June 27 Intergalactic Open Warmup G/10

5 or 6-SS, depending on entries. G/10.
Entry Fee: $8.
Prizes (b/16): $40/25/15/10, $10 each U1800, U1500.
Reg: 7 pm 6/27. Rds: 7:30 pm, then ASAP. angelodp@gmail.com.

June is Busting Out Quads Results

Paul Joseph won the top Quad.

Russ Avarella captured 1st place in the B Quad.  Russ overcame a slip that cost him the full point but he managed to hold the draw against Todd Jobson by building a fortress with Knight and passed pawns against the rook.

                           Quad A

Ostrosky, Tom   0 - 1    Joseph, Paul

Ferrero, Steve    1   0   Buschgans, Rich

                         Quad B

Jobson, Todd  1/2 -  1/2   Avarella, Russ

Walters, Al     1/2  - 1/2    Crawford, Clay

King on the Wire

The May Swiss featured another delayed encounter between the runner up and the winner of the April Shower Swiss. I had a chance to take my fate into my own hands while Rich had his eyes set on a Three-peat. I  telegraphed my aggressive intention  by launching a pawn storm on the King side. Rich cooly replied by opening lines on the Queen side with a pawn sac. The stranded White King was forced to take a perilous walk toward the Queen side while the rest of White forces managed to snuff out the Black King from his safe haven just in the nick of time

Joseph, Paul  (1936) - Buschgans, Rich, (1967)
May Swiss, Hackettstown, NJ, May 9, 2011

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. h4 a6 13. h5 b5 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qd7 18. Nc3 Rfc8 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Nb6 Nxe4
21. Qe3

(21. fxe4 Qxe4+ 22. Qe3 Qxh1+ 23. Kd2 Qxa1 24. Nxc8 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 (25. Nxe7+ Kf7 26. Qxd4 Kxe7) 25... Rxc8) (21. Qd3 Ng5 22. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Nxd4 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Rh3 Rf8+)

21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4

22. ... Rxa2!?

It feels like a crushing blow but the simple  22... Ng5 may be better after  23. Qd5+ Qxd5 24. Nxd5 Rc2 25. Rf1 e6 26. Nc3 Rxb2 27. f4 Nf7 28. Rf2 Rb4

23. Rxa2 Rc1+ 24. Ke2 Ng3+ 25. Kd2 Rxh1 26. Ra8+ Kf7 27. Qf4+ Ke6 28. Qc4+

I declined the draw by repetiton after Qe3+

28. ... d5 29. Qc5 29. Nxd5 Rh2+ 30. Kc3 d4+ 31. Kb3 Qxf3+ 32. Ka2 Kf7 33. Qc4+ Kg7 34. g5 Qf7 35. Nd5 Nf5 36. Ka3 e6 

Here I forgot about the clock and sank into deep thought with 2 min left . I look up on time to see my last second flash and rushed to play 

37. Qc8  leading to a forced mate on the back rank.

37. ... Rh3+ 38. Ka2 Ra3+   39. Kxa3 1-0

May Swiss Results

Tom Ostrosky won the May Swiss. Paul Joseph and Rich Buschgans tied for 2nd place.
Click here for the complete tournament crosstable.
Our next event June is Busting Out Quads starts on June 7.

Pawn Power in Chess

Back when I played online Chess before I quit cold turkey, my Blitz handle was Deja Vudoo as a nod to the fact that magic in Chess often relies on patterns "previously seen" or pattern recognition to be more precise. This positon will bring an eerie sense of  Deja Vu to the readers of this blog.

 Depalma A.

Joseph, P.

Find the winning continuation for Black.

June 6, 13, 20 June is Busting Out Again Quad/Swiss

June 6, 13, 20 June is Busting Out Again Quads/Swiss
Quad or 3-SS, depending on entries. 40/90, SD/60.
EF: $12.  Prizes $35 top in quad or $60/30/20, $20 each U1800, U1500 (b/16).
Reg: 7 pm. Rds: 7:30 pm each Monday.
angelodp@gmail.com.

One Game from the April Showers Swiss

                                                                              Ferrero

Buschgans

22. Bxg6 Rf8

Eric suggested giving up the Queen for two minor pieces but with White's space advantage the Queen is free to roam and pick up more pawns.

(22... fxg6 23. Re6 Qxe6 24. dxe6 Rf8 25. f4 Rf6 26. Qd4  Raf8 27. b4 Rc8 28. Re1 Ba6 29. Rc1 Kh7 30. c5 Bb5 31. Qd5 Bc6 32. Qb3 dxc5 33.  bxc5 Be8 34. Rc2 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 bxc5 36. Qb8)

23. Bf5 Qc7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Qh4 e6 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 28. Bd5 Rf6 29. Rae1 Bxd5 30. Re7+ Qxe7 31.Rxe7+ Bf7 32. Qd4 Rf8 33. Rxa7 1-0



April Showers Tactics

 

                                                                          Ferrero S.

