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We will have the 2015 LCCC Speed Chess Championship
next week.
If you like speed chess – you have to be here. If
you don’t like speed chess, this is a free opportunity to fool around with it.
If you have never played speed chess, here is your chance!
You will play eight games! It will be two games against
each opponent – and a four round Swiss System.
If you and your opponent each win a game – the match
is drawn. A score of 1.5 - .5 counts the same as a 2 – 0 score, and counts as a
win.
The tournament will start at 6:30pm. Get here as
close to 6pm to assure a seat and to ‘warm up’!
It will be a fun night of chess. Be here!
Now here is a Fischer 960 chess game played on line
some time ago. From left (a1) to right – on White’s side of the board – here is
how the back rank pieces were placed: RNBKNRQB. Now just mirror Black with the
same line-up right (a8) to left.
1. d4 d5
2. g3 f6
3. Nc3 e6
4. e4 dxe4
5. Nxe4 Nc6
6. Be3 Bd7
7. O-O-O O-O-O
8. Nc5 Qf7
9. Ned3 Nd6
10. Nxd7 Qxd7
White
always has a bigger opening advantage in Fischer 960 chess. But White has been
able to push that positional advantage to a full three pawns!
Where
is the advantage you may ask? Well, White has two bishops active in the game.
Black has none with his black-squared bishop buried on h8 behind his own pawns.
White’s
knight can attack Black’s queen, while Black’s knights can attack nothing of
that high a value. These little advantages good players notice, and then use
those advantages before they disappear. (+3)
11.
Nc5 Qe8
12.
f4 Nb4
13.
a3 Nd5
14.
Rfe1 f5
15.
Bf3 g6
16.
Qg2 c6
White
has lost some of his advantage as Black has given his bishop some scope and
poised his knights into position where they can now do some damage.
17.
Bg1 Nc7
18.
d5? Ne4?
White
makes a terrible error. 18. …cxd5 19. Bxd5, Nxd5 20. Rxd5, Qb5! 21. Nxd6, Qxb2+
and Black has a winning attack. But Black missed this.
Sometimes
the threat is better than the execution. White now takes full advantage. (4.8)
19.
Bxe4 fxe4
20.
d6! Nd5
21.
d7+ Rxd7
22.
Nxd7 Qxd7
Now
White has 23. c4! For a (+5) advantage, but instead only grabs a pawn (+4).
23.
Qxe4 Re8?
24.
c
4 Qg7
25.
Qe5? Qf8
When
up in material trading pieces is usually a good idea. But White’s more active
queen is a big advantage. 25. Bd4 was a better plan for forcing trades.
26.
Qg5 Nc3
Nice
trap set by Black as the Black knight is poison. After 27. Bxc3?? Black is back
in the game after 27….Qxa3+ 28. Kd2, Bxc3+
27.
Rd3 Na4
28.
Bd4 Nc5
29.
Qxc5 Resigns
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