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Volume 38, Number 4 October 2011 / $3.00 Colorado State Chess Association COLORADO CHESS INFORMANT The 62nd Colorado Open With The Annual CSCA Meeting www.colorado-chess.com Volume 38, Number 4 Colorado Chess Informant October 2011 Junior Representative: Rhett Langseth From The Editor 15282 Paddington Circle So here it is, from the new Board of Directors of the CSCA: Colorado Springs, CO 80921 The Colorado State Chess [email protected] ATTENTION: The Colorado Chess Informant will be published Association, Inc., is a Section Members at Large: on www.coloradochess.com starting with the next issue (Volume 501(C)(3) tax exempt, non- Frank Deming 39, Number 1). Log in and look for the electronic Informant in profit educational corporation 7906 Eagle Ranch Road color! This will be a growing experience so please remain flexi- formed to promote chess in Fort Collins, CO 80528 ble as we transition to this new way of presenting Colorado Colorado. Contributions are chess at its finest! [email protected] tax deductible. Dues are $15 a The vote at the annual meeting was over-whelming in favor of year or $5 a tournament. Youth Tom Nelson having this magazine go to an online version only. In fact, it was (under 21) and Senior (65 or [email protected] not even close, 45-3. What this will do is save the CSCA a lot of older) memberships are $10. CSCA Depts. / Appointees money as well as give me the opportunity to expand the maga- Family memberships are avail- zine as necessary and better yet, to have it in color! able to additional family mem- USCF Delegates: This is just a logical step as newspapers and magazines are going bers for $3 off the regular dues Richard Buchanan to online versions around the country and are disappearing from with only one magazine deliv- Dean Brown (Alternate) newsstands. Those newspapers that are still around are pretty ered to the address. Board Advisor / much just newsletters now. The Colorado Chess Informant Denver Chess: There are some new faces on the Board for the coming year. If (CCI) is the official publication Brad Lundstrom you have any questions or concerns, their contact information is of the CSCA, published four [email protected] on the left side of this page. So please feel free to share ideas times a year in January, April, Board Advisor / Non-Profit with them and help make the CSCA an even better organization July & October. Financial Matters: for chess in Colorado. Articles in the CCI do not nec- Jerry Maier May Caissa be with you. essarily reflect the views of the [email protected] CSCA Board of Directors or its Fred Eric Spell CCI Editor: membership. Fred Eric Spell k Send address changes and [email protected] memberships to Randy Reyn- Colorado Chess Tour: olds. Send pay renewals to Randy Reynolds In This Issue Richard Buchanan. See back [email protected] cover for EZ renewal form! 3. President’s Report & CSCA Membership Meeting Correspondence Chess: Paul Covington CSCA Board of Directors Klaus Johnson [email protected] 4. Eric Montany, Colorado State Champion President: Richard “Buck” Buchanan Paul Covington Prison Chess: Randy Canney 8. Monument Open III Fred Eric Spell 748 Cardinal Street Colorado Springs, CO 80911 [email protected] 11. CSCA Financial Statement Richard “Buck” Buchanan paul@covingtoncomputers. Scholastic Chess: 12. 2011 Pikes Peak Open Richard “Buck” Buchanan com Tom Nelson 16. 2010-2011 Colorado Tour Dean Brown Vice President: csca-scholastic-chess@ Joe Fromme comcast.net 17. Tactics Time! Tim Brennan 119 Pinon Lane Webmaster & Tournament 18. When Worlds Collide Jeffrey Baffo Manitou Springs, CO 80829 Clearinghouse: 19. GM Fishbein Simul Chris Peterson Secretary: Rick Nelson [email protected] 20. My Battle With A Grandmaster Chris Peterson Randy Reynolds 1829 Thyme Court 22. Denker & Barber Championships 2011 DuWayne Langseth Fort Collins, CO 80528 Informant Article 24. Tromping The Tromp Jeffrey Baffo [email protected] Submission Deadlines: 25. Robotic Sicilian Jeffrey Baffo Treasurer: January Issue - December 1 Richard “Buck” Buchanan April Issue - March 1 26. Can You Figure Out... NM Todd Bardwick 1 Sutherland Road July Issue - June 1 28. Colorado Chess Club Directory Manitou Springs, CO 80829 October Issue - September 1 29. Upcoming Colorado Tournaments [email protected] © 2011 32. So Long Old Friend Joe Fromme Page 2 www.colorado-chess.com Volume 38, Number 4 Colorado Chess Informant October 2011 President’s Report to serve and being elected as CSCA President is another of those highlights. Other interests? Nell (my wife for the past 36 years) by new CSCA President Paul Covington and our son, Shawn (now 28 years old), chess, woodworking (decorative flag