Sept 19,26 Spam 'n' Swiss Tournament

4-SS. G/45.

Entry Fee: $12.

Prizes (b/16): $75/35/25, U1800 $20, free entry top U1500.

Reg.: 7 pm.  9/19. 2 rounds per night. Rds.: 7:30 pm & ASAP each Monday.
Byes available all rounds.  angelodp@gmail.com.

Sept 12 Feed Your Greed for Speed

The Hackettstown Chess Club is holding the first ever Quick Chess Festival where you can to try your hands at various Quick Time controls.

Feed Your Greed for Speed
Multi-time-control quick-rated: Rd 1 G/5, Rd 2 G/10, Rd 3 G/15, Rd 4 G/20, Rd 5 G/25.
Entry Fee: $10.
Prizes (b/16): $75/40/25, U1800 $20, free entry top U1500.
Reg.: 7 pm 9/12. Rds.: 7:30 pm, ASAP.
angelodp@gmail.com.

Life on the Wire

Tom Ostrosky won the Hackettstown Swiss International. Rich Buschgans came in 2nd Place.

My 2nd round encounter against Tom shows that life on the wire is a delicate balancing act as a great number of forces can quickly be directed at the uncastled King. Things went quickly downhill once I opened up the position with my knights on the rim after 22 ... dxc4 instead of Nxc4.