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January, 2020 Volume 47, Number 1 COLORADO STATE CHESS ASSOCIATION January 2020 COLORADO CHESS INFORMANT Chess Landscaping Volume 47, Number 1 Colorado Chess Informant January 2020 From the Editor With the New Year comes new ideas and resolutions from the Board. The first few pages of this issue lists all the recent hap- penings - so be sure to give them at least, an interested glance. Among the many fine articles you will find is NM Todd Bard- wick’s rather unique way of landscaping his property - the time The Colorado State Chess Association, Incorporated, is a and effort he put into such an endeavor is amazing. Section 501(C)(3) tax exempt, non-profit educational corpora- Sadly, 2019 saw the passing of Colorado’s own Imre Barlay. His tion formed to promote chess in Colorado. Contributions are was an interesting life and the story is told by DuWayne tax deductible. Langseth and others. He will be sorely missed. Dues are $15 a year. Youth (under 20) and Senior (65 or older) memberships are $10. Family memberships are available to Many other fine stories inside, so don’t hesitate - jump right in! additional family members for $3 off the regular dues. Scholas- tic tournament membership is available for $3. May Caissa be with you. ● Send address changes to Ann Davies. Fred Eric Spell ● Send pay renewals & memberships to Dean Brown. ● See back cover for EZ renewal form. k The Colorado Chess Informant (CCI) is the official publication of the CSCA, published four times a year in January, April, July and October. In This Issue Articles in the CCI do not necessarily reflect the views of the 3. The 2019 Class Championship Report CSCA Board of Directors or its membership. 4. Letter to CSCA Members CSCA President Paul Covington CSCA Board of Directors CSCA Appointees 6. 2nd CSCA Board Meeting President: USCF Delegates: 8. Pawn Garden - Chess Landscaping for the Yard Paul Covington Richard “Buck” Buchanan NM Todd Bardwick [email protected] [email protected] 14. The Life of Senior Master Imre Barlay Vice President: Paul Covington DuWayne Langseth, et al. Kevin McConnell [email protected] 18. Winter Springs Open [email protected] Richard “Buck” Buchanan CCI Editor: Secretary: Fred Eric Spell 22. Denver Chess Club Fall Classic Ann Davies [email protected] J.C. MacNeil 24. Watson - Carlson 1975 [email protected] Correspondence Chess: Curtis Carlson Treasurer: Klaus Johnson 34. 2019 London Chess Classic Report Dean Brown [email protected] John Brezina [email protected] Scholastic Chess: 36. Games From the 2019 Colorado Open (Part II) Junior Representative: Lior Lapid Richard “Buck” Buchanan Griffin McConnell [email protected] 41. Colorado Chess Club Directory [email protected] Webmaster & Tournament ® Members at Large: Clearinghouse: 42. The Chess Detective Lior Lapid Dean Clow NM Todd Bardwick [email protected] [email protected] 44. Tactics Time! Tim Brennan Gracie Salazar CSCA Historian: 46. Upcoming Colorado Tournaments [email protected] Todd Bardwick [email protected] Informant Article Submission Deadlines: January issue - December 21 / April issue - March 21 On the cover: July issue - June 21 / October issue - September 21 NM Todd Bardwick’s (Email articles to [email protected]) Pawn Garden © 2020 Colorado State Chess Association Page 2 www.ColoradoChess.com Volume 47, Number 1 Colorado Chess Informant January 2020 The 2019 Class Championship Report 42 players registered and 31 fought through the snow storm and bitter cold weather to the finish. Overall, a quality event. Prize winners and prize fund listed below. Thank you to all who attended. We collected $1,750 in entries: The prize fund was $1,225 (70% of the entries). The tournament costs were: Site cost $416, TD fee $0, Rating fee $18.50, Two packs of scoresheets: ~$16.00. Other related items: Ent Federal Credit Union donated ink pens. Ann Davies bought me a hamburger on Saturday. I donated the usual TD fees and hotel / food costs to the CSCA as a gift in kind. I think what about wraps it up. 2019 Class Championships were a success. The main distractor was the weather! Snow and cold (Colorado staples) resulted in some withdrawals and unusual pairings. Congrats to all the winners (all those who played) and to the Champions (those who finished in 1st place!): Master/Expert: 1st Daniel Herman - $130.00 Master/Expert: 2nd Rhett Langseth - $70.00 Class A/Unrated: 1st Brad Lundstrom & Joshua Samuel - $92.50 each. Class B: 1st Wesley Woo - $170.00 Class B: 2nd Luke Namesnik - $85.00 Class C: 1st Nicholas Miller - $130.00 Class C: 2nd Norbert Martinez - $65.00 Class D: 1st Charles Zhang - $130.00 Class D: 2nd Kenneth Scott & Nathan Woo - $32.50 each. Class E/Unrated: 1st Daniel Smith - $130.00 Class E/Unrated: 2nd Randy Richter & Shirley Herman - $32.50 each. The next CSCA