boxes), computers, website development, and Thank you for electing me to serve as President of the Colorado serving on two Boards with The Salvation Army (who honored State Chess Association (CSCA). I consider this a great honor. I me in June with a National Trail Blazer Award for my service want to thank the 2010-2011 Board (Lee Lahti, Jerry Maier, over the years with the Fountain Valley Salvation Army). I am Buck Buchanan, Ginny Gaige, Alexa Lasley, Tom Nelson) for humbled by these awards and the honor of serving as your Presi- their service to Colorado Chess. This board had a first (to our dent. I live by the Air Force Officer’s Creed: I will not lie, cheat, knowledge) - we had a board meeting in which two members or steal or tolerate those that do. I will serve fairly and to the attended the meeting via speakerphone! Since I like technology, best of my ability. I am open to your phone calls and emails any- I thought this was neat. Being on this Board was very good for time. Together, let’s make this a great year for Colorado Chess! me. The CSCA 2011-2012 Board is Paul Covington, Joe Fromme, CSCA Membership Meeting Richard “Buck” Buchanan, Randy Reynolds (welcome back!), Rhett Langseth, Tom Nelson, and Frank Deming. Buck, Tom September 4, 2011 and I return to serve another year. I welcome each one. In each Informant I want to highlight a couple of Board members so we Lee Lahti called the meeting to order. All board members were get to know our leaders. In this issue Richard “Buck” Buchanan present. He had the various board members present their reports. (the man who has served our chess community longer than any- one - as far as I know) and myself, Paul Covington are featured. Lee reported that Colorado had a good year. He talked about some of the tournaments he tried to get for Colorado and other Richard “Buck” Buchanan: I have been a CSCA member since successful events. Colorado 9 New Mexico 5 in the Rocky Moun- I moved here from Ohio in 1977. I am a Life member by a spe- tain Team Chess Challenge match. cial decision at a membership meeting based on a motion by CSCA President Mark Kriseler. I was Editor of the Informant “Buck” reported on finances (highlight - in the black another year!) from 1984 to 1994. I have been on the Board as Vice-President, President (about 11 years, as I recall), and now in my fifth year Tom spoke to the changes in Scholastic chess and that we sent as Treasurer. I have also served as a USCF Delegate during most three representatives to USCF Scholastic tournaments this of that time. I am on the USCF Ethics Committee and have year. Aligning our state tournaments with the USCF means we served as the Committee Chairman. Over the years I have di- will have new sections this year: k-3, k-6, k-8, 9-12, and poten- rected hundreds of tournaments, held a Master's rating for a very tially an all girls tournament. We will be sending three players to brief period, been involved in rich friendships and ugly contro- represent Colorado: Denker, Barber, and Polgar. versies, and played chess at the Colorado Renaissance Festival Dean reported on the Delegates’ Report. Highlights: USCF dues for close to 25 years. I am a retired teacher working as a substi- increase, Tournament membership cancelled, New membership tute in D11. In addition to Chess, major factors in my life are program - 3 month membership available, US Open 2012 in Van- choral music and theatre, anti-war political action, hiking, and of couver, WA. He also briefed some speed chess rule changes. course my wife and family. Dean then handed out the tour prizes. Paul Covington: I re-entered chess four years ago after retiring I presented a PowerPoint informational package so all members from the Cheyenne Mountain School District where I worked as knew the pluses and minuses of both sides of the issue we had to the computer technician and adult education computer teacher. I vote on: Publishing the Informant electronically or not. When we spent 24 years serving my country as an Air Force Officer retir- voted it was 45 to 3 in favor of electronic publication of the Colo- ing in January 1993 from Air Force Special Operations Head- rado Informant. This will be the last Informant we will print and quarters. I started my competitive chess career in England (1976 mail. Watch the ColoradoChess.com website for information on -1979) where I met John Emms, many other youngsters who are how that is going to handled. now British GMs and Michael Basman (a great guy who loved to talk about unusual ideas in chess), attended two British Cham- Lee conducted the elections: New Board members for the next pionships and got to watch some of the top players of that day.
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