Volume 46, Number 4 COLORADO STATE CHESS ASSOCIATION October 2019 COLORADO CHESS INFORMANT 70th COLORADO OPEN Volume 46, Number 4 Colorado Chess Informant October 2019 From the Editor With the new Board elections, we have a few new players sit- ting at the table. And it appears that they are hitting the ground running. Please welcome one and all as I am sure they will do Colorado chess proud. Congrats to the new and returning Board members! The Colorado State Chess Association, Incorporated, is a With a quick but unbelieving glance at the calendar, I see that I Section 501(C)(3) tax exempt, non-profit educational corpora- have been Editor of this fine periodical for 10 years now. tion formed to promote chess in Colorado. Contributions are It does seem like yesterday that I was appointed at the helm, suc- tax deductible. ceeding Randy Reynolds. I think back and look at all the previ- Dues are $15 a year or $5 a tournament. Youth (under 20) and ous Editor’s and feel so honored and humbled to be counted Senior (65 or older) memberships are $10. Family member- amongst them. ships are available to additional family members for $3 off the A few months back the Chess Journalists of America awarded regular dues. me as Editor, ‘Best State Online Magazine’. Of course I don’t do ● Send address changes to Ann Davies. this alone - I want to thank the authors of articles submitted, and ● Send pay renewals & memberships to Dean Brown. the readership for having their continued trust in me! ● See back cover for EZ renewal form. May Caissa be with you. The Colorado Chess Informant (CCI) is the official publication Fred Eric Spell of the CSCA, published four times a year in January, April, July and October. k Articles in the CCI do not necessarily reflect the views of the CSCA Board of Directors or its membership. In This Issue CSCA Board of Directors CSCA Appointees 6. Colorado Chess Hall of Fame President: USCF Delegates: 8. 2019 Colorado Open Paul Covington Richard “Buck” Buchanan Richard “Buck” Buchanan [email protected] [email protected] 18. 2019 Sinquefield Cup Report Vice President: Paul Covington John Brezina Kevin McConnell [email protected] 20. St. Louis Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz [email protected] John Brezina CCI Editor: Secretary: Fred Eric Spell 22. Parker to Paris Grand Chess Tour Ann Davies [email protected] John Brezina 24. Memories of 1969 [email protected] Correspondence Chess: Curtis Carlson Treasurer: Klaus Johnson 32. The Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb, Croatia Dean Brown [email protected] John Brezina [email protected] Scholastic Chess: 36. Gunnar Does it Again! Junior Representative: Lior Lapid Richard “Buck” Buchanan ® Griffin McConnell [email protected] 40. The Chess Detective [email protected] NM Todd Bardwick Webmaster & Tournament 43. Colorado Chess Club Diectory Members at Large: Clearinghouse: Lior Lapid Dean Clow 44. Tactics Time! [email protected] [email protected] 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 Emblem of the (Email articles to [email protected]) Colorado State Chess Association © 2019 Colorado State Chess Association Page 2 www.ColoradoChess.com Volume 46, Number 4 Colorado Chess Informant October 2019 Review of Minutes of Membership Meeting (at the Colorado Open) (Paul Covington took the following notes) President’s Report: Buck Buchanan summarized the past CSCA Board year as very good. Colorado Open had 118 players. Colorado Blitz 26 players. Denver Open - The DCC and CSCA partnered and the event was a great success. Colorado Closed could only fill three sections. Colorado Class was cancelled due to poor attendance and escalating hotel costs. Blitz and Quick events had low attendance. The City of Manitou awarded CSCA their top nonprofit award. Chess Journalists of America (CJA) awarded Fred Spell the winner of the Best State Online Magazine. CJA selected Todd Bardwick as honorable mention for his Best Historical article on Bobby Fischer’s Visits to Colorado. Vice President’s Report: Kevin McConnell summarized Denver Open as a success. Scholastic Girls event had 47 paid players and plans to expand that event. He suggested better prize fund for lower sections. CJA awarded John Watson best tournament article for his Denver Open 2019 report. Treasurer’s Report: Dean Brown reported that a year to date comparison of CSCA account shows a $800 gain. He also reported that all event winners were either paid at the event or by mail (check mailed next day). Paul Covington asked that we honor our Colorado Invitational representatives: Denker: Akshat Jain Barber: Sullivan McConnell All Girls: Sara Herman Senior: Alaa -Addin Moussa Paul and Alaa-Addin represented Colorado in the US Chess membership meeting in Orlando. Scholastic Report: Todd Bardwick stated there were