Ken Tack Wins the 2016 LCCC Speed Tournament

Our Tournament Director - Ken Tack - not only ran the tournament, but won it also!

Scoring 3.5 points out of 4 and taking a clear 1st place! Nice job Ken!

Here are the rest of the results:
Luke S - 3 points

Vince V - 2.5 points
Mike N - 2.5 pts
Americo M - 2.5 pts

Paul M - 2 points
Marcello M - 2 pts
Luca M - 2 pts

John R - 1.5 points

Luigi M - 1 point
Larry W - 1 pt

Calahan - .5 points

Thanks to all who entered the tournament. We had 14 players tonight and 12 entered the tournament.

We welcomed a new player - Brennan - to the club. See you next week!

Fischer 960 Position at start of game.

Next week is a Casual Chess night. But the following week starts our annual Fischer Random Tournament! This is another fun event. Be here for this.

An example of a Fischer 960 game is given here. Notes by Igor3000. The game started with this set up:

1. e4           e5
2. Ngf3      d6
3. Nxe5      Ngf6
4. N5d3      h5?
In Fischer 960, errors lurk everywhere. Black had a free pawn, but feared a Bf4 mate move that would not have worked. [4. ....Nxe4 5. f3, Nc5 6. Nxc5, cxc5 7. Bf4+ f5 -]. Instead, White is winning (+1.5).

5. g3        Nxe4
6. Bf3      b6
7. b3        Bf6
8. Qh3+   Kd8
9. Bxf6+   .......
The move 9. Bxh5?? was a poison pawn as ...Ng5 10. Qf1, Bxh1 hurts White badly.

9. .......       N8Xf6
10. Rf1      g5
11. Qg2?    .........
Better was 11. Bxe4. Now Black has a (-.9) (almost a pawn) lead.

11. .......        g4
12. Bxe4      Nxe4
13. f3           Ng5
14. Qf2        Kd7?
Black errors here. Better was 14. ......Qg7. Now White is winning (+.6).

15. fxg4      hxg4
16. Qf5+     Ne6
17. Qxg4?   Rxh2
18. Nf4?      ........

Position after 18. Nf4?

Two errors in a row by White gives Black all the momentum (-1). Better was 18. Nf3.

18. ........       Qg8
19. Qxg8      Rxg8
20. Nf3         Bxf3
21. Rxf3       Nxf4
22. Rxf4       Rxg3
23. Rxf7+     Kc6
24. d3??       .......
The final error (-4). 24. Rf1 was needed.

24. .......        Rgg2
25. a4           Rxc2+
26. Kd1        Rhd2+
27. Ke1        Rxd3
White runs out of time.