The Livingston County Chess Club meets every Monday night between
4pm and 10pm
at the Buffalo Wild Wings in the Green Oak Mall in Brighton, MI.
Stop in for some friendly chess, good food and 'refreshments'.
Everyone of all ages and playing strength are welcome to attend. And free lessons to all beginners!
Now on to the news! Our annual Action Tournament (30-minute Time Limit) concluded with the winner being Dr. Ken Tack! - Again! Congratulations Ken. 2nd-3rd went to John O and Thomas V. , with Luke M., Pete B., and Vince V. rounding out the top finishers out of 14 players. Thanks to all that participated!
Now for the diagram: Your humble scribe refrains from putting games or puzzles up here since you can get those anywhere. But recently, some have caught my eye having actually happened in a real tournament game some time ago.
The players are F. D. Yates with White and none other than Alexander Alekhine with Black!
From the archives of the 1924 New York Master's Tournament book, it says that White has just played 26. Bd5, moving from e4 to escape capture from the knight and to protect his own knight at f3.
Alekhine remarked at the time, "Still losing a piece, and what followed from my opponent was sheer desperation!" Indeed, after Alekhine played 26. ...c6, White responded with 27. Rxg7 and resigned a few moves later. Another victory for the World Champion and the tournament and life goes on.
However, instead of the desperation move, another Master playing in the tournament, Frank Marshall, found the WIN for White after glancing at the position for just a few moments in post-mortem! Alekhine and Yates were both stunned.
Find the winning move!