Buschgans, R.
Whtie To Play with a decisive advantage



May 2-23 2011 It's Not Just a Cheese Swiss

May 2-23 2011 It's Not Just a Cheese Swiss
Hackettstown Community Cntr., 293 Main St. (Rte. 46), Hackettstown, NJ 07840.
4-SS. 40/90, SD/60.
EF: $12.
Prizes (b/16): $60/30/20, $20 each U1800, U1500.
Reg.: 7 pm, 5/2.
Rds.: 7:30 pm, each Monday.
INFO: ericmark4@gmail.com.

1st Place DOCA Swiss Grand Prix

I faced Life Master Vladimir Polyakin in round 3 after a 2-0 start at the DOCA Grand Prix

Vladimir Polyakin

                                                             
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Polyakin, Vladimir, (2128) - Joseph, Paul, (1881)
Doca Swiss Grand Prix, Flemington, NJ March 27, 2011

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 cxd4 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bh4 g5  16. Bg3 Bg7!? 

I decided to  pressure his center indirectly and delayed g4 to keep things under control.

 17. Nd6+  Ke7 18. Qd2 

                                                                      Polyakin, Vladimir

Joseph, Paul

This is not the kind of position I was looking to play against a Master when I opted for the Queens Gambit. From here and out I had to play very actively to extricate my pieces.

18 ...  g4  I have to go for it.

19. Nxd4 Nxe5 20. Nxb7 Nxd3 21. Bh4+ Kf8 22. Qxd3 Bxd4

22 ... Qxd4 but I prefered to keep contact with the Knight on b7

22 ... Qxd4 23. Bd8 Qa7

                                                                     Polyakin, Vladimir

Joseph, Paul

(23 ... Rxd8 24. Nxd8 Kg7 25. Rc6 )

24. Na5! Bxb2  25. Rc2 Qd4 26. Qg3 Qe5

(26. ... Rxd8 27. Nc6)

27. Qb3 Bc3 28. Nc6  Qg7 29. Rd1 b4 30. Qc4 Qg6  31. Re2  Kg7 32. Bh4  Rhc8
33. Qc5 Qh5 34. Bg3 Qg5 35. Qd6 Bf6!

I finally complete my development. White is quickly running out of tricks and is behind on time.

36. Rc2  Nc3 37. Re1 h5 38. h4  gxh3 39. gxh3 Qf5 40. Rd2 Ne4 41. Rxe4 Qxe4 42. Be5 Bxe5
43. Nxe5 Rc1+ 44. Kh2

White's flag fell as he is facing mate after Rh1+  and h4 mate.
0-1


Joseph,Paul (1881) - Chi,Patrick (2041)
DOCA Grand Prix, Round 4




Joseph, Paul


I only needed a draw to guarantee clear 1st  place but I had to first shake ghosts of tournaments past.

Joseph,  Paul

After 24 ... Qc7

 25.Rhd4 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.g4 Qd6 29.f3 Kc7 30.Kc2 Nd7 31.Nd2 Ne5 32.Qe4 Nc6 33.a3 Qd4 34.Qxd4 Nxd4+ 35.Kd3 e5 36.Ke4 Kd6 37.f4 Nc6 38.Nf3 exf4 39.Kxf4 Kc5
40.b3 Nd4  41.Nd2 a5 42.Ne4+ Kc6 43.b4 axb4 44.axb4 b6 45.b5+ Kd7 46.Ke3 Ne6 47.Nc3 Kd6 48.Na4 Kc7 49.Ke4 Ng5+ 50.Kd5 Nf3 51.c5 bxc5 52.b6+ Kb7 53.Kxc5 Ne5 54.Kb5 Nxg4

55.Nc5+ [55.Ka5 Ne5 56.Nc5+ Kc6 57.Na4 (57.b7 Kxc5 58.b8Q Nc6+ 59.Ka6 Nxb8+) 57...Nd7 58.Ka6 f5 59.b7 f4 60.Nb2 Nc5+ 61.Ka7 Nxb7 62.Nd3 Nc5 63.Nxf4 Ne4] 55...Kb8 56.Kc6 Ne5+ 57.Kd5 f6 58.Ne6 Kb7 59.Nxg7 Kxb6 60.Nf5 Ng4 61.Ke4 Kc6 62.Kf4 Ne5 63.Nxh6 Kd6 64.Kf5 Ke7 65.Ng8+ Kf8 66.Nxf6 Nf7 67.Kg6 Ne5+ 68.Kf5 Nf7 69.Kg6 Ne5+ 70.Kf5 ½–½

Mission accomplished!