games to me or the editor. I don’t know how
many will respond, but if they did so, they
have been included here for your enjoyment.
We also have a few games from the event
that are available only at nwchess.com, and
you can use the MyChessViewer2.2 that can
be found there to play through them. We may
hold another event in the early Fall. I hope
you’ll consider playing then.
Pat Hickey and Brian Raffel helped me
clean up the club at the end of the event.
Thank you all.
Notes to the following game are by
Quentin Chi.
We’ve reached the mainline position of
the grand prix attack.
8. h3
8. Qe1 is more usual; White aims for a
slower buildup.
8. ...Bd7 9. a3 Qc8 10. Nh2 Nh5
?? Black misreads the position. g2-g4
does not weaken White, it weakens Black.
11. g4 Nf6 12. f5
12. ...e6 13. g5 Ne8 14. f6
Entombing Black’s king bishop and
strategically sealing the victory.
14. ...Bh8 15. Ng4 h5 16. gxh6 a6 17.
Qe1
{White could consider the clearance
play 17. h7+ first. – editor}
17. ...Kh7 18. e5 d5 19. Be3
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