201211 - Northwest Chess!
201211 - Northwest Chess!
201211 - Northwest Chess!
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dress for Brian. A complete list of<br />
chess clubs in Oregon, Washington<br />
and Idaho can be found on the nwchess.com<br />
web site. Please report<br />
any changes in times, locations,<br />
contacts or meeting dates to Eric<br />
Holcomb, contact info on page 2.<br />
A Quick <strong>Chess</strong> tournament<br />
(G25;d3) was held on October 1 at<br />
Cedar Hills Crossing in Beaverton.<br />
Once again, the winner was Nick<br />
Raptis with a perfect 6-0 score. Second<br />
in the 7-player event was Brian<br />
Esler. On the day before, 14 players<br />
competed in the Sunday <strong>Chess</strong><br />
Slam at the same venue. Brian Esler<br />
and Yaman Tezcan tied for first<br />
with 3.5 points out of 4. Sean Tobin<br />
directed both events.<br />
The previous Quick <strong>Chess</strong> tournament<br />
in Beaverton was held on<br />
September 10 and won by Robert<br />
Herrera with 3.5/4. Herrera upset<br />
FM Charles Schulien in Round 1 of<br />
the Game 25 plus 3-second delay<br />
event. Sean Tobin directed assisted<br />
by Sean O’Connell. Twelve players<br />
took part.<br />
Alexandra Botez of Happy Valley<br />
was featured in an article published<br />
in the October 9th Edition of the<br />
Portland Tribune. Botez, who is a citizen<br />
of US and Canada, competed<br />
for Canada in the 2012 World <strong>Chess</strong><br />
Olympiad from Aug. 27 – Sept. 10<br />
in Istanbul, Turkey as well as the<br />
Arnold Denker Tournament of<br />
High School Champions in Vancouver,<br />
WA, this past August. A<br />
link to the article mentioned above<br />
can be found on the home page of<br />
the nwchess.com web site.<br />
Last month I ran out of space near<br />
the end of my report concerning<br />
Steven Breckenridge and his move<br />
to Lubbock, TX, to attend Texas<br />
Tech University. As a result, I cut<br />
short his notes, especially those in<br />
his fine game with Carl Haessler in<br />
the 2012 Oregon Closed Championship.<br />
With apologies to the players<br />
and our readers, I am reprinting<br />
the game this month with full notes<br />
and diagrams, as well as Steven’s<br />
concluding remarks. Enjoy!<br />
White: Haessler,Carl (2200)<br />
Black: Breckenridge, Steven<br />
(2349)<br />
[C24] Oregon Closed Championship<br />
Round 6, Feb 18, 2012<br />
[Notes by Steven Breckenridge]<br />
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3<br />
d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb3 Bd6 7.0–0<br />
e4!?<br />
Very unorthodox of me, I think.<br />
7...0–0 I would be playing a more<br />
boring line. 8.Bg5 d4 9.Nbd2 Nc6<br />
10.Re1 h6 11.Bh4 Rb8 12.h3 Re8<br />
13.Nc4 b5 14.Nxd6 Qxd6.<br />
8.dxe4 dxe4 9.Ng5 0–0 10.f3?<br />
I understand his intention, but that<br />
was a bad decision in this position.<br />
He needs to just develop and win<br />
the e-pawn, where I’ll get to trade<br />
for the h-pawn with the tactic<br />
Bxh2+ followed by Qh4+. 10.Nc3<br />
Nc6 11.Ncxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4<br />
Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Qh4+ 14.Kg1<br />
Qxe4 15.Re1 Qg6 16.c3 Bf5 and it<br />
seems to be pretty equal, and may<br />
be a long battle for one to gain an<br />
advantage.<br />
10...Qc7<br />
10...exf3 11.Qxf3 Nc6 was also<br />
good.<br />
11.Nxe4 Bxh2+ 12.Kh1 Be5<br />
12...Nxe4 13.fxe4 Be5 14.Nc3<br />
transposes to game.<br />
13.Nbc3 Nxe4 14.fxe4 Qe7<br />
14...Nc6 15.Nd5 Qd6 another idea.<br />
15.Qe1<br />
15.Qh5 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Be6 17.a4<br />
Bxb3 18.Ba3 Qe6 19.Bxf8 Bc4<br />
20.Rfd1 Nc6 21.Ba3 Qxe4 is interesting<br />
22.Rd7 b6 23.Qf3 Qxf3<br />
24.gxf3 Ne5 25.Rd4 Be2 26.f4 Nc6<br />
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