approximately 275 players at the Scholastic Championship held at the Arapaho Fair Grounds. The site was very good and cost $4,000. Members’ Input: DuWayne Langseth expressed displeasure at the Boulder Open tournament’s slow payment of prize money to Rhett. J.C. MacNeil responded that this was not the right place to raise this issue. Paul investigated and found the check was mailed the day after tournament to the address associated with the credit card that paid for the online entry fee. That check was never cashed. After the correct address was obtained, a new check was issued. Earle Wikle asked the Board to establish standardized times for championship events, suggested round 1 be G/90 with d/10 and all other rounds G90; +30 increment. Gunnar Andersen suggested two day and three day schedules for Colorado Open. Buck reviewed history of past Colorado Open Labor Day (Sat. Sun. Mon.) events and noted very poor attendance. Rob Cernich encouraged CSCA to promote chess better. Brian Wall asked for later start time 10:00am (at this meeting Brian stated 9:00am was alright). J.C. MacNeil asked for paper voting ballots and advance notice of people running for office. Kevin McConnell asked for better CSCA promotions, more scholastic all girls events and women only events. Alex Freeman wanted to know the benefits of a CSCA membership? Paul Covington explained advantages of being part of an organization to underwrite events and hopefully bring a US Open to Denver. CSCA members also requested some kind of survey be done in order to ascertain Member’s opinions. (Added by Ann) Election: Buck announced appointment of Todd Bardwick as the 2018-2019 Board selected member at large. President: Paul Covington and Buck Buchanan were nominated, Buck yielded to Paul, elected by acclamation. Vice President: Kevin McConnell won by voice acclamation. Secretary: Ann Davies won by voice acclamation. Treasurer: Dean Brown won by voice acclamation. Member at Large: Lior Lapid, Brad Lundstrom and Earle Wikle were nominated. Brad deferred to Earle but Lior received more votes and is the new Member at Large. Scholastic Representative: Griffin and Sullivan McConnell were nominated. Sullivan deferred to Griffin, elected by voice acclamation. Colorado Delegates: Primaries - Buck Buchanan, Paul Covington; Alternates - Alaa-Addin Moussa, Earle Wikle. Meeting adjourned at 3:40pm. The membership minutes were accepted as corrected unanimously by the current board. www.ColoradoChess.com Page 3 Volume 46, Number 4 Colorado Chess Informant October 2019 Board Meeting Minutes September 7, 2019 Meeting was called to order at 3:05pm Board: Paul Covington, Kevin McConnell, Dean Brown, Ann Davies, Lior Lapid and Griffin McConnell. Members: J.C. MacNeil, and Brian Wall. Guests: Gracie Salazar and Meint Olthof. We had a quorum so the meeting was called to order. We reviewed the minutes from the Annual Membership Meeting, made some corrections and accepted the minutes as corrected. We then did training regarding the duties of a 501(c)3 board, affiliate responsibilities to US Chess, and obligations to Colorado non- profit law. Paul read Todd Bardwick’s resignation from the board and scholastic director positions due to his increased responsibilities as his Mother has been put into hospice care. We are thankful for his contributions and leadership Todd has provided the CSCA Scholastic program and sharing his historic perspective of the CSCA. The Board voted to present Todd with a plaque thanking him for his service to the CSCA. Dean Brown presented the account balances: Main - $12,139.69, Secondary - $978.19 and the Scholastic - $20,623.55. These accounts will be stored in the same bank with separate checking accounts all under the leadership of the Treasurer. Other names will be added to the accounts as needed. Other actions taken: DGT boards purchase - awaiting follow up vote after consulting technical advice. Exploring options to supply chess sets and boards for Title 1 school chess program for all girls chess club. Lior to furnish sets until permanent solution is found. Exploring funding for Women’s Chess and Wine club. Awaiting more information. Gracie Salazar agreed to organize this activity. Kevin to resubmit Grant for Women’s and All Girls chess activities. Board voted to hold the Class Championship 2019 in Loveland at the Ranch. Scheduled for Oct 26/27. Board appointed Kevin, Ann, and Lior to represent CSCA in meetings with Denver Chess Club regarding how to help with the Denver Open 2020. Work in progress. Paul introduced using the 501(c)3 status for fundraising. Suggested this method as a way to support future chess events. Other fund raising ideas have come forward since the meeting. Board appointed Gracie Salazar to fill the Member at Large position. Board approved the Hall of Fame program.