event is the Senior Championship and the under 50 tournament at the same location: The Ranch in Loveland, March 14 & 15, 2020. See you there! Paul Covington Chief Tournament Director k www.ColoradoChess.com Page 3 Volume 47, Number 1 Colorado Chess Informant January 2020 Letter to CSCA Members CSCA President Paul Covington What does the CSCA Board do? Here is an update since the Membership meeting in September. First, a giant thank you to all members for your support of our board. As board members, we have a responsibility to provide a quality chess experience to our members. We take that responsibility seriously. After a rocky start, we really came together in our first board meeting. A time of sharing produced a number of ideas of things the board could do to promote Colorado chess. Everyone got involved with discussing what we could do and how we could make those ideas happen. One thing we decided right away was to conduct the 2019 Class Championships which had been canceled during the summer. Forty-two players entered in spite of a snow storm and cold weather. Ann Davies, Kevin McConnell and Dean Brown put in stellar efforts to increase the CSCA memberships and update the membership records. Members support is vital if we are to make Colorado chess better. We have all the “regular” events scheduled and are preparing for a great chess season: Scholastic State Championships will be a festive event-Feb 14, 15 & 16; Senior and Under 50 Championship in Loveland-Mar 14 & 15; All Girls Scholastic tournament-Mar 28; Colorado Closed Championships in Denver Apr 3, 4 & 5; Colorado Class Championships in Manitou Springs Art Center-May 16 & 17; CSCA Quick & Blitz Warmup-Jun 13 and Championship Jul 18; AND then the Colorado State Championship Open Festival-Sep 4, 5 & 6. Details for this events are on the ColoradoChess.com website. We are supporting the Denver Open by bringing in GMs/IMs to enrich the CSCA members’ chess experience. Our agreement with DCC includes the FIDE section WILL have space for members to see the games this year. The board has committed to raising funds to meet the $2,500 pledge for the DO-2020 event. Our first Facebook Fundraiser brought in $520. Shirley Herman organized that fundraiser and pledged to match the funds. An additional $25 was pledged. I am thrilled to report that I received the check from those pledges. $545 will be put into the account to support the CSCA pledge. Ann was inspired but wasn’t on Facebook and wrote a check to CSCA for $100 to support the Board’s commitment to the Denver Open. Everyone on the Board has donated in some form: Time, Treasure, and Talent. That is how things get done! Ann attended a seminar on Grant Writing, then wrote the first CSCA Grant request. Kevin assisted, checking details, supporting her effort. We are hoping for an approval. She gifted the seminar fees to the CSCA as a “gift in kind” ($113) which does not show up in our financial reports. We are assisting in bringing the 4th Annual FIDE World Youth Chess Championship for the Disabled to Denver. The teams and staff will be in town around June 28 through July 7. This will be an opportunity to see young chess players from all over the world. I have been told some of the organizations wear very colorful uniforms! CSCA has a special fund set aside from donations to support our youth who are officially invited to represent the United States in overseas chess tournaments. Griffin McConnell was the only US representative on Team Americas which played in Turkey in early December. We supported him with $500 from that fund. Special thanks to Lior Lapid for accompanying him on the trip and served as the Team Americas’ coach. We have reinstituted the Colorado Chess Hall of Fame. Randy Canney has agreed to lead the committee that will make the selections. Page 4 www.ColoradoChess.com Volume 47, Number 1 Colorado Chess Informant January 2020 We have ordered four DGT Bluetooth chess boards and sets to replace the aging ones we presently use. This was a big decision which should support Colorado chess for years. We reorganized the Scholastic Chess program. The CSCA Treasurer has responsibility for all accounts. He works closely with the Scholastic Chess Director regarding financial matters. The Scholastic Director is still appointed by the Board and manages the Scholastic program. The Denver Scholastic Chess League is being brought back under the Board (It was started by a previous Scholastic Director years ago) starting with the 2020 school year. Our Non-Profit status is important to helping spread this program statewide. We are looking for a volunteer to manage this program. We started two new programs. Ann Davies headed up two All Girls chess programs in Title 1 schools and purchased chess sets for those programs.
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